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Oracle unveils performance pack for Java 8
Enterprise Performance Pack is a drop-in replacement for Java 8 that promises significant improvements in memory management and performance.
Run your own Oracle Cloud with Oracle Alloy
Oracle Alloy serves as a cloud infrastructure platform for service providers, integrators, ISVs, and others who want to roll out their own cloud services to customers.
Get used to cloud vendor lock-in
The only certainties in life are death, taxes, and cloud lock-in. Let’s look at the reasons behind lock-in reality and why it’s so difficult to avoid.
Natural language processing with Apache OpenNLP
Get a quick and easy introduction to natural language processing using the free, open source Apache OpenNLP toolkit and pre-built models for language detection, sentence detection, tagging parts of speech, and more.
VirtualBox 7 remotes into Oracle Cloud
Update to Oracle’s virtualization application adds remote control of cloud-hosted VMs and the ability to fully encrypt virtual machines.
Mozilla is looking for a scapegoat
The declining browser’s problem isn’t anti-competitive practices, it’s competition itself.
Oracle MySQL HeatWave comes to AWS
Oracle’s MySQL database service supporting mixed analytical, transaction processing, and machine learning workloads is now available on Amazon Web Services.
Is open source leadership helping Google?
Google’s huge commitment to open source projects shows in GitHub contributor counts, while AWS’s strategy has been making open source easy for customers to use. Who’s winning?
Visual Studio vs. Visual Studio Code: How to choose
Choosing between Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio may depend as much on your work style as on the language support and features you need. Here’s how to decide.
What is Tomcat? The original Java servlet container
Everything you need to know about Tomcat: The high-availability Java and Jakarta EE application server for servlets, JSP, and WebSockets.
RStudio changes name to Posit, expands focus to include Python and VS Code
RStudio is updating its name as it aims to expand use of its commercial products among data science teams using both Python and R.
Java 7 reaches end of life
Extended support is expiring for a Java variant that is more than a decade old.
IT career roadmap: Director of engineering
A Google Cloud Platform director of engineering reflects on her education and career path, including founding her own startup and timely advice from other women in tech.
Nvidia unveils QODA for hybrid quantum-classical computing
Nvidia’s Quantum Optimized Device Architecture allows HPC and AI experts to add quantum computing to existing applications, using C++ and Python.
IBM Red Hat names Matt Hicks as president and CEO
Having joined Red Hat as a developer in 2006, the former vice president of product and technologies has taken over the role from Paul Cormier.
Apache Doris just 'graduated': Why care about this SQL data warehouse
The open source, massively parallel processing (MPP) analytical database will take on the likes of ClickHouse, MariaDB, Apache Druid, Apache Pinot, and hyperscaler services such as Google BigQuery, Amazon RedShift and Microsoft...
Microsoft’s complicated dance with open source
The decision to make the C# extension in Visual Studio Code proprietary is raising hackles, but Microsoft is still a consistent supporter of open source.
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Internet Explorer reaches the end of the line
Microsoft has ended support for its legacy Internet Explorer web browser, though IE mode lives on in Microsoft Edge.
Review: Visual Studio Code shines for Java
With the Extension Pack for Java, VS Code makes a highly capable Java IDE and formidable competitor to Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA.
