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Working the Barbell Strategy into Enterprise Development

The barbell strategy is an investment strategy that advocates splitting your portfolio between extremely safe assets such as treasury bonds and extremely speculative but diversified assets with high risk/high reward

Verizon Quietly Closes Its Cloud Computing Service

Although it hasn’t made a public announcement, Verizon has been notifying customers that its Public Cloud Reserved Performance and Marketplace services will cease operations on April 12, 2016. The company

Top 10 Programming Languages Of 2016

???Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the universe, or you just want to pursue a career in the 21st century, basic computer programming is an essential skill to learn???. (Stephen Hawking, Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist, and Author). These words by Stephen Hawking, emphasize the importance of the programming languages in the 21st century. In this article, we will focus on the top programming languages of 2016.Programming languages are ranked according to the jobs posted on the indeed.com website. 1. SQL (Structured Query Language) This special purpose programming language has topped the chart of programming languages in 2016. The demand for SQL programmers is very high and it is expected to rise in 2016 as well. On an average, a professional with SQL skills can earn around $100k-110k per annum. 2. Java Java sits pretty at the second position, but this does not mean that it is losing its sheen, it will still be the most preferred language in the year to come. The job prospects for Java developers is expected to be very high in 2016. On an average Java developers will reap an annual income somewhere between $100k-$110k. The Ultimate Guide To Java can help you master this language.  3. JavaScript JavaScript was adopted by most of the companies in the year 2015 for developing their interactive web pages and it is expected to be similar in 2016 as well. Most of the websites that we see on the internet make use of some elements of JavaScript to add a good user experience. On an average, a JavaScript programmer earns around $90k-$100k. Explore The Fundamentals of Javascript in this course. 4. C# Part of Microsoft???s .NET family, C# is used by the programmers to develop standard Windows software and server-side web applications. Though this language was not so popular in the initial stage, but slowly its popularity is growing. Applications such as Bing and MSN use C#, and this programming language is also used for developing mobile phone applications that run on Windows platform. On an average, C# professionals earn around $90K-$100k. 5. Python Python is a general purpose language which was designed and developed in the early 90???. This language is suitable for novice or individuals who have a very little programming exposure. Python is very simple and readable since closely resembles the English language. NASA, Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit are few examples that used Python for their websites. On an average, a Python developer earns around $105-$110k per annum. You can try out the Python Programming Crash Course to start. 6. C++ C++ is considered as the advanced version of C programming language, with additional features. C++ is mostly used for developing high-level applications like accounting software or video game engines. C++ takes the fifth position in top programming languages of 2016 chart. On an average, C++ professional earns around $100k-$110k per annum. 7. PHP PHP has been designed and developed for web applications. This programming language is decent of C and it inherits if not many some of the features of C programming language. Some of the popular websites that use PHP are Yahoo and Wordpress. The job prospects for PHP developers also appear to be bright for. On an average, a PHP developer earns around $85k-$90k per annum. You can visit Complete Guide To PHP Programming to learn how to program in this rapidly growing language. 8. iOS/Swift Apple Inc. has never been short of innovative technologies. The think tanks of this American-based company decided to build their own programming language in 2014. This decision paved the way for Swift programming language. Many US based companies have already adopted Swift language and this number is expected to balloon in the near future. On an average, Swift programmers earn $100k-$110k. 9. Ruby on Rails Ruby is very much similar to python and it has been around for a long period of time but it did not become popular as Python. After a Rail framework was developed for Ruby this programming language became pretty popular as it is easy to understand and program. Twitter and Groupon uses this language for their web applications. On an average, Ruby on rails developer earns around $100k-$110k per annum. Learn Ruby On Rails quickly and painlessly with this course! Conclusion: Having programming skills in your arsenal of abilities is always beneficial for professionals. We hope that our list of top programming languages would be useful to you. Originally posted here : GreyCampus Blog

IBM Launches Quark IoT Development Tool

IBM has taken the wraps off a new Internet of Things (IoT) development tool called Quark. Available under an open source license, Quark is based on the IBM Streams tool

New Mainframe Focuses on Hybrid Cloud, Security

IBM has launched a new mainframe system called the z13s, which is optimized for hybrid cloud computing environments and features outstanding security. According to the company, the z13s can encrypt

GitHub (Finally) Replies to Frustrated Developers

Last month, a group of developers sent an open letter to GitHub complaining about the service’s lack of responsiveness and requesting several improvements to features. GitHub has finally responded with

10 Interesting APIs for Web Development

There are many APIs on the web that are not that popular, but which are very useful when developing a web application. Let’s explore some of them. REST Countries REST

Node.js Foundation to Manage Express Web Server

The Node.js Foundation has announced that it will take over management of the open source Express Web server framework. In the past, StrongLoop, which was acquired by IBM, had managed

Rackspace Launches Red Hat-Based Private Cloud

At the Rackspace::Solve event, Rackspace announced that it would begin offering a private cloud computing stack based on Red Hat’s version of OpenStack. Rackspace customers can run Red Hat Enterprise

The Future of Visual Programming

Visual programming is all about throwing away the syntax and the source files and programming by dragging boxes around and using a graphical environment to represent the program. This is

Azure Stack Gets Web Development, Database Tools

Less than two weeks after it first released the beta version of its Azure Stack private cloud computing tools, Microsoft has added some new Web development features. The Web Apps

Scientist Tool Helps Rewrite Ruby Code

GitHub has released Scientist 1.0, a Ruby library that assists with code rewrites. It shows developers what will happen when rewritten code is executed, compared with how the original code

Improve Python Performance with Cython

Python is my favorite language. It is simple, readable, flexible, supports many programming paradigms, has an awesome standard library, tons of third-party packages and a great community. But, it is

CoreOS Releases Rkt 1.0

Until now, Docker has dominated containerization, but CoreOS aims to change that with the release of Rkt (pronounced “rocket”) 1.0. The company claims the new container runtime offers better security

IBM Expands Cloud Data Services Portfolio

IBM has added 25 new offerings to its Cloud Data Services portfolio. Of particular interest to enterprise application development teams is IBM Compose Enterprise, which helps developers deploy open source

Microsoft Azure IoT Hub Now Generally Available

Microsoft has taken the public preview label off its Azure IoT Hub, meaning that the cloud computing service is now ready for production use by enterprises. The IoT Hub provides

Microsoft Buys SwiftKey for Around $250 Million

Microsoft has confirmed that it has purchased SwiftKey for around $250 million. SwiftKey is a British startup that is best known for its predictive typing app. The company also makes

Working with Concurrent Queue in C#

A queue is a data structure that works on a First – In – First – Out (FIFO) basis. So, you would typically use a queue when you need items

Cloud Computing Goes Underwater with Project Natick

Microsoft has announced that it has been conducting an experiment that involved putting a cloud computing data center underwater. Project Natick, as the effort is called, sank a 10-foot by

Microsoft Adds Cordova Tools to Visual Studio Code

Microsoft has released a new Visual Studio Code extension that supports Apache Cordova, a popular cross-platform open source mobile development framework. The extension is called Tools for Apache Cordova, or

Enterprise Mobile App Usage Increasing Slowly

According to IDC, the average enterprise adopted 5.8 mobile apps for each of its users in 2015. That’s an increase over the 3.5 apps per worker in 2013 and 2014,

AWS Posts 69% Increase in Revenue

Amazon has released its fourth quarter earnings report, including the figures for its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing unit. The cloud titan generated $2.4 billion in revenue for the