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Docker Q&A on the New Compose Specification Community
Docker released a community for developing the Compose specification to help developers build cloud-native applications using compose. There've been different implementations of Docker compose to make it work in platforms like Kubernetes or AWS ECS. But Docker wants to work with the community to provide better support and define the future of Compose.
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HiveMQ Launches Fully-Managed, Fully-Compliant MQTT 5 Service for IoT Apps
HiveMQ Cloud aims to provide a fully-managed platform for IoT applications using MQTT to stream data out of devices. HiveMQ Clod features automatic scalabiilty and a dedicated infrastructure for each customer at a fixed hourly rate. InfoQ has spoken with HiveMQ CTO Dominik Obermaier to learn more.
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IBM Stops Work on Swift — Q&A with Chris Bailey
IBM has recently discontinued its involvement in Server-side Swift development, which started soon after Swift was open-sourced, and relinquished its leadership in the Swift Server Work Group [SSWG]. InfoQ has talked to IBM's Chris Bailey to learn more about what this may imply for Swift and the Swift community.
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Google Claims Achievement of Quantum Supremacy, But IBM Issues Rebuttal
In a recent paper, Google researchers claim they programmed a quantum processor to perform a task that would require 10,000 years on a state-of-the-art classical supercomputer. Google's claim did not entirely persuade IBM researchers, who proposed an ideal simulation of the quantum task which, they argue, only requires 2.5 days on a classical computer and provides greater fidelity.
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Release of Open Liberty 19.0.0.9 Completes Support of MicroProfile Standalone Reactive Streams APIs
In keeping with IBM’s commitment to their four-week release cycle of Open Liberty, version 19.0.0.9 was recently made available. Open Liberty’s ongoing support for MicroProfile includes the new standalone reactive APIs: MicroProfile Reactive Streams Operators (version 19.0.0.4); MicroProfile Context Propagation (version 19.0.0.8); and MicroProfile Reactive Messaging (version 19.0.0.9).
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20 Years of the Apache Software Foundation: ApacheCon 2019 Opening Keynote
At the recent ApacheCon North America 2019 in Las Vegas, the opening keynote session celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Apache Software Foundation, with key themes being: the history of the ASF, a strong commitment to community and collaboration, and efforts to increase contributions from the public. The session also featured a talk by astrophysicist David Brin on the potential dangers of AI.
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IBM POWER Instruction Set Architecture Now Open Source
IBM has open sourced the POWER Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), which is used in its Power Series chips and in many embedded devices by other manufacturers. In addition, the OpenPOWER Foundation will become part of The Linux Foundation to further open governance.
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Twitter Open Sources Its Telemetry Tool Rezolus for Detection of Short-Lived Anomalies
Twitter Engineering open sourced their telemetry tool called Rezolus, which can detect anomalies in system performance metrics by sampling them at a higher rate.
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Eclipse Introduces New IDE-Agnostic Tools for Building and Deploying Cloud-Native Applications
Eclipse Codewind is a new developer-centric project from the Eclipse Foundation that aims to assist developers by providing ways to quickly and consistently accomplish tasks that are common to cloud-native application development.
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Akamai IoT Edge Connect Brings MQTT to its Serverless Edge Platform
Akamai IoT Edge Connect, part of Akamai Edge Cloud, provides a fully managed service for the operation of IoT devices with auto-scaling, failover, and data synchronization. InfoQ has spoken with Lior Netzer, vice-president and CTO of IoT at Akamai Technologies.
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Open Liberty 19.0.0.4 Released with Support for Reactive Streams Operators 1.0 and JDK 12
IBM’s latest monthly release of Open Liberty 19.0.0.4 features support for the MicroProfile Reactive Streams Operators 1.0 API, JDK 12, and Oracle Universal Connection Pool.
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HiveMQ Goes Open Source, Brings MQTT and Kafka Together
Recently announced by HiveMQ, HiveMQ Enterprise Extension for Kafka aims to integrate Kafka and MQTT to enable real-time streaming for IoT applications.
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OpenLiberty Moves to Four-Week Releases
OpenLiberty, the project behind IBM WebSphere, has released version 19.0.0.1 as its first move into four-week releases.
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IBM Releases Open Liberty 18.0.0.4 with Support for MicroProfile 2.1 and Reactive Extensions
IBM’s fourth quarter 2018 release of Open Liberty 18.0.0.4 features full support for MicroProfile 2.1, reactive extensions, and connection pool metrics. Kevin Sutter, MicroProfile and Jakarta EE (EE4J) architect for WebSphere at IBM, spoke to InfoQ about this latest release and what we can expect from Open Liberty in 2019.
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Building Scalable and Reliable IoT Apps with MQTT and HiveMQ 4
HiveMQ is an MQTT-based messaging platform designed to power IoT applications. Recently released HiveMQ 4 adds support for MQTT 5, improves its extension system, and integrates better with Docker and Kubernetes, and AWS EC2. InfoQ has spoken with Dominik Obermaier, CTO of dc-square GmbH, maker of HiveMQ.