Joab JacksonU.S. Correspondent, IDG News Service
Joab Jackson covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for the IDG News Service, and is based in New York.
Red Hat broadens programming language support
RHEL can now support multiple versions of a single programming language, such as Python
Qualys devises a virtual patch to protect against vulnerabilities
The security company's Web Application Firewall can protect Web applications from malicious users
Raytheon forms defense-grade security unit with $1.9 billion Websense buy
Raytheon plans to combine Websense's Triton platform with its own SureView line of security products.
VMware prepares its virtualization stack for Docker
VMware open sources a Linux distribution and access management software
Microsoft Azure offers scalability as a service for high-volume apps
The Azure Service Fabric will take care of load balancing as the usage of a cloud application rises
Docker update speeds and organizes container deployments
Docker Engine 1.6 and Docker Registry 2.0 work together to make the software containter easier to manage
Google takes on real-time big data analysis with new cloud services
Google has unveiled a real-time data processing service and updated its BigQuery analysis tool
Microsoft makes debugging PHP less painful with new Azure tool
Microsoft has tapped Zend's Z-Ray for advanced PHP analysis
Percona expands into NoSQL turf with TokuDB purchase
Percona's purchase of TokuDB will give the company a cpommercial grade MongoDB distribution and some speedy indexing software
Microsoft Patch Tuesday: The patches just keep coming
Microsoft's latest round of patches covers Internet Explorer, Windows, Office and other Microsoft products.
MIT's Picture language could be worth a thousand lines of code
MIT has developed a probabilistic programming language that could take same the grunt work out of machine learning
Pivotal sets the stage for open-source in-memory computing
Pivotal has released the source code for much of its GemFire distributed in-memory database
Amazon offers network file storage in the cloud
Watch out NetApp! Amazon is coming after the NAS storage market
In a mock cyberattack, Deloitte teaches the whole business how to respond
While security and IT staffers typically are trained on dealing with breaches, staffers in other departments may not always be ready
Microsoft creates a container for Windows
Windows Server Containers will be able to run applications specifically built for Windows Server and .Net