Staffing firm Robert Half Technology and sister company The Creative Group have released a pair a reports that predict increasing demand for mobile development pros and big data experts. “The

The Apache Software Foundation has elevated its Flink big data system to Top-Level Project status. The open source tool offers both processing and analytics capabilities for real-time or batch data.

Last week, Verizon Cloud warned customers that its enterprise cloud computing service would shut down for up to 48 hours for planned maintenance. The outage lasted about forty hours and

Microsoft is rolling out a trio of new features for its Azure cloud computing service. First, its super-fast G-Series VMs are now generally available. According to the company, “G-series sizes

NASA has published the guidelines that it uses for writing safety-critical code. The agency primarily uses C for safety-critical code, but the guidelines are also applicable to other languages. Here

Tiobe has named JavaScript as the language of the year for 2014 because it was the biggest mover on their index, jumping from a 1.569 percent rating a year ago

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,