Through its Connect service, Facebook has long offered developers the ability to let users log in to Web apps using their Facebook credentials. However, the old tool had one big
Since the iPad debuted on April 3, developers have uploaded more than 50,000 apps for the device. That means it took just 8 months to hit the milestone. By comparison,
The flexibility and economic benefits of cloud computing have generated a tremendous amount of interest. As developers work with this technology, an obvious concern is vendor lock-in. Writing an application
Self-service access and customization capability are key themes when using WebSphere CloudBurst. Multiple users can create and provision their own unique middleware application environments by using a range of customization
Virtualization has become the industry standard for server consolidation; however, introducing virtualization in a cloud computing environment can lead to complex management problems. IBM Systems Director VMControl is a cross-platform,
Managing complex applications and workloads in the cloud requires timely infrastructure reconfiguration automation. Application-centric management — in which your management efforts are focused on controlling all required resources as a
In a virtual data center the deployment and the dismissal of complex appliances require that multiple configuration steps be executed. Reconfiguration requirements include establishing and removing communication between different components
In today’s dynamic business climate, organizations are challenged with managing an ever-growing amount of business applications, often requiring extreme processing capabilities, a large amount of IT resources and about 70%
The new Google App Engine SDK 4.1 offers a number of new features. For example, it now includes a Channel API, a bi-directional communication service that lets apps push notifications