IBM Pushes Swift for the Cloud with Swift Runtime, Package Catalog, and More

After introducing their Swift sandbox, IBM have recently announced their next step to support Swift in the cloud by previewing IBM Swift runtime, Swift Package Catalog, and open-sourcing Kitura, a framework for Web app development.

Docker Cloud Aims to Enable Containerized Multicloud Solutions

Docker Cloud is a new service that aims to make it easier to work with Docker containers on multiple Clouds, developer Borja Burgos announced on Docker’s blog. The service aims to make it possible to build, ship, and run containers within the Docker ecosystem.

Apache Storm Reaches 1.0, Brings Improved Performance, Many New Features

Version 1.0 is “a major milestone in the evolution of Apache Storm”, writes Apache Software Foundation VP for Apache Storm P. Taylor Goetz, and it includes many new features and improvements. In particular, Goetz claims a 3x–16x boost in performance.

GitLab and DigitalOcean Offer Free Hosting for GitLab CI to Open Source Community

GitLab, maker of the homonymous Git-based code management and continuous integration platform, and Y Combinator cloud platform provider DigitalOcean have partnered to provide free hosting to the open source community to move their continuous integration to the cloud.

DigitalOcean Launches Flexible Block Storage

DigitalOcean has announced the availability of a new Block Storage service to make it possible to grow storage independently of computing power and at a more convenient price.