http://www.cio.com/ en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:30:10 GMT 2009-11-08T17:30:10Z en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cio.com/article/506852/IBM_Announces_Cloud_Software_Development_Betas?source=rss_development IBM on Thursday announced beta versions of new services aimed at developers who want to create and deploy applications on public and private clouds. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Chris Kanaracus <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506852/IBM_Announces_Cloud_Software_Development_Betas?source=rss_development 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506851/Google_Releases_Core_Development_Tools_As_Open_Source?source=rss_development Google has decided to release as open source several of its key application development tools, hoping that they will prove useful for external programmers to build faster Web applications. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Juan Carlos Perez <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506851/Google_Releases_Core_Development_Tools_As_Open_Source?source=rss_development 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506848/Mozilla_Plans_Major_Firefox_Interface_Overhaul?source=rss_development Mozilla plans to overhaul the look and feel of Firefox for Windows, a redesign that will resemble Google's Chrome in several key elements, according to screenshots and discussions on the open-source developer's Web site. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Gregg Keizer <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506848/Mozilla_Plans_Major_Firefox_Interface_Overhaul?source=rss_development 2009-11-04T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506707/Apache_Software_Foundation_10_Years_and_Still_Open_to_Innovation?source=rss_development It has been 10 years since the Apache Software Foundation was founded, and this week at ApacheCon the group is showing why it is still going strong and working toward a brighter future. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT John Fontana <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506707/Apache_Software_Foundation_10_Years_and_Still_Open_to_Innovation?source=rss_development 2009-11-04T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506673/Google_Adds_New_Social_Media_Features_to_Friend_Connect?source=rss_development Google's Friend Connect has expanded its roster of social networking and social media services that participating Web publishers can add to their sites. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Juan Carlos Perez <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506673/Google_Adds_New_Social_Media_Features_to_Friend_Connect?source=rss_development 2009-11-04T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506629/Microsoft_Backed_Open_Source_Group_Outlines_Project_Guidelines?source=rss_development The CodePlex Foundation seeks to connect corporate software developers with open source community projects Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Paul Krill <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506629/Microsoft_Backed_Open_Source_Group_Outlines_Project_Guidelines?source=rss_development 2009-11-03T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506466/Aster_Adds_data_Application_Server_in_Version_4.0?source=rss_development Aster Data Systems on Monday is introducing version 4.0 of its MPP (massively parallel processing) analytic database that allows customers to move application logic into the database system. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Chris Kanaracus <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506466/Aster_Adds_data_Application_Server_in_Version_4.0?source=rss_development 2009-11-02T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506419/IT_Snake_Oil_Six_Tech_Cure_Alls_That_Went_Bunk?source=rss_development Legendary promises, little delivery -- IT history is fraught with "transformational" sales pitches that fell far short Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Dan Tynan <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506419/IT_Snake_Oil_Six_Tech_Cure_Alls_That_Went_Bunk?source=rss_development 2009-11-02T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506436/Mozilla_Unveils_First_Firefox_3.6_Beta?source=rss_development Mozilla has released the first beta of Firefox 3.6, a minor upgrade to the popular browser that's slated to wrap up by the end of the year. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT Gregg Keizer <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506436/Mozilla_Unveils_First_Firefox_3.6_Beta?source=rss_development 2009-11-01T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506327/Facebook_De_Friends_Its_App_Verification_Program?source=rss_development Facebook has abruptly decided to pull the plug on its Application Verification program, which let external developers pay to have their applications certified as exceeding certain requirements. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT Juan Carlos Perez <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506327/Facebook_De_Friends_Its_App_Verification_Program?source=rss_development 2009-10-30T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506315/Open_Source_CRM_and_ERP_New_Kids_on_the_Cloud?source=rss_development When Nikon decided to merge and consolidate customer data from more than 25 disparate sources into one system, officials didn't want the burden of maintaining it in-house, yet whatever they went with had to meet all their requirements and work picture-perfect. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT Esther Shein <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506315/Open_Source_CRM_and_ERP_New_Kids_on_the_Cloud?source=rss_development 2009-10-30T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506243/Facebook_De_Friends_Its_App_Verification_Program?source=rss_development Facebook has abruptly decided to pull the plug on its Application Verification program, which let external developers pay to have their applications certified as exceeding certain requirements. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT Juan Carlos Perez <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506243/Facebook_De_Friends_Its_App_Verification_Program?source=rss_development 2009-10-29T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506225/Oracle_Sheds_New_Light_on_Future_of_Sun_Technologies?source=rss_development Oracle has provided new details about its plans for certain key Sun Microsystems technologies, including the GlassFish application server and the NetBeans application development toolkit. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT Chris Kanaracus <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506225/Oracle_Sheds_New_Light_on_Future_of_Sun_Technologies?source=rss_development 2009-10-29T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506224/Facebook_De_Friends_Its_App_Verification_Program?source=rss_development Facebook has abruptly decided to pull the plug on its Application Verification program, which let external developers pay to have their applications certified as exceeding certain requirements. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT Juan Carlos Perez <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506224/Facebook_De_Friends_Its_App_Verification_Program?source=rss_development 2009-10-29T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506184/DOD_Open_Sources_More_Than_1M_Lines_of_Code?source=rss_development The U.S Department of Defense is not only encouraging use of open source applications, it recently open-sourced an enterprise human resources application that has over a million lines of code. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT Patrick Thibodeau <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506184/DOD_Open_Sources_More_Than_1M_Lines_of_Code?source=rss_development 2009-10-28T04:00:00Z