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  • Cloud APIs ? Extending SOA and Web 2.0 architectures

    Cloud APIs are emerging as a successful means of making cloud-based data centre resources and applications available to an array of web-connected devices in a flexible and cost-effective way.

  • OpenStack may be gaining support from IBM but Iaas is still making slow headway

    When it comes to Infrastructure as a Service - renting on-demand compute, storage and network resources that live in a multi-tenant virtualised public cloud - midsized businesses are jumping in with both feet. But large enterprises with their own well-established data centres are still dipping their toes in the water.

  • Azul CTO: Java is not the new Cobol

    Java is the most successful development platform of all time, and is currently used by more than 17 percent of developers. However there is concern within the developer community that the Java platform is ageing, with some suggesting that Java could become the next Cobol.

  • Sirius CTO: UK businesses must start tapping SME talent

    The time has come for small and medium businesses to get the recognition they deserve, according to Andrew Savory, newly-appointed Chief Technology Officer at open source systems integrator Sirius

  • The benefits of building an Enterprise Application Store

    Creating the mobile enterprise is one of the biggest challenges facing IT organisations. The benefits of supporting mobile users and building mobile applications are numerous and include increased productivity and organisation flexibility.

  • Six simple steps to adopting consumerisation

    Most businesses are accepting, even embracing, consumer technology. What do they know that you don't?

  • What's next for Dell?

    Dell's formation of a new software group last week could be the forerunner to a string of acquisitions by the vendor, with some observers predicting a focus on systems management and cloud services provisioning.

  • Crucial Oracle flaw revealed, but is the problem solved?

    A design decision made by Oracle architects long ago may have painted some of Oracle's largest customers into a corner. Patches have arrived, but how much will they correct?

  • Oracle takes rough criticism over Java stewardship

    Oracle, which officially took on the big job of shepherding Java two years ago this month, is travelling bumpy roads lately, with its modularisation and licensing plans for Java raising eyebrows and security concerns coming to the fore as well.

  • The year the landscape for enterprise software changed forever

    It's a stretch to call 2011 a truly transformative year for enterprise software, given all the old warts that remain, from large-scale IT project failures to creaky legacy systems that will take years and great expense to replace with the latest-and-greatest.





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