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How to land a software development job in an AI-focused world

AI isn’t eliminating software developers, but it is changing what matters to hiring managers. Here’s our guide to landing a software development job in a rapidly shifting landscape.

By Bob Violino

Mar 23, 20269 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCareersGenerative AI

Introducing Windows Red: A serious plan to fix Windows 8

Microsoft didn't fail to execute a good plan; it succeeded in executing a horrible plan. InfoWorld has a good plan

By Galen Gruman

Jun 3, 2013 8 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

How Windows Red can fix Windows 8: The right strategy for Microsoft

Inside InfoWorld's proposal to rescue Windows 8 and fulfill Microsoft's promise to deliver a modern computing experience on both PCs and tablets

By Galen Gruman

Jun 3, 2013 16 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

Smacking SharePoint into shape

More than half of all SharePoint shops have had to add functionality to the core software, which came as a surprise to a number of them. Here's what they're doing

By Todd Weiss

May 29, 2013 14 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

The hidden dark side of today’s hottest tech trends

New technologies and new IT strategies are here to solve all your problems — except the ones they create

By Peter Wayner

May 28, 2013 13 mins

Careers PaaS Technology Industry

11 profiles in bad leadership

Recognizing your managerial shortfalls, then addressing those areas can mean the difference between being a boss and being a leader

By Rich Hein

May 21, 2013 9 mins

Careers Technology Industry

IT on the fly: The art of quickly building, then dismantling

Managing the flow of an infinite supply of worthwhile projects through a finite IT operation takes finesse. Here's how to avoid the backlog and the chaos

By Mary K. Pratt

May 20, 2013 1 min

Careers Software Development Technology Industry

Google woos developers as software becomes more important

The new tool launched at Google I/O gets a thumbs up from developers

By Mikael Ricknäs

May 17, 2013 5 mins

Mobile Development Software Development Technology Industry

11 tips for deploying ERP applications

ERP experts offer 11 tips to help you choose the software that's right for your enterprise

By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff

May 15, 2013 8 mins

Careers Software Development

Block rogue apps with Windows Server — for free

You <i>can</i> stop users from putting bad software on good machines

By Jonathan Hassell

May 13, 2013 2 mins

Malware Small and Medium Business Software Development

5 pioneering paths for software development’s new frontier

Forward-thinking dev shops mix methodologies, hire cross-functional coders — beating old-guard shops to the hottest emerging app markets

By Serdar Yegulalp

May 13, 2013 15 mins

Agile Development Mobile Development Web Development

What to expect at SAP’s Sapphire

HANA, the cloud and social software are among the issues on tap

By Chris Kanaracus

May 10, 2013 4 mins

PaaS SaaS Technology Industry

The 14 characters you meet as a coder

Which of these software developer personality archetypes has your name on it?

By Andrew C. Oliver

May 9, 2013 7 mins

Java Software Development

Mobile devices: Too much of a good thing?

If you own five or more mobile devices, you may be suffering from device overload

By Mary Brandel

May 9, 2013 1 min

Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

11 signs your IT project is doomed

No senior buy-in, minimum spec targets, a 'nothing can go wrong' mentality — here's how to sense demise before your IT project meets its ignominious end

By Roger Grimes

May 6, 2013 11 mins

Careers Technology Industry

Data centers under water: What, me worry?

Given the dire warnings about climate change, some business and IT people are pondering this question: How should data center managers handle the crop of 100- and even 500-year storms, coastal flooding and other ecological disasters that climatologis

By Arielle Emmett

May 2, 2013 13 mins

Technology Industry

Supply chain 2013: Stop playing whack-a-mole with security threats

As supply chain threats grow ever more sophisticated, companies tap new technologies to protect their assets and deliver the goods

By Howard Baldwin

Apr 30, 2013 12 mins

Careers Cybercrime Software Development

Apple confident about iPad Mini despite low margins

iPad Mini is a drain on Apple's profits, but analysts say the company wants to bring more customers into its fold

By Agam Shah

Apr 25, 2013 4 mins

Technology Industry

Why developers are turning to API services

As application development increasingly hooks into outside services, tools to manage all those APIs are sprouting up

By Paul Krill

Apr 23, 2013 4 mins

APIs Mobile Development Web Development

Wanted: IT staffers with vertical industry chops

Fast-changing business processes and ever-mounting government and industry regulations are complicating day-to-day operations — and making deep vertical industry expertise a must-have.

By Julia King

Apr 22, 2013 11 mins

Careers

Our Internet privacy is at risk — but not dead (yet)

Legislation, stealth technologies, and emerging data privacy markets are proving that the battle for our Internet privacy has only just begun

By Dan Tynan

Apr 22, 2013 16 mins

Privacy Technology Industry

Code for America: Think global, code local

Code for America invites developers to innovate in the public interest

By Andrew C. Oliver

Apr 18, 2013 9 mins

Careers Java Open Source

13 tips for writing an effective cover letter

These tips from IT career coaches and insiders will make your cover letter stand out — and help you get the job you want

By Rich Hein

Apr 18, 2013 2 mins

IT Jobs

Health records exchange: Many standards, many doubts

Interoperability seems to be everyone's goal, resulting in competing approaches that may not achieve true data sharing

By Brian Eastwood

Apr 18, 2013 9 mins

Technology Industry

Review: Four killer cloud IDEs

Browser-based JSFiddle, Icenium, Cloud9, and Codenvy stretch from client-side JavaScript and HTML5 to server-side Java and Web stacks

By Peter Wayner

Apr 17, 2013 13 mins

Development Tools Java Web Development

Open your data to the world

Not having an API is becoming like not having a website, but the interface has got to be easy for outside developers to work with

By Neil Savage

Apr 16, 2013 11 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Emergency! EN systems alert employees when disaster strikes

Today's emergency notification technology allows enterprises to send out, and employees to receive, real-time situational advisories

By Lamont Wood

Apr 15, 2013 1 min

App Testing Technology Industry

Stupid user tricks 7: True tales of extreme brain fail

Private bits on the public cloud, execs botching backups, the proverbial plug gone unplugged — will users ever learn?

By JR Raphael

Apr 15, 2013 13 mins

Careers Data Management

Java 101: Catching up with the Java Date and Time API

Get to know the java.time classes you're most likely to use in Java 8

By Jeff Friesen

Apr 8, 2013 24 mins

Design Patterns Java Software Development

Software engineers spend lots of time not building software

Designing and coding sometimes seems a luxury, in a day overrun by administrative tasks

By Paul Krill

Apr 8, 2013 2 mins

App Testing Build Automation Java

Your Facebook friends may be evil bots

Computer scientists have unleashed hordes of humanlike social bots to infiltrate Facebook — and they're awfully effective

By Eagle Gamma

Apr 8, 2013 9 mins

Phishing Social Engineering Technology Industry

16 ways to torture developers

Hi, my name is Initech, and I have a developer abuse problem

By Andrew C. Oliver

Apr 4, 2013 9 mins

Java Software Development

Cisco acquisition highlights growing interest in small cells

2013 is shaping up as a kick-off year for small cells, according to analyst

By Mikael Ricknäs

Apr 4, 2013 4 mins

Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

9 things the BlackBerry Z10 does that the iPhone can’t

The new BlackBerry OS and the new BlackBerry hardware offer compelling advantages

By Al Sacco

Apr 4, 2013 9 mins

With Spock, application testing is only logical

Tapestry creator says developers must test, and who would argue with Spock?

By Paul Krill

Apr 3, 2013 3 mins

App Testing Build Automation Java

Why some U.S. homes and businesses still don’t have cellular service

While large portions of the U.S. are looking forward to faster wireless broadband, some regions don't have even simple cell phone service. What is being done to help?

By Matt Hamblen

Apr 3, 2013 12 mins

Technology Industry

Job well done? Better ways to assess tech employees

As IT responsibilities evolve, managers are striving for better ways to measure techies' contributions

By Mary K. Pratt

Apr 1, 2013 10 mins

Careers IT Jobs

Yahoo CEO reverses no-telecommuting policy

Deciding factor: Not productivity gains, but profound wish to avoid engineering department's Friday Pants-Off Dance-Offs

By Lisa Schmeiser

Apr 1, 2013 4 mins

IT Jobs

Microsoft skips ‘too good’ Windows 9, jumps to Windows 10

Deeming Windows 9 'too good to release,' Microsoft execs shelve follow-up to Windows 8 and proceed to Windows 10

By Pete Babb

Apr 1, 2013 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

Apple’s and Microsoft’s secret pact for tech domination

15 years ago, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates agreed to let Apple own the client and Microsoft the back end to thwart antitrust probes, newly discovered emails say

By Galen Gruman

Apr 1, 2013 6 mins

Microsoft Exchange Small and Medium Business Technology Industry