Just months after celebrating Java’s 20th birthday (and the qualities that made it the most used mainstream programming language), the programming world is abuzz with rumors that Java is doomed. In September, it was widely reported that Oracle had laid off a significant number of its Java evangelism team, and then, in October, InfoWorld ran … continue reading
Progress today announced the latest release of the intuitive, easy-to-use automated testing offering, Telerik Test Studio. As part of today’s release, Telerik, a Progress company, has added mobile test automation for native iOS and Android applications with Telerik Test Studio Mobile solution. The point-and-click functionality enables users to capture and replay complex mobile testing functionality … continue reading
Sencha, the company providing a unified platform for designing, developing, deploying and managing mobile web applications, and Gold level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced it is working with Oracle to meet the growing enterprise demand for such applications. Sencha Web Application Lifecycle Management Platform can now interoperate with Oracle Mobile Cloud Service to … continue reading
“By and large people have a handle on team-level agile,” said Lee Cunningham, director of enterprise agile at VersionOne. “The next frontier is really how do we take what works really well at the team level in terms of quality, in terms of throughput, in terms of the morale of the people; how do we … continue reading
Another Steve Jobs movie? That’s what a majority of people thought when it was revealed that screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and director Danny Boyle would be taking on a new biopic of the iconic technology figure Steve Jobs. The first biopic was released in 2013, starring Ashton Kutcher, and let’s just say it didn’t sit well … continue reading
IBM wants to help businesses get more value from their data, so it announced the IBM Insight Cloud Services today at its Insight conference in Las Vegas. The new cloud service is designed to provide better insights into complex datasets. “Insight Cloud Services help clients create actionable insights from the noisy reality of the world,” … continue reading
If you ran into an issue in a mobile application and knew there was an easy way to report it, would you? As a user, you might, or you might simply delete the app. For QA teams and users of company apps, though, it’s not a choice. They need their company’s application to run well. … continue reading
Twenty years on, Java is still rolling right along. The JavaOne keynote address, given Sunday afternoon in San Francisco, had a somewhat reverent tone, as it covered both the past and future of the platform. Georges Saab, vice president of development at Oracle, gave an extensive history of the platform at the start of his … continue reading
It’s often easier to talk about what NoOps isn’t than what it is. It doesn’t mean you fire your Operations team. It doesn’t mean the end of Operations, or that Operations is dead. So just what is it? To explain NoOps, we must first explain DevOps. A DevOps primer DevOps is a software development model … continue reading
Razer has announced its open-source virtual reality (OSVR) kit is now available for preorder. The OSVR kit is a head-mounted virtual reality display that features a faceplate module, a mainboard with integrated sensors, a display module, an optics module, an head-mounted display mechanical module, and a belt box module. According to the company, there was … continue reading
BigLever Software, the leading provider of Product Line Engineering (PLE) solutions, today announced the next generation of its industry-standard Gears PLE Lifecycle Framework, which extends the capabilities and benefits of PLE beyond engineering to manufacturing, product marketing, sales, and other key operational aspects. BigLever’s new Gears capabilities are enabling some of the world’s largest complex … continue reading
Computer science education efforts are getting another boost. President Obama has officially signed the STEM Education Act of 2015 into law, expanding the STEM definition to include computer science. “We must prepare our students for degrees in STEM subjects to ensure that they have the ability to thrive in today’s technology-based economy,” said Rep. Lamar … continue reading
