Opinion

Stop worrying: Instead, imagine software developers’ next great pivot

Pessimism in the face of coding agents like Claude Code is often just a lack of imagination. From steam engines to LLMs, efficiency has always been a catalyst for growth, not a death knell for careers.

By Nick Hodges

Mar 25, 20264 mins

Software Development

CEO confessions: We’re Apple fanboys (and fangirls) too

The top brass at Microsoft, Google, and HP may not say it in so many words, but Apple remains their shining beacon

By Robert Cringely

Oct 12, 2012 4 mins

Careers Technology Industry

Afraid of BYOD? Intel shows a better way

Intel does more than manage user devices: It embraces and actively invites them in

By Galen Gruman

Oct 12, 2012 12 mins

Data and Information Security Endpoint Protection Technology Industry

It’s official: Open source is an engine for growth

At the Open World Forum, there's no doubt about the power open source and open data are unleashing in Europe

By Simon Phipps

Oct 12, 2012 3 mins

Careers Open Source

How to get your first cloud computing job

With the explosion of cloud computing jobs, now is the time to map your path to more money and more cloud

By David Linthicum

Oct 12, 2012 2 mins

Cloud Computing IT Jobs IT Skills and Training

Eclipse Xtend on JVM: Not as ‘scary’ as rival Scala

Co-architect Sebastian Zarnekow discusses Eclipse.org's statically typed language

By Paul Krill

Oct 11, 2012 5 mins

Java Open Source Web Development

12 industry disaster scenarios

The end of the world may or may not be nigh, but in the tech industry, many of these possibilities could easily become reality

By Andrew C. Oliver

Oct 11, 2012 10 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Technology Industry

Java-to-iOS just keeps getting easier

Third-party tools are getting even better at enabling developers to use their Java skills to build iOS apps despite Apple's ban

By Paul Krill

Oct 11, 2012 3 mins

Java Technology Industry

Ad industry to Web: Trust us, we’re lying

You say you don't want dozens of obscure companies recording every website you visit. What are you — a commie?

By Robert Cringely

Oct 10, 2012 7 mins

Careers Privacy Technology Industry

Adapt agile to build a better business

Agile methodologies hint at a way to implement business change incrementally — and thereby establish true business agility

By Bob Lewis

Oct 10, 2012 5 mins

Agile Development Technology Industry

Linux 3.7 will be armed for ARM

Kernel will ease pain of tailoring Linux platforms for low-power ARM, creating open source opportunities in mobile, desktop, and servers

By Ted Samson

Oct 10, 2012 2 mins

Mobile Development Software Development Technology Industry

Midnight mystery: The case of the ‘weird’ laptop

IT digs deep to find out what's behind random pop-ups, blue screens of death, and temperature alerts plaguing user's laptop

By InfoWorld Anonymous

Oct 10, 2012 6 mins

IT Jobs Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Essential deployment tools for Microsoft admins

Microsoft is making deployment of its wares that much easier, with tools aimed at Exchange, Lync, and Windows 8

By J. Peter Bruzzese

Oct 10, 2012 4 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

Will the future be written entirely in JavaScript?

JavaScript's migration to the server side could make it all-pervasive

By Andrew Oliver

Oct 9, 2012 6 mins

Java JavaScript Web Development

Will the future be written entirely in JavaScript?

No popular language may be as maligned as JavaScript. But its migration to the server side opens the possibility it may become all-pervasive

By Andrew C. Oliver

Oct 9, 2012 6 mins

JavaScript Software Development

RIM’s road map to unified mobile management

RIM unites its three-server strategy for old and new BlackBerrys, as well as Android and iOS devices under BES 10

By Galen Gruman

Oct 9, 2012 7 mins

Careers Technology Industry

Services hold key to cloud computing success

Many enterprises cite the number of applications and databases that exist in the cloud, but that's only half of the story

By David Linthicum

Oct 9, 2012 2 mins

Cloud Computing PaaS

Hackers exploit Skype API to infect Windows PCs

New worm reinforces Skype's reputation as an app with security issues

By Ted Samson

Oct 9, 2012 3 mins

Malware Software Development

Windows 8 pirates: No noose is good noose

Are the BBC, CNN, and Wikipedia distributing illegal copies of Windows 8? Nope, it's just another example of the Copyright Cartel gone wild

By Robert Cringely

Oct 8, 2012 4 mins

Intellectual Property Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Citrix takes the battle to VMware with launch of XenServer 6.1

XenServer gets enhanced integration with Apache CloudStack along with other cloud-centric features

By David Marshall

Oct 8, 2012 5 mins

Citrix Systems IaaS Technology Industry

Celebrating the role of enterprise architecture in business

In this year's InfoWorld/Forrester Enterprise Architecture Awards, five companies saw enterprise architecture as the best response to unprecedented change

By Eric Knorr

Oct 8, 2012 4 mins

Careers

Do the virtualization math: When four CPUs aren’t four CPUs

Four virtual cores or four virtual sockets, what's the difference? It could be a lot

By Paul Venezia

Oct 8, 2012 5 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Facebook hit 1 billion users, and all it got was this lousy ad

World's largest social network celebrates major milestone — one overshadowed by its own confusing commercial

By Robert Cringely

Oct 5, 2012 5 mins

Technology Industry

The coming Internet video crash

First, it was data caps on cellular, and now caps on wired broadband — welcome to the end of the rich Internet

By Galen Gruman

Oct 5, 2012 11 mins

Technology Industry

Why Oracle’s cloud service will fail (and why it doesn’t have to)

Another big company trumpets a me-too 'AWS killer,' when the only way to beat Amazon is through innovation

By David Linthicum

Oct 5, 2012 3 mins

IaaS PaaS Technology Industry

Gotcha! Group uncovers privacy lies in websites’ fine print

Privacy advocates rate, review terms of service for popular sites to inform user decisions about handing over personal data

By Ted Samson

Oct 5, 2012 4 mins

Open Source Privacy Technology Industry

Open source equals software freedom, not free software

How can big companies like Tibco misunderstand open source so badly nearly 15 years after the term was coined?

By Simon Phipps

Oct 5, 2012 6 mins

Open Source

Far-out out-of-band remote systems management

Opengear ACM5004-G conquers really remote site management with 3G cellular access, strong security, and a complete systems management toolkit

By Brian Chee

Oct 4, 2012 3 mins

Technology Industry

Microsoft finally joins the BYOD revolution it enabled

System Center 2012 SP1 and the next version of Intune offer greater BYOD support for Windows Phone 8 and Windows RT

By J. Peter Bruzzese

Oct 4, 2012 4 mins

Careers Microsoft Exchange Technology Industry

Save our servers: The next extinction begins

Traditional equipment makers are stuck, as tablets and smartphones kill PC sales and the cloud eats into server sales

By Bill Snyder

Oct 4, 2012 6 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

In search of another Steve Jobs

Almost a year ago, Steve Jobs left this earth. Will we ever see another like him? Cringely takes a look at the usual suspects

By Robert Cringely

Oct 3, 2012 4 mins

Technology Industry

The best way to manage IT projects is to eliminate them

Stop wasting time and effort on IT project portfolio management and start focusing on release management instead

By Bob Lewis

Oct 3, 2012 6 mins

Careers Software Development

The CEO carousel runs rings around IT

At one company, the CEOs can't seem to stick around — and turn one IT pro's upgrade project into a task without end

By InfoWorld Anonymous

Oct 3, 2012 5 mins

IT Jobs IT Skills and Training Technology Industry

My week without a smartphone

When contemplating whether to upgrade my iPhone, it hit me: Maybe I don't really need one at all

By Galen Gruman

Oct 2, 2012 7 mins

Technology Industry

Buyers say the cloud is already tired out

A recent survey shows that lack of innovation and maturity cause many businesses to avoid the cloud — for now

By David Linthicum

Oct 2, 2012 2 mins

Cloud Computing

From Russia with love: A new browser

Russia's top search engine, Yandex, now has its own Chrome-like browser. Watch your back, Google — the Russians are coming

By Robert Cringely

Oct 1, 2012 4 mins

Technology Industry

VMware: OpenStack friend, foe, or frenemy?

Some say VMware's membership could doom OpenStack, but could it instead provide a more flexible hybrid cloud?

By David Marshall

Oct 1, 2012 7 mins

IaaS Open Source Technology Industry

Ubuntu has a bigger problem than its Amazon blunder

Sending search queries to Amazon by default is bad enough, but backing it up with haughty statements is worse

By Paul Venezia

Oct 1, 2012 5 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

You too can get a job as a developer!

If you have the right education and experience working on a platform a handful of people have heard of, that is. How do you close the skills gap on a moving target?

By Eric Knorr

Oct 1, 2012 5 mins

Careers IT Jobs IT Skills and Training

Uh oh, the system went down: 5 rules for better troubleshooting

Troubleshooting a downed mission-critical system can be terrifying, but a slow, methodical approach can save you time

By Matt Prigge

Oct 1, 2012 7 mins

Careers Technology Industry

Apple’s Cook: Use Google, Bing, Nokia — anything but Apple Maps

You know the Mapocalypse is bad when Apple's own CEO tells the world to use someone else's products. Apparently Apple's most loyal fanboys didn't get the memo

By Robert Cringely

Sep 28, 2012 5 mins

Technology Industry

3 ways to improve cloud performance

Performance is a larger issue than many expected with cloud computing, but you can solve that problem if you think ahead

By David Linthicum

Sep 28, 2012 2 mins

Cloud Computing

Government support of open source falls short

American and European governments are hailing open source innovation, but failing to act aggressively on patent reform

By Simon Phipps

Sep 28, 2012 7 mins

Open Source Technology Industry

Why the PC makers and Microsoft will never beat Apple

Pretty cases for laptops aren't why Apple's sales continue to grow and PC sales stagger

By Galen Gruman

Sep 28, 2012 8 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

Ill-informed haters go after MongoDB

NoSQL databases like MongoDB are great for some tasks but not for others. Is it MongoDB's fault if misguided developers use it to solve the wrong problem?

By Andrew C. Oliver

Sep 27, 2012 8 mins

Databases

Developers: Up with iOS, down with HTML5

A survey of developers shows that their interest is in iOS, while Android and Windows 8 get mixed reviews

By Bill Snyder

Sep 27, 2012 6 mins

HTML Mobile Development Technology Industry

Rented PCs secretly spy on customers; perps get no punishment

Seven computer rental stores who spied on customers having sex, smoking dope, and worse via webcams have settled with the FTC and agreed to put their spy toys away. No harm, no foul?

By Robert Cringely

Sep 26, 2012 4 mins

Privacy Technology Industry