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- application lifecycle management With ClearQuest 7.1.0.0
- This overview of the concepts and design goals behind an out-of-the-box Application Lifecycle Management ALM solution for IBM Rational ClearQuest illustrates the benefits of using ClearQuest and the ALM package as the Change Management CM solution. The first of a two-part series, this paper presents both the concepts and design...
- Tags: Rational ClearQuest, Application Lifecycle Management, Change Management, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2008-03-15
- MSDN Webcast: Introducing application lifecycle management (Level 100)
- This webcast introduces Application Lifecycle Management ALM, explain the business rationale and benefits of ALM, and explain how an organization can get started with ALM. It also introduces Microsoft Visual Studio Team System as the Microsoft solution to support ALM through tooling and process enactment.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Application Lifecycle Management
- Webcasts 2008-02-29
- IT Manager Webcast: Application Platform: Getting Started With an Assessment (Level 200)
- Surfacing best practices and identifying areas for improvement lays the foundation for an Application Lifecycle Management ALM strategy. This webcast explains what to expect from an ALM assessment, steps to ensure success when bringing in outside consultants, and how to use an assessment to build a business case for ALM...
- Tags: Webcast, Application Lifecycle Management
- Webcasts 2007-12-06
- Engineering Services Provider Increases Output of Software Development Group
- Although global engineering firm CH2M HILL followed the Microsoft Solutions Framework development methodology, it lacked a comprehensive tool set to support its strategy for application lifecycle management, resulting in inconsistent planning and reporting, and lengthy software development and Quality Assurance QA cycles. The company addressed these needs by supporting its...
- Tags: Software, Strategy, QA, Microsoft Corp., Application Lifecycle Management, Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Management
- Case studies 2007-11-01
- application lifecycle management W/ Visual Studio Team System
- Many software projects don't meet the goals set for them. They are over budget, over schedule, of poor quality, or of reduced functionality when they are completed. Visual Studio Team System 2008 provides positive business value by addressing the overall Application Lifecycle Management needs of business and IT. From inception...
- Tags: Software, Team, Application Lifecycle Management, Visual Studio Team System 2008, Team Management, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Webcasts 2007-10-11
- Review of AppStream Demonstration
- AppStream demonstrated AppStream 5.2, an application streaming one of the functions in the application virtualization segment of the Kusnetzky Group virtualization model for me yesterday. I have spoken with company representatives in the past and was having trouble distinguishing their offering from competitors, such as Endeavors Technology, Softricity, LANDesk or...
- Tags: Application, AppStream Inc., Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2007-08-24
- SOA adds broth to technology acronym soup
- SOA consultant Todd Biske, who did a great job on a panel I was honored to moderate earlier this week, has some good thoughts on the definitions and roles of IT categories and SOA.His blog posting on "acronym soup" is worth a read.And thanks to the other members of "The...
- Tags: Application Lifecycle Management, BI, business intelligence, SaaS, SOA, SOA architect, SOA Governance, Software Development, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- IT enters its most fertile development era ever
- Information technology is now entering an unprecedented era of rapidly expanding development productivity. This is because of two unassailable facts: The number and types of people who can actively participate in software development are expanding, while -- at the same time -- we're seeing a rapid compression in the effort,...
- Tags: Web Technology, Web Services, Virtualization, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SaaS, Open Source, Microsoft Live, Microsoft, Internet, Google, Enterprise 2.0, Eclipse, Developer Tools, Application Lifecycle Management, Agile Development, .NET
- Blog posts 2007-07-15
- SOA and SaaS convergence points to new market demand for 'integration-as-a-service'
- Read a full transcript of the discussion. Sponsor: Cape Clear Software.Take SOA and SaaS to their natural maturation and adding more interoperability and integration into the online services mix becomes inevitable. When standardized services come from a variety of sources, then a variety of means to connect them makes more...
- Tags: Web Services, Virtualization, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA architect, SOA, SaaS, Podcasts, Internet, Enterprise 2.0, datacenters, convergence, Cape Clear, Application Lifecycle Management, Agile Development
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- SOA demands a new 80-20 rule for application development
- Services oriented architectures SOAs are not only forcing a new way of looking at how to construct applications and composite services -- SOA is now changing the meaning of what custom applications are and how they will be acquired. And this change has significant ramifications for IT developers, architects and...
- Tags: Web Services, Software Development, SOA Governance, SOA architect, SOA, SAP, SaaS, Oracle, Microsoft Live, Microsoft, IT Service Management, IT Management, IBM, Intellectual Property, Enterprise 2.0, Developer Tools, Application Lifecycle Management, Agile Development
- Blog posts 2007-07-08
- Policy-based management may help bridge some pitfalls in SOA's evolution
- I had a nice chat with Rich Seeley at TechTarget this week on SOA and management, and he produced this story. The major theme of the article is that SOA forces a new kind of management, one that's by necessity highly inclusive and crosses the borders of the emerging loosely...
- Tags: Agile Development, Application Lifecycle Management, datacenters, Developer Tools, Enterprise 2.0, IBM, IT Management, IT Service Management, ITIL, management, SaaS, SOA, SOA architect, SOA Governance, Software Development, Software Infrastructure, Testing Tools, Web Services
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- Telelogic acquisition takes IBM closer to the applications business
- I just saw that IBM is buying Swedish development vendor Telelogic for $745 million, greasing the skids for the race of big software vendors to go even deeper on verticals and specialization.Just as IBM sidestepped the issue at their Innovate conference last month of whether they are getting into the...
- Tags: Testing Tools, Software Infrastructure, IBM, Software Development, Embedded, Developer Tools, Application Lifecycle Management, Agile Development
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- Mainsoft gives latest .NET developers a means to deploy widely without knowing Java
- Mainsoft Corp. has sweetened the interoperability pot for .NET developers who want to run applications on Linux, Unix and Java EE platforms. The company today announced Version 2.0 of its Mainsoft for Java EE, which allows developers to code in the latest Visual Studio and run the applications on Java...
- Tags: .NET, Adobe, Agile Development, Application Lifecycle Management, Developer Tools, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise Java, IBM, Java, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, SOA, Software Development, Software Infrastructure, Windows
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
- Best Practices for Server Virtualization in Mission-Critical Healthcare IT
- Server virtualization is beginning to be deployed in healthcare Information Technology IT, and holds great potential for containing IT costs and addressing application lifecycle management issues. Along with these substantial advantages come challenges and risks. This paper provides an introduction to server virtualization for hospitals and healthcare delivery organizations. It...
- Tags: Stratus Technologies, Information Technology, Health Care, Application Lifecycle Management, Best Practice, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Servers, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- White papers 2007-06-01
- Take a sneak peek at IBM Rational's Jazz collaborative ALM framework and community
- Read a full transcript of the discussion.IBM helped the Eclipse Foundation score a huge hit with the Eclipse development framework and community. Now the software engineering target is even higher, but the methods and approaches are similar.IBM will in June will unveil details about its Jazz framework and community for...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA architect, SOA, SaaS, Podcasts, management, IT Service Management, IDEs, IBM, Enterprise Java, Eclipse, Developer Tools, Application Lifecycle Management, Agile Development
- Blog posts 2007-05-20
- Sun plans developer-focused, on-demand application grid services
- Before the end of the year, Sun Microsystems will follow the lead of Amazon and Microsoft in providing a "pay as you drink" applications hosting service that provides a lifecycle approach to new web application development and deployment.In addition to announcing JavaFX Script, a lightweight programming language for creating rich...
- Tags: Web Services, Virtualization, Testing Tools, Sun Microsystems, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SaaS, Open Source, Mobile, Microsoft Live, Java, Internet, Google, Enterprise 2.0, Developer Tools, datacenters, convergence, content delivery network, Application Lifecycle Management
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- Case study touts .NET development for IBM portal server deployment
- Call it a suck-up job for developer choice, but Ive been appraised of an interesting case study that highlights the ability to develop using Visual Studio/.NET -- but to then cross-compile the applications to play as portlets for deployment on IBM WebSphere Portal server on ... a System Z mainframe....
- Tags: Windows, Vista, Virtualization, System Z, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA Governance, SOA architect, SOA, SaaS, Red Hat, Open Source, Microsoft, Linux, JBoss, Java, ITIL, IT Service Management, IT Management, IDEs, IBM, Hardware Infrastructure, Enterprise Java, Developer Tools, datacenters, database, convergence, Application Lifecycle Management, Apache, .NET
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
- ALM 2.0 era ushers application development into a managed business process
- Read a full transcript of the podcast. Sponsor: Borland Software.Many people have defined software development as more art than science -- sometimes even a dark art. Thats why the business side of an enterprise is often perplexed by the Application Lifecycle Management ALM process. They see what goes in as...
- Tags: Web Services, Testing Tools, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA Governance, SOA, Podcasts, Open Source, management, Java, IT Management, Enterprise Java, Eclipse, Developer Tools, Application Lifecycle Management, Agile Development, .NET
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
- Bungee Labs starts off Web 2.0 Expo with a bang -- web development as a service with a low-cost hosting model
- Its time to add another IT category to the official IT lexicon: software development and deployment as a service SDDS. And this ones a keeper.Thats my conclusion after seeing a demonstration of Bungee Labs new Bungee Connect offering, which combines the virtues of online web application development with a near-real-time...
- Tags: Web Services, Virtualization, Testing Tools, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA, SaaS, Open Source, Microsoft, Internet, IDEs, Google, Enterprise 2.0, Eclipse, Developer Tools, content delivery network, Application Lifecycle Management, Amazon, Akamai
- Blog posts 2007-04-16
- BriefingsDirect SOA analysts explore converged governance and the new SOA Consortium
- Read a full transcript of the discussion.The role and importance of governance is growing. As enterprises embrace governance, risk and compliance GRC platforms, as well SOA governance approaches, are these capabilities headed for a mash-up, if not technically than at least operationally? Do they lead to an uber governance that...
- Tags: SOA Governance, SOA, Podcasts, management, IT Service Management, Interarbor Solutions, Enterprise 2.0, Application Lifecycle Management, Software Infrastructure, SOA architect, SAP, ITIL, IT Management, business intelligence
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
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