Navigating the Platform as a Service (PaaS) Market SwampPaaS has been called both a revolutionary tool that enables developers to build true cloud applications and a leap of faith. Can PaaS really be leveraged to build new cloud applications quickly and easily, or is it just another expensive software development methodology that developers ignore?
Google's Organization-Wide Innovation StrategiesOrganizations that adopt a well thought-out strategy toward innovation and are able to allocate the required resources for it set themselves up to emerge as market leaders in the long run—both tactically and strategically. Rajini Padmanaban profiles Google's organization-wide innovation strategies.
Government Seeks Researchers to Develop Superconductor ComputersComputers for US government intelligence agencies have hit such extensive performance requirements that power and cooling demands are becoming unmanageable. The solution? Put out a call for researchers who can help develop a new generation of fast, energy-efficient superconducting computers.
Early August Hacking News RoundupIn this roundup of interesting hacking news, find out about the FBI's hacking techniques to thwart potential criminals. Also, see how an artist-hacker has successfully tampered with Teddy Ruxpin dolls and created something rather unsettling.
What ALM Tool Features Best Support Agile Software Development?Joe Farah details the key features necessary in application lifecycle management (ALM) tools to make them practical for agile development. At a minimum, agile-friendly ALM tools must support user stories, prioritization, traceability, continuous integration, and metrics for post-iteration analysis.
New Weather Supercomputers Ready for 2013 Hurricane SeasonOn July 25, 2013, the National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, flipped the switch on two new weather supercomputers that are running an upgraded hurricane research and forecasting model designed to more accurately project storm intensity and structure.
Why Firefox OS May Change the Way Software Is ReleasedTwo key news items from the mobile world in 2013 were the launch of Blackberry Z10 and the announcement of Firefox OS-powered mobile devices. These devices may be different in form or factor, but they share one unintentional similarity—the locales in which the devices were first launched.
Why Developers Will Decide the Fate of Google ChromecastLast week's celebration of Google Chromecast has done more than simply die down. It's turned into downright speculation that even with Google's allowing developers to begin creating their own apps for it, many developers may pass. We look at what's inside the USB to see what's there—and what's not.
