The visibility of security risk from software went through a sea of change last year when the president of the United States issued an executive order on cybersecurity that was inspired at least in ...

In 2011, Marc Andreessen boldly declared that “software is eating the world.” At the time, it was both a prediction and a provocation—one that came true faster than most imagined. Why the disparity?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. Apr 24, 2015, 09:27am EDT Apr 24, 2015, 05:57pm EDT This ...

Building secure software isn't as simple as adding cryptography and authentication. Nor is it a matter of plunking down a firewall in front of your Web apps. It's about adjusting the software ...

In this blog I have been discussing the increasing impact of software on many aspects of our lives. In the past we mostly interacted with a software-driven device when we sat in front of a desktop ...

It's increasingly clear that the online world is, for both government surveillance types and corporate sellers, a new Wild West where anything goes. The NSA campus in Fort Meade, Maryland (AP ...

Over the last decade, the complexities of managing enterprise software have grown exponentially. Cloud computing, virtualization, mobility and an array of trends — including bring-your-own-device ...

We trace the rise of free open source software—code that can be freely modified and shared—from philosophical outlier to modern powerhouse Underlying every piece of software you use is source code ...