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Expert Advice on Transitioning to Cloud Development

In this lengthy article, InfoQ asked a panel of cloud computing experts for advice on transitioning to cloud development. Here are a couple of key takeaways. Developer evangelist Adron Hall

Avoid Tunnel Vision

In my role at ZapThink I get to speak with people at all levels of many organizations, from the most technical of developers to the most senior executives in the

Three Things Continuous Delivery Can Do For You

If you’ve been searching for a software strategy that can help you deliver new features to your customers or staff with greater speed and efficiency then continuous delivery is it.

Apiary secures $1.6 million seed funding

Apiary, the API design platform company, announced yesterday it has secured $1.63 million in seed funding led by Flybridge Capital Partners and Baseline Ventures. Headquartered in San Francisco with engineering

DevOps Drives Revenue for IT Shops: CA Study

DevOps is catching on more than ever among more agile IT groups and now, based on survey data from CA Technologies, it is apparent that DevOps is indeed not only

LinkedIn Open Sources Samza

LinkedIn has released Samza, a big data tool for real-time data processing, under an open source license. LinkedIn’s Chris Riccomini explained, “Samza helps you build applications that process feeds of

Splunk Buys Mobile Analytics Vendor BugSense

Splunk, known for its IT monitoring and analytics tools, has announced the acquisition of BugSense, a mobile analytics company. In the past, Splunk hasn’t targeted the mobile space. However, company

Seven Coding Trends Worth Exploring

Enterprises application development teams often shy away from “cutting edge” programming techniques. Large organizations often look for very stable solutions—after all, no one wants to slide from leading edge to

Who’s Writing Linux Now?

The Linux Foundation has released its annual Linux Development Report, which chronicles who is making the most contributions to the open source operating system. As in other recent years, most

Continuous Integration is Critical

Developing software requires planning for change, continuously observing the results, immediate feedback, and incrementally course correcting based on the results. Startups are commonly plagued by the following problems: ???Lack of

Oracle Releases JDK 7 Update 40

Oracle has made Java SE Update 40 available for download from its website. Although this was a relatively minor update, the new version of the Java Development Kit (JDK) does

8 Visual Studio 2013 Features Developers Love

This week, Microsoft unveiled a release candidate for Visual Studio 2013, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE), and it announced that the tool will hit release to

Google Updates App Engine Again

Google updated its App Engine in August, but it’s already pushing out another release, version 1.8.4. It includes a number of features aimed at improving cloud development capabilities. “To make

Why Is PostgreSQL Suddenly So Popular?

ReadWrite notes that open source database PostgreSQL is enjoying something of a surge in popularity with developers and enterprise IT pros. Hacker News mentions are up, and PostgreSQL job postings

Heroku PostgresSQL Patched to 9.3

Heroku PostgresSQL 9.3 public beta is now available, introducing a plethora of useful features. The new built-in Postgres FDWs(Foreign data wrappers- which allow you to query from within Postgres to

LexisNexis Exposes Zombie Foreclosures and Fraud Trends

LexisNexis?? 15th Annual Mortgage Fraud Report shows the current composition of residential mortgage fraud and misrepresentation in the U.S. committed by mortgage industry professionals. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) mortgage

Time to Scrap Your PKI?

The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) has been the backbone of IT security for several years. It lies at the heart of SSL, Cloud encryption, digital signatures, and the vast majority

Amazon’s Legacy Problem

A recent blog post by fellow Cloud curmudgeon Ben Kepes shined the light on a few of the unsightly ingredients in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud sausage. Apparently, many

Adobe Generator Links Design with Development

Adobe has released Generator, a tool that bridges the gap between design and development by linking Photoshop with Edge Reflow. In essence, Generator allows designers or developers to create an

Is Encryption Broken?

The New York Times has published another set of revelations about secret spying programs at the NSA, and this time they have major implications for developers. According to documents provided

Apache Releases Cassandra 2.0

On Wednesday, the Apache Foundation released version 2.0 of the open source NoSQL database Cassandra. Jonathan Ellis, Apache Cassandra’s VP, noted that the five-year-old database, which was originally created by