More than 25,000 people have earned certification under the Open Group's TOGAF 9 program, the group reported recently, marking a milestone for what has become a standard framework and method for ...

How are shifting consumer behaviors, new digital channels, application standards, and open source trends influencing current approaches to customer-facing software development? That's a big, scary ...

The latest update of the Java Development Kit (JDK 18) goes GA next week, and though it's not a Long-Term Support (LTS) release, it does implement nine JEPs (listed here). And while it's probably also ...

Now that you're working from home and not spending all that time on a daily commute or regular showers, instead of binge-watching back episodes of Rick and Morty, you might want to use that time to up ...

I was reminded today that developers are action-oriented -- at least when it comes to problems that can be solved with software. IBM developer advocate Nicholas Bourdakos knew his colleagues were ...

The big news this week for developers was the revelation that the new keeper of the Java flame, Oracle, is getting into bed with IBM on the OpenJDK project. The blogosphere was buzzing with the news, ...

Java Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) startup CumuLogic has released a public beta of its flagship offering with the same name that offers application infrastructure software for enterprises, cloud ...

The recent news that Payara and Azul have formed a strategic partnership to deliver "codeless migrations" represents more than just another vendor alliance. It's a glimpse into how the Java world is ...

We finally dipped our quarantined toes into the ever-widening podcast ocean last week, because we just didn't have enough to do around here. But seriously, after more than two decades on this beat, it ...

I stopped by the Googleplex on Friday to check out the MoveOn.org-sponsored protest of the proposed Google-Verizon network neutrality framework. About a hundred people showed up, by my very rough ...

The Eclipse Foundation's Jakarta EE Working Group today announced the release of the Jakarta EE 9 Platform, Web Profile specifications, and related TCKs. The Foundation made the announcement during ...

It was during a break in the action long ago at the 2004 JavaOne conference that I found myself sitting in the W Hotel restaurant in San Francisco across from an earnest Canadian dude whose name I ...