Web Services & SOAs

Web Services & SOAs

Enterprise Hadoop: Big data processing made easier
Amazon, Cloudera, Hortonworks, IBM, and MapR mix simpler setup of Hadoop clusters with proprietary twists and trade-offs
Peter Wayner, January 2012

How to retool your IT skills for the cloud
Cloud computing experts explain how IT pros can adapt their skills for the cloud and the impact cloud computing will have on five different IT jobs.
Meredith Levinson, 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

Oracle's latest Java moves frustrate users and vendors
Modularization, licensing, and security issues top the list of complaints against Oracle as it seeks to upgrade and monetize the Java platform.
Paul Krill, 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

Mobility, cloud, analytics to reshape IT in 2012
Gartner says IT spending will be flat in 2012, but IDC is estimating 6.9% growth, driven by smartphones, tablets, social networking, and big data.
Ann Bednarz, January 2012

10 programming languages that could shake up IT
IT currently is awash in programming languages, which for some equates to burden of choice. But Neil McAllister sees the future in these cutting-edge experiments. Find out how emerging languages such as Chapel, Opa, Fantom, and Go could rewrite application development, starting in 2012.
Neil McAllister, 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

Near misses and lost opportunities: Application development in 2011
Neil McAllister finds that his 2011 forecasts proved mostly accurately, which wasn't always good news for developers and the tech industry.
Neil McAllister, 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

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

11 programming trends to watch
Whether you're banging out Cobol or hacking Node.js, keeping an eye on programming trends is key to staying competitive in an ever-shifting job market. Peter Wayner sorts the debris from the diamonds in this look at 11 tools and techniques that really are changing how developers work.
Peter Wayner, 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

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