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Two new studies suggest that demand for agile software development skills far exceeds the supply. First, U.S. based staffing firm Yoh IT found 558,198 postings for agile development jobs but
One of the benefits of Cloud Computing that makes Clouds “Cloudy” is the location independence of its resources. When you provision a Cloud instance, you need not know or care
Companies that rely on cloud computing services provided by Amazon and Heroku received a very unwelcome present on Christmas Eve. Amazon’s Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) infrastructure as a service and
What trends should we expect to see next year in the cloud computing industry? Here’s a brief overview of what some experts have to say: Michael Crandell, CEO of RightScale:
Anybody who has worked with WSDL-based Web Services knows that the loose coupling they promised was a challenge to achieve. One silver lining around this cloud big-vendor SOA was the
With iOS 6, Apple introduced a new app called Passbook. The feature collects coupons, tickets, boarding passes, electronic gift cards and similar items and then sends the iOS user reminders
Amazon Web Services has announced that it is adding a new instance to its Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) services. It now offers an instance that includes 35 EC2 Compute Units
According to a new report from mobile analytics provider Distimo, Google Play sales are rising quickly, but Apple’s App Store is still number one. In the last four months, Google
Platform as a service (PaaS) vendor AppFog is cutting the price for its lowest-tier paid cloud computing offering by 50 percent. The company still offers a free service with 2GB
In this article, Datamation’s Eric Spiegel recounts a time when he had a Scrooge for a boss. The manager first approved holiday vacation time, then forced the entire development team
According to a new report from market research firm IDC, the application development and deployment (AD&D) software market will likely generate $80.6 billion in revenue this year. That’s a 3.7
Hello,I have submitted a tip “String Literals and Values with Backslash Escape Character in C# and C++CLI” that has a table in the text. The table was not properly formatted
Anybody with even a vague understanding of Cloud Computing knows it comes in three basic flavors: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). If you press a general audience to
As part of the cloud computing demonstrations it held during Dell World 2012, Dell showed off a new platform as a service (PaaS) it calls Project Fast Paas. Part of
Which was the top grossing iOS app of 2012? According to Apple it was Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North. The company has posted its annual rundown of the
When Apple first released iOS 6, the update lacked a noteworthy feature from iOS 5: the ability to give apps as gifts. Now, just in time for the holidays, Apple
Encryption is our primary tool for providing data confidentiality, an essential requirement for many Cloud Computing applications. However, as I discussed in the previous blog post, encryption is not a
This is a simple captcha control. It just creates a random number and shows it as image. You can play around to rotate it, give more effects to make it
According to a new Edge Strategies survey sponsored by LogMeIn, the popularity of BYOD (bring your own device) policies has spawned a new trend–BYOA, or bring your own apps. Among
Can you use SSL to secure interactions with the Cloud? The answer: in part. Remember, the original intent for SSL (Secure Sockets Layer, now known as Transport Layer Security, or
Four-year-old Jibe Mobile has announced that it has raised $8.5 million in venture capital from Vodafone Ventures, MTI and other investors. In the past, the firm provided a mobile app
As part of its predictions for 2013, research firm Gartner said that mobile apps will become increasingly important. According to the company, apps will become the primary way for consumers
London ??? 12 December 2012 – Leading Java experts unveil their first groundbreaking analysis tool to assist developers with Java issues entitled jClarity Censum.Founded in 2012, jClarity is a London-based
Intel has released a beta version of new tool for building big data applications. Called GraphBuilder, the open source tool will “help data scientists in industry and academia to rapidly
The table was not copypasted well. I can send you the text as an attachment to an reply email.Backslashes in C# and C++CLI are widely used in Windows file paths
Making good on her promise to crack down on mobile apps without privacy policies, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has filed a civil lawsuit against Delta Airlines. The state
On December 6, Amazon announced, “App downloads in the Appstore have grown more than 500 percent over the previous year.” Presumably, most of those downloads have come from Amazon’s Kindle
A new report from Flurry states that during 2012, the amount of time the average American spent with mobile apps increased from 94 minutes per day to 127 minutes, or
Sometimes when I think about Agile software development and the alternative Waterfall method I am reminded of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups commercials when the product was first introduced. Each
In the dark ages of distributed computing, all we had were fixed application programming interfaces (APIs). Want to call a function or procedure on a server? Read the documentation for
