In a new book titled The Economics of Software Quality, authors Capers Jones and Olivier Bonsignour say that quality business applications must work on multiple platforms, across multiple countries, and
At OSCON (the O’Reilly Open Source Convention), a panel of educators praised the Android App Inventor as a great asset for introductory, college-level computer science classes. Dave Wolber from the
Because most programming languages were designed for single-chip systems, it can be very tricky to use those languages to write efficient applications for multi-core systems. In order to make that
On July 28, Oracle officially releases Java 7, the first major update for the language in five years. At least one observer has called it “the most anticipated release ever.”
Rackspace has put together a new infographic that traces the history of programming languages. It begins in 1957 with the development of Fortran and ends in 2005 with the introduction
Now available for download, Linux 3.0 adds mostly minor changes to the open source operating system. “There are no special landmark features or incompatibilities related to the version number change,”
Is it possible to have a new twist on the seemingly endless debate between advocates of Agile software development and those of the waterfall model? Some people, including Coverity’s Rutul
In an Enterprise Architecture distribution list I belong to someone posted an urgent request (to be honest, I’ve never seen a request for information on a technology DL that wasn’t
After Dilbert creator Scott Adams complained on his blog about his current phone, Brandon Watson, the Senior Director of development at Microsoft, offered him a deal. “I’ll send you a
In Africa, few people have the resources to purchase a PC — or even enough money to pay for the electricity to run one. However, a large and growing number
In the old days, enterprises really only had three choices for databases: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server or MySQL. But today, a whole host of new NoSQL databases are trading away
Fragmentation on the Android platform causes a constant headache for developers, but Google has just announced a new change that should make it easier for developers to create apps that
While creating a new cloud-based app is relatively straightforward, migrating an existing app to a public or private cloud can be extremely complicated. In a recent speech, Adiascar Cisneros of
Analytics vendor Flurry has released a new report which tracks how many of its clients are starting new projects for the iPhone, Android and the iPad. In the first quarter
A recent report from cloud solution provider Appirio confirms what many IT people have long known, even feared: cloud-to-cloud integration is a major headache for cloud adopters. Appirio’s “State of
The program isn’t live yet, but Apple is planning to launch a new volume purchasing program for enterprise customers. Approved business customers will be able to visit a private website
End-user application developers (EUADs) have always been around, but market research firm Gartner says that tight budgets and the growth of simplified application development tools could mean that these “citizen
As the founder and CEO of Appular, the first marketing and PR firm that serves only iOS app makers, Brian Akaka has helped turn apps like Simplenote, Doodle Jump, The
A year ago, Twitter had just 150,000 apps in its “ecosystem.” Today, the micro-blogging service announced that it has more than 1 million apps and that it was launching a
RIM has announced that users have now downloaded apps from the BlackBerry App World more than 1 billion times. Although the news is positive, it highlights how far the BlackBerry
In an effort to boost app downloads, Google is rolling out a redesigned version of its Android Market. “To make it fun and easy for users to explore fresh content,
We never make mistakes. Our endeavors have flawless execution. That is how many of us secretly hope to be perceived in a professional environment. It’s not easy to admit flaws
Many organizations realize there are significant advantages to moving their business-critical applications to the public cloud. With competitive pressures becoming stronger all the time, the heat is on to make
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has issued a new report with good news for mobile developers. He claims that the average Apple device owner will download 83 apps this year,
Thomas Wailgum, an editor at CIO.com, once wrote “It might appear that even tobacco companies enjoy a better level of overall ‘likeability’ than do enterprise software vendors.” Aaron Levie, founder
Mobile analytics firm Flurry has released a new report that surprisingly concludes that freemium apps (those that are free to try but charge for “extras”) make more money than apps
According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, 2011 college graduates who majored in computer science were more likely to receive job offers than those with any other majors.
On Thursday, Apple announced that the App Store had passed 15 million downloads. Currently, the App Store has more than 425,000 apps, including 100,000 iPad apps. So far, developers have
In 2010, customers spent a total of $10 billion on software as a service (SaaS) offerings. However, Gartner predicts that this segment of the cloud computing market could be worth
Building Java apps for the cloud is about to get a bit easier thanks to a new tool from Java startup CloudBees.CloudBees has a DEV@cloud service that provides the contiguous