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• Will 2015 be the year of the cloud-based, mobile IDE?

  With so many improvements in both cloud based technology and handheld devices, more and more developers want to develop in the same device they send texts with. Will 2015 be the year of the cloud-based, mobile IDE?  Continue Reading

• Cloud based IDEs continue to mature, changing the software development process

  There has always been talk of doing software development in the cloud, but the reality has been far from the promise. But recent improvements are changing attitudes, enticing developers to change their software development process.  Continue Reading

• 10 reasons why HTML5 implementation should happen now

  Learn the top 10 reasons why HTML5 implementation should be your next Web development project.  Continue Reading

• Four tips to help tell if your continuous integration (CI) process is working

  Many organizations have adopted a continuous integration (CI) process. CI promises many benefits, but only if you're doing CI properly. Here are four tips to help you evaluate whether or not your continuous integration process is working.  Continue Reading

• Going beyond big data processing to achieve big data understanding

  Big data solutions have given enterprises the power to handle, manage and process massive amounts of information, but how do organizations extract meaning from that information? Big data architecture is evolving to do just that.  Continue Reading

• From web development to delivery: Deep front end knowledge is a must for 2015

  Web based deliver will be taken to new levels in 2015, as the technology used to deliver content over the web will actually become the technology used to built it as well, as development tools take to the web.  Continue Reading

• Reflecting on Liferay Portal: From big data to secure mobile delivery

  The portal has evolved in a variety of ways, not the least of which is the manner in which it can integrate with big data solutions and deliver secure mobile content. Here are ten big takeaways from the 2014 Liferay Symposium in Boston.  Continue Reading

• Saving money in the cloud: Tips for getting the greatest ROI on AWS

  Many organizations move to the cloud to save money, but often there is sticker shock when the first bill comes in. Here are some tips on how to get the greatest return on investment (ROI) on your Amazon Web Services (AWS) migration.  Continue Reading

• Seven ways to optimize mobile apps for improved performance

  While many organizations have been developing mobile apps for years, making sure those apps are optimized in such a way that will improve performance is still a challenge. Here we look at seven simple ways organizations can optimize their mobile ...  Continue Reading

• Bitnami: How a pet project evolved into cloud hosting and server management

  It's amazing how what was once a pet project that provided simple installers to fellow developers turned into a profitable business on the leading edge of cloud hosting and managed virtual servers. Here we take a look at the Bitnami story.  Continue Reading

• Addressing security concerns and evolving beyond Spring with Java EE 8

  The Spring framework created a situation where the Java EE platform had plenty of catching up to do, but if Java EE 8 can plug the security holes and evolve beyond Spring, Java EE may once again become the first choice for enterprise application ...  Continue Reading

• From ElasticSearch to Splunk: Understanding your log aggregation options

  The key to successfully being able to anticipate and diagnose software problems is being able to make sense of your application logs. In part two of this two part series, we take a look at some of the most popular log aggregation tools on the market...  Continue Reading

• Choosing the right log aggregator to mine your performance data

  To maintain and improve an existing system, being able to read and understand log files is an absolute requirement. Here we look at how various logging technologies compare with each other.  Continue Reading

• Goetz hangs his hat on lambda parallelism and performance

  When it comes to improving Java, few changes have been as eagerly anticipated as lambdas. From parallelism to performance, the lambda experiment is working, and smart software developers are adopting it.  Continue Reading

• Will Java 8 Lambda expressions really change JavaEE development?

  One of the most anxiously anticipated Java 8 features was the addition of Lambda expressions. But after almost a year since their release, are they actually being adopted, and will they really have any impact on how JavaEE applications are developed?  Continue Reading