VMware garage sale continues as it offloads WaveMaker to Pramati
Just two years after acquiring WaveMaker for its enterprise Java expertise, VMware is selling those assets to Pramati. Read more »
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Mobile first-quarter 2013: analysis and outlook
The mobile platform wars escalated once again in the first quarter of 2012 as BlackBerry finally took the wraps off its much-anticipated new operating system. Meanwhile Android continued to build on its dominance both worldwide and in the U.S., cementing a two-horse race with Apple. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Single-language no more: Apprenda adds Java to its .NET-centric platform
Apprenda is now embracing Java as well as .NET which could e good news for corporations like JPMorganChase that seek to extend the life of thousands of in-house applications. Read more »
Apple disables Java 7 OS X plug-in after security threat found
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Apple stopped developing Java for OS X in late 2010 and no longer includes it as pre-installed software on new Macs. But for those who manually installed the plug-in, Apple has blocked Java 7 for now. Read more »
Scala programmers are in catbird seat, or are they?
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Demand for programmers with Scala expertise continues to grow, according to job postings on Indeed.com. But things aren’t that simple. If you cut the data other ways, you can pretty much see what you want to see. Read more »
How Martin Odersky rewrote the rules of coding for a mobile world
The Scala programming language is one big reason why applications like Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare have taken off among mobile phone users. Meet Martin Odersky, the man behind the language. Read more »
WibiData open sources Kiji to make HBase easier
HBase is a great option for developing big data applications, but it’s not necessarily easy to use. WibiData is addressing this by open sourcing a portion of its predictive analytics infrastructure that adds structure to data, followed eventually by a whole HBase development framework called Kiji. Read more »
Google App Engine taps Jenkins for continuous integration
Continuous integration (CI) tools are becoming a bigger deal in the software development world. That’s why Google is helping App Engine developers use Cloudbees’ Jenkins-in-the-cloud tool. Read more »
Typesafe brings SpringSource co-founder Rod Johnson aboard
Johnson’s presence on Typesafe’s board brings even more credibility to Typesafe’s push to make Scala a top-tier language for scalable enterprise applications. The company will be at JavaOne promoting that vision. Read more »
Salesforce pushes Heroku into big biz with full Java stack support
Heroku is morphing from what was a Ruby-focused PaaS for web developers to a fully Java-supportive PaaS for big business. At least that’s what Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff hopes as he integrates Heroku — purchased in 2010 — more tightly into the company’s overall platform. Read more »
Will Go be the new go-to programming language?
The Go language is gaining momentum among PaaS and IaaS vendors, says Apcera founder and CEO Derek Collison. Research shows the language gaining ground, although it hasn’t cracked the top 20. JavaScript and Java remain top dogs among overall programing languages. Read more »
Quick tip: Do you need Java on your Mac?
Java doesn’t come pre-installed for on OS X as it once did. You may have manually installed it, but it’s likely that besides a few web sites and an occasional piece of software you may want to run, you don’t really need Java on your Mac. Read more »
Appfog buys Nodester to strengthen its Node.js bench
With Nodester, the polyglot PaaS provider gets deeper and broader Node.js support and access to even more Node.js developers. Next up? J2EE, Go and Perl support, says Appfog CEO Lucas Carlson. Read more »
Blaast opens cloud-based mobile app platform to global developers
Blaast, which puts a subscription spin on the provision of key apps to low-end phones, has signed up more carrier partners in Asia and is planning a data-frugal app for Android users in developing markets Read more »
Typesafe gets $14M to push Scala language as a better Java than Java
With its new funding from Shasta Ventures and Juniper Networks, Typesafe will keep pushing Scala and its related middleware stack as a mainstream development platform for enterprise applications. To date, Scala has been used mostly in web-scale apps like Twitter and Foursquare. Read more »
Cumulogic launches Java PaaS technology for service providers
Startup Cumulogic releases its Java platform-as-a-service foundations on Wednesday. The company, with strong Sun Microsystems and Java DNA, hopes that major hosting companies, telcos, and other service providers will build their PaaSes atop its technology. Read more »
“Leap second” bugs take out some prominent websites
It was a rough weekend for the internet. While Friday’s problems with Amazon Web Services and other sites could be chalked up to some wicked thunderstorms, several sites went down Saturday for periods of time thanks to problems with the “leap second.” Read more »
Strike 3: Judge rules against Oracle in copyright part of “World Series” trial against Google
The world is safe for developers who use Java interfaces in designing Android smartphones. Read more »
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Who and what to watch in the new era of the living room
The adoption of tablets, social media and new interfaces and the changing nature of the TV itself mean the digital living room will continue on its path of rapid change, thanks to new ways of creating, viewing, bundling, distributing and selling content. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Verdict in: Strike 2 for Oracle in “World Series of IP” trial with Google
The jury in the epic intellectual property trial between Oracle and Google is going home after ruling today that the latter didn’t infringe on two patents related to the Java programming language. Read more »
Amazon woos Microsoft devs with .NET, SQL Server support
Let it never be said that the cloud computing wars are boring. Within hours of being blasted for locking developers into its ever-rising cloud stack, Amazon announced new managed database services and Elastic Beanstalk support for thousands of Microsoft-centric developers. Read more »
Heroku boss: 1.5M apps, many not in Ruby
According to former Heroku CEO and current Salesforce.com VP of Platforms Byron Sebastian, Heroku is hosting more than 1.5 million applications — an increase of approximately 15x in less than 18 months. It’s success is part of an industry trend toward PaaS acceptance for new apps. Read more »
Now it’s VMware’s turn: Meet Spring Hadoop
When Microsoft and VMware latch onto a technology, you know it’s for real. VMware is now pushing a project called Spring Hadoop that lets developers use the popular Spring Java framework to write big data applications atop Apache Hadoop. Read more »
Big data skills bring big dough
If you are a data scientist, or have other “big data” chops, you can write your own ticket, headhunters say. A search of popular job posting sites shows huge demand for anyone who can demonstrate these skills even in this tough economy. Read more »
CloudBees puts its PaaS anywhere
CloudBees Java-centric platform as a service can now run inside a customer’s data center, at a hosting provider or on the Amazon cloud, or on some combination of the above. Anycloud will compete with Red Hat OpenShift, and VMware’s Cloud Foundry. Read more »
Veteran PaaS player Engine Yard claims big momentum
Engine Yard, the popular platform as a service, said its revenue doubled to $28 million and the number of paying customers rose 50 percent to 2,000 in 2011. The company, which started in the Ruby universe, now supports PHP, Node.js and other languages. Read more »
Survey: NoSQL adoption driven by schema hate
Database professionals planning to take the NoSQL leap this year said the restrictive schemas in the RDBMS world drove their move. High latency, high cost and inability to scale out were also cited as reasons to move beyond SQL databases. Read more »
Scala sets sights on top-tier status among the Java faithful
To hear Typesafe folks tell it, the Scala programming language and associated middleware is about to join the ranks of first-tier development tools. And, a new Scala plug-in for the popular Eclipse integrated development environment should help pave the way. Read more »
Some big thoughts on big data and cloud for 2012
This year may have been the beginning of the big data onslaught, but big data will only get bigger in 2012. Watch for companies to check out specialized databases for different data types and to segment their data centers for old and new workloads. Read more »
The Latest Chinese Export: Tencent's QQ Mobile Browser, Via GetJar
We’ve observed a lot of western companies looking to cash in on the explosive growth of China’s mobile population by taking their products i… Read more at paidContent »
AppFog gets (more) multilingual with Java support
AppFog, which started out as a PHP-based Platform-as-a-Service, just added Java to its roster of supported programming languages. AppFog already added support for Ruby and Node.js. Still to come: support for Python, .NET and “smaller languages like Erlang,” said AppFog CEO Lucas Carlson. Read more »
SpringSource links up with Neo Technology on NoSQL
SpringSource, the application-platform arm of VMware, has been working closely with NoSQL startup Neo Technology to produce a version of the Neo4j graph database optimized for Spring environments. Additionally, SpringSource founder and GM Rod Johnson is now chairman of Neo’s board of directors. Read more »
Google’s Dart may be the code to make web apps shine
Google unveiled its effort to create a programming language solely for building web apps. Much like there’s a shift in computer hardware to take advantage of a more connected and mobile world, Google is attempting to push a concurrent shift in software. Read more »
Java developers, meet Heroku
Heroku, the popular Platform-as-a-Service offering initially for Ruby developers only, now supports Java. Actually, Heroku has added support for both the Node.js framework and the Clojure programming language over the past few months, but Java is in a whole other league. Read more »
CumuLogic enters public beta for private PaaS
Cloud computing startup CumuLogic is making its Platform-as-a-Service software available for beta users that want to deploy it on their own infrastructure. Until now, CumuLogic’s Jave-only PaaS software had only been available for beta users running it atop the Amazon Web Services cloud. Read more »
3 PaaS lessons from CloudBees’ funding
Here are three lessons to take away from the $10.5 million funding round for Java-centric Platform-as-a-Service startup CloudBees: Be specialized, inclusive, and first. Read more »
Can patent licensing fees derail the Android express?
The Android Express has taken Google and a number of manufacturers on dizzying ride to the top of the smartphone market. But with Android’s patent strength increasingly under fire and companies lining up for their share of licensing fees, is the platform headed off the tracks? Read more »
Heroku adds Clojure to its mix, targets enterprise apps
PaaS pioneer Heroku has added support for the Clojure programming language to its offering. Heroku also supports Ruby and Node.js as development options. Supporting three development options might not appear like a big deal, but it is, especially for enterprise developers who require certain features. Read more »
It’s time to start worrying and hate the patent bomb
With patent lawsuits flying around the mobile business like never before, it’s easy to get lost in exciting headlines about billion dollar settlements. But the reality is that the industry is playing a game of mutually assured destruction that could strangle the world’s most exciting technologies. Read more »
VMware’s platform play could use a cloud connection
VMware announced the late-summer availability of vFabric 5 this morning, an integrated suite of the various application-platform components it has acquired over the past couple years. The news illustrates pretty definitively that, for the time being, VMware’s on-premise and cloud-based platform strategies are fairly distinct. Read more »
