Software Oracle has countered recent criticism of its handling of Java Enterprise Edition, telling Info World that it plans to reboot the platform and modernize it for the cloud environments that enterprises favor today. Networks and Protocols Sigfox has announced its first US channel deal, supplying the connectivity for Ayyeka’s smart city and industrial IoT sensor hubs – called Wavelet Kits. Big Data, Cloud and Machine Learning Boeing has picked Microsoft’s Azure for much of its commercial analytics and aviation applications, which Boeing offers to some 300 airlines and aerospace companies.