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  • Are Older Programmers More Knowledgeable?

    A recent study based on Stack Overflow’s data attempts to answer if programming knowledge is related to age, if older programmers are more knowledgeable and if they acquire new skills or not.

  • FoundationDB NoSQL Database Supports ACID Transactions

    FoundationDB database platform combines NoSQL scalability with ACID transactions across all data within the database. FoundationDB team announced last month the availability of its new NoSQL database platform.

  • What Is Idempotent in REST?

    What Is Idempotent in REST? One of the important aspects of REST (or at least HTTP) is the concept that some operations (verbs) are idempotent. Idempotency is also discussed in the SOA Design Patterns. For instance, does it matter if an operation only appears to be idempotent to users, when in fact it does change some state, such as updating a logger?

  • Mobile App Developers in Violation of Privacy Laws

    Even if an app developer is a geek of the highest order, deftly orchestrating multiple code languages to fulfill their legal obligation for a comprehensive privacy protection policy, it all may be compromised when they permit their mobile app to funnel clients’ personal data, such as; texts, photos, geolocation, audio or video to an ad agency, MBaaS provider or other third party player.

  • Microsoft Enterprise Library 6.0 Adds Semantic Logging

    Microsoft has released Enterprise Library 6.0 with a Semantic Logging application block, support for Unity 3.0 and Windows Store apps, simplified usage, better documentation and overall experience.

  • QCon New York 2013 in 6 Weeks (June 10-14); Top Tracks, Sessions, and Speakers

    Going into its second year, QCon New York 2013 (Jun 10-14) will be the largest east coast event for senior influencers in software development. This year's conference is expected to draw over 550 attendees and will feature over 100 speakers presenting across 18 tracks. With only 6 weeks left before the event, there is still time to save $300 if you register before May 24th.

  • Two More DevOps Tool Vendors Acquired

    The excitement over DevOps is continuing to increase in major corporations. Today it was announced that two DevOps tool vendors were acquired. UrbanCode was picked up by IBM while Nolio went to CA Technologies.

  • Layer 7 to be Merged with SiteMinder

    Layer 7 Technologies has just been acquired by CA Technologies for the purpose of augmenting CA SiteMinder with Layer 7’s API Management & Security Suite. Layer 7 specializes in adding “access, security, SLA and management features” to existing service APIs.

  • Go Big: CA World 2013 Opening Keynote

    Continuing our tradition of on the spot conference reporting, here are the raw notes from CA World 2013’s opening keynote. CA World is focused on products, techniques, and technologies in the areas of SaaS, Mobile, DevOps, and Big Data. The first keynote is led by Mike Gregoire, CA Technologies new CEO.

  • Mobile Dev, Big Data Analytics Take Center Stage at IBM Impact 2013

    At its annual customer conference in Las Vegas, IBM unveiled a number of new enhancements to its “MobileFirst” portfolio of products including data analytics support, mobile cloud services, cross-platform testing capabilities, as well as a series of updates to their core products to better support the mobile ecosystem.

  • Tabris 1.0: Cross-platform Mobile Development in Java

    After three years in development, EclipseSource has released Tabris 1.0, a cross-platform Java mobile development framework for iOS and Android.

  • Microsoft Makes Infrastructure Cloud Generally Available, Matches AWS Prices

    Today, Microsoft took their Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud product – called Windows Azure Infrastructure Services – out of preview and made it available to the general public. Microsoft is entering a crowded IaaS market but they’ve committed to matching cloud leader Amazon Web Services (AWS) on price while also promising enterprise-class SLAs and services.

  • IBM Mobile First- MBaaS, Big Data and Then Some for Enterprise

    IBM has assembled a comprehensive portfolio of applications whereby enterprises can catch up to today’s current mobile computing trends. Mobile First is designed to enable enterprise to get their share of the billions of dollars that the firm maintains is being left on the table by the organizations that are not gearing up for this trend.

  • Scaling Agile At Spotify: An Interview with Henrik Kniberg

    Back in November, Spotify released a paper titled "Scaling Agile @ Spotify with Tribes, Squads, Chapters & Guilds". I recently had a chance to chat with Henrik Kniberg, one of the coaches on site there, to ask him some questions about the paper and to get an update on where they are today.

  • Gartner's Technology Trends for Information Infrastructure: Big Data, NoSQL and In-Memory Computing

    Big Data, NoSQL databases and In-Memory computing are some of the technologies that will play key role in modernizing information management in 2013 and beyond, according to Gartner. A recent report released by Gartner team identifies the top technology trends that will have impact on the information infrastructure and governance.

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