What Does It Take to Squeeze Legacy Desktop Apps Into Mobile Devices?
With new tablets and other mobile devices, developers need to port existing apps to take best advantage of the new platforms.
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Aberdeen Group Analyst Offers Tips on Protecting Virtualized Environments
Take these steps to ensure that your organization minimizes server downtime.
DevOps: Indispensable Approach or Costly Distraction?
An Intel Agile practitioner says DevOps, while disruptive, can spark improvements in software delivery.
Agile Software Development Trends
David Thomas of Rally Software, a leader in Agile application lifecycle management, talks about the latest software trends.
Is ParalleX This Year’s Model?
ParalleX execution model and HPX implementation aim to harness the potential of high-end machines.
Is Ruby on Rails a Crown Jewel?
Ruby on Rails is a favorite Web-development environment. As it expands to support other platforms, can Ruby become the cross-platform Crown Jewel?
Nice Gesture, But What Does It Mean?
As the installed base of smartphones, tablets and digital kiosks grows, so does the need for gesture-based user interfaces. Design expert Don Norman explains why the current paradigm is frustrating for users and developers alike.
What’s Next For OpenACC?
A Georgia Tech professor assesses the impact of a parallel programming standard.
Open-source Databases in the Post-Oracle World
Oracle’s purchase of MySQL had some predicting the end of open-source databases, but it looks like the opposite is happening.
Open Source Meets Systems Management
Open-source systems management products are augmenting — and even replacing — legacy enterprise-class offerings from traditional old-school vendors.
Analyst Bernd Harzog explains why.
Thought Leader James Reinders on Parallel Programming
Powerful parallel programming tools abound for developers, but shifting the programmer’s mindset is more important.
Interview: Rob Enderle on Plug-and-play Appliances
A look at how special-purpose appliances are simplifying tasks for IT departments, even though the field needs to mature.