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I attended the CloudConnect conference in Chicago this week, and perhaps the most interesting takeaway is the extent of the disconnect between the vendors and service providers in the Cloud
AppFirst has released a new performance monitoring tool called DevOps Dashboard. It offers a unified view of IT infrastructure operations, application performance and key business metrics, enabling DevOps professionals to
According to Evans Data’s semiannual Cloud Development Survey, 36 percent of active cloud developers have used or are using Microsoft’s Azure Cloud, making it the most popular among developers. Google
Where do the Enterprise Architects (EAs) fit into the organizational structure at your company or agency? Do they report to the CEO? More likely the CIO, or even a manager
You do not need to follow every ‘rule’ of an Agile method like Scrum or XP to be an effective Agile team, particularly as the team evolves. Although Agile software
Developers who offer apps targeted at corporate customers or educational institutions will now find it easier to sell iOS apps to international audiences. Apple has announced that it is extending
In the past, mobile development platforms have allowed users to make in-app purchases of “virtual” goods–things like access to more game levels, virtual currency or other items that can be
Often times, Enterprise Architecture is very similar to the old story of the blind men and the elephant. The tale varies greatly in the telling, with the consistent part being
Amazon is adding a new feature called Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) to its S3 cloud storage capabilities. The tool will make it easier to build Web applications that can access
Even though Cloud Computing is finally growing out of its teenage sex phase — you know, when everybody’s talking about it, only a few are doing it, but no one’s
Oracle, Red Hat, CloudBees, Cloudsoft, Huawei, Rackspace and Software AG have drafted a new specification for platform as a service (PaaS) standards. Called Cloud Application Management for Platforms (CAMP), the
Your command-line application needs to authenticate the user and for security reasons, you don?t want to display the password on the console. Java API did not have support for this
The new Facebook v5.0 app on my iPhone 4 is great. It’s instantly responsive to touches and to load new data. The user interface has nice animations for actions like
Even though Oracle doesn’t think Spring is necessary and even though Spring’s founder no longer works for the company, VMware has made clear that it plans to continue supporting the
Two airline tickets to SeaTac. That’s what die-hard Microsoft developers are booking. The first is to the Visual Studio 2012 launch event, to be held Sept. 12 at the Microsoft
Three enterprise application development shops recently talked to ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley about their experiences writing apps for Windows 8. Sogeti, which builds apps for utility companies, has been using
Microsoft is going after business in the mobile development industry with a new cloud computing offering called Windows Azure Mobile Services. It offers a cloud-based backend for mobile apps, freeing
Smartphones already account for a majority of mobile phone sales in the U.S., and the same will be true worldwide by the end of next year, says market research firm
A new survey from App Central is shedding more light on the state of enterprise mobile development. Among the 200 enterprise workers surveyed, 64 percent said they had access to
China’s iOS and Android markets are growing by more than 400 percent per year. A new report from Flurry compares iOS and Android adoption rates country by country. Currently, the
LinqConnect is an enhanced LINQ to SQL compatible ORM solution with extended functionality, support for SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite, its own visual model designer, seamlessly integrating to
Cloud security is gaining a renewed focus, now that Apple founder Steve Wozniak has issued a stern warning about Cloud security risks. In response, numerous vendors have lined up to
A new study from Mozilla shows some fascinating data. Some of the results mean more than others. For example, according to the study, more app developers are targeting the Web
Log data has long been prevalent across all our applications, but with Hadoop came the ability to process that data. Various systems produce log data, from network devices and operating
While smartphones are becoming standard in the developed world, feature phones, a.k.a. “dumb” phones, still rule in the developing world. But Australian startup biNu wants to make dumb phones more
Often criticized as clunky and slow, Facebook’s iOS app used to be written in HTML5. However, the company has rolled out a new native app written in Objective-C, and it’s
You need to create an instance of a class whose class name you do not know at design/implementation time. You’ll be supplied with the class name during runtime, in other
Rackspace has announced the release of Cloud Monitoring, a new service with an API that allows developers to monitor the performance of their websites and Web applications. Customers can use
Apigee has upgraded its enterprise-grade API management services, adding a new free tier of access. The Apigee tools are now available for free on a self-service basis for up to
