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  • Up, up and away: Java app development heads to the cloud

    With all the hype surrounding cloud computing, everyone is eager to see how the cloud "revolution" will play out. And while a "paradigm shift" might be interesting for analysts and theorists, day-to-day IT professionals need to know how the cloud cha...  E-Handbook

  • Upwardly mobile: Building apps in the cloud, for the cloud

    Until now, most cloud applications have been developed in desktop environments, but cloud integrated development environments (IDEs) may be poised to upset the status quo. The question is, can cloud IDEs provide greater value to developers than local...  E-Zine

  • Salesforce Work.com

    Salesforce Work.com is a social performance management platform that uses gamification -- a video game-like rewards system -- to bolster employee performance across the enterprise.  Definition

  • cloud-oriented architecture (COA)

    A cloud-oriented architecture (COA) is a conceptual model encompassing all elements in a cloud environment. In information technology, architecture refers to the overall structure of an information system and the interrelationships of entities that m...  Definition

  • single-tenancy

    Single-tenancy is an architecture in which a single instance of a software application and supporting infrastructure serves one customer.  In the software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model, a customer is called a tenant.   Definition

  • OpenShift

    OpenShift is RedHat’s cloud development Platform as a Service (PaaS).  Definition

  • Web app development

    Web app development is the creation of application programs that reside on remote servers and are delivered to the user’s device over the Internet.  Definition

  • Force.com

    Force.com is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) product designed to simplify the development and deployment of cloud-based applications and websites.  Definition

  • Testing as a Service (TaaS)

    Testing as a Service (TaaS) is an outsourcing model in which testing activities associated with some of an organization’s business activities are performed by a service provider rather than employees.  Definition

  • native cloud application (NCA)

    A native cloud application (NCA) is a program that is specifically designed for a cloud computing environment as opposed to simply being migrated to the cloud.   Definition

  • open API

    An open API, sometimes referred to as a public API, is an application program interface that provides a developer with programmatic access to a proprietary software application.  Definition

  • cloud IDE

    A cloud IDE is a web-based integrated development platform (IDE) that is accessed through a browser.  Definition

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