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InfoQ Issues Call for Articles

Topics
HTML5,
NoSQL,
Cloud Computing,
Agile,
Java,
.NET,
Big Data,
Architecture,
Performance & Scalability

InfoQ is announcing a call for articles and is encouraging practitioners and domain experts to submit feature-length (2,000 to 3,000 word) papers that are timely, educational and practical. Topics of interest include cloud architecture and development, Java, Agile, NoSQL, big data analytics, HTML 5 and mobile development. Author guidelines are now also available.

InfoQ’s First Minor UI Update in 5 years – feedback?

Topics
InfoQ Announcements,
User Experience,
Usability,
User Interface

On behalf of the InfoQ team, we are happy to announce our underwhelming first minor UI re-launch in our 5 year history. This re-launch is the first in a set of incremental changes that will end with a homepage re-launch later in the year, with your feedback. This first launch maintains the same look and feel but removes the left bar while expanding the header and footer.

VersionOne and LeanKit Kanban Announce Strategic Partnership

Topics
Announcements,
Agile

VersionOne, one of the largest providers of agile management tools, announced a strategic partnership with LeanKit to offer an integration that leverages LeanKit Kanban for team level task board management, while using VersionOne functionality for enterprise agile management.

Sonar 2.4: Architecture Constraint Rules and Maven 3 Support

Topics
Artifacts & Tools,
Java,
Architecture,
Code Analysis

The latest version of open source code quality management tool Sonar supports architecture constraint rules and custom dashboards. SonarSource team recently released Sonar 2.4 version which also includes Maven 3 support and an update center to install and upgrade Sonar plugins.

Architecture Analysis Tool SonarJ 6.0 Supports Structural Debt Index and Quality Model

Topics
Artifacts & Tools,
Java,
Governance,
Architecture

The latest version of software architecture analysis and quality governance tool SonarJ supports structural debt index and architecture quality model. The company behind the product, hello2morrow, last month announced the release of version 6.0 of the tool. The new release also includes sand-box testing and an updated version of Sonar plugin.

MP3 Downloads Now Available, 5 Agile 2009 Presentations Posted

Topics
Ruby,
SOA,
Java,
Agile,
InfoQ Announcements,
.NET,
Architecture

A new and frequently-requested feature has been added to InfoQ - MP3 download of interviews and presentations for registered users! To start with, MP3s will be available for the Agile 2009 presentations, which are also now becoming available on InfoQ.

WebKit Team Announces SquirrelFish, a Bytecode Based JavaScript Interpreter

Topics
Dynamic Languages,
Javascript,
Java

The WebKit development team announced last week the development of a new interpreter for the WebKit JavaScript engine code-named SquirrelFish. According to official WebKit blog: "SquirrelFish is 1.6 times faster than WebKit's previous interpreter."

Microsoft Research Releases Singularity RDK

Topics
Operating Systems,
Open Source,
Research,
Programming,
Architecture

On March 4th, the Singularity Research Development Kit (RDK) was released as an open source project on CodePlex. The RDK is based on the Singularity Project from Microsoft Research by Galen Hunt, Jim Larus and others. The Project web site said that Singularity itself is primarily about "the construction of dependable systems through innovation in the areas of systems, languages, and tools."