Vishwanath (“Vishy”) covers software development and software project management as part of The 451 Group’s coverage on application lifecycle management. His prior professional experience as a software developer gives him intimate knowledge of the software tools and platforms he covers. Prior to joining 451, Vishy worked as a software developer in the financial services industry in infrastructure and application development capacities, most recently at DB Zwirn & Co and prior to that within Morgan Stanley's Institutional Securities Group. He has written desktop, Web-based and mobile applications. Vishy has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Recent posts by Vishwanath Venugopalan:

• May 15, 2007: Thoughts on Java and open source from JavaOne 2007
  The noise around openness at JavaOne 2007 is deafening. Sun announced the completion of the OpenJDK project and the establishment ...
• March 23, 2007: Microsoft’s stance on Ajax: openness or ‘openness’?
  Having worked with Microsoft's excellent development tools while simultaneously being bombarded with harsh invective by open source advocates, who can't ...
• March 9, 2007: Who said there’s no money in software development tools?
  One of the aphorisms in the tech industry is that there's no money in software development tools. There is usually ...
• March 7, 2007: Contributing to open source projects on company time
  Nearly twenty years after Richard Stallman wrote the first draft of the GNU General Public License, open source has really ...

Recent comments by Vishwanath Venugopalan:

• March 11, 2007: Who said there's no money in software development tools?
  Hi Sriram, Being Eclipse-based, RAD is going to be just another vendor product competing in...