Google has announced several improvements to its cloud computing platform that enhance the services available to developers. For example, Google Compute Engine now has Layer 3 load balancing, which intelligently
Startup Cloud 66 isn’t exactly a platform as a service (PaaS), but it does some of the same things as a PaaS. It analyzes code stored in GitHub and determines
Whenever a multibillionaire like Jeff Bezos pulls out his personal checkbook and shells out $250 million of his own money for a newspaper, you have to wonder what was going
On August 6, BMC acquired an app distribution company called Partnerpedia. Although the deal is only a couple of days old, BMC has already rebranded Partnerpedia’s enterprise app store as
ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reports that forces within Microsoft are pushing the company’s software development teams towards cloud computing. James Larus, the head of OS research for Microsoft Research, started
In a previous blog post I sounded the alarm about the insider threat. Someone in your IT organization must have the root passwords, the argument goes, so what’s to keep
The transition from waterfall development to agile methodology has not been smooth for everyone, and reports of agile adoption are often exaggerated. Businesses have been quick to see the potential
Over the past couple weeks in July Heroku has been taking action to improve the overall customer experience. How? By using support data to identify high impact issues in the
By some estimates, machine-to-machine (M2M) interactions are one of the fastest growing areas of technology. These types of interactions are a key part of the coming “Internet of Things,” a
A new report from the market researchers forecasts continued “hyper-growth” for tablets. The company believes tablet sales will grow an average 25.6 percent over the next four years, reaching 381.23
To run and operate any application, computing power is needed, that includes hardware and software (including operating system, platform software, and application code). Traditionally, acquiring hardware and software (operating system
Market research firm Gartner is sounding the alarm about customer dissatisfaction with some cloud computing services. Specifically, enterprises are concerned about contract ambiguities related to the maintenance of data confidentiality,
The furor over CloudScaling’s acting CEO Randy Bias’s call for OpenStack to do an about-face and support Amazon’s APIs has only intensified since I called for a hypermedia-based Cloud meta-API.
Microsoft has quietly rolled out a SkyDrive cloud development feature. If you create a text file on your local PC and upload it to SkyDrive, you can open the file
After having spent more than a decade working almost exclusively with the web, I decided to branch out and try my hand at something entirely new: iPhone development. The transition
In its financial reports, Amazon doesn’t break out the numbers for its cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS). So no one outside the company really knows how much AWS
A new survey of CIOs conducted by Mobile Helix emphasizes the difficulty enterprises face in adapting their internal applications for mobile devices. Among those surveyed, 65 percent said development costs
As part of its ongoing efforts to unify its development platforms, Microsoft is rolling out a redesigned home page for the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). The portal aims to provide
Mobile development tools have come a long way in just a few short years. Today’s tools make the process of writing apps much easier—particularly if you are interested in cross-platform
Hidden in the code of the latest iOS 7 beta release is information about some likely new features for the next iPhone. Specifically, the beta 4 includes a folder called
Following a 40-city developer tour, Salesforce.com has launched some new tools for developers. Specifically, it has released twenty open source HTML5 and CSS templates that focus on making the most
Amazon is the biggest player in the cloud computing market today. While millions of users shop Amazon’s retail website every day, not everyone is aware that some of the most
Most of the mobile development industry is aware that China represents a huge market for their apps. However, few Western developers understand the market and how to sell their apps
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I’ve already discussed in an article and a blog post the difference between the Agile enterprise architecture I write about in my book, The Agile Architecture Revolution, and the Agile
Java platform as a service (PaaS) vendor CloudBees has acquired FoxWeave, which offers cloud-based data integration. CloudBees and FoxWeave together make it easier to utilize APIs, and they make it
A quick, granular and accurate search interface is of prime importance for most web applications today. Many have traditional search interfaces where the scope of search is restricted to specific
Fellow Cloud pontificator Randy Bias caused quite a stir at O’Reilly’s Open Source Convention (OSCON) this week. Basically, he suggested that the OpenStack crowd capitulate to Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Microsoft had previously announced that its Azure cloud computing service would soon support Oracle Java, but now it is also planning to add support for an open source implementation of
Google has released version 1.8.2 of its App Engine cloud development program. One of the most significant improvements in the release is an updated version of Google Plugin For Eclipse