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Java 8 Delayed to 2014 by Ongoing Security Woes
Oracle Java Platform Chief Architect Mark Reinhhold has announced that Oracle has decided to delay the release schedule of Java 8.
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Red Hat Renames JBoss Application Server to WildFly, Opens Up Commercial AS Binaries to All
Leading Linux vendor Red Hat has announced that JBoss Application Server is being renamed WildFly, said to represent JBoss AS's "extremely agile, lightweight, untamed and truly free" nature. In a separate announcement the firm has also started to make the binaries for their Enterprise Application Platform available to developers under an LPGL license for free.
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Major Performance Improvements in CA Clarity 13.2
CA Clarity, an enterprise resource planning tool specifically designed for large IT organizations and consulting firms, has undergone a major redesign to fix its performance issues. In some cases average response time has gone from a frustrating 5 seconds to roughly 0.6 sec.
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Visualize JavaScript Code Flow with TraceGL
Rik Arends has released TraceGL, a new tool to debug JavaScript application using trace debugging. In order to make it easier to debug complex browser and Node.js-based applications, the tool captures, visualizes and lets the user navigate execution traces while the application is running.
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Facebook Releases PhoneGap Plugin and SDK for .NET
The recently released PhoneGap Facebook Plugin enables developers to enable Facebook single sign-on into their PhoneGap based Android and iOS apps. Facebook also released SDK for .NET which enables developers to integrate Facebook into their Windows Phone and Windows 8 applications.
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Two More DevOps Tool Vendors Acquired
The excitement over DevOps is continuing to increase in major corporations. Today it was announced that two DevOps tool vendors were acquired. UrbanCode was picked up by IBM while Nolio went to CA Technologies.
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Detecting Abnormal Traffic in Real Time with APM 9.5
CA Technologies’ Application Performance Management 9.5 adds the ability to detect and analyze unusual performance metric patterns in near real time. This can be used to detect the beginnings of a denial of service attack, failing hardware, or a rouge application.
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Layer 7 to be Merged with SiteMinder
Layer 7 Technologies has just been acquired by CA Technologies for the purpose of augmenting CA SiteMinder with Layer 7’s API Management & Security Suite. Layer 7 specializes in adding “access, security, SLA and management features” to existing service APIs.
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Service Virtualization as an Alternative to Mocking
Mocking via dependency injection is often a messy endeavor. For even the simplest of applications it often involves creating new interfaces, taking on a dependency to an IoC Container, and in general adds a lot of unnecessary complexity. And after all that, you still have to write the mocks themselves, many of which aren’t useful for anything besides simplistic unit tests.
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Microsoft Offers Module to Scale Out Real-time Node.js Applications
A new open-source contribution from Microsoft uses the Windows Azure Service Bus to provide scale out support for real-time Node.js applications. This module, called socket.io-servicebus, connects multiple servers running the popular Socket.IO module. This contribution is yet another example of Microsoft embracing Node.js and integrating it with Microsoft products and services.
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Database Lifecycle Management Guidance Updated by Microsoft
Microsoft recently updated database lifecycle management guidance page with SQL Server DLM diagram along with curated resources for SQL Server Data Tools, SQL Server Management Studio and Windows Azure SQL Database.
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Go Big: CA World 2013 Opening Keynote
Continuing our tradition of on the spot conference reporting, here are the raw notes from CA World 2013’s opening keynote. CA World is focused on products, techniques, and technologies in the areas of SaaS, Mobile, DevOps, and Big Data. The first keynote is led by Mike Gregoire, CA Technologies new CEO.
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Mobile Dev, Big Data Analytics Take Center Stage at IBM Impact 2013
At its annual customer conference in Las Vegas, IBM unveiled a number of new enhancements to its “MobileFirst” portfolio of products including data analytics support, mobile cloud services, cross-platform testing capabilities, as well as a series of updates to their core products to better support the mobile ecosystem.
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JavaScript Memory Analyzer in Visual Studio 2012 Identifies Leaks in Windows Store Apps
Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 includes a new JavaScript Memory Analyzer for Windows 8 which identifies potential memory leaks to enable developers to fix their apps before submission to Windows Store.
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Tabris 1.0: Cross-platform Mobile Development in Java
After three years in development, EclipseSource has released Tabris 1.0, a cross-platform Java mobile development framework for iOS and Android.