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Developers from Debian, Fedora, Red Hat, Mageia, Mandriva, openSUSE, and Ubuntu met in Germany January 19-21 to discuss the development of a universal Linux app store. Such an app store
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer says the company is “all in” for the cloud, but moving its Dynamics ERP solution to the cloud could prove challenging for several reasons: [login] Dynamics current
For all software development teams, defects can cause a challenge on when and how to handle them.? In agile, with a focus on quality code, and user stories, sometimes team
Surveys by Forrester and others show that enterprises generally prefer infrastructure as a service (IaaS) to platform as a service (PaaS). That’s because although PaaS makes it easier for developers
Application development tool vendor Gizmox has unveiled a new solution called Instant CloudMove that makes it easier for developers to re-purpose their desktop applications. It transforms .NET client/server applications into
At a question-and-answer session during the Inside Social Apps conference, Google’s Android platform manager Eric Chu told app developers that the company is “not happy” with the current App Market
Market research firm Gartner predicts that mobile customers will download 17.7 billion apps this year, spending more than $15.1 billion. That’s a 117 percent increase in downloads over 2010’s 8.2
As cloud computing becomes accessible to the average consumer, cloud services have greatly increased in number. Services like iCloud offer a complete PC experience through a Web browser. Others, like
There are many cloud storage companies available today. Examples include Windows Live Skydrive, Google Docs, Dropbox and iCloud’s Super Drive. Each cloud storage provider has a different interface — some
The prodigious growth of mobile devices for businesses — and the plethora of apps that run on them — has created tremendous challenges for developers. Arguably, their greatest challenge is
OpenStack is gearing up for 2011 with a new release codenamed Bexar that will include new IPv6 and large object storage support. The OpenStack cloud platform was first announced in
It’s always been easy to see which iOS apps are currently the most popular, but now Apple has debuted a page that shows the all-time leaders. Here are the top
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is debuting a new platform as a service offering that it calls AWS Elastic Beanstalk. The service automatically handles capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling and application
Microsoft has announced the release of Attack Surface Analyzer, a new free tool for developers that helps them secure their applications. “The tool also gives an overview of the changes
As far as an Internet browser is concerned, Microsoft hasn’t been top dog for years. With Internet Explorer 9, now in beta, Microsoft is trying to clean up Internet Explorer’s
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The “continuous delivery” process of building, testing and deploying software is relatively unknown — but that could be about to change thanks to the publication of a new book on
The applications that you develop aren’t simply bits and bytes; they automate the most central processes that your business depends on. Application development teams are under pressure like never before
According to the latest State of Agile Survey,conducted by VersionOne, Scrum is used by 58 percent of Agile teams, up from 50 percent, the number reported in 2009. Scrum adoption
Verizon’s announcement that it will begin selling a version on the iPhone that works on its network in February has generated a lot of buzz in the mobile application development
JRuby, the Ruby variant for Java Virtual Machines, has just launched what project leader Charles Nutter calls “the biggest JRuby release we’ve ever done.” Version 1.6 adds support for Ruby
According to new research from Distimo, app prices are dropping, and free apps are becoming more popular. During 2010, the average price for an iOS app dropped 12 percent, and
Many developers are familiar with Heroku, which helps programmers develop and scale Ruby applications. Startup PHP Fog wants to offer similar functionality for PHP developers, and it’s just raised $1.8
After three years in development, the open source Joomla 1.6 content management system (CMS) is now generally available. With the new release, the project has built new abstraction layers to
Many people dream of starting their own company. It is sexy, hip, fun and exciting. Unfortunately,there is a downside: tremendous risk. No one wants to assume risk, and much less
With all the changes that 2010 brought, what will happen this year with applications and software development in general? this year? Here are a few interesting predictions for developers, courtesy
Database.com, unveiled recently at Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce conference, is an open database that the vendor claims will work with any device, platform and application. “We see cloud databases as a
As promised, Apple launched its Mac App Store for Snow Leopard users on Thursday morning. Apple has stocked the shelves with more than 1,000 apps at a variety of price
Jupiter Research has just released a new report that predicts the mobile ad industry will be worth $894 million by 2015. While that’s a lot of money, the report says
If you’re a software engineer, CareerCast says you have the best job in the country. The job title landed the top spot on the list ahead of mathematician, actuary (last
