A barcode reader may include barcode reading hardware, which may include an image sensor. The image sensor may capture an image of a barcode within a field of view. The barcode reading hardware may also include a communication interface for output of decoded data to a remote computing system. The barcode reader may also include volatile memory and non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory may include start-up instructions. The barcode reader may also include a processor. The processor may be configured to, upon power-up of the barcode reader, execute the start-up instructions to obtain firmware for operating the barcode reader from a remote configuration server, load the firmware to the volatile memory, and commence execution of the firmware to commence barcode reading functions of the barcode reader without performing a re-boot operation.

A method for modifying a native runtime environment comprising modifying symbols in the least one of a compiled executable or byte-code of each of a plurality of library versions, modifying references to the symbols in development code associated with the at least one of the compiled executable or byte-code, building the development code into a plurality of versioned library packages, renaming identifiers in each of the versioned library packages and modify an application build for the native runtime environment to reference each of the versioned library packages according to their renamed identifiers.

A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions for performing a method comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one machine, causes the machine to: receive a schema with a tag and a parameter, the schema representing a change to be made to a converged infrastructure environment, wherein the schema is received from a cloud-based service to the on-site converged infrastructure environment; select an executable script template from a store of executable script templates using the tag; generate an executable script from the executable script template, including populating the executable script template with the parameter; and run the executable script against a component of the converged infrastructure environment.

Electronic device and a method for operating an electronic device providing an improved initialization of the electronic device. Operational data such as software components or configurational data are stored in a removable storage device during the operation of the device. By removing the removable storage device and inserting the removable storage device into another device, the other device can be automatically initialized and configured similar to the former electronic device.

Methods and apparatus to propagate an update between nodes in a distributed environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a database storing information about a deployment of infrastructure as a service (IaaS) components; and an update manager to: configure a first script to be executed upon boot of the apparatus, the first script to schedule execution of a second script for updating the IaaS components; in response to execution of the first script, schedule a second script for execution; in response to execution of the second script retrieve information about the IaaS components, determine an order for upgrades of the IaaS components, and trigger installation of an update for the IaaS components.

A method for accessing data stored in a database may include receiving, at an application, a request to load a data story that includes a software widget configured to create, based on a portion of data stored in a database coupled with a cloud-based analytics engine, a data presentation providing a visual representation of the portion of data. In response to the request to load the data story, a scripting engine associated with the application may execute a first programming code associated with the software widget. The first programming code may be executed to retrieve, from the cloud-based analytics engine, visualization data for rendering the data presentation. An in-app web browser associated with the application may execute a second programming code associated with the software widget. The second programming code may be executed to render, based on the visualization data retrieved from the cloud-based analytics engine, the data presentation.

Disclosed are a non-transitory computer readable medium, system, and method to provide a network analytics engine (NAE) and corresponding NAE infrastructure. The NAE infrastructure may determine functions to be offloaded from a high-level interpreted scripting language agent script to specialized executables. The specialized executables may execute and perform functions on behalf of portions of the agent script while the agent script and the interpreter of the agent script are not loaded on the network communication device executing the specialized executables. Callbacks may be provided to invoke portions of the agent script as needed. A plurality of different specialized executables may monitor data values and event evaluation rules on behalf of a set of agent scripts and provide feedback via the NAE.

Disclosed are a non-transitory computer readable medium, system, and method to provide a network analytics engine (NAE) and corresponding NAE infrastructure. The NAE infrastructure may determine functions to be offloaded from a high-level interpreted scripting language agent script to specialized executables. The specialized executables may execute and perform functions on behalf of portions of the agent script while the agent script and the interpreter of the agent script are not loaded on the network communication device executing the specialized executables. Callbacks may be provided to invoke portions of the agent script as needed. A plurality of different specialized executables may monitor data values and event evaluation rules on behalf of a set of agent scripts and provide feedback via the NAE.

An operating system service for persistently executing programs comprises a registration service configured to register a manifest defining a persistence mode of a user-controllable program. The operating system service further comprises a runtime service configured, based on the persistence mode defined via the manifest, to detect and reject termination requests for the program, and to detect that the program has terminated and restart execution of the program.

An operating system service for persistently executing programs comprises a registration service configured to register a manifest defining a persistence mode of a user-controllable program. The operating system service further comprises a runtime service configured, based on the persistence mode defined via the manifest, to detect and reject termination requests for the program, and to detect that the program has terminated and restart execution of the program.