Many agencies of the US federal government follow a procurement policy that goes by the name Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) to select the lowest cost provider among all suitable providers for any IT project. However, it almost always backfires.

This step-by-step tutorial explores how to install PhoneGap on Windows and MAC OS X using the command-line interface.

Integrate the JVM into the OS kernel. Strip out everything in the OS that the hypervisor is taking care of (like network access) or that the JVM doesn’t need. What you end up with is an lean mean runtime-specific machine that runs much faster than a normal VM, and is more secure as well, simply because there is much less of it to hack.

We're finally figuring out how to collect store, analyze, and manage far larger and more diverse data sets across the enterprise. We can’t let Big Data be just another management fad.

Kaushik Pal explores the basics of the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), the underlying file system of the Apache Hadoop framework.

Nobody really wants a Private Cloud

We are adding a new blog series to DevX entitled Enterprise Issues for Developers. Look for regular entries to start appearing on the site in the very near future. These articles and blog entries will focus on some of the core topics that impact developers working in a corporate setting or on large-scale projects.

The Apple iPhone has its own rules and standards related to web page rendering. As a result, you may encounter problems and bugs while optimizing a website for the iPhone. This article discusses the most common bugs and solutions to them, and provides some useful tips.

Kaushik Pal explores the processing of Big Data using the Apache Hadoop framework and Map-Reduce programming.

Verizon’s Managed Certificate Services are a good starting point, but there’s much more work to be done as there's no new technology here.