IBM channels stadium rock at its new Interconnect conference
For the opening of its largest user conference in recent memory, IBM wanted to show attendees the power of cloud computing and the Internet of Things. So it asked everyone in the MGM Grand auditorium...
View ArticleHow DevOps can redefine your IT strategy
People today expect their software to work wherever they are, whether they are using a mobile device or a desktop PC. As a result, IT must respond to these demands quickly. DevOps aims to do just that...
View ArticleAmazon, Microsoft and Salesforce top Forrester cloud platform list
Which cloud is best for building new applications? That depends on your developers and how they like to code, according to new research from Forrester. There are a lot of cloud platform choices...
View ArticleAmazon Web Services offers free satellite imagery
Amazon Web Services is offering its customers free use of over 85,000 satellite images, setting the stage for new types of geographically-oriented cloud applications.The images, from the Landsat 8...
View ArticleFirst look: Microsoft's Azure App Services sweeten cloud development
In early March I reviewed the AWS Mobile SDK, Google Firebase, and Microsoft Azure Mobile Services, the mobile back-end service offerings of the three major public clouds. The Microsoft option was a...
View ArticleNASA code-a-thon uses IBM cloud to build space tech
NASA this weekend is pulling together more than 10,000 developers, scientists, students and entrepreneurs across 62 countries for a code-a-thon aimed at building technology for space exploration....
View ArticleMicrosoft makes debugging PHP less painful with new Azure tool
Microsoft is equipping its Azure cloud service with a tool to debug PHP-based Web applications that are running on the platform.The service “offers in-depth insight into how an application is...
View ArticleBrandPost: 20 Cloud Deployment Mistakes to Avoid
On average, cloud deployments don’t go well.According to a THINKstrategies and INetU survey on enterprise migration to the cloud, 70 percent of respondents admitted they had to change their cloud...
View ArticleIBM Watson adds hybrid cloud developer tools
IBM Watson this week began rolling out new hybrid cloud capabilities that will integrate IBM Cloud with a growing number of cognitive computing and content analytics services in the Watson Zone on...
View ArticleBrandPost: The Cloud as Business Incubator
The first phase of cloud deployment often focuses on cost cutting. Businesses are always interested in finding ways to achieve the same business goals faster and less expensively. As efficiencies...
View ArticleIBM aims to help developers build analytics-driven cloud apps
IBM today rolled out new services geared to helping developers create analytics-driven cloud applications.Big Blue announced the new services for its Bluemix cloud development platform at Cloud...
View ArticleNew IBM OpenStack services support hybrid cloud apps
Building on its support for the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform, IBM this week unveiled a new slate of IBM Cloud OpenStack Services intended to help clients and developers integrate...
View ArticleGartner: Cloud management tools are lagging
The tools available for businesses to manage their use of Infrastructure as a Service cloud computing services are not as mature as the public cloud services themselves, Gartner research director...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: Why Fortune 1000 CIOs and CEOs should make DevOps...
Many of the CIOs (and their teams) I advise are under tremendous pressure to reinvent themselves, their roles, and drive transformation across their IT organizations. Business and competitive...
View ArticleOracle completes its stack of cloud services
Oracle has launched a number of new cloud services that the company claims will provide enterprises with all the tools they need to run their operations in the cloud.“We’re now able to call our cloud...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: CIO strategy and planning: 4 principles for...
"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark." MichelangoWhat a phenomenal time to be a CIO. CIOs...
View ArticleWhy the open source business model is a failure
Open source software companies must move to the cloud and add proprietary code to their products to succeed. The current business model is recipe for failure.That's the conclusion of Peter Levine, a...
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8 free sites that teach you how to program
Free sites that teach you how to programImage by ThinkstockIf you're interested in coding or want to make a career change, you don't need to enroll in an expensive undergraduate or graduate program....
View ArticleCan Microsoft’s Azure bring machine learning to the masses?
Machine learning makes software smarter and more aware. It’s becoming as integral to our collective computing experience as the Internet itself. But how can developers really get started with it?...
View ArticleIBM woos cloud developers
IBM is stepping up its efforts to atract cloud developers. Big Blue today announced a three-pronged approach that includes a new collaborative platform to help developers stay on top of open source...
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