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October 3, 2017Slack Enterprise Grid Gears Up to Compete With Trello
Smooth collaboration and project management are crucial to success across startup and corporate ecosystems. As TechCrunch reports, Slack recently introduced its Enterprise Grid to target larger companies. The web-based Trello application has a head start in this space: the company has already proven its value to over seven million users, as Frederic Lardinois writes.
February 23, 2017GitHub’s Massive Scaleup Journey Continues
Despite recent growing pains, GitHub remains a leader in the software category thanks to its dedication to its base clientele: coders. How did GitHub manage to find the balance between rapid growth and long-term planning?
February 16, 2017GitHub Tackles Growing Pains
GitHub Inc., the web-based repository hosting service designed for developers to store, share, and collaborate on their work, has grown rapidly—and that comes with bottom-line costs. Most recently, as Bloomberg reports, GitHub took a $66 million hit in the first nine months of 2016.
January 26, 2017How The Dev World Will Change In 2017: Top 5 Predictions
Developers will be asked to wrap their heads around new technologies, new platforms, and new methodologies in 2017. Here are the five forces experts think will shape the dev landscape in the coming year.
December 28, 2016IBM Facilitates Serverless Computing With OpenWhisk
IBM has made significant investments in OpenWhisk, an open-source, event-driven FaaS platform. OpenWhisk is now generally available via Bluemix, IBM’s cloud platform.
December 19, 2016This 3D Mirror Sees And Scans Faces
The retail sphere continues to be one of the most agile adopters of technology
December 7, 2016New Bluemix Hub Supercharges Toolchain Functionality
To help with the sometimes tough task of managing toolchains, IBM is releasing the IBM Bluemix Continuous Delivery service with GitHub and Slack integration.
December 6, 2016Uber Turns Passive Data Into Active Earnings
Rumblings about monetizing passive data have been part of the tech sector conversation for years.
December 5, 2016Project Intu Adds Cognitive Capabilities to Any Device
Five years after winning Jeopardy! on American televisions, IBM Watson can now become part of the television itself, thanks to the new experimental platform Project Intu.
November 11, 2016#WatsonDevCon: The Rise of the Bots
It’s been just two weeks since IBM showed off the power and future of Watson in Las Vegas, and the company is at it again. This time in San Francisco, and this time with a deep developer focus.
November 9, 2016Slackbot, Say “Hello” to Watson
IBM’s marketing, design and engineering teams are using Slack to collaborate and create new cognitive solutions.
November 4, 2016COBOL, Lisp and Logo Get New Life Among Coders
Three decades-old languages given modern interpreters, bringing them to a new generation.
September 13, 2016DevOps Salaries Surge
The results help to back up assertions that software is eating the world and that tech is one of the few industries creating net job growth.
August 26, 2016Bluemix Case Study: Kiwi – A Motion Sensor for Developers
Kiwi Wearable Technologies produces intelligent motion capture technology that analyses speed, direction, angle, and torque.
August 24, 2016The Open Community Behind the Bluemix Cloud
To unlock the cloud’s full potential, developers need access to a platform that is built around their needs and their preferences.
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