PreviousGartner: 'Application-delivery architects' are key hires
News The analyst says emerging network-management technologies will encourage companies to appoint more application architects [26 Mar 2008]
IBM moves to expedite mashups for mobile
News The company is releasing software targeted at mobile application developers for building both business and consumer Web 2.0 mashups [25 Mar 2008]
Sun prepares for MySQL tuning
News James Gosling has said that rather than develop a new API for MySQL, Sun is likely to do a lot more tuning work around it [18 Mar 2008]
Ten traits to look for when hiring a programmer
Comment However different they are in terms of background or skill set, certain qualities can mean the difference between a great programmer and, at worst, a liability [14 Mar 2008]
YouTube minds the developer gap
News The company has released APIs allowing its content to be embedded into other websites, desktop applications, video games and mobile devices [13 Mar 2008]
Samba: EC ruling made Microsoft talk again 
Video Andrew Tridgell, the author of Samba, has expressed his satisfaction over once more being able to communicate with Microsoft engineers [12 Mar 2008]
OpenCloud launches telecoms developer portal
News OpenCloud has launched a new portal for telecoms software programmers in the hope of creating new applications for saturated markets [11 Mar 2008]
Perforce upgrades cross-platform code-change GUI
News The company's Visual Client tool has been upgraded to feature a cross-platform GUI to give developers a consistent view of a system's evolving source code [11 Mar 2008]
Gaps found in Microsoft Exchange API documentation
News Companies providing alternatives to Exchange have expressed concern over missing information in the recently published APIs for Microsoft volume server products [10 Mar 2008]
CIOs urged to adopt portfolio management tools
News Micro Focus is extending its call for IT managers to implement application portfolio management tools [05 Mar 2008]
Cobra takes a bite at open source
News The Cobra programming language's author has announced a number of developments, including the news it has been made available via open source [05 Mar 2008]
SaaS software-management tools target SMEs
News Serena Software's latest set of tools will be delivered via a lower-cost software-as-a-service model [04 Mar 2008]
Partners frustrated by Microsoft launch delays
Analysis Insiders broadly welcome Microsoft's virtualisation push but voice some frustration at the fact some products are later than expected [27 Feb 2008]
Microsoft offers free developer tools to students
News The company is trying to win over the next generation of software programmers by giving its core developer tools away for free to university students [19 Feb 2008]
Enterprise Java: Coming together at the Seam
Q&A Gavin King, founder of Hibernate and JBoss Seam, discusses Java 2 Enterprise Edition, open source and other Java-related issues [18 Feb 2008]
Google Australia wants techies home from UK
News Due to a shortage of senior engineers with 'world-class experience' in Australia, the search giant is directing recruitment efforts to London to tempt ex-pats home [06 Feb 2008]
Scotland invests �4.3m to improve software quality
News ITI Techmedia's R&D programme into error detection in software is being backed by the Scottish Executive [05 Feb 2008]
Ordnance Survey opens up maps to developers
News A free service from Ordnance Survey opens up its maps to developers wanting to design their own applications or work on mashups [01 Feb 2008]
Developers prepare for Python breakage
News Release manager Anthony Baxter has warned that the new version of Python will bring changes to some fundamental elements of the programming language [01 Feb 2008]
Samba 'pleased' with Microsoft co-operation
News Andrew Tridgell, author of Samba, has said communication with Microsoft engineers is back on track following last year's interoperability deal [31 Jan 2008]
