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Community-Driven Research! A new service by InfoQ
With the launch of our first community research question on "What are the most valuable tools for HTML5", InfoQ is now providing a new service that we hope will provide you with up-to-date and bias-free community-based insight into trends & behaviours that affect enterprise software development. Unlike traditional vendor/analyst-based research, our research is based on answers provided by YOU.
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QCon San Francisco November 5-9 - Tracks Announced, Registration Open; Featuring GraphConnect
QCon San Francisco 2012, taking place November 5-9, is now open for registration ($800 savings until July 2nd). QCon is an enterprise software development conference for team leads, architects, and project managers covering architecture & design, Java, mobile, functional programming, Lean and Kanban, cloud computing, Big Data & NoSQL, emerging languages, and other timely topics.
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QCon New York 3 Weeks Away (June 18 - 22, 2012); Editor Testimonials; Popular Sessions & Speakers
The first annual QCon New York is taking place in just 3 weeks - register before June 1st and save $300. QCon New York will host more than 100 speakers, 6 concurrent tracks, and many breaks, parties, and opportunities for networking. Attend the premier event for learning, networking, and tracking innovation in the Java, .NET, HTML5, Mobile , Agile, and Architecture communities.
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QCon New York Update: New HTML5, Mobile, JavaScript Sessions Published
In addition to dedicated conference tracks on Java, Agile, Cloud Computing, Concurrency, Big Data & NoSQL, Architectural Case Studies and others, QCon New York will feature a wide range of sessions and tutorials covering cross-platform mobile development. The first annual QCon New York 2012 which will take place at the New York Marriott on June 18-22, 2012. Save $450 if you register by Apr 27th.
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QCon New York 2012: 45/100 speakers confirmed; Talks from NYTimes, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix
Over 45 speakers have been confirmed for the first annual QCon New York 2012. QCon New York will take place at the New York Marriott just outside of Manhattan (at the Brooklyn Bridge) on June 18-22, 2012. Registration is open and new speakers and sessions are being posted to the conference site every week.You can get in early by reserving your seat now saving up to $550 by Mar 23rd.
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InfoQ User Survey 2012 - 14 Questions to Help Us Get to Know You
InfoQ would like to better understand your information needs: the type of content you find interesting, the kinds of tools & technologies you are using, and how you interact with the site. Please help us by taking our 2012 user survey - the survey is anonymous and your replies will be kept confidential.
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QCon London in 2 Weeks - Only 100 Spots Left!
QCon is now less than 2 weeks away and there are only 100 spots left before QCon London completely sells out. Register before March 2nd and receive £75 off. QCon is organized as a practitioner-driven conference designed for team leads, architects, project managers, engineering directors
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QCon comes to New York: June 18-22, 2012; Registration Open!
The first annual QCon New York, taking place June 18-22, 2012 is now open for registration ($700 savings until Feb 26th). QCon San Francisco has been sold out for the last two years and we are excited to bring the conference to the east coast!
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QCon London One Month Away (March 5-9, 2012); Martin Fowler Keynote Confirmed
The 6th annual QCon London (March 5-9, 2012) is taking place in just 4 weeks, with the last early bird discount quickly approaching. ThoughtWorks' Martin Fowler and Rebecca Parsons have been confirmed to present the Day 1 keynote. QCon London will host more than 80 speakers, 5 concurrent tracks, and many breaks, parties, and opportunities for networking.
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Apache Hadoop 1.0.0 Supports Kerberos Authentication, Apache HBase and RESTful API to HDFS
After six years of gestation, Big data framework Apache Hadoop 1.0.0 was recently released. Core features in the release include Kerberos Authentication, support for Apache HBase and RESTful API to HDFS. InfoQ spoke with Arun Murthy, VP of Apache Hadoop, about the new release.
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Making Technical Community More Active - 2011 Year-End Review of Baidu Technical Salon
Baidu Technical Salon is a regular offline communication activity hosted by Baidu, planned, executed and implemented by InfoQ. The topics included cloud computing, mobile Internet, big data, log analysis and other current popular topics. This article mainly reviews Baidu’s support for technical community via Technical Salon, community’s feedbacks on these activities as well as a brief plan in 2012
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InfoQ Issues Call for Articles
InfoQ is announcing a call for articles and is encouraging practitioners and domain experts to submit feature-length (2,000 to 3,000 word) papers that are timely, educational and practical. Topics of interest include cloud architecture and development, Java, Agile, NoSQL, big data analytics, HTML 5 and mobile development. Author guidelines are now also available.
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Scrum Alliance to Strengthen ScrumMaster (CSM) Certification
The CSM Certification from the Scrum Alliance is granted to individuals that participate in a two day certification course and complete a pass/pass (e.g. can’t be failed) test. The testing process will be changed in 2012 to include a pass/fail test, and a new Professional Development Unit (PDUs) program will be rolled out no later than January 2013 for CSM’s to maintain their certification.
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Announcing the 6th Annual QCon London: March 5-9, 2012
QCon London 2012, taking place March 5-9, 2012 is now open for registration (£ 295 savings until Dec 16th). There is no other event in the UK with similar opportunities for learning, networking, and tracking innovation occurring in the Java, .NET, Html5, Mobile , Agile, and Architecture communities.
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How Applied Psychology can help Software Engineers
On the 1st November software engineer and author John R. Fox has published his book “Digital Work in an Analog World”. According to its subtitle “Improving Software Engineering by Applied Psychology”, the book does not consider software engineering in practice. Rather, it is focusing on the psychological aspects relevant and practices relevant for engineers.