Technology Watch

• Contents

  1. Technology Watch
  2. Software
  3. Hardware
  4. Trends

Software

• Ruby and Ruby on Rails - rapid turn-around prototypes and small applications

• JavaScript, particularly client-side libaries

• Latex for improved PDF production

• Schema-less database servers (MongoDB, CounchDB, etc.)

Hardware

Trends

• Engineering project dissatisfaction with corporate/enterprise IT solutions

• Rise of individuals use of Cloud and Internet-based on-line systems and services (SalesForce.com, Document Hotels, etc.)

• Improvements in tools for interactive web application front-ends (JavaScript, AJAX, etc.)

• Rise of mobile platforms (iPhone and Android)