Want to escape the outsourcing axe? Today's IT trends are creating lucrative niches for ambitious developers.

Including environment variables in your Maven build process could boost your team's efficiency at every stage of the software development lifecycle. Java developer Paul Spinelli demonstrates his custom approach to environment-aware Maven builds.

MLstate's Opa streamlines Web app development with a single language for client and server, but the bright promise is not without pitfalls.

AccuRev will release Kando, a connector that enables many of its own enterprise features to work with the Git open source version-control software.

Employers say they can't find enough workers to staff IT jobs. Maybe they've been going about it all wrong.

Brendan Eich says that Google's language is not likely to get browser support and that browsers probably would not be extended to support native code.

Java EE/SEE and ME specifications would all be under one committee's auspices if the proposal is accepted.

Interview: Ryan Dahl discusses why his invention is catching fire with developers.

The new version of the Ruby on Rails framework features enhancements like a faster dev mode that could aid Web development.

Black Duck Software's 2011 open source 'Rookies of the Year' list includes Orion, Cloud Foundry, and OpenShift, among others.

A CTO argues why IT's seemingly silly and overly strict rules are in fact necessary and good.

Increased emphasis on distinctive smartphone UIs means even more headaches for cross-platform mobile developers.

The JavaScript framework simplifies Web development and boosts performance for iOS and Android.

Amazon, Cloudera, Hortonworks, IBM, and MapR mix simpler setup of Hadoop clusters with proprietary twists and trade-offs

Enterprises in cloud environments are mostly opting for open source Java app servers over commercial counterparts.

Appliance and workload-optimized systems in data centers are a logical outcome of the consumerization of IT

Cloud computing experts explain how IT pros can adapt their skills for the cloud and the impact cloud computing will have on five different IT jobs.

The judge also asks Oracle to 'waive reliance' on the controversial email by Google engineer Tim Lindholm.

Red Hat's OpenShift is the first in a series of platform-as-a-service offerings to feature Jaspersoft's suite.

Poorly documented code? Chances are the problem lies not in your programmers, but in your process.