Red Hat Shenandoah boosts Java garbage collection

How IBM analyzes Twitter for the enterprise developer Google scraps annual Pwnium bug-hunting contest

TechBrief February 25, 2015 Red Hat Shenandoah boosts Java garbage collection Red Hat engineers are moving forward with their Shenandoah garbage collection technology, which would give Java a boost in large-heap applications. Proposed as an OpenJDK open source Java project last week, Shenandoah is intended to reduce garbage collection pause times. Also check out the review: The big 4 Java IDEs compared And read: Why developers should get excited about Java 9 READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. How IBM analyzes Twitter for the enterprise developer 2. Google scraps annual Pwnium bug-hunting contest 3. Bluetooth starts weaving its mesh for IoT 4. HP gives bleak forecast as corporate split nears White Paper: Good Technology 10 Best Practices for Implementing a Successful BYOD Program Harness the benefits of BYOD for your organization including improved user productivity, engagement, satisfaction and potential cost savings. Learn the best practices for doing so successfully. DOWNLOAD NOW How IBM analyzes Twitter for the enterprise developer Capturing public conversations around the world in real time, Twitter could be a valuable source of intelligence for the business world, so IBM is creating new ways to derive potentially valuable information from this massive, sprawling data set. Also read: IBM Watson Analytics preps the data so you don't have to READ MORE Google scraps annual Pwnium bug-hunting contest Google is scrapping Pwnium, its annual bug hunting event, and folding it into an existing year-round program in part to reduce security risks.The company held Pwnium annually at CanSecWest, a security conference in Vancouver, to find security problems in its Chrome OS, Chrome browser and affiliated applications. Also read: Google will motivate bug hunters to keep probing its products with research grants READ MORE White Paper: IBM Information Governance: Turning Data Into Business This whitepaper explores current information governance practices, challenges, and ROI among US, UK, and German firms. LEARN MORE Bluetooth starts weaving its mesh for IoT Backers of Bluetooth plan to give the technology a way to form mesh networks, dramatically extending its range and potentially its role in the Internet of Things. Bluetooth is well suited to IoT because of its low-power capability and its inclusion in smartphones and many other devices. Also read: The ABCs of the Internet of things READ MORE HP gives bleak forecast as corporate split nears Hewlett-Packard has lowered its financial outlook for the year after another quarter of declining sales and profit.CEO Meg Whitman is trying to get HP in shape before the company splits itself in two later this year. One half will sell PCs and printers and the other will focus on back-end business products. Also read: It's official: HP will break itself in two READ MORE White Paper: IBM Which Data Governance Tool Vendors Lead the Pack? IBM has been named a leader and has earned the highest scores for both strategy and market presence. Review the analysis to learn about the five key data governance domains. LEARN MORE