Your life as a CIO is filled with make-or-break decisions. The size, trajectory, and effectiveness of your employees rest on a handful of choices often made early in or tenure. And maybe a few bigger choices further down the line. This is normal. A lot of weight rests on an IT department, regardless of what […]
Adobe ColdFusion Security Best Practices (Server Auto-Lockdown)
Most security features and protocols focus on prevention. Firewalls, security analyzers, and proper coding all keep hackers away. And sometimes, unfortunately, security breaches still occur. What then? A hacker roaming the contents of your company’s server should be treated like any active burglar. First, by sounding the alarms. Then preventing the robber’s movement. That’s what […]
Is Adobe ColdFusion Dead? Programmers and CIOs Often Ask This Question
It’s almost impossible to type ColdFusion into a search bar and avoid a pop-up suggestion, ”Is ColdFusion dead?” Developers who prefer ColdFusion, and programmers in general, tend to be subjective around this type of topic that calls for the comparison of different programming languages. Young programmers like to compare it with PHP in open discussions. […]
Adobe ColdFusion Site is Down For Maintenance
Site maintenance can be a costly resource hog. It can cause downtime — lots of it, if not done properly. Downtime for site maintenance is a life-draining experience… It draws your team’s attention away from other vital work. It also cuts off vital revenue streams. It eliminates any efficiencies created by your app or […]
Top 3 Key Factors When Choosing a Programming Language (Why CFML is Always the Best Option)
In this article, you will learn: What factors you should consider when facing a dilemma on which programming language to choose Whether to modernize or replace your language The risks and rewards of using mature or emerging languages How a development platform’s update cycle factors into your choice Why Adobe ColdFusion is the best option […]
5 Reasons Why Adobe ColdFusion is Better Than C#
The .NET framework is one of the web’s most popular developing platforms. It consists of many different languages under one umbrella framework. C# is one of these languages. Others include VB.NET and F#. It gets a lot of support as a great general programming language. But is it really that great? Let’s take a look […]
4 Focus Areas for the Best ColdFusion Server Optimization
Some people may believe that they have the best web server setup. It might run smoothly now, but what happens when it is fully loaded? Does your server still work at its very best? Probably not. What would it take to have better servers? “It was Nielsen I think that had a survey some years […]
Fixinator- A New, Powerful Security for Your CFML Code
Just recently, I talked with Pete Freitag from Foundeo about ColdFusion security issues and solutions. For those of you that don’t already know this, Pete is one of the best CF security experts out there. And, modernizing ColdFusion is just that! Making it more secure, and alive. #ModernizeOrDie was the main moto at Into The […]
Why is ColdFusion Better Than Other Programming Languages?
CFScript It is considered best practice to write ColdFusion Components and all business logic in CFScript and to use CFML only in .cfm files amongst HTML. The CFScript syntax provides a way of writing CFML code without using tags, and it can either be in a script based component (CFC) or inside the cfscript tag. CF tags are […]
ATTENTION: Adobe ColdFusion 11 Core Support Ends Soon
That’s right. ColdFusion 11 has now begun its slippery slope into obscurity. Core support for CF 11 is coming to an end. April 30th, 2019 will be the beginning of the end of ColdFusion 11. But why? Shouldn’t Adobe maintain support on all its products, new and old? HECK NO! It’s the nature of […]
