General Electric Co. is unveiling software for boosting its machines’ productivity and streamlining repairs, alongside deals with Danish shipping line Maersk Corp. and French energy producer Dalkia SA. GE announced new software for power plants, drilling platforms and wind farms at an event in Berlin Tuesday. The showcase for GE’s IT know-how comes a day after the Boston industrial giant said longtime Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt would step down Aug. 1 in favor of health-care chief John Flannery, after a transition to "a high-tech industrial company" that’s increasingly selling software in addition to heavy gear.
Apple has announced the dates for WWDC 2017, which is when we'll get the Developer Preview of iOS 11.Although the final public release of iOS 11 will be on the day new iPhones go on sale, we expect Apple will show off the new OS on 5 June at the opening keynote to its WWDC event for developers. While the event is meant to get app developers excited about the new features, it also serves to whip up a public appetite for both the software and – naturally – the new hardware.
Microsoft announced that it was acquiring Bellevue-based Intentional Software for an undisclosed amount of money. With the purchase, Charles Simonyi, Intentional founder, Chairman, and CTO, who helped develop some of Microsoft’s famous Office tools like Excel and Word returns to Microsoft.
Product software maker Zoho is bunching together its financial technology applications along with a layer of GST-related compliance software to enable small enterprises deal with the tax reform as it kicks in this year.The Zoho Finance Plus is available at Rs 2,999 a month for a small business of 10 users, with a small charge for every additional user.
Microsoft has just launched a radically different version of its Windows operating system,it’s been called Windows 10 Cloud OS.It's being lined up as a direct competitor to Chrome OS – a simple, web-focused desktop operating system created by Google.
Java Executive Committee participants worry modularization will have adverse effects on compatibility and could lead to two worlds of Java development.Modularization is slated to be the key feature in Java SE (Standard Edition) 9, due in late July.