As 2017 comes to close, it’s that time of year to think ahead about what’s yet to come next year. In the world of enterprise applications, including business intelligence (BI), customer relationship management (CRM), big data and application development that…
Stream processing technology that takes flows of data and enables use by apps was a strong trend in 2017 that will continue into 2018. There are multiple ways that organizations can use stream processing with different services and open-source projects…
In the world of big data, one project has long loomed larger than all the rest — Hadoop. The open source Apache Hadoop project provides the core framework on which dozens of other big data efforts rely. The Apache Hadoop…
Among the newest areas of application development is augmented reality (AR), where normal everyday life gets overlaid with technical information, content or media. Building AR apps hasn’t been easy, which is why Amazon on Nov. 27 announced its new Sumerian…
Salesforce has made a name for itself by helping its customers succeed with multiple applications delivered as a service from the cloud. At the company’s Dreamforce event that occurred the first week of November, Salesforce made a series of announcements…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the hottest areas in technology today, but enterprise application developers often struggle to figure out how to integrate the technology. A new open-source effort that is set to debut in early 2018 could change…
In the modern enterprise apps world, distributed streaming data is a core component, and perhaps no other technology is as widely used for that purpose as is Apache Kafka. On Nov. 1, the Apache Kafka 1.0.0 release officially debuted, marking…
Hashicorp announced on Oct. 24 that it has raised a news Series C round of funding, bringing in $40 million. The Series C round was led by GGV Capital and Redpoint, and it included the participation of Mayfield and True…
SAP reported its third quarter fiscal 2017 financial results on Oct. 19, demonstrating the positive impact of the enterprise application software firm’s move to the cloud. For the quarter, revenue was reported at €5.6B for a four percent year-over-year gain.…
At its OracleWorld event, Oracle announced multiple new enterprise applications and services, including the Oracle 18c database, a blockchain cloud service, security services and artificial intelligence infused apps for the cloud. The Oracle 18c database is the latest iteration of…