WHITE PAPER - Software Asset Management (SAM) can deliver increased efficiency, better cost control, risk mitigation and patch management. This paper provides an overview of SAM benefits, and addresses the specific issues in getting SAM running in your company.
Posted: October 24, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Compliance Software | Corporate Governance | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Management | Security Management | Software Asset Management | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Quality Assurance

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, you will gain insight into five myths commonly associated with agile development. Explore what agile development is in reality, what it is not, and the true benefits of transitioning to agile methods in your organization.
Posted: October 15, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Productivity | Project Management | Software Best Practices | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Engineering Institute | Software Quality Assurance | Testing

WHITE PAPER - It's a growing nightmare to build applications that run on different operating systems and maintain some degree of compatibility and interoperability. This paper discusses some challenges and trade-offs developers make and highlights one solution.
Posted: October 3, 2008 | Published: October 3, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Application Integration | Application Performance Management | Middleware | Mobile Device Management | Operating Systems | SOAP | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - This white paper presents the key characteristics of successful agile managers as they introduce and scale agile methods. Learn what agile managers can do to help their teams and organizations adopt agile development practices to deliver real...
Posted: October 2, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | Productivity | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | Quality Control | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Quality Assurance

WHITE PAPER - This 2008 SearchSoftwareQuality.com Agile Trends Survey provides insight into the challenges faced by agile developers, how they utilize test cases and the tools they prefer for optimal software development.
Posted: September 23, 2008 | Published: September 23, 2008


Topics:  Functional Requirements | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Project Management | Software Quality Assurance

WHITE PAPER - This paper details the challenges and solutions available for companies wanting to improve their software development process, reduce costs, improve quality. It also presents examples of companies that have successfully implemented Strategic QA.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: September 19, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Quality Control | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Tools | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines why Model Driven Design (MDD) is emerging as a preferred Best Practices for embedded software development. It presents MDD is the methodology that delivers the most developer productivity, upgrade capabilities and component reuse.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: September 19, 2008


Topics:  Embedded Systems Software | Model Driven Architecture | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Project Management | Software Upgrades | UML

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines the evolution of the data integration and quality industry, and explains the benefits of moving toward a single data services architecture.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Integration | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | IT Spending | Master Data Management | Project Management | Risk Management | SOA | Software Development Tools | Software Implementation

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains the Agile practices and approaches must be blended with proven enterprise practices to achieve the right mix of agility and discipline.
Posted: August 28, 2008 | Published: August 28, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Enterprise | Project Management | Regulatory Compliance | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - This article explains various approaches for agile project management and provide comparisons between the simplest tools (index cards and whiteboards), spreadsheets, traditional project management software and agile project management software.
Posted: August 26, 2008 | Published: August 26, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Project Management | Software Development Tools | Spreadsheets

WHITE PAPER - This white paper is an excerpt from the book "Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises", and describes the iteration pattern and activities that a team engages in to create tested, value-delivered code in a short time box.
Posted: August 14, 2008 | Published: August 14, 2008


Topics:  Code Management | Project Management | Project Management Software | Software Configuration Management | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - Many IT project management initiatives often miss goals, exceed budgets and fail to deliver benefits. Read this paper to learn how optimizing project management can help organizations transition from managing IT projects to managing business outcomes.
Posted: August 1, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | IT Best Practices | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - Roundtrip Traceability enhances quality in the software development lifecycle (SDL). This provides stakeholders and their customers with the ability to assess the impact of a change and report and monitor development to ensure continuous improvement.
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: July 10, 2008


Topics:  Auditing (Finance) | CobiT | Configuration Management | Customer Satisfaction | Dashboards | ITIL | SOA | Software Development Tools | Testing

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper and learn a better way to deliver applications and how to providing access to business data without losing control with new tactics for enhancing performance across the network.
Posted: May 5, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Blade Servers | Managed Security Services | Networking | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses how business rule management systems can be used to meet the diverse range of stakeholder requirements associated with an automated policy management system.
Posted: April 10, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2006


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Policy Management | Regulations | Scalability Testing | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines the relationship between business and IT groups within the typical enterprise and explores how the implementation of a Business Rules Management System (BRMS) allows both groups find common ground.
Posted: April 10, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2006


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Enterprise Resource Management | Policy-Based Network Management | SOA | Software Developers | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - Explore the advantages, disadvantages, costs and risks of buying and building an enterprise time and attendance solution.
Posted: March 19, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Development | ERP Software | Human Resources Services | Risk Assessment | Software Development Tools | TCO | Time and Attendance Software | Vendor Selection

WHITE PAPER - This white paper details how to effectively implement a secure, scalable SOA through the use of location technology.
Posted: March 5, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Performance Management | J2EE Application Server Software | Location-Based Services | Location-Based Services (Software) | SOA | Software Development Tools | Web Services

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides a guide for enhanced application development and deployment, improving an organization's ability to meet consumer requirements.
Posted: March 5, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Development Tools | Application Software | Functional Requirements | Mobile Device Management | SOA | Software Development Tools | Web Services

WHITE PAPER - Build an automated, end-to-end manageability framework that can be easily designed using emerging IT management standards. Read this white paper for more on how to create an effective framework that maps directly to business rules.
Posted: September 5, 2007 | Published: November 1, 2006


Topics:  Application Development | Business Process Automation | IT Asset Management | IT Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Operating Systems | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - Existing agile methods often focus on small, single-team projects, overlooking the broader impact of large programs. This paper outlines a distinct planning framework that has been successful in large-scale agile software development projects and relies..
Posted: June 19, 2007 | Published: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Application Development and Integration Services | Collaboration | Project Management | Project Management Software | ROI | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - This paper focuses on re-defining the job of project manager to better fit the self-managed team environment, one of the core Agile principles. Special emphasis is placed on the shift to servant leadership, with its focus on facilitation and collaboration
Posted: August 25, 2006 | Published: August 14, 2008


Topics:  Application Development and Integration Services | Business Process Management Software | Collaboration | Database Management Software | Project Management Software | ROI | Software Development Tools