Nexaweb Advance: End-to-End Application Modernization
[ Source: Nexaweb ]
March 2008-
Legacy applications built with technologies like PowerBuilder, ColdFusion (v5 and older) Oracle Forms, COBOL and Visual Basic are costing enterprises millions to maintain, and more to upgrade. Modernizing these systems to fully functional Web applications, however, is not as simple as adding flashy UIs and deploying them in a browser. It requires well-designed procedures to transform the legacy code to a common language, and utilize that data and business logic to deploy highly-functional, interactive applications ....
Social Project Management or Project Management 2.0?
[ Source: Wrike Inc ]
May 2008-
Project management topic is a hot topic nowadays. Why? Probably one of the reasons is that this part of the management science is undergoing significant changes due to the introduction of the new technologies for managing project teams. People are using blogs, wikis and collaboration planning tools to work on projects together. How do these tools influence contemporary project management? Do traditional project management practices need to be improved? To answer these questions let's take ....
Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers
[ Source: Citrix ]
July 2008-
Gartner summarizes its view on Application Delivery Controllers, evaluates strengths and weaknesses of solutions, and provides Magic Quadrant reporting for a quick comparison across all vendors. Learn from Gartner how you can benefit from an all-in-one device that delivers the highest levels of availability, performance and security
Five Things You Should Know About 3D CAD Software
[ Source: PTC ]
November 2008-
You may be spending most of your time making design changes instead of creating new designs. But with the right 3D CAD software, you can solve this problem – and quite a few others.
The Total Economic Impact™ of Daptiv PPM
[ Source: Daptiv ]
March 2009-
In August 2008, Daptiv commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) that enterprises may realize by deploying Daptiv PPM. Daptiv PPM is on-demand collaborative business software that allows organizations to select, staff, and manage projects across teams, departments, and divisions. This study illustrates the financial impact of deploying Daptiv PPM in a medium-sized, multi-location retail organization. In conducting in-depth interviews with four existing customers, Forrester found that ....
Ensuring Web Service Quality for Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA’s)
[ Source: Oracle ]
March 2009-
Web services hold the promise of integrating software applications from heterogeneous networks and exchanging information in a simple, standardized manner.
Current trends show that the vast majority of companies are moving to services-oriented architectures (SOAs) and deploying Web services within and across their IT infrastructure. However, the success of those deployments is determined not only by the integrations and innovations that Web services make possible, but also by how Web services affect the ....
PaaS-onomics: A CIO's Guide To Lowering Costs Of Application Initiatives
[ Source: LongJump ]
October 2008-
This whitepaper discusses how Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) can help CIOs address the long tail of IT projects, and provide significant ROI to the business. PaaS offers a very demonstrable ROI while also strengthening operations. Both these factors should have CIOs taking a closer look at PaaS not only for its economic benefits, but as an opportunity to improve information management and processes across the enterprise.
Building Higher Levels Of Critical Thinking With Collaboration
[ Source: Grouputer ]
May 2008-
A new model of learning that integrates online collaborative technology and process-centric learning is slowly emerging in response to the need for improved critical thinking in education and the workplace. If it succeeds, the new model will change "bricks and mortar" learning to a multimodal model where learning occurs in physical and virtual spaces, collaboratively and individually, with real-time input from teachers supported by peer-to-peer collaboration; anywhere, anytime, anyhow.
The Next Generation Of Static Analysis
[ Source: Coverity, Inc. ]
June 2009-
This white paper will provide a brief overview of the history of static analysis and explain how the use of SAT in static analysis is enabling developers to improve the quality and security of their code by identifying a greater number of critical defects in their code with a low rate of false-positive results.
Modeling the Virtual Data Center
[ Source: Elastra ]
November 2009-
The transition to cloud computing is not simply about outsourcing or applying old technology to new IT processes, it signals a shift in how IT is designed and delivered. The ultimate value of cloud computing is realized by significantly reducing lead times needed to deliver critical business services. And, to realize this value, a new approach to modeling the new “virtual” data center should be considered.
The quickest path to model-driven automation within the ....