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Five Important Trends on the Enterprise Architect's Radar

It is no secret that the internet architectures are influencing enterprise architectures. This post attempts to summarise some of the recent trends in the...

4 replies - 5273 views - 11/02/09 by dnene in Articles

Web Tech Skills PHP, Java, in High Demand

A new report released by the job site Elance shows a growth in tech contractor hiring, up 46% from this time last year on Elance.com.  After job losses in IT...

0 replies - 3288 views - 10/15/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Polyglot Programming: Flawed Dream?

I’ve been reading for some time various articles and blogs about Polyglot Programming, and the perception I got is there are two opposite views: the...

14 replies - 2774 views - 09/19/09 by Alex Ruiz in Articles

Desktop vs. Web - Confrontation or Convergence?

We have all heard the theory that Web services will gradually force out client applications. All you will need for your work would be a computer with an access...

5 replies - 3442 views - 07/16/09 by ziggy777 in Articles

Google Chrome OS : The Next Wave

I was happy to see the news that Google announced the Chrome based OS. Soon after a week of my recent blog on Google and the way it transformed every ones...

15 replies - 3343 views - 07/09/09 by Suresh Krishna in Articles

Languages Should Die

One of those interesting facts about evolution is that most of the species that ever existed are now extinct. There are good reasons for this. The average life...

11 replies - 4209 views - 04/15/09 by olabini in Articles

Opening Up Platform as a Service - What is Open PaaS?

Platform as a Service (PaaS) offers a way to build and deploy applications entirely in the cloud. This market was pioneered by SalesForce and their Force.com...

0 replies - 2539 views - 04/09/09 by Chris Keene in Articles

Sun Microsystems Charity Poll

Tonight I ran across an online poll asking if businesses would be willing to donate $1000 per developer every year to Sun Microsystems, and if independent...

13 replies - 3226 views - 03/27/09 by Ryan de Laplante in Articles

What Is Platform as a Service (PaaS)?

There are a number of companies offering Platform as a Service (PaaS), but little agreement about what PaaS is or how to compare various PaaS offerings from...

3 replies - 3246 views - 03/26/09 by Chris Keene in Articles

What Does JavaFX Mean For You?

There's a lot of hype, talk and tutorials going on around JavaFX. What I'd like to do in this article is to take a step back and discuss what JavaFX means for...

24 replies - 4860 views - 03/09/09 by James Sugrue in Articles

Win Your Copy: Collective Intelligence in Action + An Interview with the Author

Collective Intelligence is a useful technique, as we try to provide web applications that will appeal to entire communities. We had an opportunity to talk to...

6 replies - 3349 views - 03/04/09 by WeiLing in Articles

Preparing a New Generation of Developers

Recently, Microsoft unveiled their Elevate America initiative. The idea behind the site is simple - provide resources to help workers in the US gain technical...

5 replies - 3625 views - 02/26/09 by James Sugrue in Articles

On SOLID Principles & Modularity

I stumbled across Uncle Bob’s SOLID principles of OOD quite a few years ago. They serve as the foundation of knowledge for designing object-oriented software.

1 replies - 4236 views - 02/26/09 by Kirk Knoernschild in Articles

Why Are There So Few Women in Open Source?

I'm currently attending the SCALE 7X conference in Los Angeles. Yesterday, I chose to stick with the talks in the Women In Open Source track, and I was really...

26 replies - 2899 views - 02/24/09 by Laurent Cohen in News

Will the Sun Cuts Run Too Deep?

I'm sure that most Java developers have caught wind of the news that Sun will be cutting 1,300 jobs. The unexpected part of the story however is that this...

33 replies - 4872 views - 01/26/09 by James Sugrue in News