Opinion

MongoDB at the crossroads: Growth or openness?

MongoDB World 2015 introduces interesting new features in MongoDB 3.2 and more interesting questions about the future of the company and its community

The next generation of spreadsheets will be a database

Flexibility and ease of use have made the spreadsheet the popular but unfortunate choice for makeshift databases; we can do better

Open source and Apple: The nagging nausea

Apple may be the polar opposite of open source's values, but open source activists sure love their Apple products

Government ‘box huggers’ avoid the cloud for a reason

But many agencies have legitimate struggles to adopt the cloud, which often get short shrift by cloud advocates

What’s the Go language really good for?

Go's built-in concurrency gives it an edge for networking, distributed functions, and services; but there's work to be done in other areas

Working observably: The next best thing to being there

Collaboration platforms aren't just about online meetings. With the right software and culture, the virtual equivalent of water cooler conversations thrive

Those maddening, mysterious networking problems

No matter how impossible it seems, there must be a solution — and we have no choice but to find it

InfoWorld survey: The rise of the developer

A new InfoWorld survey of software developers highlights their growing influence in business — and their keen awareness of challenges going forward

Converting your app to the cloud can be really, really hard

Some apps are a great fit for SaaS, but most aren't — and you'll have to work hard to succeed

Why the boring Android M is good news for IT

The few changes at worst do no harm to IT and in some cases may make things a little easier or safer

Code editors on the cutting edge

Is Eclipse overkill? Is Vim not enough? Then check out the new generation of code editors, led by Sublime Text, Atom, and Visual Studio Code

Oracle v. Google: We’re not screwed yet

Recent news from the Solicitor General looks like bad news for open source, but the fight's not over yet

Predictive analytics: Where big data and messy humans meet

In the real world, big data sometimes bumps up against Big Ideas

Learn data science and more with new and improved MOOCs

With recent enhancements, you can now get a truly useful education from Coursera and its ilk — in data science, machine learning, and many other subjects.

Find the right balance between security and usability

Make sure your security reduces the burden on users to the minimum required to get the security you truly need

Failing upward: The Apple Watch story (so far)

Based on Jony Ive's promotion, you probably wouldn't wish Apple Watch's success on your worst enemy

Red Hat CEO: Here’s how to create an ‘Open Organization’

In a brand-new book, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst explains what he's learned from leading the largest open source company and how the lessons can be applied

4 strategies to distribute your data between front end and back end

The traditional separation between business logic and data gives way to more sophisticated data distribution strategies

Hush! Call that bug ‘severe’ at your own risk

After an acquisition, the new management team does all it can to play down and whitewash security events

Overcoming the massive friction slowing the Internet of things

Unfinished business: Java is a 20-year-old grown-up with bright prospects ahead

What have the last 20 years taught us about Java in 2035?

Build self-healing distributed systems with Spring Cloud

Meet the challenges of microservices and distributed computing with Netflix-forged components and familiar tools

Feds vs. Silicon Valley: Who do you trust less?

Americans trust the feds more than tech companies to safeguard their data — a sad truth that should put Silicon Valley on notice

Reinvent your career for the cloud the right way

The demand for cloud talent is exploding — and driving many to cloud-wash their resumes

Training and bug reporting should be part of every app

In an ideal world, the ability to bridge the gap between user frustration and developer attempts to fix problems would be part of the build

Code injection: A new low for ISPs

Beyond underhanded, Comcast and other carriers are inserting their own ads and notifications into their customers’ data streams

Exploring the MVC, MVP, and MVVM design patterns

Understand the intricacies of the presentation patterns available to build applications that are loosely coupled, easier to test and maintain

Make your data both human-readable and machine-readable

In just five years’ time, there will be more objects connected to the Internet than there will be people on earth. Stop restricting data access to humans!

5 mobile management questions you should stop asking

Android, the iPhone, and the iPad are well established in business, so it's time to stop thinking about them as new issues

Identity management in the cloud goes beyond security

Here are the best practices to adopt for IAM as you move to the cloud

One security hepcat’s guide to the groovy new tech slang

Did you hear? 'Social engineering' has gone the way of the hula hoop. Get ready for 'wetware,' the latest threat to your network

The mythical Hadoop skills gap

Oh no! Big data is failing because we can't find enough people who know the technology! Relax, they're out there — but don't fall for the buzzwords

Beyond Arduino and Raspberry Pi: Maker boards bring home the Internet of things

Big vendors are infiltrating the maker movement, tapping its creative minds to build the Internet of things — with ridiculously low-cost prototyping kits, cloud services, and dev environments

Best practices to improve Entity Framework performance

Maximize Entity Framework performance by following the best and recommended practices

Shape up: Tech to keep IT admins healthy

Follow these three suggestions if you want to stick around long enough to see flying cars and a Mars landing

Tennis pro turned techie? Too good to be true

A scam artist leaves behind a mess of faulty machines, blatant lies, and a broken network at an unlucky business

3 ways the data lake is actually not helping with IT agility

Data lakes are said to be the next big thing in IT, finally bringing the promises of big data to the non-IT masses. But when you scratch beneath the surface, are data lakes really helping with agility, or are they just making things more difficult?

The case for managed service providers in your cloud strategy

Although they seem like natural cloud enemies, managed service providers are a great complement much of the time

Google IDs are creeping into your identity management

Microsoft and Google are both expanding their policy management tools' reach, and IT may be caught in the middle

5 encryption errors developers keep making

If there is one technology that can alleviate the impact of security breaches, it’s encryption — but you have to do it right

The Venom vulnerability: Little details bite back

Bad attacks rarely come through the front door — instead, the old cracks let in the problems

Welcome to a week of Java

To celebrate Java's 20th birthday, we've lined up a series of new articles, along with a guide to some of the best Java content we've offered in recent years

For remote collaboration, Google Apps still can’t be beat

Successful team meetings require input from everyone. When you can't be in the same room, Google Hangouts and Google Drawings offer an effective virtual alternative

Data-driven marketing brings an amazing 224 percent return, but will you get there?

"With x million visitors on our site, all you need to do is to get one percent of them to buy, and we’ll all be rich." — How many times had you heard this?

Best practices in handling concurrency in ADO.net

Take advantage of concurrency handling to maintain data consistency when conflicts arise out of concurrent requests to the same piece of data

Apple Watch on the road: The good, the bad, the odd

What works — and what doesn't — on the Apple Watch for road warriors

The serious side of the cloud playground

The ability to experiment with cloud technologies will help you make the right technology and business decisions

Upgrade or die: The second life of useless apps

Before you download yet another app, ask yourself two questions: Do you really need it? And do you have any idea how much of a pain it will be?

How to make $120,000: Get a job in big data

Big data salaries are high, but stodgy IT execs may be slowing adoption

How to put the R programming language to work

We're at the beginning of a new wave of numeric data — and the new R language provides a powerful array of tools to make sense of it all