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
According to a new survey conducted by research and advisory firm Computer Economics, application hosting has replaced application development as the most frequently outsourced IT function. The number of companies
Jelastic, a Java and PHP platform-as-a-service (PaaS) specialist, recently launched a new version of its offering, Jelastic 1.9.2, with a series of new features designed to make it easier to
A new survey by the Ponemon Institute reveals a disconnect between the C-suite and IT when it comes to application security. A high percentage of executives believe that their application
Development tool vendor Appcelerator has announced that it is buying Singly, a startup that offers API management technology. Appcelerator says it plans to incorporate Singly’s capabilities within its Appcelerator Platform
Perhaps the best part of speaking at Dataversity?s NoSQL Now conference is the opportunity to channel my inner geek. This show brings out the most hardcore data geeks Silicon Valley
Microsoft has announced the availability of a free set of cloud computing tools that it calls “Windows Azure Pack.” Among other things, it allows enterprise developers to create apps for
BlackBerry has been pretty proud of the fact that its BlackBerry World app store for BB10 includes 120,000 apps. Unfortunately, 47,000 of those apps come from one developer—S4BB. Making matters
AEG Leverages GlobalSign SaaS Certificate Authority to Strengthen Security Through Certificate Based Two Factor Authentication and Advanced SSLLondon, UK ??? August 21, 2013 ??? GlobalSign, the enterprise SaaS Certificate Authority
A new report from Gartner is confirming what many in enterprise IT already guessed—Amazon dominates the cloud computing market. In fact, Amazon’s utilized compute capacity is five times as big
If you’re a developer with experience in Java or ASP, you should have no trouble finding a job, particularly if you’re familiar with Agile software development methodologies. CWJobs.co.uk reports that
London, August, 2013 Aspect Enterprise Solutions, a leading provider of multi-commodity trading and risk management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications delivered in the Cloud, today announces the launch of an all new
Oracle has launched a new tool aimed at helping non-programmers create apps. Called BI Mobile App Designer, the tool offers an intuitive interface designed to allow business professionals to create
As we learned in earlier articles, Amazon offers resizable compute capacity in the cloud. To help with EC2 Elastic Computing resources, Amazon offers Auto Scaling, a service that allows launching
TIOBE has released its list of the world’s most popular programming languages for August 2013. Once again, Java took the top spot, just edging out C (which was number one
Guangzhou International Leather & Footwear Fair 2013(GLFF2013)Date: November 1st – 3rd , 2013 Venue:Poly World Trade Expo Center, Guangzhou, China Exhibition Profile Guangzhou International Leather & Footwear Fair 2013 (GLFF2013),
Speed, security and personalized experiences were the top concerns for end users. The survey of 5,000 consumers found that the starkest differences in mobile usage were between developed and emerging
Google Cloud Storage now automatically encrypts all data before it is written to disk, at no additional charge and the change is seemless—no reconfiguration or changes required for users. All
It was only a handful of months ago that I joined in the chorus for better Cybersecurity. After all, we’re in the midst of a Cyberwar, with attacks coming from
NGEN, the Native Image Generator has been part of the .NET Framework for several years, creating optimized native images of managed code applications which are then used at runtime. NGEN
The companies will work together to combat financial fraud and advanced security threats and the new lab, that will be in addition to IBM’s existing security labs, will focus on
The cross platform OpenXava is an AJAX Java framework for rapid development, offered via a GNU Lesser General Public License, that gives programmers an opportunity to establish, define, classify, and
Shannon entropy is based on the average probability that a given string of bits will occur in a particular type of digital file. In a general-purpose communications system, that’s the
Microsoft spokesman Brandon LeBlanc announced that “Starting at 12:00 a.m. on October 18 in New Zealand (4:00 a.m. October 17 in Redmond, Wash.), Windows 8.1 will begin rolling out worldwide