Opinion

An architecture for engineering AI context

The challenge is not how much context an AI system can hold at once, but how intelligently it can decide what context matters for any given action.

By Sean Robinson

Mar 24, 202610 mins

DatabasesGraph DatabasesNoSQL Databases

Internet of things steals cloud spotlight at AWS Re:Invent

There's a simple reason: IoT needs the cloud to succeed

By David Linthicum

Oct 6, 2015 2 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Where to start with containers and microservices

Lessons from Java and VMs show enterprise operations pros the way to microservices adoption

By Pete Johnson

Oct 6, 2015 7 mins

Java Software Development

World Without Linux video gets chilly reception on Reddit

In today's open source roundup: The Linux Foundation's first "World Without Linux" video bombs with Linux redditors. Plus: DistroWatch reviews Android-x86 4.4-r3. And the Solus operating system has been delayed

By Jim Lynch

Oct 5, 2015 7 mins

Open Source Software Development Technology Industry

Sorry, Unix fans: OS X El Capitan kills root

Root is no longer supreme in El Capitan, but the real bad news is a breaking change in legacy driver support

By Paul Venezia

Oct 5, 2015 4 mins

Security Software Development

Magical thinking stalks the tech industry

Impossibly high expectations are back in style, sending the startup scene into La La Land. When the magic fades we'll all be better off

By Eric Knorr

Oct 5, 2015 4 mins

Technology Industry

Need an excuse to fix bad software? Move it the cloud

Enterprises have lots of complex, poorly designed, overly interdependent applications they've feared to fix. The cloud provides the justification to finally repair them

By David Linthicum

Oct 2, 2015 2 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

Linux Foundation recommends Linux on Chromebooks

In today's open source roundup: The Linux Foundation encourages users to install Linux on their Chromebooks. Plus: Five important trends in open source. And a review of the Nexus 6P phablet

By Jim Lynch

Oct 1, 2015 4 mins

Open Source Software Development Technology Industry

Why self-service is everything in BI and big data

Empower users to acquire and manipulate the data they really need, and BI can become a magnitude more useful — and much less work for IT

By Andrew C. Oliver

Oct 1, 2015 3 mins

Business Intelligence Data Management Data Visualization

The FTC is wrong about antitrust fears over Android

Microsoft can't develop a successful mobile operating system, so it's making a crybaby case against Google

By Bill Snyder

Oct 1, 2015 6 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Making a PaaS at Microsoft

Now that you're excited about the opportunities that Platforms-as-a-Service can create, it's a question of where to start.

By Ben Finkel and Garth Schulte

Sep 30, 2015 4 mins

PaaS Web Development

An API is not the product, but it makes the product better

Like chemicals, APIs are not a product on their own, but they can be found in many of the products you use, making them better

By yves_de montcheuil

Sep 30, 2015 3 mins

APIs Software Development Technology Industry

Roadmapping: The key to getting your digital house in order

Here's what a best-practice roadmapping approach looks like, plus a structure to set your course

By Tim O'Neill

Sep 30, 2015 4 mins

Analytics Careers Data Architecture

Google reveals new Chromecast and Chromecast Audio devices

In today's open source roundup: Google announces a new Chromecast and the Chromecast Audio device. Plus: Google also announces new Nexus phones. And Google shows off the Pixel C tablet

By Jim Lynch

Sep 30, 2015 5 mins

Open Source Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Dumb user errors? Must be Monday at the help desk

Everyone has bad days, but the start of the week seems to bring out no-brainer help requests around the office

By InfoWorld Anonymous

Sep 30, 2015 4 mins

Careers IT Jobs

6 admin tools you ought to meet

You may not know about these admin tools, but it's not too late to take advantage of them

By J. Peter Bruzzese

Sep 30, 2015 2 mins

Small and Medium Business Technology Industry Utilities

Protect your assemblies using obfuscation

Obfuscation makes your assemblies hard to reverse-engineer, thereby protecting your intellectual property

By Joydip Kanjilal

Sep 29, 2015 3 mins

Intellectual Property Security Software Development

Why did Microsoft build its own version of Linux?

In today's open source roundup: What made Microsoft use Linux? Plus: Why we'll never see the year of the Linux desktop. And a botnet takes control of some Linux computers

By Jim Lynch

Sep 29, 2015 4 mins

Open Source Software Development

IoT standards must start in the cloud

The complexity of the Internet of things will only get worse, and focusing on interoperability is not the solution

By David Linthicum

Sep 29, 2015 2 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Visual guide: The iPad’s new split-screen multitasking

Some apps on some iPads support full split-screen capabilities, so be prepared for a variable user experience in this new iOS 9 capability

By Galen Gruman

Sep 29, 2015 6 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

Why traditional storage QoS methods aren’t good enough

Only a flash array can deliver guaranteed, predictable storage performance — and only if it was designed to do so

By Dave Wright

Sep 29, 2015 6 mins

Cloud Storage Technology Industry

Not sure if devops is right for your company? Look to Etsy and Netflix

Devops is a darling, but can seem daunting. Here's a checklist for seeing if your company's ready

By Carlos Melendez

Sep 28, 2015 3 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Software Development

What’s a PaaS?

With spending on Platform-as-a-Service expected to exceed $20 billion in this decade, Web developers need to get a firm understanding of the technology

By Ben Finkel and Garth Schulte

Sep 28, 2015 5 mins

PaaS Software Development

Do touch interfaces work on Linux desktops?

In today's open source roundup: DistroWatch looks at how touch interfaces perform in various Linux desktop environments. Plus: Linus shares his thoughts about computing security. And a review of the ASUS ZenWatch 2

By Jim Lynch

Sep 28, 2015 9 mins

Open Source Software Development Technology Industry

5 key trends in open source

InfoWorld's Best of Open Source Software Awards shows how dependent we've become on open source for everyday infrastructure and for today's rapid-fire tech development

By Eric Knorr

Sep 28, 2015 5 mins

Open Source Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Remember sed and awk? All Linux admins should

We aren’t doing the next generation of Linux and Unix admins any favors by forgetting init scripts and fundamental tools

By Paul Venezia

Sep 28, 2015 5 mins

Careers Open Source Software Development

Microsoft doesn’t get collaboration — but it might

Despite a mix of solutions from SharePoint to Office 365 Groups, Microsoft's approach to collaboration is stuck in the past — it doesn't have to be that way

By Jon Udell

Sep 28, 2015 4 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

Best practices to facilitate garbage collection in .Net

Take advantage of best practices to facilitate faster and efficient garbage collection in .Net

By Joydip Kanjilal

Sep 25, 2015 4 mins

Software Development

4 ways APIs will help grow a data-driven business

Now that you have deployed APIs to power your data back end, leverage them to their fullest extent

By yves_de montcheuil

Sep 25, 2015 3 mins

APIs Technology Industry Web Development

Integrate now: The cloud hates silos

Whatever data integration work you may have done in the past, you need to step it up now

By David Linthicum

Sep 25, 2015 2 mins

Cloud Computing Data Integration

Mobile revolution? Most companies couldn’t care less

Execs may pay lip service to mobile, but yet another survey shows that mobile investments don't measure up

By Galen Gruman

Sep 25, 2015 4 mins

Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Linux: Making the jump from Photoshop to GIMP

In today's open source roundup: A redditor switches from Photoshop to GIMP. Plus: Tails 1.6 released. And GNOME 3.18 Gothenburg is out

By Jim Lynch

Sep 24, 2015 8 mins

Open Source Software Development

Hadoop is slowly eating conventional analytics

The components of the Hadoop ecosystem won't overthrow Teredata or IBM Netezza any time soon, but ultimately, the commodity solution almost always wins

By Andrew C. Oliver

Sep 24, 2015 5 mins

Business Intelligence Data Management Data Warehousing

Improve your application startup time using multicore JIT

Take advantage of multicore JIT to reduce the application's startup time

By Joydip Kanjilal

Sep 23, 2015 4 mins

Software Development

Toshiba announces refreshed Chromebook 2

In today's open source roundup: Toshiba releases details about a refreshed Chromebook 2. Plus: A review of the 2nd generation Moto 360 smartwatch. And did Apple ripoff Ubuntu?

By Jim Lynch

Sep 23, 2015 5 mins

Open Source Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

6 things all good software code has in common

Not all source code is created equal. Here’s what developers say makes some software code far better than others

By Phil Johnson

Sep 23, 2015 7 mins

Engineer Software Development Web Development

6 things all good software code has in common

Not all software is created equal, so here are six common traits of the code you want to write

By Phil Johnson

Sep 23, 2015 7 mins

Careers Java Software Development

OpenStack continues to come up short

Red Hat has become the leading vendor of OpenStack, but the company — and others — freely acknowledge serious issues related to complexity, scalability, and availability

By Matt Asay

Sep 23, 2015 5 mins

Cloud Computing Open Source Technology Industry

Layoff rumors? This VP can’t handle the truth

A tense job environment is made worse by a senior VP chasing down snitches and leaks

By InfoWorld Anonymous

Sep 23, 2015 4 mins

Careers IT Jobs

Why is open source software more secure?

In today's open source roundup: A redditor wants to know why open source software is more secure. Plus: Mozilla releases Firefox 41. And Fedora 23 beta released

By Jim Lynch

Sep 22, 2015 6 mins

Open Source Software Development

Get to know Mac Gatekeeper, aka Windows 10’s security model

Now that Windows has Device Guard, here's how to use its inspiration, Gatekeeper, on the Mac

By Galen Gruman

Sep 22, 2015 6 mins

Malware Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

The key cloud trends for the next few years

You'll likely see the key shifts on display at Cover's AWS Re:Invent conference, but here are their outlines now

By David Linthicum

Sep 22, 2015 2 mins

Cloud Computing

Take agile methodology beyond the team

A quick guide to scaling an agile software delivery lifecycle across your organization

By Dave West

Sep 22, 2015 8 mins

Agile Development Software Development

Linux might solve the privacy problems in Windows 10

In today's open source roundup: Linux might be the best solution for those worried about privacy issues in Windows 10. Plus: DistroWatch reviews Neptune 4.4. And the Debian Project finally dumps CDs

By Jim Lynch

Sep 21, 2015 10 mins

Open Source Small and Medium Business Software Development

Blessing or a curse? The mysteries of the tech touch

Some people simply aren’t doing it right — or maybe computers really have something against them

By Paul Venezia

Sep 21, 2015 3 mins

Data Management

Why we need enterprise architects now more than ever

In the era of decentralized IT, enterprise architects will find fresh opportunity to help businesses meet their most important objectives

By Eric Knorr

Sep 21, 2015 3 mins

Careers

Binding data to UI considered harmful

Complications of binding data to UI

By Theo Vassilakis

Sep 18, 2015 5 mins

Data Management Data Warehousing SQL

How to work with generics in C#

Take advantage of generics to eliminate redundant code, enforce type safety and promote code re-usability and maintainability

By Joydip Kanjilal

Sep 18, 2015 4 mins

Software Development

3 dumb mistakes that will kill your cloud initiative

The great enterprise cloud migration is in progress, but if you make these mistakes you will die along the way

By David Linthicum

Sep 18, 2015 3 mins

Cloud Computing

The terrible 10: Programmers’ biggest frustrations

As great of a job as software developer is, like any other job, it has its annoyances. Here is a list of the things most likely to make them pull their hair out.

By Phil Johnson

Sep 18, 2015 12 mins

Data Management IT Jobs Software Development