A quick rundown of the top content published in the Java hub in 2017.

There is a lot of unstructured text content that is generated in any domain – software development lifecycle, finance, healthcare, social media, etc. Valuable insights can be generated by analyzing unstructured text content and correlating the information across various document sources. This pattern uses Watson Natural Language Understanding, Python Natural Language Toolkit, OrientDB, Node-RED, and IBM Data Science Experience to build a complete analytics solution that generates insights for informed decision-making.

This article describes the Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) Flash support on IBM AIX. CAPI technology has been used on AIX to accelerate I/O operations to IBM Flash storage. AIX CAPI Flash driver stack has been optimized into a monolithic driver model which further reduced the I/O code path length. CAPI Flash technology provides a superior performance advantage in terms of IOPS per processor when compared to the traditional Fibre Channel I/O. We also describe at a high level how a user can use CAPI-based flash devices on AIX.

If you’ve ever wanted to change the way IBM Connections looks or behaves, the new IBM Connections Customizer gives you the control you’ve been looking for. In this article, you’ll learn how Customizer lets you change the behavior of Connections to suit your business processes.

Organizations that use IBM Security Guardium activity monitoring for data security and compliance struggle with the quantity of collected audit data, especially if they have 10 or more Guardium collectors. IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence provides the power of a big data platform that is purpose-built for data security requirements. It helps augment existing Guardium deployments with the ability to quickly create an optimized security data lake that can retain large quantities of historical data over long time horizons.

See how to develop and deploy advanced Cloud Foundry applications in the IBM Cloud. Doug Tidwell shows you how to create a globally available app that uses a cloud-hosted NoSQL database.

See how to use IBM Cloud Functions to make the most of serverless computing. Doug Tidwell shows you how to generate code that manages a cloud-hosted NoSQL database.

In this article, you learn how to use the IBM Cloud to write a Node.js application for an organization’s front desk, which needs to log visitors in and out. Along the way you will learn how to use Node.js, the Express HTTP server library, and a Cloudant database. You will learn how to do this in the highly available IBM Cloud. This is a basic introduction to Node.js programming on the IBM Cloud platform.

In the first article in this series, you learned how to build a Node.js application on the IBM Cloud. However, that application was not very responsive or visually appealing. In this article you learn how to use the Bootstrap theme for your application to look better, and how to use the AngularJS library to make it more responsive.

This article provides a list of ISV solutions that can augment the capabilities of Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) running on Linux on IBM Power Systems. Solutions cover many categories including business intelligence (BI) tools, advanced analytics, and so on.

With the release of IBM Bluemix Local System and PureApplication System firmware V2.2.3, you can create automatically configured hosted VMware environments for more flexibility on how you run and manage your workloads. This tutorial series provides a step-by-step guide for users of the Bluemix Local System W1500, W2500, W3500, and W3550 models to work with these advanced capabilities. In Part 2, you install and configure a PureApplication Software workload environment.

With the release of IBM Bluemix Local System and PureApplication System firmware V2.2.3, you can create automatically configured hosted VMware environments for more flexibility on how you run and manage your workloads. This series of articles provides a step-by-step guide for users of the W1500, W2500, W3500, and W3550 models to work with these advanced capabilities. In Part 1, you get started with creating and deploying hosted VMware environments in Bluemix Local System. Specifically, you learn how to allocate resources, configure external access to VMware components, and configure and deploy virtual machines in VMware.

With the release of IBM PureApplication Platform and PureApplication System firmware V2.2.3, you can create automatically configured hosted VMware environments for more flexibility on how you run and manage your workloads. This series of articles provides a step-by-step guide for users of the PureApplication Platform W1500, W2500, W3500, and W3550 models to work with these advanced capabilities. In Part 3, you set up disaster recovery and learn how to perform three different disaster recovery procedures.

As Victorians wait to learn what freedoms will return after the weekend, the state's number of confirmed coronavirus cases has risen again.

Western Australia will establish a multi-million-dollar fund to boost research into the coronavirus and to ramp up the state's testing regime.

Queensland has recorded its third day of zero cases this week but authorities warn the virus has not been eradicated and more cases are expected.

A resident who died in Sydney's Newmarch House had recovered from coronavirus and died of an unrelated illness, NSW Health says.

Magician Roy Horn, who was one half of the German duo "Siegfried & Roy," has died after contracting Covid-19, his spokesman says.

Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary has the coronavirus, the White House says, making her the second person who works at the White House complex known to test positive for the virus this week.

Thousands of people have flocked to shopping malls and supermarkets across Adelaide, raising concerns of growing complacency over the coronavirus pandemic.

The British government has told airlines it will introduce a 14-day quarantine period for most people arriving from abroad to try to avoid a second peak of the coronavirus pandemic, an association representing the airlines said on Saturday.

JB Hi-Fi has posted strong March quarter growth as customers forced to work from home rushed to buy home appliances and technology products before COVID-19-related social restrictions were brought in.

A solid growth in mineral exports in March after Chinese factories reopened following the coronavirus shutdown has driven Australia's trade surplus to a record $10.6 billion, in seasonally adjusted terms.

ViacomCBS says first-quarter profit tumbled as the company suffered a 19 per cent decline in advertising revenue due in part to the cancellation of the NCAA "March Madness" men's basketball championship this year.

AMP shareholders, denied dividends for 2019, have served a first `strike' on the hefty pay packets of the beleaguered financial giant's executives.

Supermarket giant Aldi has issued a warning to shoppers after a labelling mistake led to the recall of a deli meat product.

Don’t fall for the line that Australia has handled the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic brilliantly.

From virus fears to job fears, isolation to homeschooling worries, financial stress to family stress, Australia’s pandemic lockdown is having an unprecedented effect on our mental health.

Cheaper beer and the return of the long lunch is on the menu as the hospitality sector tries to revive restaurants, pubs and cafes on the other side of the coronavirus pandemic.

Bike stunts, pet birthdays and a baby names which stumped the world are some of the trending topics on social media in Australia.

The New Zealand Cabinet will meet on Monday to decide whether restrictions can be eased allowing domestic travel to restart and most businesses to open. There have been four new recorded infections in the past five days, and 90 percent of approximately 1500 confirmed or probable cases, have recovered from the virus. As the New Zealand and Australian economies reopen, a Trans-Tasman travel bubble could emerge as a serious possibility, if both nations continue to effectively flatten their coronavirus curves. Image: Associated Press

President Donald Trump has joined World War Two veterans at a wreath laying ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe. President Trump and First Lady Melania paid their respects at a memorial in Washington.

There’s been plenty of conspiracy theories to come out of the coronavirus pandemic.

Australians are being warned to take care when visiting their mums today, particularly if they are elderly.

THERE are fears of a Ross River virus outbreak on the Gold Coast as infection numbers spike amid a mosquito ­invasion.

THE star in the car was Clint Eastwood who came to town, not on a horse,

ANIMALS and their antics have captured the Gold Coast’s imagination as the city’s COVID-19 lockdown continues.

When Abbey was a little girl, sunshine flooded her soul when she kicked a ball with her brother, pivoted on a netball court, watched her sporting idols on TV and read novels for hours on end.

The Victorian government’s refusal to ease restrictions immediately, hasn't stopped thousands of people packing the shops of Melbourne. While hospitality businesses have been promised they can open soon, there's still a fear it might be too late for many. Image: News Corp Australia

A spring snowstorm overnight on May 8 into May 9 blanketed northern New Jersey with cold and snow, weather reports said. Parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware were also affected by the storm. The National Weather Service’s Mount Holly office recorded temperatures in the low 30s, some going below freezing into the mid-to-high 20s across the northeast. A local resident in Newton, New Jersey, filmed video of the storm blowing snow across their backyard. In the morning, the yard and garden were covered. “Snow on the ground with a pool open seems odd,” J&B Landscape wrote on one video. On another they wrote, “Nice winter morning in May.” Credit: J&B Landscape via Storyful

A polar vortex brought rare winter weather conditions to the Northeast of the US on May 9, with freezing temperatures and snow reported across parts of New England, including Vermont. Up to 9 inches of snow was recorded in parts of Vermont with freeze or frost advisories reported in 20 states across the Midwest and Northeast. Video filmed by Mitch @VermonsterWx shows several inches of “light and fluffy” snow accumulation near Readsboro, Vermont. Credit: Mitch @VermonsterWx via Storyful

With many Australian families feeling the pinch at the moment, one Aussie mum has revealed her simple trick for creating multiple dinners using one key ingredient.

I used to have advice for girlfriends meeting my mum. Don’t be fooled by the whole caring, compassionate physiotherapist for babies and children thing. It’s a trap. Because come nightfall, if you dared stand within 1.5 metres of her and a board game, you saw another side that threatened to send you into self-isolation from her – for life.

Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn, half of Las Vegas icons Siegfried & Roy, has died from complications stemming from COVID-19.

Poh Ling Yeow, a MasterChef Australia winner and now also a contestant, hasn’t been able to see her husband Jono Bennett for a month because of coronavirus travel restrictions.

YOU’VE heard of isolation concerts, opera in empty Italian squares and living-room raves, but today a new barrier will be broken with the sound of a boom box at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium.

The Eurovision: Big Night In telecast on Saturday will be remarkable for achieving a feat of technical wizardry not seen on Australian television.

On-camera talent runs in the family at the Ennis household, with former NRL star and Fox League commentator Michael Ennis gearing up for his daughter Kobyfox’s Nickelodeon debut.

Karl and Jasmine Stefanovic’s newborn baby girl Harper May is headed home for the first time after her birth on Friday night.

Anti-vax WAG Taylor Winterstein has said that there is a “strong core of families” in the NRL who are also anti-vaxxers that Australians would be “seriously surprised” about.