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A new survey from Intuit QuickBase reveals that 20 percent of information workers have built or modified a Web app or software they need for work. Approximately 17 percent of
The Cloud Foundry open source platform as a service (PaaS) solution now includes a .NET Framework implementation. IaaS provider Tier3 announced that it would donate the code for Iron Foundry,
There’s nothing new about an established brand with a physical presence opening an online app store, but for the first time an online app store is opening up a brick-and-mortar
There are several new features being introduced with the new release of JDK 7. Some of the important changes that will be introduced in Java 7 include: Project Coin Join/Fork
Making good on an earlier promise, Microsoft has released a new version of its Azure cloud computing platform that includes some Hadoop capabilities. However, for now, it’s just a preview.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a new program to create applications that can coordinate intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) programs. Many of these applications rely on
Google has unveiled some more statistics about the success of the Android mobile operating system. According to the company, the Android Market passed the 10 billion download mark over the
An analysis of 745 applications by Cast Software finds that Java apps have the most violations of standard development practices per line of code. When application developers are rushed to
At the GigaOM Net:Work conference, Podio CEO Tommy Ahlers said that enterprise application development pros shouldn’t try to build too many features into their apps. Instead, he said devs should
According to code-testing vendor Veracode, the company finds security vulnerabilities in 84 percent of desktop and Web applications when they are submitted for testing the first time. Two-thirds of those
While hard statistics can be hard to find, several developers say that their sales and downloads through the Amazon Appstore have skyrocketed after the release of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet.
A federal court in New Mexico has issued a temporary restraining order that prevents RIM from using the trademark “BBX,” the name the company had been using for the next
With demand for skilled programmers on the rise, many organizations are offering new training programs that teach application development skills. Recently, several of those organizations have attracted funding from investors.
Following weeks of speculation about whether HP would sell the WebOS platform it acquired with the purchase of Palm, company CEO Meg Whitman has announced that WebOS will become open
At a recent conference in Paris, Forrester Research’s Chairman and CEO George Colony challenged attendees to change the way they think about the Internet. He posited his theory that the
GigaSpaces XAP offers a Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution that allows developers and enterprises to deploy and scale existing applications as well as build new enterprise applications in the
At the CloudBeat conference in Redwood City, California, Platform as a Service (Paas) vendors expressed their opinions about the growing number of large IT vendors — including Oracle, Dell and
Which enterprise software development trends will be making the news next year? eWeek says these five areas will be key: HTML 5 — While Flash isn’t going away completely anytime
First things first: The Cloud Foundry Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering is not exclusively Java-based. The vision behind the platform, a VMware-led project, is larger than that. Cloud Foundry
What makes some IT projects succeed while others fail? Alistair Cockburn says it all boils down to three behaviors: “Those that were co-locating face to face, (with) short delivery cycles,
A new Forrester Research report finds that while most software as a service (SaaS) companies already have high valuations, those with specialized offerings for various vertical markets soar even higher.
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Agile software development both help companies become more flexible and better align business and IT. As a result, many have noted that SOA and Agile
HPCC, the LexisNexis alternative to Hadoop for big data processing, has tuned its Thor Data Refinery Cluster to run on Amazon Web Services. That means that developers who would like
The consumerization of IT and the growth of bring-your-own-device policies is changing the way employees work. Today’s employees are much more likely to be mobile, and they need access to
Staffing firm Robert Half Technology has released its list of “Seven Promising Jobs” for 2012, and mobile application developer tops the lists. The firm predicts that mobile developers will earn
Sometimes it seems that the development industry changes at a glacial pace, but programming is currently in the midst of some big transitions. Peter Wayner says that these could be
Next week’s Usenix LISA (Large Installation System Administration) conference will highlight devops as one of the most important trends in enterprise IT. “LISA is always on the cutting edge of
Design patterns have two major benefits. First, they provide proven solutions to common development issues. Each solution facilitates the development of highly cohesive modules with minimal coupling. Design patterns make
Salesforce.com’s Heroku division is adding something new to its lineup of cloud development offerings: a database as a service based on the open source PostgreSQL database. Heroku Postgres uses the
VMware’s Cloud Foundry is taking the wraps off a new Ruby-based application that simplifies cloud data migration. Known as “Caldecott,” the application gives developers tools to analyze, manipulate or port
