Work begins to standardize 'internet-of-things' protocol
OASIS launches technical committee that promises to have a widely accepted machine-to-machine connectivity protocol available in about a year.
Service Oriented
Service technology -- from SOA to cloud to IT service management -- promises many "-ilities": greater agility, flexibility, and reusability. Joe McKendrick explores the challenges and opportunities with service orientation, and how to capitalize on these emerging computing philosophies.
Joe McKendrick
Joe McKendrick is an author, consultant and speaker specializing in trends and developments shaping the technology industry.
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Every cloud has a data center behind it
A reader sounds off: Cloud computing services don't magically materialize, 'they have to be on somebody's premises.'
Tech salaries 'see biggest jump in a decade': survey
Dice's monthly count of IT listings shows New York and Silicon Valley as top markets, big data the top skill.
Ponder this: traditional data center may rise again, thanks to cloud
Data centers were originally designed to efficiently run and protect core systems. Will cloud clear away two decades' worth of clutter?
Lean manufacturing may be a good fit for stressed-out software shops
Agile is good, but busy, widely dispersed software development organizations also need to keep re-assessing the way they do things.
Streaming is replacing the web as we know it
Call it 'streampunk.' Renowned Yale computer scientist David Gelernter explains why the web is coming to an end, and what's replacing it.
6 technology jobs with a cloud twist
Organizations are going to the cloud in droves, but job descriptions are still lacking.
39 design patterns to boost your cloud architecture
CloudPatterns.org, a community site for documenting patterns for cloud computing platforms and architectures, has been launched.
HTML5 'turns web pages into computers': Berners-Lee
World Wide Web founder sees new horizons with HTML5, but warns against government overreach.
Will software publishers ever shake off their 'technical debt'?
For software and anything else, it's far cheaper to do things right the first time, say software quality proponents Capers Jones and Ward Cunningham.