VP, Red Hat CEMEA
AS we celebrate the last 20 years of enterprise Java, it is important to look back at the platform's history to better understand where it came from and how we arrived where we are today.
Enterprise Java emerged during a pivotal (...)
TRIPOLI/GENEVA — The Libyan coast guard has stopped 113 migrants trying to reach Italy over the past two days, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as boat departures resume following a lull in fighting between rival forces in Libya.
The western (...)
GENEVA — A proposed 100-km particle accelerator under Geneva has joined an international quest to develop the successor to the Large Hadron Collider to help unlock humankind's knowledge of matter.
The existing collider (LHC), which started up in (...)
OVER the last decade or so, the promise of big data has reignited new opportunities for innovation that have led to a favorable position for IT and the Chief Information Officer (CIO). Some say big data has re-labeled the "I" in CIO to "Innovation." (...)
AFTER King Abdulaziz captured Riyadh in 1901, he built a palace on the site where his forefathers had ruled. For more than 30 years this was his home and his headquarters, where he ran his military and political campaigns to conquer and unify the (...)
IT took a photograph of a drowned toddler washed up on a Turkish beach to achieve what a United Nations agency with 9,300 staff and a budget of $4 billion could not: soften European views on the refugee crisis.
The chief of the UN High Commission (...)
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic set up the semifinal clash the French Open had demanded on Tuesday while Ana Ivanovic suggested only a minor miracle could stop her from being crowned the new queen of Roland Garros.
Three-time champion Nadal (...)
and-a-half-long (2-1/2-kilometer-long) procession following his coffin in London. Today, his statue atop a column in London's Trafalgar Square remains one of the city's most famous landmarks.
Friday's events cap a year of commemorations of the (...)
northeast of Cape Canaveral, but forecasters said it
was impossible to say what path the storm would take, or
whether it would reach hurricane strength with winds of at
least 74 mph (118 kph).
"We have to wait and see what (Ophelia) is going to (...)
southeast of Cozumel, and moving west-northwest near 20 mph (32 kph).
As the breeze picked up, business owners winced at the thought of what the storm could do to a local economy that is one of Mexico's richest thanks to a year-round tourist (...)
southwest of Key West, Florida, where gale-force winds could be felt. But the Florida Keys appeared to escape the full brunt of the storm as it moved northwestward at 14 mph (23 kph).
"We're very fortunate that we didn't get the bulk of the storm," (...)
terns, for instance, fly back and forth from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
Bird droppings end up on the land and back in the sea, where they join the food web. Pollutants in them could be taken up by plants and animals that are eaten by larger (...)
southeast of Havana, at latitude 20.4 north and longitude 81.5 west, the National Hurricane Center said. It was moving northwest at a brisk 17 mph(27 kph) and was expected to gradually turn toward the north-northwest.
Charley's most likely track (...)
southeast of Kingston at latitude 16.8 north and longitude 75.8 west, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
It was moving west-northwest at 12 mph (19 kph) and its winds had weakened a little to 145 mph (230 kph).
But forecasters warned it (...)