On August 6, BMC acquired an app distribution company called Partnerpedia. Although the deal is only a couple of days old, BMC has already rebranded Partnerpedia’s enterprise app store as
ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reports that forces within Microsoft are pushing the company’s software development teams towards cloud computing. James Larus, the head of OS research for Microsoft Research, started
By some estimates, machine-to-machine (M2M) interactions are one of the fastest growing areas of technology. These types of interactions are a key part of the coming “Internet of Things,” a
A new report from the market researchers forecasts continued “hyper-growth” for tablets. The company believes tablet sales will grow an average 25.6 percent over the next four years, reaching 381.23
Market research firm Gartner is sounding the alarm about customer dissatisfaction with some cloud computing services. Specifically, enterprises are concerned about contract ambiguities related to the maintenance of data confidentiality,
Microsoft has quietly rolled out a SkyDrive cloud development feature. If you create a text file on your local PC and upload it to SkyDrive, you can open the file
In its financial reports, Amazon doesn’t break out the numbers for its cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS). So no one outside the company really knows how much AWS
A new survey of CIOs conducted by Mobile Helix emphasizes the difficulty enterprises face in adapting their internal applications for mobile devices. Among those surveyed, 65 percent said development costs
Mobile development tools have come a long way in just a few short years. Today’s tools make the process of writing apps much easier—particularly if you are interested in cross-platform