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A typical software stack consists of two tiers (an application tier and a database tier) and three layers (the application layer, the middleware layer and the infrastructure layer). In this
Should mobile developers build native apps, mobile Web apps, or some sort of combination of the two? In a new report, Forrester says that while the answer is complicated, a
Researchers at IBISWorld have published a new report which predicts that China’s software development industry will grow 25 percent per year for the next four years. In 2011, the country’s
Many cloud-based, on-demand software services are actually multi-tenant applications, able to serve multiple users simultaneously on a single application instance. In the enterprise, for example, you might use Salesforce.com’s customer
In a series of tweets, Kanye West announced that he is founding a new startup called DONDA that will make “products and experiences that people want and can afford.” To
Apple has stepped up its efforts to stop app piracy. The company has reportedly sent a number of takedown notices to Apptrackr, a service that connects users with pirated apps.
Although Google has yet to confirm the numbers, app store watcher Distimo says that the Android Market now has more than 400,000 active apps. The Android Market reached 300,000 apps
The latest IT hiring report from online jobs site Dice.com has a lot of good news for developers. On the list of positions that IT managers are looking to fill,
Just a few days into the new year, IBM announced that it would purchase Green Hat for an undisclosed sum. Green Hat makes software testing products that allow users to
With all of the imperative languages, functional languages, object-oriented languages, dynamic languages, compiled languages, interpreted languages and scripting languages available today, it might not seem like the world needs any
In the spirit of the holidays, Terry Bunio offers a lighthearted revision of the classic song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Here’s the last verse of “The 12 Agile Days
Which countries represent the largest untapped market for mobile app developers? By combining data on smartphone penetration and the number of middle class adults in each country (those who could
When Apple founder Steve Jobs passed away in October, the media ran stories related to Job’s impact on the tech industry for weeks. But Jobs wasn’t the only significant computing
After reviewing it at Google’s request, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has rejected a key Oracle patent. The patent in question, No. 6,192,476 “Controlling Access to a Resource”
According to mobile app marketing firm Fiksu, November was the first month when downloads of the top 200 free apps in the App Store topped 5 million per day. In
Mobile analytics firm Flurry is reporting that mobile device owners downloaded apps 242 million times on Christmas Day. By comparison, smartphone and tablet owners average 33 million downloads on a
In 2011, many independent developers received letters from firms like Lodsys or Intellectual Ventures which demanded that mobile developers pay licensing fees on patents owned by those companies. Experts say
OpenLogic has announced that its open source CloudSwing platform as a service (PaaS) solution can now be deployed on the Rackspace Cloud. CloudSwing allows enterprises to create their own customized
Two recent surveys had shed light on pervasive security problems in applications. A CAST survey found that companies have $3.6 million of technical debt that needs to be addressed, and
With more than a dozen enterprise architecture (EA) certifications available, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for architects to decide which certification to pursue. In order to help, Microsoft’s Mike Walker has
More companies will adopt service-oriented architecture (SOA) initiatives and agile practices in 2011, and are more likely to virtualize their apps than move them to the cloud – these are
Software applications rarely experience a uniform workload. The workload varies by different months in a year, different weeks in a month, different days in a week as well as different
One of the many buzzwords in technology and computing today is ?cloud.? With the rise in popularity of smart phones, many consumers now deal with the cloud on a daily
Veracode’s Fergal Glynn recently did an analysis of the number of bugs in applications and found a strange seasonal cycle. For most of the year, the number of security issues
William Vambenepe compares enterprise application development to cooking. Things always go best in the kitchen if you use the right tool for each job, but it sometimes seems more practical
Big data and data science are hot topics in enterprises, but companies often find it hard to find workers with the advanced mathematical skills they need for these disciplines. McKinsey
Distimo reports that China accounted for just 18 percent of iPhone app downloads at the beginning of 2011, but that jumped up to 30 percent by November. When you add
JQuery, the open source, cross-browser JavaScript library, simplifies event handling, animations and general development of responsive Web applications. The official jQuery Web site states: “JQuery is designed to change the
The latest report from Nielsen has good news for the mobile development industry. Average smartphone owners now have 33 apps on their devices — up from 22 apps a year
A new survey conducted by Serena Software at a recent Gartner summit asked enterprise IT managers about their application development priorities for 2012. Among those surveyed, 68 percent said delivering
