InfoWorld Tech Watch
ActiveState's Python taps Intel MKL to speed data science and machine learning
The MKL libraries for accelerating math operations debuted in Intel's own Python distribution, but now other Pythons are following suit
CrateDB 2.0 Enterprise stresses security and monitoring—and open source
The open source database for processing high-speed freeform data with SQL queries now has enterprise features, available as open source for faster developer uptake
Waah! WannaCry shifts the blame game into high gear
Every security crisis presents the opportunity to point fingers, but that's just wasted energy. The criminals are at fault—and we need to work together to stop them
Faster machine learning is coming to the Linux kernel
The addition of heterogenous memory management to the Linux kernel will unlock new ways to speed up GPUs, and potentially other kinds of machine learning hardware
4 cool Kubernetes tools for mastering clusters
Need to switch Kubernetes contexts in a flash? Want to know what pods are burning up CPU? These tools have all that covered and more
Why snafus like HP’s keylogger will happen again
The problem wasn't the length of time it took HP to respond to security researchers—it's that unreviewed code proliferates supply chains everywhere
WannaCry ransomware slipped in through slow patching
IT teams have a gap of several weeks between when patches are released and deployed, giving criminals time to make WannaCry a reality
CoreOS's Linux platform bolsters enterprise Kubernetes features
Some of the new additions to Tectonic are still in beta, but many unlock enterprise-empowering features from the latest edition of Kubernetes
Windows Subsystem for Linux welcomes Suse and Fedora options
Users will no longer be locked into Ubuntu, and they can run multiple Linux distros side by side
Nvidia GPU Cloud bundles frameworks and tools for AI app dev
Nvidia's software stack for running machine learning is built to use local resources, the Nvidia DGX-1 GPU system, or GPUs in the cloud
Why Microsoft's Cosmos DB represents the future of cloud databases
Here are four reasons why there's more to Microsoft's new database as a service than minimal management and greater flexibility
Open source SQL database CockroachDB hits 1.0
Cockroach Labs is also offering its enterprise features as open source and trusting enterprises will pay for what they use in production
NoSQL, no problem: Why MySQL is still king
You'd think the advent of 'webscale' NoSQL databases would have consigned MySQL to history. But you'd be very wrong
Machine learning analytics get a boost from GPU Data Frame project
New consortium wants to eliminate a common source of slowdowns in the machine learning pipeline by keeping data processing on the GPU
Microsoft rushes emergency fix for critical antivirus bug
Microsoft's security team fixed a type confusion flaw in its malware engine that affects practically all of its security products
MapD's GPU-powered database is now open source
Horizontal-scaling and high-availability features are still for-pay only, but MapD wants its number-crunching platform to be integral to data science
How the Macron campaign slowed cyberattackers
Did the French president-elect's security team use cyberdeception techniques to fight off phishing attacks? Submitting fake credentials definitely qualifies
Java and C continue to decline in popularity
Upstart languages are creeping closer to the lead in the monthly Tiobe popularity index as software is adopted by more and more domains
Buckaroo brings package management to C/C++ projects
Buckaroo uses Facebook's Buck build system and has its own curated repository of packages
Python 2 forever: 3 projects that will keep Python 2 alive
Python 2 faces official end-of-life in 2020, but it could hang around for those who still want it or need it
