The Ohio Department of Public Safety is touting its success in transitioning its legacy applications from its mainframe to Windows systems. Back in 2007, the department was spending about $1
On September 12, Microsoft formally launched Visual Studio 2012, the most recent update to its flagship IDE. Microsoft’s Soma Somasegar called it “the best development tool to enable developers to
According to Evans Data’s semiannual Cloud Development Survey, 36 percent of active cloud developers have used or are using Microsoft’s Azure Cloud, making it the most popular among developers. Google
AppFirst has released a new performance monitoring tool called DevOps Dashboard. It offers a unified view of IT infrastructure operations, application performance and key business metrics, enabling DevOps professionals to
In the past, mobile development platforms have allowed users to make in-app purchases of “virtual” goods–things like access to more game levels, virtual currency or other items that can be
Developers who offer apps targeted at corporate customers or educational institutions will now find it easier to sell iOS apps to international audiences. Apple has announced that it is extending
Amazon is adding a new feature called Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) to its S3 cloud storage capabilities. The tool will make it easier to build Web applications that can access
Oracle, Red Hat, CloudBees, Cloudsoft, Huawei, Rackspace and Software AG have drafted a new specification for platform as a service (PaaS) standards. Called Cloud Application Management for Platforms (CAMP), the
Even though Oracle doesn’t think Spring is necessary and even though Spring’s founder no longer works for the company, VMware has made clear that it plans to continue supporting the