Machine Learning for Cloud-Based DevOps Many companies start their journey to the cloud in the DevOps environment, where software engineers want self-service access to the custom tools and frameworks they need. Machine learning technology can help IT departments keep up with these demands. In his session at 21st Cloud Expo, Ajay Gulati, Co-Founder, CTO and Board Member at ZeroStack, will discuss the use of machine learning for automating provisioning of DevOps resources, taking the burden off IT teams. Speaker Bio Ajay Gulati is Co-Founder, CTO and Board Member at ZeroStack. He shares responsibility for driving ZeroStack's product innovation, bringing to life his thought leadership in systems infrastructures and virtualization. He was a senior architect and R&D; lead at VMware where he designed flagship products including Storage I/O control, Storage DRS and DRS. He ... (more)

AJAX: Injecting Life into "Boring" Web Applications

"Though it's been around for a while, AJAX is now a hot topic in the application developer community because it brings cross-platform rich user interfaces to web applications without having to use products like Microsoft .NET or Macromedia," said Steve Benfield (pictured), VP of strategy & technology evangelism, ClearNova, as he announced his upcoming session at the Atlanta Java Users Group next week. Benfield is due to give the session, provocatively titled "Injecting Life into Boring Web Applications with AJAX," on Tuesday, June 21 from 6:30 to 9:30 PM at the Holiday Inn Select Atlanta Perimeter Dunwoody. His co-presenter will be ClearNova's CTO, Sriram (Ram) Venkataraman. "We plan to explain what all the fuss is about, dispel some myths and advise how best to take advantage of the trend," Benfield explained. The discussion will include: How AJAX worksUses and consid... (more)

Resolving RIA-SOA Conflict

From the first days of Rich Internet Application (RIA) technology, many enthusiasts found an analogy between RIA and service-oriented architecture (SOA). Some of them talked about the benefits of a would-be-wonderful use of SOA in RIA; others saw RIA as a SOA face. Nonetheless, there are experts who see a discrepancy between RIA and SOA concepts. The major disagreement between RIA and SOA is in the fine-grained operations in RIA and the coarse-grained type of interfaces of SOA business services. Let's take a closer look at this problem. In a glance we can see that the RIA spectrum is wide. It includes applications with interfaces for information reporting, modifying predefined business data, collecting and inserting new data into the systems, fast and frequent exchange of information in social/community-oriented Internet applications, and setting commands in the pr... (more)

Cloud Analytics: Dataflow vs Databases

For twenty years, analytics has been viewed as just one specific area within the broader relational database industry. So, analytics has meant databases. Today that view is changing. Over the past year or so, a new movement, the "NoSQL" movement has emerged promoting the advantages of doing a variety of kinds of analytics without using any relational database technologies at all. Whatever one thinks of the capabilities and limitations of distributed key-value stores relative to relational databases, one thing is clear - the stranglehold that SQL has held over all aspects of data analytics since 1990 is now coming to an end. Other non-SQL approaches to analytics such as MapReduce/Hadoop, a very simple dataflow architecture for batch computing, are now gaining ground. As the need for realtime analytics grows we will continue to see a migration away from databases and to... (more)

Epiq Systems Releases Version 1.2 of Epiq Analytics™ to Enable Faster, Easier and More Informed eDiscovery Strategy Decisions

London (April 24, 2014) - Epiq Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPIQ), a leading provider of managed technology for the global legal profession, today announced the general availability of version 1.2 of its eDiscovery software, Epiq Analytics™. Building on Epiq's proprietary software offerings for processing, hosting, document review, technology-assisted review, production and workflow management, Epiq Analytics enables legal teams to improve eDiscovery strategy decisions utilizing user-friendly early case assessment and analytics. "It is important to make crucial case strategy decisions as early as possible in the eDiscovery process, whether during a litigation, regulatory review, or internal investigation," said Greg Wildisen, International Managing Director, Epiq Systems. "With Epiq Analytics, our clients can uncover and immediately identify relevant data with easy to us... (more)

proDAD® Mercalli® V2 Pro Video Stabilizer Plug-In Now Supports AVID® Media Composer and Symphony Film & Video Production Platforms

SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- proDAD, the highly acclaimed developer of digital video effects and image enhancement technologies, today announced that its renowned Mercalli V2 Pro video stabilizer & rolling-shutter correction plug-in is now available with support for AVID's Media Composer & Symphony film and video finishing applications. AVID's Media Composer is one of the industry's most respected film and video editing and production applications. AVID Symphony is its premier software-only film and video finishing platform. Mercalli V2 Pro is now compatible with Media Composer Windows® 5.x & 6.x and Symphony 6.x. Macintosh® support is expected to be announced shortly. proDAD's Mercalli V2 Pro is heralded as the premier video stabilizer for the professional, broadcast, and video enthusiast market segments due to its ability to stabilize even the mos... (more)

Comtech EF Data Announces WAN Optimization Software Enhancements and New Hardware Appliances

Comtech EF Data Corporation announced today the general availability of software enhancements and new hardware appliances for its Stampede FX Series WAN optimization products. The new software enhancements include traffic shaping with ACM support, a reliable multicast and VLAN trunking, all of which are now available for new and fielded units under service contracts. The new hardware appliances provide additional flexibility for varying network configurations. The new traffic shaping with ACM support feature provides ultimate flexibility in classifying traffic for optimized transmission across the Wide Area Network (WAN), and is supported on all FX Series appliances. Traffic is classified according to a variety of characteristics – VLAN, source / destination IP address, subnet, port, protocol, DSCP bits, or any combination thereof. All traffic that enters the FX Se... (more)

SilkRoad Announces Enhancements Across Life Suite(R) Talent Management Software

CHICAGO, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 10/08/13 -- SilkRoad, a leading global provider of cloud-based talent management solutions, announced its fall release, including enhancements spanning its entire Life Suite of integrated HRMS, Talent Acquisition, and Talent Development software. "Effective talent management requires a continuous evolution of the ways that companies attract, develop, and retain employees," said John Shackleton, President and Chief Executive Officer at SilkRoad. "Our fall product enhancements facilitate greater collaboration across global HR teams and greater visibility across strategic HR functions." Highlights from the Quarter: Life Suite - SilkRoad formalized a partnership with workforce analytics provider Visier. This relationship will provide SilkRoad customers with simple-to-use, pre-packaged analytics and dashboards for end-to-end visibility acr... (more)

TMM, Inc. Enters Joint ISR Research Program With Raytheon Company for TMMI's TRUDEF(TM) Video Compression Technology

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE -- (Marketwired) -- 05/20/14 -- TMM, Inc. (PINKSHEETS:TMMI) ("TMMI") or (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a joint research program with Raytheon Company to test the TRUDEF(TM) video compression technology owned by TMMI for a variety of applications in the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance sector. Both companies have committed resources to the venture with the goal of finding solutions to reduce bandwidth costs and improve image quality. "This an exciting milestone for TMMI," said Gerard V. Cavanaugh, TMMI's CEO, "We have been working closely with Raytheon over the past year so that we can develop custom engineering solutions using TRUDEF video compression as a key component to improve the user experience and streamline integration into their customer's ecosystem. It's the next step in building a strong ... (more)

QAD Unveils Latest ERP Version, Delivers Enhanced Options for Cloud and On-Premise Solutions

QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADA) (NASDAQ:QADB), a leading provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions and services for global manufacturers, today announced that the latest release of its flagship enterprise resource planning solution, QAD Enterprise Applications 2014, introduces a broad range of new capabilities with a focus on quality management and control, user experience and simpler international deployments. “The latest version of QAD Enterprise Applications, available either as QAD Cloud ERP or on-premise, delivers a host of new capabilities for manufacturers. In particular we have focused on enhancing quality management and quality control and addressed many challenges for companies deploying ERP solutions globally,” said Pam Lopker, QAD president and chairman. “We constantly listen to our customers and prioritize new capabilities to meet their needs. Si... (more)

Building a Drag-and-Drop Shopping Cart with AJAX

Keeping up with the latest Web technologies is tough nowadays. Every week it seems new sites are launched that push the envelope further and further in terms of what can be accomplished using just a Web browser. The rise of AJAX over the past several months has taken over the development world and breathed new life into the Web. Although these techniques have been possible for many years now, the maturity of Web standards like XHTML and CSS now make it a viable alternative that will be viewable by all but the oldest browsers. It's also been possible to accomplish many of the same things using Flex or Flash, but the development cycle with those applications is typically more involved and the overhead often not justified. We're going to harness the power of the Scipt.aculo.us JavaScript library to provide our interaction. As their Web site states, this library "provide... (more)