By Serdar Yegulalp Over the course of the last couple of years, Apache Spark has enjoyed explosive growth in both usage and mind share. These days, any self-respecting big data offering is obliged …read more Source:: OpenSource
Month: June 2016
MapR shows off enterprise-grade Spark distribution
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•By Thor Olavsrud At Spark Summit in San Francisco, Calif., this week, Hadoop distribution vendor MapR Technologies announced a new enterprise-grade <a class="colorbox" href="http://spark.apache.org/" …read more Source:: OpenSource
The Apache Foundation’s incredible rise
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•By Matt Asay The Apache Software Foundation recently released its 28-page annual report for its 2015-2016 year, but here’s the TL;DR in one word: amazing. What started as a simple HTTP server …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: How Linux Mint saved the day for an Ubuntu 16.04 user
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•By Jim Lynch How Linux Mint saved the day for an Ubuntu 16.04 user Ubuntu 16.04 has been out for a while, and it hasn’t been smooth sailing for everyone who has tried to …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Linux features that you can’t live without?
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•By Jim Lynch Linux features that you can’t live without? Linux offers many great features, but some are more useful than others, depending on the user. One Linux redditor recently asked his fellow users …read more Source:: OpenSource
HPE invites open-source developers to pitch in on ‘The Machine’
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•By Katherine Noyes Hewlett Packard Enterprise on Tuesday stepped up its efforts to develop a brand-new computer architecture by inviting open-source developers to collaborate on the futuristic device it calls “The Machine.” Originally <a class="colorbox" …read more Source:: OpenSource
Multicore Python: A tough, worthy, and reachable goal
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•By Serdar Yegulalp For all of Python’s great and convenient features, one goal remains out of reach: Python apps running on the CPython reference interpreter and using multiple CPU cores in parallel. This …read more Source:: OpenSource
IBM joins R Consortium
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•By Sharon Machlis IBM is joining the R Consortium with a “significant investment,” the company is scheduled to announce at today’s Apache Spark Summit, becoming a top-tier Platinum supporter …read more Source:: OpenSource
How the latest enterprise tech surge changed everything
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•By Eric Knorr Technology development comes in waves. Judging by the recent slippage in venture capital investment, the most recent wave of new enterprise tech has crested and is now tapering …read more Source:: OpenSource
Q&A: Guido van Rossum on Python’s next steps
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•By Paul Krill There’s no doubt that Python, a 25-year-old open source, object-oriented dynamic language, has become a major tool for software developers in recent years. They love its programmer-friendliness, as well …read more Source:: OpenSource