Facebook alums Eric Frenkiel and Nikita Shamgunov have launched a new startup called MemSQL that vows to make relational databases up to 30 times faster. Their MemSQL technology achieves that
VMware has turned its vFabric application framework into a suite. The just-launched vFabric Suite 5.1 relies heavily on open source technologies to enable cloud development and deployment of applications. “The
A new survey of 1,000 IT pros by Serena Software found that while Agile methodologies have caught on in enterprise application development teams, they haven’t eliminated all of the problems
The jury in the Oracle v. Google lawsuit has decided that nine lines of code in Android did violate Java copyrights. However, the jurors could not agree whether Google’s use
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has sent out “save the date” notices for a cloud computing conference to be held in Las Vegas November 27-29. Called “re:invent,” the conference appears to
A new report from Comscore finds that smartphone owners use apps to access the Web 81.5 percent of the time, while they rely on browsers just 18.5 percent of the
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced two new changes that enhance support for Microsoft technologies on its cloud computing services. First, Elastic Beanstalk now supports ASP.NET. Elastic Beanstalk handles deployment
In an effort to attract more small developers to its platform as a service (PaaS), Salesforce.com’s Heroku is rolling out some lower-priced cloud database options. Both are based on Postgres.
You’ve heard of software as a service, platform as a service and infrastructure as a service — now there’s open source license management as a service. WhiteSource Software is debuting