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All startup companies start small with limited capital and resources that are stretched to cover expenses. Personnel often multitask and perform more than one role in small companies. As the company grows, reaching strengths of say 50-100 personnel, enterprise heads have to look at new ways to optimize IT management and resource consumption. At the [...]

Shyam

1. Cloud Computing Weakens Developer’s Control: Positives and Negatives Cloud computing is the way of the future and if you think about it, enterprise IT was meant to reach this phase from the start. Every enterprise is based on...
2. Java and Cloud Computing In the world of information technology, “cloud” is not just a mass of gas and water that brings us rain. It is also not just the Internet. It is an...
3. Big Changes in Enterprise Computing (Snippets from CEO Interviews) It is impossible for enterprises to ignore strides in technology and the impact of new trends on corporate culture, IT infrastructure, and market demands. At the same time, see-sawing business...

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Gamification is the use of game design techniques and game mechanics to non-game applications to make them engaging and fun. The technique is being incorporated in application design, especially in the mobile domain, to engage users in activities such as learning, training, skilling, and marketing. Research from Gartner indicates that by 2015, 50% of organizations [...]

Srini Bhopal

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Oracle has announced the availability of Java SE 7 Update 4 and JavaFX 2.1 for Mac OS X 10.7. It’s Oracle’s first release of the Java development kit (JDK) and JavaFX for Mac OS X. Apple is tired of fixing Java bugs in the Mac version and is passing the buck to Oracle. It looks [...]

Nithin

1. Java 8 – Cloud Coffee? The future of enterprise applications is moving towards cloud computing. Languages that have enjoyed popularity in previous years must evolve and adapt quickly to remain favorites of developers. One such...
2. What does Graal Mean for Java? The Java community is buzzing about Graal – a compiler for Java code, written in Java, and that works with multiple VMs. The “Graal project” has been gathering steam lately...
3. Delphi or Java? Both Java and Delphi (based on Object Pascal) are object oriented programming languages. In recent times, Java has moved ahead of Delphi in terms of popularity and applications. This isn’t...

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Business analytics has become an all-important factor in the present ecosystem as industries strive to gain competitive advantage, enhance profitability and reduce costs. The criticality of accurate, timely and requirement specific quantitative analysis of data cannot be overstated. Effective and timely business intelligence has the power to turnaround business profits overnight – by harnessing market [...]

Srini Bhopal

1. Why Do we Need Custom Application Development in Java and .NET? One shoe does not fit all. That’s the underlying principle behind custom application development. In business scenarios where time is money, why should any business waste time molding its requirements...
2. .NET in Business Intelligence Business Intelligence (BI) is what drives top level decisions in businesses. That is why enterprises have been investing in BI software since many years. The need for effective and accurate...

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MOJITO! Not the nice Cuban cocktail but Yahoo’s, supposedly equally nice, MVC framework for building high-performing device independent web apps. Mojito applications are written in JavaScript and run on both client and server (via Node.js). Yahoo has published the Mojito code under a permissive BSD open source license that allows you to use the code [...]

Nithin

1. Server-side JavaScript: The Rise of Node.js JavaScript, one of the most popular client-side web scripting languages, was never taken seriously by core software developers. However, it stayed on because of its standardization and browser-neutrality. Various attempts...
2. Oracle’s Lawsuit against Google Questions Open-Source Tenets Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, creator of the open-source Java environment, in 2009. The acquisition raised justifiable concerns across the industry over Oracle’s reputation of being an aggressive competitor. The open-source...
3. Open Source Apps   Image via Wikipedia Open Source technology has always been a great source for developers trying to understand the inner workings of platforms. Its a great resource for going beyond...

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Though JavaFX 2.0 is a definite improvement over its predecessor, it is not the most favored means of building rich media apps. JavaFX was first released in 2007 but didn’t quite take off because of the scripting involved. It was soon run over by technologies such as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, etc. Four years later, [...]

Nithin

1. Takeaways from JavaOne 2011 – The Oracle Shroud Lifts JavaOne 2011 isn’t exactly recent news but we haven’t covered it in our blog yet and it’s a topic worth discussion … especially for our lot of enthusiastic and enterprising...
2. Oracle’s Lawsuit against Google Questions Open-Source Tenets Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, creator of the open-source Java environment, in 2009. The acquisition raised justifiable concerns across the industry over Oracle’s reputation of being an aggressive competitor. The open-source...
3. The Oracle Google War Flares Up – Will it Burn Android? Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in January 2010. In August 2010, it filed a lawsuit against Google for patent infringement, unlawful use of Java APIs and a host of other illegalities...

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Linux 3.3 released on March 18, 2012 and one of the most notable (there were quite a few) features to make news was the merging of the kernel code from the Android project. Why is that a big deal? Well, this event means a lot to Android and Linux programmers. Now, you can basically boot [...]

Nithin

1. Linux Losing Its Charm for Developers? Mac OS X and Windows Gain. A recent article on Computerworld caught my attention. Linux lost out to Mac OS X as a development platform in a popularity survey. The survey, conducted by Evans Data Corp....
2. Why Developers and Manufacturers Love Android? Android has grown from strength to strength over the last few years, with the open-source operating system being adopted by leading handset manufacturers including Samsung, HTC, Motorola, and LG. Android...
3. Android Leads the SmartPhone Market, Still Struggles with Tablets Google’s Android operating system (OS) for mobile devices has been a popular choice since its release. According to ComScore‘s survey in US, ending August 2011, Android owns 43.7% of the...

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Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in January 2010. In August 2010, it filed a lawsuit against Google for patent infringement, unlawful use of Java APIs and a host of other illegalities over Android. While a good number of Oracle’s earlier claims have been invalidated by courts, the recent trial sees the scale tipping in Oracle’s favor [...]

Ranjani

1. Oracle’s Lawsuit against Google Questions Open-Source Tenets Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, creator of the open-source Java environment, in 2009. The acquisition raised justifiable concerns across the industry over Oracle’s reputation of being an aggressive competitor. The open-source...
2. Why Developers and Manufacturers Love Android? Android has grown from strength to strength over the last few years, with the open-source operating system being adopted by leading handset manufacturers including Samsung, HTC, Motorola, and LG. Android...
3. Android Leads the SmartPhone Market, Still Struggles with Tablets Google’s Android operating system (OS) for mobile devices has been a popular choice since its release. According to ComScore‘s survey in US, ending August 2011, Android owns 43.7% of the...

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Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) or Android 4.0, the purported unifying platform that would ultimately end fragmentation woes for Android developers hasn’t really lived up to its promise. Months after the November 2011 release of ICS, only 1.54% of Android users are on the latest version. Don’t get me wrong. This does not imply that ICS [...]

Shyam

1. Mobile OS: Fragmentation is thy name Lets start with the big dog, Apple’s iOS. According to a sample of Bump’s users between January 7 & 10 this year, here’s a breakup: Now look at Android’s fragmentation:...
2. Mobile Apps Migration – The Challenges Today’s consumers are all for mobility, portability, and “smaller is better”. The huge jump in smartphone and tablets over the last year proves the changing preferences of gadget users. With...
3. Mobile App Security: The Risks and What Users Should Know Mobile applications are becoming conventional media for regular transactions such as paying bills, interacting with banks, and other activities. Mobile security is becoming an all important phrase with enterprises churning...

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Joomla has evolved from a “little CMS that could” project that it was in 2005 to a powerful content management tool that enterprises are now giving a serious thought to. Changing market trends and building pressures are compelling businesses to rework their approach, making them more open to open source software. At the same time, [...]

Srini Bhopal

1. .NET and the Enterprise Space .NET was built for cross-language compatibility – for.NET components to interact with each other irrespective of the language they are written in. The .NET framework includes a common base class...