How to attract and retain Java software developers

When it comes to enterprise applications, Java is consistently a top choice, writes Paul Gray, practice head: delivery management: Java at DVT. Yet finding Java developers can be a massive headache for CIOs as it is one of the most difficult jobs to fill. So the...

Long live app composition

In light of the rise of the “invisible app” and the increasing importance of user experience within an app, there is much that still needs to be learned about mobile app development in terms of designing, building and deploying really great ones. This is...

Developing security-awareness in applications

With the increasing pressure for businesses to deploy applications across their networks at pace, developers are being forced to speed up launch times, potentially leaving their firms open to cyber-attacks, says Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. In a...

App design is dead …

Today’s apps have become standalone entities, not designed to integrate or interface with other enterprise functions. Only apps that are agile have a hope of keeping up with the pace of business technology change. Alongside this, there is a paradigm shift...

Are your clients costing you?

In a cutthroat business environment, it can be extremely tough simply to get in the door of potential new clients, writes Bob Hall, executive director at redPanda Software. New business development is a hard slog for any company, and if all goes well, it carries with...

Pokémon Go launch reminds why ‘build to scale’ is important

One of the catch phrases of DevOps and cloud for the past, oh, many years has been “build to fail”, writes Lori MacVittie, principal technical evangelist at F5 Networks. The premise being that too many businesses experience costly downtime and loss of...