A new report from market researchers at Gartner predicts that 25 percent of enterprises will have set up their own in-house app stores by 2017. “Bring your own application (BYOA)
In its “IT Industry Outlook 2013,” CompTIA forecasts that the IT industry will see job growth through 2020, with systems software developers experiencing the highest growth of all. In fact,
A new report from security vendor NSS Labs finds that the number of software vulnerabilities tracked in the National Vulnerability Database increased by 26 percent year-over-year in 2012. That reversed
The App Quality Alliance (AQuA), a non-profit group that promotes the mobile industry, has updated its Best Practices Guidelines for mobile development. In addition, it has also published the AQuA
Good development teams strive to become mature. Organizations like Software Engineering Institute have useful definitions of Mature (see the CMMI specification) for us. CMMI for Developers does give a model
A recent Microsoft job posting contains hints of good news for Windows and Windows Phone developers. A listing for a software development engineer for test (SDET) reads, “Are you excited
Veteran industry analyst Judith Hurwitz astutely compares data centers to garages. When you buy a house, there’s plenty of room for two cars. But over the years, the clutter builds
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is currently hearing arguments in a case that could have sweeping implications for the software development industry. In the case of
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has given a $3 million grant to Continuum Analytics to fund development of Python. Specifically, DARPA wants the firm to boost the
On Tuesday night, Netflix hosted an open source open house, and a couple of hundred developers showed up. Netflix uses Amazon’s cloud computing services to host its online video services,
BlackBerry (the company formerly known as RIM) wants to thank the developers who stayed with the organization through its dark days. So it’s giving away 12,000 limited-edition, cherry-red Z10 smartphones
Even though it’s difficult to tell, the name of this blog is The Agile Architecture Revolution, which is coincidentally the name of my new book, coming out next month. However,
HP has taken the wraps off two new agile software development tools. The first, HP Agile Manager, is an application lifecycle management (ALM) solution that aims to facilitate agile development.
As cyberattacks continue to increase, developers are coming under increasing pressure to make sure their code is secure. InfoWorld‘s Peter Wayner has put together 17 tips designed to help programmers
As enterprises and start-ups look for different ways to fill the developer shortage, many teams include different remote partners This may be on shoring, off shoring, contractors on site, or
Because the number of Agile software development jobs continues to far exceed the number of qualified candidates, many developers with Agile experience are finding that they have a choice of
Tech start-ups jClarity and Waratek join forces to create greater stability, increased density and advanced performance for next-generation Cloud operations. jClarity???s groundbreaking Java analysis tool Censum will be integrated with
If you haven’t heard about the recent travails of Oracle’s Java Runtime Environment (JRE), then you’ve probably had your head in the sand. The JRE — the client-side version of
Twitter has announced that it has released the code for Flight under an open source license. Flight is a JavaScript framework that the company developed internally. It allows Web developers
On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission released a report on consumer app privacy that includes a number of best practices for developers. “The mobile world is expanding and innovating at
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January 30 was a big day for the company formerly known as RIM. It changed its name to BlackBerry, and then it unveiled its long-anticipated new operating system, BlackBerry 10
ReadWrite recently put out its list of the top 7 IT skills for 2013. Interestingly, 6 of the 7 were application development skills, and the seventh, project management, was closely
At its ALM Summit, Microsoft made a somewhat surprising announcement: the company’s key development tools, including Visual Studio 2012, Team Foundation Server and Team Foundation Service, will now support Git.
DreamHost has announced that its DreamObjects cloud storage service is now available to anyone who wants to use it. The solution is built on top of the Ceph open source
Cloud development platform vendor ActiveState recently scored a big win. Its Stackato platform as a service (PaaS) will be the official PaaS for HP’s cloud computing business. Stackato is based
As it continues the preparation for this week’s launch of BlackBerry 10, RIM has announced that it is rolling out lower pricing tiers for apps in the newly renamed BlackBerry
Mobile and web analytics vendor Mixpanel has launched a new tool for developers that it calls Revenue Analytics. The tool aims to help app developers glean valuable insights from their
by Leon Fayer Every web-based application is part of a much broader ecosystem; it is an integral component of a larger business, operates within a highly complex and interconnected technical
A new Appcelerator report says that the enterprise side of the mobile development industry is suffering from a lack of leadership. Its surveys found that 73 percent of enterprise application