Many agencies of the US federal government, including across the military, follow a procurement policy that goes by the name Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA). The rationale behind this policy
Analyst Peter Goldmacher from Cowen & Co. sees three big trends in enterprise software next year. First, smaller organizations will take advantage of the cloud computing offerings that larger enterprises
PhoneGap has quickly become a popular platform for building mobile applications, mainly because of the simplicity involved in creating cross-platform applications using only HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The idea is
Running Java in the Cloud, are you? Using Tomcat because it’s lightweight? Let’s take a closer look. Your code is running on Tomcat, which is running on a Java Virtual
A recent survey conducted by Sand Hill Publishing revealed some surprising facts about enterprise Hadoop use. While Hadoop is usually mentioned in the same breath as big data analytics, few
JetBrains has announced availability of version 13 of its flagship IDE, IntelliJ IDEA. One of the biggest changes in the update is its inclusion of features Google developed for Android
In a sign of the growing popularity of Node.js, cloud computing vendor Joyent has announced a new commercial support package for the platform. Called Node.js Core Support, the service can
FineReader Pro for Mac Enables Document Scanning and Conversion Tasks of Any Complexity; Essential Tool to Edit, Share, Copy and Quote Information Sealed in Documents and ImagesTheale, UK (December 5,
Red Hat has released version 2.0 of its Open Shift Enterprise platform as a service. This is the on-premise version of its OpenShift Online cloud computing product. The update adds
Leading LBM Technology Vendor Leaps Forward in Usability with .NET UpdateEpicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail, and services organizations, today announced a
Google has announced general availability for Compute Engine, its IaaS that competes with Amazon Web Services’ EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) and S3 (Simple Storage Service). In addition, the company lowered
Last month, Salesforce.com awarded $1 million to mobile development firm Upshot for winning the hackathon at the Dreamforce event. But some participants complained that the winner hadn’t followed the rules,
By some estimates, there are only eight qualified developers available for every ten job openings. With odds like those, companies are going to new lengths to attract and keep talent.
During Amazon Web Services’ recent re:Invent cloud computing conference, vendor Riverbed Technology conducted a survey of attendees. Among the 122 people polled, 96 percent said their organizations were either already
Ever wonder what’s in all those books on the business shelf in your local big box bookstore? Management fads. Some management guru comes up with a novel hypothesis about how
According to Synergy Research Group, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is not only the leader in the IaaS and PaaS markets, it has more revenue than all its major rivals combined.
If Cisco Systems is correct, cloud computing traffic—particularly enterprise cloud traffic—is poised for incredible growth. In its Global Cloud Index, the company predicts that cloud traffic will increase from 1.2
This article will explore the basics of the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), the underlying file system of the Apache Hadoop framework. HDFS is a distributed storage space that spans
During last week’s Dreamforce conference, Salesforce.com gave away $1 million to Upshot, the development firm that won the event hackathon. The firm received the prize for a mobile app which
A recent blog post by Gartner Analyst Alessandro Perilli created a bit of a dustup in the OpenStack world. He wondered why vendors can?t sell OpenStack to enterprises, and came
We’ve added 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
The iPhone has its own rules and standards related to web page rendering. To make things more complicated, mobile Safari is quite different from the desktop version. As a result,
Every workplace has its challenges, but which are the biggest drag on programming productivity? To find out, InfoWorld conducted an informal survey of developers. These were the top 15 roadblocks
Big Data is a relatively new paradigm and processing data is the most important area on which to concentrate development efforts. This article will concentrate on the processing of Big
Microsoft has released an alpha version of Node.js Tools for Visual Studio. The tool will allow developers to edit and debug Node.js and to deploy Node.js applications to the Azure
A new IBM report called “The ‘Upwardly Mobile’ Enterprise: Setting the Strategic Agenda” examines the mobile strategies at companies in 29 countries. Among survey respondents, 58 percent said that mobility
It seems my recent article on why the IoT may be DoA (dead on arrival) may have shaken something loose at large telecommunications firm Verizon. Today they announced that they
Google has revamped the Apps Marketplace for its Google Apps cloud computing platform with a host of new features aimed to please enterprise users. Those features include better OAuth 2.0
If you want a job in cloud development or operations, which certifications will employers be looking for? CIO compiled a list of ten noteworthy certs: Cloud Security Alliance’s Certificate of
HP recently used its Fortify On Demand for Mobile product to scan 2,107 iOS apps created by companies on the Forbes Global 2000 list. The company found that nine out