For years, organizations of hundreds to thousands of employees have successfully implemented business intelligence (BI), a term that refers to the processes, software programs, technologies, and best practices used in
The launch of the iPad has nothing to cool the debate between Apple and Adobe over Flash. While the latest Apple device officially does not support Flash, Adobe posted a
On Wednesday, Oracle began to put to rest concerns about its plans for the Java programming language. Oracle exec Thomas Kurian called Java one of Sun’s crown jewels, noting, “Java
Curious about embracing Agile software development, but apprehensive about what lies in store if you do? Agile is quickly becoming a preferred approach to software development as it offers a
Researchers say the demand for Linux experts could rise as much as 50 percent this year. For those looking to break into the field as a result of that forecast,
Many developers are excited about the prospect of creating apps for the Android platform. The open SDK and the fact that you don’t have to sell your app through official
According to the New York Times, “Analysts caution that creating software that takes advantage of the features of an Apple tablet — which are likely to include a bigger screen,
According to recent statistics from Forrester, companies spend about 27 percent of their software dollars on application servers, IDEs, design and modeling tools, testing tools, and other tools that allow
Created both for ISVs and enterprise IT departments, Novell’s Suse Appliance Toolkit enables the development of software appliances for deployment in a physical, virtual, or cloud infrastructure. “A software appliance
According to the latest research, IT departments will spend 27 percent of their 2010 software budget on custom development. That compares to 35 percent spent on packaged applications and 37
The latest version of the Google Chrome browser for Windows offers several new tools for developers. For example, it includes a Web SQL Database API, a Web Storage API, WebSockets
Mono is an open source project led by Novell to create a .NET-compatible set of tools that include, among others, a C# compiler and a Common Language Runtime. Mono can
If you’re now building software in short iterations rather than mapping it out fully in advance, you’re not alone. When they talked to developers, 35 percent of those surveyed told
InfoWorld’s Randall C. Kennedy argues that a world without Windows would not be the developer utopia that open-source advocates suggest. He writes, “Rather than freeing IT, the demise of Microsoft
What does the maelstrom of hype around the launch of Apple’s tablet device have in common with Google’s announcement that select Sundance Film Festival titles will be available for rent
Usually, the iPhone will not display Flash files. However, developer Tobias Schneider has figured out a way to get Safari to display some Flash content using a JavaScript and has
The Guardian’s new World Government Data site collects data from the UK (including London), the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. Currently, the repository includes 19 different sites, and the media
While Amazon originally intended the Kindle to be only an eReader, the company will open an app store for the device sometime later this year. Analysts speculate that the move
After analyzing research reports from Gartner and IDC, eWeek concludes that this year’s hottest job titles will be mobile application developer and cloud computing software engineer. Other IT pros in
If you develop apps based on third-party APIs like Google, Facebook, Twitter, or Salesforce, sometimes it can be difficult to tell whether service outages are due to your app or
For 2010, Gartner finds that IT budgets will grow just 1.3 percent. That’s not a big increase, particularly after last year’s decrease of 8.1 percent. As a result, 2010 IT
Nearly everyone in the tech industry has been affected in some way by the economic downturn, but some are better positioned than others to weather the storm. Who are they?
In the last two articles in the series I implemented the Model and the Controller parts for the menu system, and one implementation for the View part representing a Treeview-like
As all the controversies surrounding open-source have become messier, the model has slowly become more mainstream. InfoWorld notes that despite critical news reports, “Open source software is taking the lead
InformationWeek reports, “Independent iPhone game developer Noel Llopis, creator of the Flower Garden app, recently analyzed his first ten months of work and concluded that he was making $13.44 an
Consumers are using more netbooks, smartphones, and other devices that don’t use Windows. Until we live in a world where all apps are delivered over the Web, developers will need
On Monday, IBM introduced Project Vulcan at its Lotusphere event. Vulcan’s features–an aggregation of email, calendars, profiles, to do lists and social analytics—have analysts comparing it to Google Wave. IBM
“Is Google doing itself a disservice by pursuing only the smartest of the smart?” wonders Datamation writer Eric Spiegel. Are there even enough computer science majors in the country who
One of the basic components of any application is the menu system. It allows users to navigate across the application and launch the modules. Menu components should be customizable both
Yahoo has continued its recent habit of canceling major projects. This time it announced the demise of its Shopping API on its developer network blog. The move comes after Yahoo