When it comes to testing, what’s up with the cloud? Quality Assurance teams seem to have missed the boat, while enterprises and their so-called “QA Verified” software may be cloud-based, Test Management itself generally isn’t.

If you're looking for a strategy to follow to cloud enlightenment; you're reading the right article. Developers are in a unique position to educate and to capitalize on cloud opportunities.

.NET developers cannot ignore Microsoft Azure. June 2012 changes brought Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, performance upgrades, and significant cost reductions. As more Azure features unfold, some developers will soon be forced to justify "why not Azure" rather than "why Azure". Clearly .NET developers need to get acquainted with Azure.

Vipul Patel shares the steps a Windows Azure developer can take to increase the scalability of a Windows Azure based cloud application.

Leveraging public cloud resources is an excellent way to expedite the software development process. However care has to be taken to ensure that security is properly addressed.

The company will ship a Ubuntu-based XPS 13 designed for developers this fall.