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Distributed Software Development with Perforce

Distributed Software Development with Perforce

Distributed software development has become pervasive in modern enterprise environments. To support collaboration, a software configuration management (SCM) system should feature a common, consistent repository, be tolerant to network outages, and support heterogeneous environments with minimal administrative overhead.

High-level Best Practices in Software Configuration Management

High-level Best Practices in Software Configuration Management

When deploying new software configuration management (SCM) tools, implementers sometimes focus on perfecting fine-grained activities, while unwittingly carrying forward poor, large-scale practices from their previous jobs or previous tools.

Software Test Management Tools Defined

Testing software applications can be a daunting task that requires hundreds to thousands of unique test cases, the time to execute them, and the ability to efficiently manage the results. As software becomes increasingly complex and development schedules more aggressive, teams are frequently overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the testing effort.

Deliver secure, reliable applications faster

Deliver secure, reliable applications faster

In today’s shortened application development cycles, you face three critical challenges: reducing time-to-market, ensuring application reliability and security, and achieving maximum application performance. The best way to achieve these goals while improving overall staff productivity is by automation.

Measuring application performance in SOAs

Measuring application performance in SOAs

The growth of applications using the .NET platform has generated an increased emphasis on performance measurement and analysis. Distributed applications, while much more flexible and potentially more scalable than monolithic ones, have characteristics that make it more difficult to achieve the goals of high performance and scalability. In such applications, performance issues may not manifest themselves in the individual components, but rather in the integrated application.

Enterprise Data Management: 7 Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make

Enterprise Data Management: 7 Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make

Today's information technology professionals are faced with a variety of challenges including legislation, organizational change, and the rate of technological innovation..

Database Security Best Practices: Implementing the Missing Piece

Database Security Best Practices: Implementing the Missing Piece

Management and practitioners are consistently caught off guard with ever increasing security infringements. The fact that data privacy violations are increasing is due to three primary reasons. First, hackers are becoming more sophisticated and more resourceful. Second, management is not always aware of the factors that will govern and establish viable security policies ensuring data security.

Merge Verses Consolidation

Merge Verses Consolidation

Simulate two users working with the same model and modifying the objects and/or attributes of objects. This will be accomplished by using the same base model and then modifying that model following the steps outlined in the sections below. These users will make modifications to their models accordingly and then one user, User B in these examples, will perform the model management tasks of Merge and Consolidation.

Generating O/R Mapping for Thought Inc. CocoBase EnterPrise O/R 4.x with PowerDesigner

Generating O/R Mapping for Thought Inc. CocoBase EnterPrise O/R 4.x with PowerDesigner

Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) is a component model for Java. There are several types of EJBs: Entity Bean, Session Bean, and Message Driven Bean. Entity Bean is used for persistent objects. There are two types of persistence management: Container Managed Persistence (CMP) and Bean Managed Persistence (BMP). In CMP mode, the persistence is handled by the application server. An EJB deployer can define the O/R mapping information to allow the application server to know how to manage the persistence. In BMP mo

MODELING DATA HERITAGE WITH SYBASE POWERDESIGNER

MODELING DATA HERITAGE WITH SYBASE POWERDESIGNER

Knowing where our data came from and where it is going is one of the most challenging aspects of managing today's data center.



Protect your company from “inside jobs”

Protect your company from “inside jobs”

Because of the onslaught of media attention exposing privacy breaches, you know you need to secure your mainframe data. Chances are, you have taken steps to do so by installing a host of anti-intrusion technologies that keep unauthorized parties—both internal and external—from accessing your critical data.

Superman’s software solution

Superman’s software solution

Even super heroes and cartoon characters need a solid technology backbone before they can save the planet. International Developer follows Doug Rousso’s experience as VP of Technology Architecture and Planning at Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. as he defeats Lex Luther and oversees the successful implementation of a new Enterprise Architecture.

FIFA: software scores for soccer

FIFA: software scores for soccer

If you’re an Aussie, a Brit or an American, you can’t fail to have been just a little heartbroken over the teams’ performances in this summer’s World Cup. Now that the dust has settled and the teams have all gone home, International Developer wipes down its shin pads and takes a look at the 2006 FIFA World Cup IT Solution – the nerve centre of the tournament.

The London Stock Exchange IR Web Modules

The London Stock Exchange IR Web Modules

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is at the forefront of the development of new products and services to help listed companies meet their obligations under a growing list of financial reporting requirements. The LSE is adopting new and emerging technologies as the enabler for these product developments. One of these new products is IR Web Modules, a managed investor relations web site product that was developed for the LSE by Priocept, an Internet technology consulting firm.

The Kiwi-Brit developer mix

The Kiwi-Brit developer mix

Ixxus has rapidly established itself in the information management space as a creator of fully integrated solutions with a special approach to project delivery. Steve Odart, managing director of Ixxus Limited tells the story.

Error prevention is better

Error prevention is better

As selection of usage scenario case studies from Parasoft, a provider of automated error prevention solutions.

AC Nielsen Advisory Services

“Our customers want to see the global picture. That means our data integration capabilities have to be highly advanced. Using Informatica to integrate data not just from our own resources but from our clients’ own IT environments is creating competitive advantage for AC Nielsen.” - - Mark Hogan, Director, Business Practice Europe, AC Nielsen Advisory

Polytechnical College, University of São Paulo

Polytechnical College, University of São Paulo

Teaching robots to move in response to their surroundings takes a lot of data, so the University of São Paulo's Polytechnical Colleges faces both scientific and data modeling challenges. Using Sybase PowerDesigner®, the research team has developed a fast and intuitive system that provides an easy method to deliver methodology and documentation for data and process modeling.

The Institute for Genomic Research

The Institute for Genomic Research

The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) relies on Sybase Adaptive Server® Enterprise (ASE) as its rock-solid OLTP engine as it opens new frontiers of genome-based scientific research. Mapping genetic material requires a fast, solid, and reliable database engine, which is ably delivered by Sybase ASE.

Express Newspapers Hits the Press with Micro Focus and MSS

Express Newspapers Hits the Press with Micro Focus and MSS

When Express Newspapers decided to move offices in 2003, the company decided that moving and/or upgrading their existing mainframe was not a viable option.



Event Alert: ThoughtWorks Quarterly Technology Briefing

Understanding Agile software development in business terms and how to sell it ...

SPARX: Upcoming Events

Come and see Sparx Systems at the following events!

Diary Alert Citrix Solutions Conference 2007 Application Delivery Infrastructure. From Every Angle

Citrix is hosting Solutions Conference 2007. This event is for both a business and technical audience keen to understand current and future trends around delivering the best application delivery infrastructure solutions for users, IT and the business.

Explore the depths of your creativity!

Games are more compelling when creative energies come together - that's why Microsoft and the XNA UK User Group are inviting YOU to enter the XNA Game Development Competition and collaborate with other inspired gamers from all disciplines.

Adobe Announces First European MAX Conference

Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced dates and location for MAX 2007 Europe, marking the expansion of the company’s popular Adobe MAX Conference into Europe. The conference will take place in Barcelona (Spain), October 15 – 18, 2007 and will feature a keynote address by Adobe senior vice president and chief software architect, Kevin Lynch.

Progress Software partners talk about the SaaS and SOA trend - invitation

Progress Software would like to invite you to meet some of their partners who have developed growing revenue streams from SaaS and are able to discuss the benefits that combining SaaS and SOA adds to their business.

Consensus Software Awards 2007

Thirteen winners from twenty four finalists from across Australia and New Zealand and the $10,000 Microsoft Global Potential cash prize

Microsoft MEDC 2007 EUROPE

25-26 June 2007, Berlin, The Maritim proArte Hotel, Berlin, Germany. Microsoft Mobile and Embedded DevCon (MEDC) is one of the biggest single outreach for developers, engineers and business managers to share knowledge about the latest Windows Mobile and Embedded platforms.

Calendar of Events March 2007 Onwards

March 2007 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPER 79 WEBDU 2007 WebDU, the web technology conference. The Hilton Conference Centre, Sydney. 22-23 March 2007

developerWorks Live! briefing

IBM® INVITES YOU TO ATTEND “ACCELERATING SOFTWARE DELIVERY” BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES BRIEFING. DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ENABLING BUSINESS-CRITICAL INNOVATION AND HOW TO RESPOND TO THE ASSOCIATED CHALLENGES SUCH AS SOFTWARE DELIVERY, COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING?