SD Times Issue 282

2012·15.8 MB·English

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Contents
ISSUE 282 • OCTOBER 2012
FROM THE EDITORS SPECIAL REPORT
11 Defining NoSQL to avoid the hype Visual Studio 2012: New and improved
11 Companies to Watch in 2013
11 Another case of FUD to dud
13 Letters
NEWS
16 Intel unveils Parallel Studio 2013
page 28
17 MarkLogic update grows NoSQL market
FEATURES
18 Gen-Exit: COBOL developers move on
Intellectual property:
20 GE talks Intelligent Platforms
Safeguarding your
22 VMware extends virtualized networking
company’s code and
25 Embarcadero adds platform support
software licenses
25 Serena updates Orchestrated IT tools
27 DevExpress offers multi-channel support
in DXTREME tool set page 40
How to get (almost) everything you ever
COLUMNS
wanted in one (not very) easy step
61 CODE WATCHby Larry O’Brien
A software developer’s Bill of Rights
62 ANALYST VIEWby Rob Enderle
Why Microsoft’s smartphone will win
65 GUEST VIEWby Todd DeCapua
Tread carefully with your mobile app
66 INDUSTRY WATCHby David Rubinstein
page 52
Great time to be a developer
page 49
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