I had a front row seat at Microsoft to watch the first two application model transitions. Early mainframe and minicomputer systems were monolithic, with data storage, application code, and terminal ...

Developers at Google Inc. are rethinking the standard client-server model in rendering applications. Apps might better serve individual web browsers or entities like Facebook Inc. or Twitter Inc.

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

New Business Requirements Recent government initiatives to expedite the purchase ordering process, improve inventory control and deliver better services to the public have created demands for ...

The primary function of a client-server system is to create a division of labor between a centralized server and the individual computers that are running your software. This model has a number of ...

Developers, listen up: Everything you’re doing now will be irrelevant within the next ten years. The way you think about and build applications, services, and software — along with the tools you use ...

For decades, web architecture has followed a familiar and frankly exhausting pattern. A dominant approach emerges, gains near ...

Explaining the ongoing evolution from client-server to cloud-native, source of much confusion and misdirection when comparing SaaS offerings There are many definitions of software as a service (SaaS).

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