Software Development
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M'sian public sector bolsters OSS adoption
News Open source momentum gets boost from Malaysia's government-led initiative that sees 71.1 percent of public sector agencies deploy open source software.
Tags: Open source, Local Government, OpenOffice.org, Open-source Software, public sector agency, public sector, software development, bank, Kuala Lumpur, agency
Is supercomputing just about performance?
Insight perspective Conflicting views on what that 'P' in 'HPC' really stands for, reflect important changes taking place within the field of supercomputing, says expert Andrew Jones.
Tags: Supercomputing, Power supplies, surge suppression, ROI, Consulting, P, Jones, Power supplies, surge suppression, performance, Hardware, software
Build, not test for, quality in code
News Ensuring quality early in the application development process can save precious time and money on software debugging, say industry watchers.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Services, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Security, SOA, India, Software Architects Inc., Gartner Inc., software, software development
Satyam to acquire Motorola's Malaysia software facility
News Indian IT services provider will assume all assets of Motorola's software development center in Cyberjaya, including 128 employees.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Next-generation technology/networks, Acquisitions, Mobile, Motorola Inc., Malaysia, network management, software, software development, network
Computer glitch caused Qantas drop
News The sudden drop in altitude of the aircraft over Western Australia last year was due to a computer error.
Tags: Operating systems, Airbus, computer, aircraft, ADIRU, Qantas Airways Ltd., Hardware, software, software development, U.S.
More Asian companies want code tested
News More businesses that outsource application development want security features built into their apps, rope in in-house audit teams and contemplate automation.
Tags: Business applications, Software engineering/development, Software integration, Network security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Security, Source Code, IT Security, Application Security
Google faces US$1B damages in trade-secret lawsuit
News Filing says Google purloined secrets from erstwhile partner, LimitNone, which sold a product that helps customers move data from Microsoft Outlook to Google Apps.
Tags: Lawsuits, Software, Google Inc., Lawsuit, software development, knowledge, Illinois, partnership, Google Apps, Google Gmail
Microsoft opens new Thai innovation center
News Software giant opens innovation center in Thai University with local support to bolster both developments and investments.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Investments, Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Innovation, Developer, software company, Microsoft Windows Mobile, intellectual property, software
Developers fear revenue loss over security
News Application development firms are more worried about the loss of income than increased security risks when apps are not managed properly, finds new survey.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, SMB, Security, India, Revenue Loss, PreEmptive Solutions
Vista marks end of 'planned software'
News Big software releases like Windows Vista demonstrate the limits of a "planned" development model characteristic of proprietary software, says Red Hat CEO.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Security, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, software, software development, marketing, U.S.
Philippine software group eyes US market
News The industry association will pitch select Philippine software to potential clients in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose this month.
Tags: Software, Apache Software Foundation, Philippines, Open Source, product development, software development, software product, international marketing, U.S., Los Angeles
Red Hat chief: We're 'tough to do business with'
News Jim Whitehurst, still new on the job, says Red Hat is trying to change its image as a company with "great technology" that's "not the easiest" to work with.
Tags: Linux, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, software company, Houston, software, software development, MBA, Rice University, Linux
Beijing Olympics IT gets ready for the big freeze
News As the Olympics draws near, the technical team says no more changes to the software infrastructure and looks set to be operationally ready.
Tags: Software, Infrastructure/architecture management, Security, IT Security, software development, information technology, Olympic Games, project management, Software, PC
IBM scientist predicts software's future
News Bigger, more ubiquitous and transparent, but software developers will increasingly have to worry about security and privacy issues, says Grady Booch.
Tags: Component-based development, Software engineering/development, IBM Corp., Computing, Security, Programmer, software, technology company, software development, Internet usage
Multicore CPUs drive change
News The rise of multi-core technology demands people with the right skills around open source and multi-threaded programming.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Components, Intel Corp., Multi-core, Open Source, Ubuntu, Environment, phone, software, processor
