Extending your VMware Cloud Infrastructure with a Private Platform-as-a-Service
[ Source: Active State ]
November 2011-
If you already use VMware's Cloud Infrastructure as a virtualization platform, you are well on your way to providing IT as a Service. But as businesses demand faster results in today's competitive market, organizations look to gain more benefits from cloud computing than just virtualized infrastructure.
ActiveState Stackato extends your private cloud infrastructure and your VMware investment by creating a private Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to provide on-demand availability, flexibility, control, and ultimately, faster time-to-market ...
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 ...
SOA Alignment in eForms Architecture
[ Source: Wipro Technologies ]
July 2008-
IBM Lotus Forms provides high performance with intelligent document and business process rules in enterprise. Web services and XML schemas enhance the process automation. This places IBM Lotus Forms in alignment to SOA. Implementation of SOA and increasing the ROI creates a vital impact on business, IBM Lotus Forms position in this.
Top 5 Myths of Screen Scraping
[ Source: Seagull Software ]
June 2008-
Many organizations with mainframe, System i or OpenVMS applications still ask their employees to use green-screen (or text-based) user interfaces to work with essential business information. Green-screens are a business problem and a technology problem. They're unappealing, hard to learn, intimidating, and accessible only with terminal emulation software. They’re also incompatible with modern application integration methods like Web services and SOA.
The appeal of screen-scraping is understandable — it's simple and inexpensive. But ...
SOA and Web Services Lead to Smooth BPM
[ Source: Wipro Technologies ]
May 2008-
SOA and web services combination gives more adaptability and agile roll-out of a successful BPM system with the robustness to build, maintain and manage variety composite applications.
Code Signing Playbook
[ Source: thawte ]
August 2010-
The 5 Sections in this Playbook include:
• Java Code Signing
• Code Signing and Microsoft Authenticode
• Q&A: Code Signing
• Making .NET Assembliess Tamper Resistant
• Code Signing in Adobe AIR
Software Configuration Management Best Practices
[ Source: AccuRev ]
February 2012-
Software configuration management (SCM) comprises of factors such as compliance, workflow, security, process management, code review, build management and team work. An important piece of any software development process, SCM practices define for development teams how software will be developed and eventually released. Teams can maximize their effectiveness by applying best practices that enable rapid delivery.
This white paper introduces the five SCM best practices that are essential for software development success.
Iteration Planning Guide - Agendas, Tips and Schedules
[ Source: Rally Software ]
August 2010-
Iterations are the heartbeat of the Agile team. Getting into the rhythm of these short cycles uses disciplined planning practices supported by daily and iteration-level meetings. This guide includes a recommended iteration schedule for new teams, success tips and a detailed Iteration Planning agenda.
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 ...
Online Secure Web Application Development Awareness (SWADA) Course
[ Source: SCIPP International ]
December 2009-
This ANSI accredited*, 4 hour, live on-line course reviews all of the OWASP Top-10 vulnerabilities and covers best business practices associated with secure web-application development. Upon successful completion of a 25 question post-assessment, attendees will receive a Certificate of Training that will be used as evidence of training which is required by the PCI and PA DSS.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? •Anyone who is involved with the Application Development Lifecycle: •Application / Applet Developers •Designers •Architects and ...