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This week's links include how to make the transition to agile programming, how to build a strong applications security framework and a very funny cartoon on feature creep.

Sometimes, you need to take a step back and analyze your development process. You can draw from the agile methodology without necessarily going all in on it and you can find ways to maximize your talent and resources and keep product development moving forward with some techniques described in this post.

When a company built a 10,000 core Linux super computer recently, it proved two key cloud concepts: scalability and utility (only paying for what you use).

It would be easy to think that with the popularity of the app stores that mobile users prefer the convenience of apps, but recent data from comScore suggests users are splitting browser and app use, further confusing where developers should be placing their bets.

With all the noise about which OS is a better bet for developers, it's hard to know what's right. But be watchful for FUD as you make your decision because there appears to be a lot of it around these days.

As Android makes big gains, traditional enterprise-friendly cell phones from RIM and Microsoft continue to bleed market share.

With the cloud label being bandied about by just everyone, it is sometimes difficult to separate the reality from the hype.

Like any messy love triangle, Nokia has a situation on its hands as it runs into the arms of Microsoft while trying to extricate itself from Symbian in a graceful way.

Microsoft pulled off a big surprise last week at its Microsoft Management Summit when it announced a new tool that not only lets you monitor Windows devices, but iOS and Android devices too, a surprisingly forward-thinking approach for Microsoft.

With his announcement last week that webOS would be appearing on 100M devices including PCs, printers, phones and tablets; HP CEO Leo Apotheker threw down the OS gauntlet and let it be known his company is leaving Microsoft behind and going it alone.

Are IaaS, PaaS and SaaS just alphabet soup to you? Read this Cloud primer to get the low down on the different cloud types and how they can help your organization.

Even as Microsoft extols its cloud credentials, it fiercely protects its desktop business, and with that approach risks creating confusion about its priorities in the marketplace.

Today's IT pros have to deal with a myriad of software and hardware, physical and virtual, spanning geographical locations and it requires a system that lets you see across all of this complexity to get the big picture.

It's a complex tale, but MPEG LA handles video codec royalties for none other than Apple and Microsoft (among others), and MPEG LA appears to being trying to quash Google's free video codec, which has attracted the attention of the US Justice Department. Could the plot thicken any more?

Jon von Tetzchner, Co-founder of Opera Software, speaking at the CeBIT last week made an argument for open standards and using browsers over apps, but for developers it doesn't have to be a rigid either/or situation.

Another day, another Microsoft mobile screw up. How many chances do they have left with the buying public?

With lots of iPad alternatives ready to hit the market, several based on Google Honeycomb, it's going to be a challenge for Enterprise IT to keep up with the shifting market.

Dries Buytaert is founder and CTO at Acquia. He's the original creator and project lead for the Drupal open source web publishing and collaboration platform. He serves as president of the Drupal Association, a non-profit organization formed to help Drupal flourish. We asked him about the role of open source in content management today.

The US government has gone full bore into the Cloud as a way to cut its massive IT costs long-term. What's holding you back?

It's nice to think that programmers can perform death-defying feats saving projects from disaster with a series of all-nighers, but in reality having a clear, measurable plan in place makes a lot more sense.