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Building Apps Leveraging Municipal Open Data and Low Code Solutions

Municipal governments produce and commission large amounts of data and information every day. This article demonstrates how Oracle Application Express (APEX) -- a low code, cloud-based development tool -- can be used in combination with the Socrata Open Data API (SODA) to build a simple reporting web application that includes a report and a chart based on the NYC 311 service request open data.

Marc Sewtz
on May 03, 2018
Architecture & Design

Guide to Digital Transformation - Part 2

This article introduces a new framework for translating a digital business ambition into imaginable digital strategies, that can be priced and modeled for impact analysis and economic value creation .

Philippe Assouline
on May 01, 2018
Development

Digital Transformation in Oil and Gas

The traditional Oil and Gas Industry is being transformed by a new wave of digital disruptive technologies. To remain profitable, oil and gas companies must consider how to gain operational efficiencies through improved use of technology, such as cloud platforms, and process, such as the adoption of agile methodologies. This article explores challenges within implementing these technologies

Md Tahir Rekha Kodali
on Apr 28, 2018
Architecture & Design

Guide to Digital Transformation. Define, Price, and Plan a Digital Transformation (Part 1)

Realizing the value of a great digital business vision traditionally required the arduous exercise of building the proper operational, technology, and human capabilities. This article introduces a framework for easily translating a digital business ambition into imaginable digital strategies, that can then be priced and architecturally modeled for impact analysis and economic value creation.

Philippe Assouline
on Apr 24, 2018
Development

Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon London 2018

QCon (the international software conference for senior developers, architects, and tech leads) recently celebrated its twelfth year in London. Located at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference just steps from Westminster Abbey and Big Ben, this year’s event attracted 1,350 tech leaders in software and offered 136 technical deep dives, open spaces, and AMAs (Ask Me Anything) to attendees.

Abel Avram
on Apr 18, 2018
Development

Book Review: Building Blockchain Projects

This book provides an introductory look at building Ethereum smart contracts. It covers both Solidity and web3.js and is aimed at developers who already know how to program in Javascript. Experienced developers may find the book somewhat entry-level, but it does attempt to introduce concepts beyond just "Hello World" smart contracts.

Ben Evans
on Apr 17, 2018
Architecture & Design

Managing Data in Microservices

This article provides practical examples of how to manage data in microservices, with an emphasis on migrating from a monolithic database. It is recommended to build a monolith first, and only migrate to microservices after you actually require the scaling and other benefits they provide.

Thomas Betts Randy Shoup
on Apr 16, 2018
Architecture & Design

Virtual Panel: Microservices Communication and Governance Using Service Mesh

Service mesh is a dedicated infrastructure layer for handling service-to-service communication and offers a platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices. InfoQ spoke with subject matter experts in the service mesh area to learn more about why service mesh frameworks have become critical components of cloud native architectures.

Srini Penchikala
on Apr 15, 2018
Development

Mastering Blockchain: Book Review and Author Q&A

Blockchain was invented in 2008 for Bitcoin to solve the main issue with digital currencies, i.e., the possibility that a token be spent more than once by duplicating it. Packt Publishing Mastering Blockchain by Imran Bashir aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to Blockchain, a technology that is claimed to be able to revolutionise our society and impact every industry.

Sergio De Simone
on Apr 03, 2018
Development

Book Review: Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

David Gerard's 2017 book, "Attack of the 50ft Blockchain" is an in-depth look at the cryptocurrency space. The book takes a straightforwardly skeptical angle, and is explicitly intended as a non-technical overview that frames Bitcoin in purely political and economic terms.

Ben Evans
on Mar 22, 2018
Culture & Methods

Holacracy for Humans

Snapper, a New Zealand based transport ticketing service provider, wanted to be more like a city, and less like a bureaucratic corporation. In 2016 they introduced Holacracy, which enables people to act more like entrepreneurs and self-direct their work instead of waiting to be told what to do. They use Holacracy across all areas of the business and this way of working applies to everyone.

Sandy Mamoli
on Mar 03, 2018
Java

Designing, Implementing, and Using Reactive APIs

Reactive programming is a hot topic in the Java world. Whether you want to leverage non-blocking APIs, manage the latency introduced by the explosion of microservices, or simply utilize computing resources more efficiently, it's time to look at reactive as a viable programming model. In this article, we offer some opinions on how you should design, implement and use reactive APIs.

Paul Harris Ben Hale
on Feb 16, 2018

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