Whats Brewing at Java This year has already seen several developments in Java's technology. The number of people using and learning java is rising steadily. Several developers are opting for java training courses to enhance their skills. This article will summarize all the recent developments in java technology. Java SE 6 EOL extended The Java SE Roadmap shows a timeline for the end of … [Read more...]
As Java™ Grows So Does Firebox – Firebox IT Training Adding Flexibility and More Options with New Java Training Course Offerings
April 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Firebox Training of Golden Colorado continues to evolve its course structure to meet demands of the IT community with the announcement of more options for Java™ training. The new course structure will include two new Java classes focused on introductory and intermediate topics. The new Introduction to Java™ programming 3-day training course quickly covers the Java 5.0 language syntax and then … [Read more...]
Malware that Exploits Java Vulnerability
April 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cybercriminals have been utilizing a vulnerability existing in Java, to infect Mac systems with a variation of the Flashback malware. This bug has not been patched by Apple yet. The news was revealed in a report by F-secure, which is an antivirus firm. Firms that are dependent on Mac systems are now investing in Java training classes so that their employees can better understand and deal with … [Read more...]
Numerous Java Developments in February
March 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Those who work with Java should be interested in learning that February saw a lot of development as far as Java is concerned. This means companies stayed abreast with all these changes with the help of the latest Java training courses in the market. Today, there are many websites on the internet that can keep you updated with news regarding Java. One such page is the Java page, which is maintained … [Read more...]
Jelastic to Release Java PaaS
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Jelastic is a company that provides Java PaaS (platform as a service) solutions. It recently announced that the PaaS service that it provides will move from beta and become a commercial product. The announcement was done at Parallels Summit 2012 in Orlando, Florida. This may compel a lot of companies to sign up for Java training classes for their employees so they become better accustomed with the … [Read more...]
Choosing a Coding Language
March 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When you want to create an argument between programmers, all you need to do is ask them which coding language is the best. More often than not, you will hear support for various languages like Ruby, Python, and PHP. Rarely will there be a case when all programmers agree upon a single language. Frankly, choosing between these three languages can be a bit complicated. All of the languages … [Read more...]
Anonymous Group Continues Threats of Attacks
March 5, 2012 By 1 Comment
Anonymous is a group that formed in 2003 and represented the ideals of many online and offline community users co-existing as an anarchic group. In its early form, the Anonymous group acted in a coordinated manner toward a common goal and primarily focused on the entertainment industry. Five years later, in 2008, the Anonymous group became increasingly associated with hacking and … [Read more...]
W3C Continues To Work On Privacy Issues
March 1, 2012 By 10 Comments
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where a full-time staff, Member organizations and the public work together to develop Web Standards. Led by Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and CEO Jeffrey Jaffe, W3C's mission is to lead the Web to its full potential. The staff at W3C is made up of 65 people working from locations across the world. W3C is hosted by the … [Read more...]
Oracle’s Hadoop may Motivate Competitors Towards Bigger Data Bundles
February 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Oracle recently shipped its Big Data Appliance in January, according to a ComputerWorld.com report. This appliance together with the NoSQL database was unveiled last fall at the OpenWorld user conference. The company declared that this new appliance will run Cloudera's Apache Hadoop implementation and management software. This announcement was made on the day of the shipment of the appliance. This … [Read more...]
Hiring Managers Looking for Tech Employees Skilled in Java
February 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
According to Dice.com, a recruitment agency, hiring managers are looking for employees who are well versed in Java. The company conducted a survey comprising 1,200 hiring managers in the tech sector, who all stated the same, reports Dice.com. Demand for Java Developers The demand for computer professionals who are well versed in Java has been on the rise, especially in the past two years. … [Read more...]
Programming Language Trends From 2011
February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Last year was a year that saw a lot of changes in the world of programming languages. Mobile phones continued to emerge as a popular platform for programming, and when it came to applications and data use, the most popular platforms were cloud based. PCs and laptops got a lot more computing power though the multiple core processors and RAM, which also ended up affecting the programming languages … [Read more...]
Linux Job Scenario Outlook
December 27, 2011 By
The demand for Linux skills in the current job market is strong. The Linux Foundation, more recently, published data regarding Linux job trends, as reported in a PCworld.com news piece. This takes into account the job postings in the Jobs Board of Linux.com from September 1 to November 30. Based on this data, the group has pointed out some recruitment trends with respect to job type, skill areas … [Read more...]
Android App Downloads More Popular Than Ever
December 26, 2011 By
Android, Inc. developed the Android operating system in 2003 and sold it to Google in 2005. The founders of Android, Inc. continued to work for Google on the Android operating system and in 2007, Google initiated the Open Handset Alliance for the purpose of advancing and promoting the Android technology for mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets. The Open Handset Alliance The Open … [Read more...]
Tough Competition For Apple In 2012
December 13, 2011 By
Apple has been the technology leader for quite some time now, but with out Steve Jobs, companies like Google, Amazon, Samsung and Microsoft are swiftly moving forward to catch up. Some of the new releases in 2012 are expected to rival and surpass that of Apple, thus making the pressure to remain number one a challenge. The iphone, MacBook Air and the iPad are all expected to get some stiff … [Read more...]
Yammer Moving To Java
December 12, 2011 By
Yammer, a social network, has been built on Scala, but is now ready to make the move to Java. Scala is a general purpose, statically typed language on the Java Virtual Machine for high performance back end services. A few clients that are using Scala include web leaders like Twitter and LinkedIn. The reason for the move by Yammer is that Scala was not good at some tasks and noted it was a … [Read more...]
Knowledge Is Power
December 3, 2011 By
Apple has developed some useful apps for students that can turn their tablets into educational power houses. Not only can the Apple iPad allow you to save money by renting textbooks digitally, they can also serve as day planners and notebooks all rolled into one device that is accessible to them all the time. Pages costs $9.99, and allows you to write entire essays in class, either directly … [Read more...]
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