Software Development

Who’s on first

In the Microsoft lineup, it's clear that managing the team is just as important as bringing the next technology to bat

Nonprofit lessons for the for-profit CTO

VMware helps IT control system costs

CEO Diane Greene explains the role of virtual machines in an Intel-based IT environment

Why not multiple inheritance?

Find out why Java's creators prohibited multiple inheritance

Test networked code the easy way

Two techniques to improve your network code testing regimen

Java books hit the wire

Choose the best books for wireless Java development

Server blades

These compact, resilient, and affordable servers could revolutionize enterprise computing -- but only if IT leaders steer the technology toward open solutions with ongoing expandability

Fencing over blades

Are blades already casting a shadow over the corporate workhorses of clusters, mainframes, and large-scale servers?

Systems management revolution?

Server blades turn up the heat on manageability, the linchpin of widespread adoption

Ballmer in charge

Microsoft CEO weighs in on .Net, changes to product licensing, and other issues on the minds of customers and partners