The dog days of August are a good time to take stock of some of the major themes and trends likely to shape the development space toward the end of 2010 and into 2011.
OutSystems this week released version 5.1 of its Agile Platform, featuring "1 Click" provisioning designed to help developers quickly get projects up and running on Amazon's EC2 cloud computing service.
Application lifecycle management (ALM) provider Collabnet rolled out a new version of its flagship TeamForge ALM platform this week, as well as a general-availability release of its free Subversion Edge product.
Microsoft used the occasion of an open source conference last month to advance its vision of an open cloud by breaking it down into four basic principles.
The U.S. Army found a way to fight the sluggishness of traditional software development that's slowed even further by legendary government bureaucracy: go Agile.
Addressing one of the key objectives of cloud computing, Microsoft today said its Windows Azure platform will be available as an appliance that can run on customer and partner premises.
Cloud-based services are getting a second look by IT organizations, according to a new report from Gartner.
Organizations should start experimenting with Web apps from Google, Microsoft and other software companies.
The day-one keynote centered on product enhancements to the Windows Azure platform, Bing Maps, Windows 7, Windows Server and Communications Server, among other technologies.
XebiaLabs's Deployit 1.3 beta offers new auto-discovery features plus support for virtualized and cloud environments.
Stratos is built on the open-source middleware maker's Carbon SOA platform.
VMware and Google are joining forces to make life easier for developers aiming their apps at the cloud.
CA Technologies, which has changed its name from CA Inc., has launched a series of cloud computing products and services at CA World this week in Las Vegas.
SpringSource is acquiring data management vendor GemStone to use that company's GemFire enterprise data fabric to give developers the infrastructure necessary for emerging cloud-centric applications.
Red Hat announces support for Red Hat Cloud Access; Drupal offers training for its open source "social publishing system."
Leading supplier of cloud integration appliances joins Big Blue's portfolio to enable hybrid services.
VMware and Salesforce.com have joined forces to build VMforce, a platform for building and running Java applications in the cloud.
Here's a look at some of the newest Agile-related products hitting the market.
VMware's SpringSource division announced today that it will be adding a newly acquired lightweight messaging system, RabbitMQ, to its implementation of the Java-based open source Spring Framework.
Nearly half of U.S. IT professionals surveyed believe that the risks of cloud computing outweigh its benefits.