Mobile Application Resources


Mobile Development Resource Guide

The tremendous success of the iPhone and the launch of the Google-backed Android phone have refocused attention on mobile computing services. This mini-guide provides links to many of the developer resources...


Mobile enterprise application platforms: A primer

A mobile enterprise application platform provides application development and management capabilities for mobile enterprises.


Cloud computing development for beginners

Interested in using cloud computing services for testing and development? Then you're in the right place. Although cloud development can require a different set of skills, it also offers distinct advantages, including the removal of any scalability...


Is cloud computing the carriers' to lose?

IT pros might not like their telecom provider, but they do trust them to deliver service without interruption. And that gives these carriers a huge advantage over online book seller Amazon.com and other cloud computing providers desperately wooing...


Did IBM just change the game in private cloud?

Does IBM have the wherewithal to compete in the commodity hardware cloud? Say "IBM" and "cloud computing" in the same breath and many IT managers will roll their eyes. The IT leader's cloud strategy has been seen by many as a mess. But that may be...


The best cloud computing advice of 2010

From an overview of cloud computing pricing to a library of cloud-themed resources, these are the ten best pieces of cloud computing advice from 2010.


Information security professionals and the resource gap

As security executives with years of experience under our belts, we found the findings of the (ISC)2 fifth Global Information Security Workforce Study, released earlier this year, track well with the direction of information security since the last...


Here's how the cloud will crowd your job

As cloud computing takes hold in the enterprise, changes to the normal patterns of what is both art and science in IT are expected to shift dramatically. Given that this business model is so different from today's hierarchical, client-server model,...


How to upgrade the WLAN for mobile applications

In order to upgrade WLANs for mobile devices and mobility applications, network managers must implement 802.11n technology, and WLAN architectures that can handle lossless...


Joyent PaaS may turn Web app world upside down

Cloud provider Joyent is launching no.de, a Platform as a Service (PaaS) for Node.js. No.de is powered by Joyent's Smart Platform infrastructure and works much like Google App Engine, Heroku, Engine Yard and other popular platform services out...