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Designing Better Web APIs with Breeze Server

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Apple Remains Top U.S. Smartphone Shipper

Counterpoint technology has released a new research report that sums up the state of the U.S. smartphone market in the first quarter of 2014. Key takeaways include the following: Smartphones

SAP Release Mobile Platform 3.0

Enterprise software vendor SAP has announced the release of its Mobile Platform 3.0, which unifies the company’s mobile development tools with a single software development kit (SDK). Based on a

How to Access Relational Data Using JDBC with Spring

Overview The Spring framework has become an essential part of modern Java-based application development and has effectively managed to take control of every department in the Java development world. The

Canonical Launches a Cloud in a Box

During his keynote address at the OpenStack Summit, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth made a surprise product announcement. He took the wraps off a new cloud-in-a-box offering that the company calls

SAP Apps Come to the Azure Cloud

SAP and Microsoft have signed an agreement that has the two enterprise software powerhouses working together in three key ways: SAP applications will be certified to run on Microsoft’s Azure

How to Build Java Projects Using Gradle

Overview Gradle is an automated project building tool that uses the concepts of both Apache Ant and Apache Maven but is based on a domain specific language rather than the

Visual Studio Adds Cordova Support

At TechEd 2014, Microsoft made a couple of big announcements related to its Visual Studio integrated development environment. First, a preview version of Visual Studio now supports Apache Cordova, an

Salesforce Integrates Force.com and Heroku Connect

Salesforce is tying together its two cloud development platforms: Heroku, which is targeted at startups and mobile development shops, and Force.com, which is more for enterprise application development teams. Both

DIGITALK Announces New Business Intelligence Infrastructure

DIGITALK Limited, Milton Keynes, UK, 12 May, 2014DIGITALK, a trusted provider of Carrier, Consumer and Mobile Cloud solutions to retail and wholesale communications service providers worldwide, today announced new investment

Why One Ecommerce Site Moved from Rails to Scala

ReadWrite has published an interview with Eric Bowman, the vice president of architecture for Gilt.com, an e-commerce site that specializes in flash sales. Because the site experiences huge spikes in

Zend Releases Apigility 1.0

PHP tool vendor Zend has announced the release of Apigility 1.0. The open source tool helps companies create their own APIs by encouraging certain development practices. “We took the opinionated

HP to Spend $1 Billion on Cloud Computing R&D

HP has announced plans to invest $1 billion over two years into research and development related to the OpenStack cloud computing platform. It’s calling this new effort “Helion,” and it

The Agile Architecture Mind Map

It seems that most people who read the title of my book The Agile Architecture Revolution think I?m talking about Agile software architecture. In reality, I?m talking about architecting for

EMC Launches Hybrid Cloud Computing Package

At EMC World, the EMC announced a new Hybrid Cloud package. It aims to makes it easier for enterprises to set up a private cloud computing environment and also use

Is Devops Bad for Developers?

Enterprises have rushed to embrace devops, a philosophy that promises to break down barriers between development and operations, promote collaboration and improve quality. But something of a backlash against devops

Promise: Life Beyond Callbacks

Callbacks have been the lifeline for the most part in the Ajax world. However, with increasing usage of JavaScript in the enterprise, developers are looking beyond simple callbacks–primarily because as

Microsoft Buys GreenButton

Microsoft has announced that it purchased GreenButton, a New Zealand-based company that specializes in cloud-based high performance computing. Microsoft previously made a $1 million investment in the smaller firm. GreenButton’s