Kai Waehner explains why you need Kafka
The Apache Kafka summit was held in London last week. Kafka was originally designed to solve the problem of high volume and throughput at LinkedIn. This means that it is capable...
Toyotetsu goes live with Plex
One of the key announcements at PowerPlex, the Plex annual conference, was that of Toyotetsu going live. As a manufacturer in the Toyota supply chain this is a significant announcement for...
Calastone’s blockchain-based DMI goes live
Calastone has gone live with its blockchain Distributed Market Infrastructure (DMI). The technology underpinning Calastone's network has migrated to a blockchain-enabled market infrastructure. This migration, of Calastone's global network, embraces more...
HPE buys Cray for $1.3 billion
Supercomputer stalwart, Cray Inc, has been bought by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). The offer of £35 per share values Cray at $1.3 billion and is an all cash deal. The announcement...
Xero approaches 2 million users after record year
Xero announced its full year results last week for 2019. It has achieved a 36% growth in operating revenue, which now stands at $552.8 million (34% growth in constant currency). Annualised...
Sage boosted by half year revenues
Sage has issued its half year results ending 31st March 2019. Revenues were up 6.2%, year over year to £941 million ( H1-2018 £886 million). Recurring revenue rose by 10.2% to...
Alexis Richardson on why the CNCF is growing so fast
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation is holding its annual European conference in Barcelona this week. Alongside the CNCF conference is KubeCon, a project that is part of the CNCF. Over 9,000...
Now Accelo improves Gantt Chart
2019 is turning out to be the year that vendors focus on improving the functionality of their Gantt charts. The latest vendor to announce updates to its Gantt chart is Accelo....
FLETA testnet claims 15,000 TPS
FLETA, a Korean blockchain platform, is aiming to create a sustainable DApp ecosystem. It has announced the release of its beta testnet with its code being accessible via GitHub. At the...
ProcessPro adds document management with DocUnity
ProcessPro has announced a new strategic partnership with DocUnity. DocUnity is a workflow and document management solution. It already integrates with two other Open Systems solutions, OSAS and TRAVERSE. The latter...