CW Developer Network

January 2016

• Did Fortinet leave the firewall backdoor open to hackers?

  Adrian Bridgwater 26 Jan 2016

Malicious software developers love a good hacking opportunity, this much is already known -- they are even happier when they find a "coder's backdoor" left open for what would usually be two reasons.

• Plumbing goes digital -- smart cities need BIM

  Adrian Bridgwater 26 Jan 2016

Progman is a provider of Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) design software used in Building Information Modeling (BIM) from Turku in Finland.

• DevOps specialist firms start to 'fuse'

  Adrian Bridgwater 24 Jan 2016

The CWDN blog is really not interested in funding, corporate ventures, mergers, buy-outs or even corporate parties (unless we are invited, obviously)... this much should be said.

• Why are smart devices still so stupid?

  Adrian Bridgwater 19 Jan 2016

Software application developers working with the kinds of embedded computing devices that we now class as citizens within the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) can be forgiven for getting somewhat ...

• Validating 'unproven assumptions' F5 on the state of application delivery

  Adrian Bridgwater 18 Jan 2016

F5 Networks is a firm aiming to stake a claim for itself. The Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and network technology firm is now on its second annual State of Application Delivery survey. ...

• IBM: how to buy a hybrid cloud

  Adrian Bridgwater 16 Jan 2016

How do you end up being a 'significant software provider' in the still-shifting world of hybrid cloud?

• Automotive evolution: paper-based manuals out, APIs are in

  Adrian Bridgwater 15 Jan 2016

Automotive 'aftermarket' technical information company Autodata has released a new batch of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

• Polycom: visual collaboration tools should be part of every application workflow, well... almost

  Adrian Bridgwater 14 Jan 2016

Polycom has just announced a new developer zone called Sandbox.

• What is a cloud computing storm?

  Adrian Bridgwater 11 Jan 2016

What is a cloud computing 'storm' -- if such a term exists... and what are its implications for software application developers working in newly virtualised platform environments?

• What to expect from NDC London 2016

  Adrian Bridgwater 07 Jan 2016

What to expect from NDC London 2016

• Bish, bash, BOSH: Pivotal says 'I believe' in CloudCredo

  Adrian Bridgwater 06 Jan 2016

Bish, bash, BOSH: Pivotal says 'I believe' in CloudCredo