Driving systems engineering value through trade studies
[ Source: IBM ]
February 2011-
This trade study shows not only a robust technique with modeling and SysML, but it also provides a methodology that enables users to properly explore the design space with executionanalysis—all from within the design model, something that was oftenmissing from previous techniques around trade study analysis.
The Total Economic Impact of IBM Optim Solutions Whitepaper
[ Source: IBM ]
January 2011-
In this report, Forrester Consulting examines the total economic impact (TEI) and potential return-on-investment (ROI) that enterprises may realize by deploying IBM® Optim™ Solutions for Integrated Data Management. In conducting in-depth interviews with four existing customers, Forrester consultants found that these companies achieved tangible improvements in operational and capital cost efficiency, IT administration cost savings, increased data protection, as well as higher levels of end user productivity.
IBM agility@scale be as agile as you can be
[ Source: IBM ]
January 2011-
Agile software development techniques have taken the industry by storm, with 76 percent of organizations reporting that they had one or more agile projects under way. Agile is becoming widespread because it works — organizations are finding that agile project teams, when compared to traditional project teams, enjoy higher success rates, deliver higher quality, have greater levels of stakeholder satisfaction, provide better return on investment (ROI) and deliver systems to market sooner.
And Agile works ...
Continuous Testing with ElectricCommander
[ Source: Electric Cloud ]
August 2009-
Drive quality earlier in the development process with continuous testing.
Large development organizations have increasingly been adopting select agile practices to enable faster development, create more reliable software, and reduce costs. Chief among these practices is providing developers early and frequent feedback from users, from other developers, and especially from the programming, build, and test tools. In the latter category, continuous integration and continuous testing are emerging as valuable techniques for ...
Microsoft Access 2010 Cost Benefit Analysis for Developers
[ Source: Alpha Software ]
June 2010-
Although Microsoft Access can be used to create desktop applications, its Web development features are lacking. If an organization wants to port an existing Access application to the Web, typically its done in one of two ways:
* The organization can create a brand new Web-based application in Visual Studio. The server-side code would then use the .NET framework to read and write to and from the Access database. Note, however, that the Access ...
AMD Core Math Library (ACML) Offers Math Routines
[ Source: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ]
November 2006-
ACML provides a free set of thoroughly optimized and threaded math routines for HPC, scientific, engineering, and related compute-intensive applications. ACML is ideal for weather modeling, computational fluid dynamics, financial analysis, oil and gas applications, and more. ACML consists of the following main components: a full implementation of Level 1, 2. and 3 Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines (BLAS), with key routines optimized for high performance on AMD Opteron processors; a full suite of Linear Algebra (LAPACK) routines; taking ...
Introductory Tutorial to OpenCL
[ Source: AMD ]
August 2009-
OpenCL is a young technology, and, while a specification has been published, there are currently few documents that provide a basic introduction with examples, according to AMD. This article helps make OpenCL easier to understand and implement.
Infragistics® Application Styling: Collaborative Design for Killer Apps
[ Source: Infragistics ]
May 2010-
Creating high-quality and effective user experience that set your killer app apart from the rest of the competition requires contributions to be made from application developers and graphics artists alike. While developers may have the coding credentials to write that great novel of an application, it is the graphics artists who have the brand awareness and media skills necessary to make that novel play on the silver screen as the major blockbuster motion picture you ...
Applying the Principle of Pull to Scale Agile Teams
[ Source: Rally Software ]
April 2010-
Reaping the benefits of Agile software development beyond the team level is an enticing proposition. Based on documented successes, organizations are recognizing the business imperative to “go big” with Agile. This white paper introduces the Lean principle of Pull and applies it as a theme for prioritizing actions and practices within Agile Teams and Programs.
In this paper you will learn: The specific practices that adhere to the Pull discipline; Methods to keep ...
Conefessions of a Speed Junkie
[ Source: XCodeMonkeys ]
July 2009-
This is our attempt to shed some light on what we believe is a rapidly approaching paradigm shift in parallel computing; General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit computing (GPGPU). Recent advances from GPU vendors have paved the way for significant performance gains in the area of financial modeling. Our site will quickly get the reader up to speed with these advances by explaining the basic concepts, providing code examples, and providing links to additional information.