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• Disclosed security vulnerabilities expected to decline

  The number of disclosed security vulnerabilities is projected to decline or stay on par with last year, according to IBM’s X-Force 2013 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report.

• Smart ADCs ensure app performance regardless of the access device and network used

  With the increasing use of Web applications from mobile devices and the variety of devices accessing applications through different types of networks, a new approach to application delivery optimization is required.

• Verify the security of your mobile apps

  The enterprise is increasingly turning to mobile app developers for solutions to leverage interest in BYOD. Gartner estimates that 70% of mobile professionals will conduct their work on personal smart devices by 2018. The app development boom has fostered a competitive environment for developers and there is a focus on speed. But In the rush to deploy enterprise apps and start reaping the benefits, it is easy to overlook key security risks that could cause irreparable damage to your business.

• Download the Cloud Monitoring Deep Dive Report

  A new generation of monitoring systems addresses the challenges of large-scale applications and more dynamic infrastructures

• WebRTC browser communications standard has several hurdles to clear

  Apple and Microsoft haven't signed up, and mobile and codec efforts remain in progress

• Survey: Google Play gains on Apple App Store

  But iOS app sales still outpace Android app sales 4 to 1

• Candle launches into mobile job search

  IT recruitment company Candle has launched a mobile-friendly version of its job search website Candle.com.au.

• Adobe adds mobile, marketing to its CQ5 CMS

  Adobe today is announcing version 5.4 of its Adobe WEM (Web Experience Management) suite of content and campaign management tools. Based on the CQ5 content management system acquired from Day last year, Adobe WEM adds a capability to automatically reformat Web pages using Adobe's Device Central technology when displayed on various mobile devices and to handle marketing campaign management across websites, social networking, and other customer conduits. The suite also integrates the user traffic and engagement tracking from Omniture SiteCatalyst, the Web tracking suite that Adobe also bought last year.

• Web app developers showered with advice

  Hopeful entrepreneurs and developers attending the Future of Web Apps conference in Miami Beach received a heavy dose of real-world advice from successful peers, including some tips that at first pass seem counterintuitive.

• Microsoft, Google unveil climate change Web apps

  Microsoft and Google have built Web applications designed to highlight environmental problems coinciding with the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen that run through Friday.

• Free Web apps to help organise your holidays

  It's That Time of Year again, and even if you don't celebrate The Holidays, chances are you have other people in your life who do. There's so much to get done as the end of year approaches, it can be hard to keep track of it all. And while paper might work for your own holiday wish list, these free Web apps can help organize the rest.

• Web-application errors pose danger to enterprises

  A majority of Web sites have at least one major security issue that could be used by hackers for fraud-related purposes, according to a new survey.

• Survey gauges Web application security spending

  A new survey shows that despite the dismal economic conditions, more than a quarter of the companies polled expect to spend more on Web application security this year.