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Considering PaaS

Considering PaaS

By Michael Coté on January 19, 2011

If there’s ready cash at hand, lock-in and “proprietary” is demoted in favor of a quick buck; if the developers are building a general application with a longer time between compile and cash, an open, standard platform is more attractive.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Azure, Cloud, CloudBees, Development Tools, enterprise software, heroku, joyent, PaaS, salesforce, vmforce, VMware

A new run at the Java PaaS – CloudBees buys Stax – Brief Note

A new run at the Java PaaS – CloudBees buys Stax – Brief Note

By Michael Coté on December 14, 2010

CloudBees has purchased Stax Networks (see their write-up) to build out their ambitions to become the leading Java PaaS. Thus far, CloudBees has been known as the Hudson in the cloud company, running the continuous build tool in the cloud (on Amazon) for it’s beta users. Doing a build in the cloud is one thing, […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged ALM, Brief Notes, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CloudBees, Development Tools, Java, PaaS, Stax Networks, tasktop, VMware

RIA is Dead – Adobe MAX 2010

RIA is Dead – Adobe MAX 2010

By Michael Coté on October 27, 2010

It seems like Adobe has finally realized the value of the web over Flash, giving them a fighting chance where once they seemed a little too “let them eat cake.”

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged adobe, AdobeMAX, AdobeMAX2010, apple, conferences, developer relations, Development Tools, flash, Java, JavaScript, marketing, mobile, multi-screen, Open source, RIA, tablet, TV

SpringOne 2010 – the shody trip-report – Quick Analysis

SpringOne 2010 – the shody trip-report – Quick Analysis

By Michael Coté on October 21, 2010

Earlier this week, I was at VMWare’s SpringOne conference, covering announcements and new work from their SpringSource division. They launched an integrating cloud-based software development suite of tools, several technology partnerships with Google, and started to outline new integration needs from the social, mobile, and database world.

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged ALM, Code2Cloud, conferences, Development Tools, enterprise software, Java, Open source, Quick Analysis, SaaS, SpringSource, tasktop

Apple vs. Android – Appcelerator/IDC developer survey – Quick Analysis

Apple vs. Android – Appcelerator/IDC developer survey – Quick Analysis

By Michael Coté on September 27, 2010

Developers are longing for a more open mobile platform, results from one survey contends.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged android, Appcelerator, apple, Development Tools, google, idc, iOS, marketing, mobile, Programming, tablet, The New Thing

Apigee – Brief Notes

Apigee – Brief Notes

By Michael Coté on September 22, 2010

Sonoa renames its self to Apigee, simplifying it’s offerings along a freemium model.

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged API, Apigee, Brief Notes, Development Tools, freemium, marketing, mashups, Sonoa

SmartBear CodeCollaborator 6.0 – Interview and Demo

SmartBear CodeCollaborator 6.0 – Interview and Demo

By Michael Coté on September 15, 2010

We discuss new features in CodeCollaborator 6.0 and then see a demo.

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged demos, Development Tools, Programming, redmonk, RedMonkTV, SmartBear, Software development | 1 Response

OpenPlug – Another Alcatel-Lucent Buy

OpenPlug – Another Alcatel-Lucent Buy

By Michael Coté on September 1, 2010

Aclatel-Lucent is buying OpenPlug, which is a development suite that aims to make multi-platform development in the mobile space easier.

Posted in Business | Tagged Alcatel-Lucent, Companies, Development Tools, M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, mobile, OpenPlug, Programming

Transforming telcos to an “app economy” – Alcatel-Lucent Buys ProgrammableWeb – Quick Analysis

Transforming telcos to an “app economy” – Alcatel-Lucent Buys ProgrammableWeb – Quick Analysis

By Michael Coté on June 29, 2010

Helping carriers take advantage of selling apps instead of just voice and data.

Posted in Business | Tagged Alcatel-Lucent, Development Tools, dumb pipes, mobile, open API, platforms, ProgrammableWeb, Quick Analysis, stupid network

Everything but cloud at Microsoft TechEd 2010

Everything but cloud at Microsoft TechEd 2010

By Michael Coté on June 11, 2010

While it was hard to keep the cloud out at Microsoft TechEd 2010, there were several topics that weren’t primarily focused on the cloud, though they might have laced it in. Here’s a brief rundown: Visual Studio During the opening keynote, Muglia and co. showed a nice demo of Visual Studio getting a little dev/ops […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged apple, Big Data, conferences, Development Tools, enterprise software, microsoft, Microsoft Visual Studio, Office Web Apps, Systems Management, TechEd, TechEd2010, Windows 7 Phone

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