This week, Microsoft unveiled a release candidate for Visual Studio 2013, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE), and it announced that the tool will hit release to
Google updated its App Engine in August, but it’s already pushing out another release, version 1.8.4. It includes a number of features aimed at improving cloud development capabilities. “To make
ReadWrite notes that open source database PostgreSQL is enjoying something of a surge in popularity with developers and enterprise IT pros. Hacker News mentions are up, and PostgreSQL job postings
Heroku PostgresSQL 9.3 public beta is now available, introducing a plethora of useful features. The new built-in Postgres FDWs(Foreign data wrappers- which allow you to query from within Postgres to
LexisNexis?? 15th Annual Mortgage Fraud Report shows the current composition of residential mortgage fraud and misrepresentation in the U.S. committed by mortgage industry professionals. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) mortgage
The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) has been the backbone of IT security for several years. It lies at the heart of SSL, Cloud encryption, digital signatures, and the vast majority
When it got underway two years ago, the UK’s Universal Credit program was touted as the world’s biggest agile software development project. But now, the £2.4 billion project is over
Reversing course on a previous decision, Microsoft has opted to release the final code for Windows 8.1 and the Visual Studio 2013 release candidate to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. “We
A recent blog post by fellow Cloud curmudgeon Ben Kepes shined the light on a few of the unsightly ingredients in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud sausage. Apparently, many
Adobe has released Generator, a tool that bridges the gap between design and development by linking Photoshop with Edge Reflow. In essence, Generator allows designers or developers to create an
The New York Times has published another set of revelations about secret spying programs at the NSA, and this time they have major implications for developers. According to documents provided
On Wednesday, the Apache Foundation released version 2.0 of the open source NoSQL database Cassandra. Jonathan Ellis, Apache Cassandra’s VP, noted that the five-year-old database, which was originally created by
For many enterprise application development pros, news that the company is embracing agile software development methodologies is cause for concern. After all, this type of transition radically alters the way
Contemplate, a U.K. startup focused on software quality, has announced ThreadSafe 1.2, a new version of its tool to help Java developers better handle concurrency in applications they build. ThreadSafe
The market analysts at IDC have come out with some new predictions for growth in the cloud computing industry. They believe public cloud spending will grow at a compound annual
It never ceases to amaze me how many people consider Public and Private Clouds to be somehow comparable. We want a Cloud, they say, but we’re afraid of Public, so
Verizon’s 2013 State of the Enterprise Cloud Report claims that enterprises are embracing the cloud. According to the white paper, enterprise use of cloud-based memory climbed 100 percent over the
Online job board Indeed.com has put out a list of the fastest-growing keywords used in its job postings. All relate to technology, and most relate to development, particularly Web and
OpenTSDB is a specialized database to store sequence of data points generated over a period of time in uniform time intervals. It uses HBase as the underlying database in order
Perhaps the most fascinating benefit to attending conferences outside the US is to get the non-US perspective on American issues. I was interested, therefore, in the audience’s perspective on the
Small and medium-sized businesses are adopting mobile in a big way, says a new report from Research and Markets’ Mobile Solutions Study. In a survey, 91 percent of SMBs said
Amazon Web Services offers applications running on AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) the ability to get even traffic across all instances through an offering called Elastic Load Balancing. Having load
A new survey confirms that APIs use continues to grow. The research, conducted by vendor Axway, which acquired API and identity management firm Vordel, found that 50 percent of IT
Two separate studies are forecasting that recent revelations about NSA surveillance on communications will lead to a decline in the use of cloud computing services. The Information Technology and Innovation
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider Heroku has unveiled the Security Researcher Hall of Fame, paying homage to the stalwart independent researchers since 2011. Recently, some of the most reputable technology companies and
Recently, there has been much discussion about software patents and calls for reform to the system. Now, one country—New Zealand—has passed a bill that eliminates software patents altogether. The country’s
In light of recent malicious hackings seen in various places on the web, Heroku has announced their Security Researcher Hall of Fame. This hall of fame stretches back to 2011,
Millions of Netizens were forced to go outside and get some fresh air for an hour Sunday when Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced a brief outage, taking down sites such
A new survey sponsored by software firm Talend finds plenty of interest in big data, but few projects currently underway. Only 10 percent of enterprises surveyed have deployed a large
Mary Jo Foley’s source says that Microsoft cleared Windows 8.1 (formerly codenamed “Blue”) for release to manufacturing (RTM) on August 23. However, official Microsoft channels have not yet confirmed the