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In the past, Google Compute Engine (GCE) was only available by invitation, but now any Google Cloud Platform Gold Support customer can use the service. An infrastructure as a service
Should universities be offering Cobol classes? The aging language is virtually never used to write new applications, but enterprises still run billions of lines of Cobol code in their legacy
A new survey conducted by software development services vendor Electric Cloud finds that software engineers spend only 19.1 hours per week on coding tasks on average. They spend another 22.4
Microsoft has officially released the second update for its Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE). According to the company, the update includes improvements in five different areas: Agile planning, quality
Airlines buy futures contracts on jet fuel to mitigate the risk of price increases. Manufacturers do the same thing with electricity. So why can’t we buy a futures contract for
DevOps is one of the hot topics at CloudConnect here in Santa Clara this week. Short for development and operations, DevOps occurs when organizations move to increasingly automated operational environments
A new report from Flurry finds that smartphone and tablet owners spend an average of 2 hours and 38 minutes per day using native apps, compared to 31 minutes using
Twitter has announced some updates to its Cards feature that is used by many developers to promote various types content. First, the company is rolling out “app deep linking,” which
I’m at CloudConnect in Santa Clara this week, looking to pick up on the latest news in the Cloud world. (I’m also signing copies of my new book and speaking
A new open source tool called the Soasta CloudTest Plugin for Jenkins aims to speed up the development and testing of mobile apps that will be deployed in the cloud.
A new survey by platform provider Kaazing polled developers to find out how well they were “Meeting the Challenge of an Always-On, Web-connected World.” They found that 78 percent of
In a lengthy special report, eWeek’s Darryl K. Taft examines the current state of enterprise adoption of agile software development. He notes that a recent VersionOne survey found a 15
An Ars Technica forum member posted this image of his Netware 3.12 server admin screen. Total uptime: 6030 days. That’s over 16 years without a single reboot. Alas, the hard
More enterprise IT shops are embracing a devops philosophy, which promotes closer collaboration between developers and IT operations staff. Scott W. Ambler from Dr. Dobb’s says that these 10 practices
In a report titled “Agile Software Development and the Factors That Drive Success,” Forrester Research identified key practices that set apart successful agile implementations from those that didn’t live up
While more and more tech companies are suing each other every day, Google has taken the unusual step of promising not sue—at least in certain cases. On Thursday, Google posted
For some time, rumors have been swirling concerning Microsoft’s next update to Windows, codenamed Blue, but Microsoft itself has said little. That may be about to change. The Verge’s Tom
Based on numbers provided by BlackBerry, it appears that developers are developing native apps for the BB10 platform in greater numbers. Back in January, BlackBerry World had 70,000 apps for
If a new Puppet Labs survey of 4,000 enterprises is credible, devops, a practice that encourages tighter collaboration between developers and IT operations, is on the rise. The vendor found
Squeezing information out of the intelligence community is haphazard at best, but “reliable” sources are saying that the CIA has enlisted Amazon.com to build a Private Cloud for them. It’s
Autodesk CEO Carl Bass says it’s tougher to make a free smartphone app than a high-priced piece of enterprise software. He should know, because his company, known for its costly
By Jos Dirksen Running in the cloud allows you to start quickly, with minimal expenses and lots of flexibility. This article based on chapter 6 of SOA Governance in Action
Amazon Web Service has posted a new job opening for a “Software Development Engineer – Mobile,” leading some to speculate that the cloud computing firm may soon getting into the
In many ways, Cyberwar is different from traditional warfare, but in other ways, it’s simply a variation on an age-old theme. True, the Internet is the battlefield and the combatants
At a conference in New York City, Todd Papaioannou, former chief cloud architect for Yahoo, talked about his experiences setting up 45,000 Hadoop servers in Yahoo’s 400,000 node private cloud.
Corona Labs has announced a new backend as a service for mobile developers. Called “Corona Cloud,” the service incorporates features from the Corona SDK and reduces the time it takes
Backing up your important corporate data to the Cloud makes sense, right? It’s offsite, highly reliable, and inexpensive. What’s not to love? Of course, it’s important for your Cloud backup
More and more enterprise developers are looking for NoSQL datastores to help them manage their big data. But because the field is so new, many developers aren’t aware of their
Development tool vendor Atlassian has announced a new Windows client for Git and Mercurial distributed version control systems (DVCS) that it calls SourceTree. SourceTree also integrates with several Git hosting
In order to improve its IT operations, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is adopting agile software development methodologies and moving to a cloud computing environment. Margaret Graves, DHS
