In recent years, agile software development has enjoyed a steady rise in popularity, but now some developers have begun criticizing the methodology. At the Reaktor Dev Day in Finland, computer

Cloud Harmony has posted reliability ratings for thirty different cloud computing providers. Among the largest providers, Amazon’s EC2 appeared to have the best ratings for a compute service, achieving 99.9974

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has released the results of a new CIO survey that asked questions about mobility, cloud computing, spending priorities and storage. Key takeaways include the following:

At CES 2015, several vendors have unveiled virtual reality displays. One of the most notable is HP’s Zvr, which could have enterprise and education use cases. However, before VR use

In a new blog post, Todd Brix, Microsoft’s general manager of Windows Apps and Store, laid out the company’s plans to improve the Windows Store. “Providing a platform where developers

For some time, rumors have suggested that Microsoft engineers have been working on a non-Windows operating system. ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reports that there have been two significant developments in

ZDNet has put together a list of the top business technology trends from the past year. Several of the items on the list relate directly to developers and could impact

Researchers from IDC are predicting that 80 percent of the 1,000 largest companies in the world will adopt DevOps practices by 2019. “One of the most revealing aspects of this

Microsoft has released an update to the beta version of Windows App Studio that includes some significant changes. Windows App Studio is the company’s web-based mobile development platform. The latest

IBM has made several announcements related to its cloud computing services in recent weeks. It has opened three new IBM Cloud data centers in Frankfurt, Mexico City and Tokyo. It

Git, the popular distributed revision control system, is warning uses about a critical security vulnerability that affects Windows and Mac users. According to GitHub, “An attacker can craft a malicious

Two new employment reports indicate that the job market for developers could be hotter than ever in 2015. First, a Dice report finds that tech hiring plans are stronger than

Oracle reported strong earnings in most recent quarterly report, due in large part to the strength of its cloud computing operations. The company’s cloud-related revenue climbed 47 percent year-over-year, and

If executives at Oracle are correct, big data will continue to be a huge trend next year. In fact, Neil Mendelson, Oracle vice president of Big Data and Advanced Analytics,

JetBrains has announced the official release of Upsource 1.0. The tool allows developers to view code in Git, Mercurial, Subversion, and Perforce repositories. According to the company, Upsource can help

Coverity has released its annual report on code quality, and this year’s study holds good news for open source big data tools. Among the open source big data tools examined,

In keeping with its plans to open source much of its .NET development platform, Microsoft has announced that it plans to release its Orleans programming model under an open source

Enterprise mobility vendor Kony has released the results of a new survey on user interface design for mobile development projects. According to the report, half of new apps “fail to

Microsoft has announced the purchase of HockeyApp, a Stuttgart, Germany-based company that offers crash analytics and app distribution services. Microsoft plans to integrate HockeyApp’s capabilities into its IDE and other

Salesforce has launched a new product designed to make it easier for companies to set up their own internal app stores. Called AppExchange Store Builder, it’s based on the same