Unconfirmed reports say that Android 5 "Jelly Bean" could be released this fall, featuring such improvements as Chrome browser integration, better enterprise security, better power management, and maybe dual-booting support for Microsoft's Windows
Canonical Ltd., is focusing on cloud deployments with an upgrade to its Ubuntu Linux distribution unveiled on Thursday.Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS (Long Term Solution) will feature the Essex release of the OpenStack cloud
Sometimes if you can't beat 'em, it's better to join 'em. Take what Adobe is doing in the HTML5 space, even though momentum behind standards-based HTML5 presents a serious challenge to Adobe's own
Published on: December 19th, 2011
Paul Krill
@itbusinessca
Although Microsoft has given a cold shoulder lately to its Silverlight rich Internet plug-in platform, it's preparing version 5 for release soon, and some users expect Silverlight to have a long life ahead
Published on: September 27th, 2011
Paul Krill
@itbusinessca
In the years since CEO Steve Ballmer's infamous "developers, developers, developers" battle cry, Microsoft's relationship with developers has been a vital component of the company's strategy. If early developer enthusiasm is any indication,
Published on: September 19th, 2011
Paul Krill
@itbusinessca
Microsoft next week will ship a beta release of Silverlight 5, the next generation of the company's proprietary multimedia plug-in platform, Microsoft officials blogged this week.Silverlight 5 will be available at the Mix
In an enterprise-oriented road map for its BlackBerry smartphone platform, RIM (Research in Motion) is planning a BlackBerry client for Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration platform as well as middleware capabilities for enterprise application integration
Published on: January 24th, 2011
Paul Krill
@itbusinessca
Acknowledging that some customers have taken issue with Microsoft's software licensing policies, a Microsoft official defended the company's actions Tuesday afternoon and stressed the complexities of the situation.Microsoft has developed multiple licensing programs,
Published on: October 14th, 2010
Paul Krill
@itbusinessca
Although the full application development story is still being ironed out for Research in Motion's newly announced PlayBook tablet, developers are anxious to get their hands on one and start building anyway.They also
Published on: October 6th, 2010
Paul Krill
@itbusinessca
Declaring that software runs the world and developers are the engine behind software, a high-level Microsoft (MSFT) official Monday unleashed the company's latest software development platform, Visual Studio 2010 and the accompanying .Net
Windows Phone 7, which is Microsoft's revamped smartphone operating system, and Silverlight, the company's rich Internet application platform, might seem geared primarily to glitzy, for-fun applications. But Microsoft observers see an enterprise business
It is still early in the year, but cloud computing already is shaping up as a key trend for 2009.At SoftwareAG's Cloud Computing Innovation Day in Santa Clara, Calif., on Tuesday, executives from
Published on: January 28th, 2009
Paul Krill
@itbusinessca
Microsoft at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles next week will expand access to its Surface SDK for building applications for its surface computing platform.Developers will no longer need to first buy
Published on: October 28th, 2008
Paul Krill
@itbusinessca
Microsoft's Silverlight 2 browser plug-in technology for rich Internet applications will be generally available on Tuesday along with supportive development tools, the company said during a teleconference on Monday morning. The company also
Published on: October 15th, 2008
Paul Krill
@itbusinessca
Under the banner of "democratizing" application life-cycle management (ALM), Microsoft is set to unveil the next major release of its Visual Studio Team System platform. Visual Studio Team System 2010, which has been
Published on: September 30th, 2008
Paul Krill
@itbusinessca
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