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Key issues to consider are: choosing which platform to use, bandwidth, standards, security concerns about data, and the integrity of data.

Next-gen analytics, cloud, mobile apps even bigger in 2011

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The coming year promises a new wave of opportunities for IT professionals who are well positioned to stay ahead of the curve.

Why Developers Should Consider SQL Server 2008 R2

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 adds even higher mission critical scale, more efficient server management, and expanded reporting and analytics for self service Business Intelligence (BI) to the SQL Server platform. It also includes many new features of particular interest to those who are developing new database applications.

Managing Data in the Cloud

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Crunching data or having access to vast amounts of data is crucial for many applications.

Your Next Certification: Vendor Neutral or Vendor Specific?

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When digging through certification options, developers often wonder if theres a difference between earning a certification from one of the big-name vendors and going for one of the vendor-neutral certifications like CompTia A+.

Agile Requirements that Make Sense

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Creating exceptional user stories is not the only key to help your team become a high performance agile team, but it is a piece to the puzzle.

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A Recipe for Enterprise Agile: Mixing Scrum and Smart

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This approach of mixing best practices, techniques and tools from Scrum and Smart has proven to be very successful in a variety of projects and project types.

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With version 1.4 of its cloud-based App Engine, Google is promising to improve the delivery of applications through availability and real-time features.

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• Oracle Moving Ahead With Java 7, 8

As it looks to separate Java 7 SDK into two separate releases, Oracle has issued the Java SE 7 and 8 release content to the Java Community Process.

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New open source project from Novell aims to harness network technology to develop a boot manager for system management and provisioning.

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Top execs from New York Stock Exchange and GE explain how to simply software development for agility.

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Why Your Proprietary Software and Your Open Source Software Need Separate Brand Names

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Ellison, Hurd Tout Oracles Ambitious Cloud Plan, Fusion Business Apps

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