Enterprise Middleware

Enterprise Middleware

Flexing NoSQL: MongoDB in review
MongoDB shines with broad programming language support, SQL-like queries, and out-of-the-box scaling. Check the InfoWorld Review score card to see how MongoDB stacks up among NoSQL data stores.
Andrew Glover, February 2012

Still don't think open source hurts commercial software? Guess again
Enterprises in cloud environments are mostly opting for open source Java app servers over commercial counterparts.
Paul Krill, January 2012

Resistance is futile: IT will love consumerization too
Appliance and workload-optimized systems in data centers are a logical outcome of the consumerization of IT
Savio Rodrigues, January 2012

Jaspersoft aims its open source analytics suite at PaaS developers
Red Hat's OpenShift is the first in a series of platform-as-a-service offerings to feature Jaspersoft's suite.
Chris Kanaracus, January 2012

Picking the top technologies in a wild year
The 12th annual InfoWorld Technology of the Year Awards boldly choose the best of the best, including CloudBees, Node.js, and Heroku.
Eric Knorr, January 2012

9 hot technology startups to watch in 2012
These networking and IT startups could hit the big time in 2012 with game-changing innovations in a wide array of fields.
Brad Reed, January 2012

2011: When cloud computing shook the data center
Despite a year of surging private cloud activity and major build-outs in public cloud capacity, the cloud's promised simplification remains elusive.
Eric Knorr, December 2011

First look: Oracle NoSQL Database
Oracle's take on the distributed key-value data store is enterprise ready and practically ACID. Could this be the NoSQL data store for the buttoned-down business crowd? [Originally published on InfoWorld, November 16, 2011.]
Peter Wayner, December 2011

Java apps face more performance issues, study finds
Findings from a wide-ranging software quality analysis study indicate that enterprise Java applications have more performance issues than similar enterprise software. The study also measured the real cost of technical debt, and evaluated software developed using waterfall versus agile methodologies.
Paul Krill, December 2011

Ruby clouds: Engine Yard vs. Heroku
Engine Yard provides the most extensive control over the application environment, while Heroku makes life easier for developers.
Andrew Glover, November 2011

InfoWorld's top 10 emerging enterprise technologies
InfoWorld's editors and contributors weigh their bets on which of the groundbreaking technologies and trends of 2011 -- from HTML5 to Hadoop to private clouds -- will hold steady over the long haul, and could change IT for the better.
InfoWorld Staff, November 2011

Picking the top 10: Technologies vs. trends
Prognosticating the future impact of today's emerging technologies is a game for gamblers, both the skilled and the lucky. InfoWorld's editor-in-chief explains the knack and the numbers behind IW's recently published Top 10 list.
Eric Knorr, November 2011

Red Hat OpenShift adds Maven and Jenkins to PaaS preview
Red Hat's OpenShift hosted platform now incorporates the open source Maven and Jenkins application development management programs.
Joab Jackson, November 2011

Why OpenStack will falter
Open source history suggests that Eucalyptus, a private cloud implementation of Amazon Web Services, will triumph over OpenStack.
Savio Rodrigues, November 2011

JetBrains adds IDE for Apple iOS, Mac OS X development
JetBrains says AppCode IDE will let developers build Objective-C apps and deliver Xcode-compliant projects, making it easier to stay on the right side of Apple's coding restrictions.
Paul Krill, October 2011

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