Free White Papers

• Applying Agile and Lean Principles to the Governance of Software and Systems Development

  It is far more effective to motivate people to do the right thing than it is to force them to do so. In this white paper by Scott Ambler and Per Kroll learn how to form a lean, collaboration-based development framework that reflects the realities of modern IT organizations. Read more.

• ALM Buyer's Guide: Choose an ALM Solution That Meets Your Strategic Requirements

  This white paper explores key criteria of an ALM solution for today's high-performance teams. Explore key considerations for enhancing your single or multi-vendor ALM environment. Learn more.

• A Practical Guide to Choosing the Right Agile Tools

  IBM has helped thousands of companies improve their agility with software best practices, tools and services. IBM understands a single-size solution doesn't fit all. This evaluation guide will help you choose the best tool for your needs today, while protecting your investment as your team, needs and agile maturity grow. Read this white paper and learn more.

• Agility at Scale: Become as Agile as You Can Be

  Take a few minutes to read this white paper which discusses Disciplined Agile Delivery and IBM agility@scale. With agility@scale, IBM has led the way in helping organizations to adopt Agile whether they are globally distributed, require strict governance, or are building technically complex software. Learn more.

• Five Tips for Improving the ROI of Your Software Investments

  Once the correct decisions are made, effective execution of the project becomes the critical part and equally important to the selection of the investment itself in achieving value to the business. Read this whitepaper and get five tips on how to improve the ROI of your software investment.

• Creative Commentary: The Business Value of a Developer Operations Bridge

  Development and operations don’t have to work separately or at cross purposes. In fact, it’s critical that they work together. In this report from Creative Intellect Consulting, find out how to bridge the gap between dev and ops.

• Orchestrated Operations Management

  Managing IT operations was once mostly a tedious but necessary chore. Now, however, organizations can actually use IT operations to establish competitive advantages. Discover valuable best practices in this white paper.

• Orchestrating Mainframe and Distributed SCCM and Release Management

  Change is both necessary and disruptive. IT professionals need to know how to handle it—and it’s happening faster than ever. In this white paper, discover best practices for orchestrating change in your IT infrastructure.

• DevOps: Advances in Release Management and Automation

  A new breed of solutions has emerged from release management and automation: DevOps. In this report from research firm Ovum, find out why DevOps is critical for your business and which vendors provide the best solutions in the category.

• Best Practices for Application Release Management

  Developing or acquiring new applications is a must for any business that wants to gain a competitive advantage. But if those applications aren’t properly released, they’ll never do the business any good. Discover in this white paper best practices for releasing applications.

• Automate to Thrive: Driving Business Agility with Effective Release Management

  As the speed of business increases and software grows more complex, release management is becoming more important in IT organizations. Discover in this report from IDC just how important release management is and how to perform it successfully.

• Testing for Peak Performance: How Cloud-Based Testing Ensures that Your Applications Can Handle Peak Demand

  Having a stacked software platform doesn’t do an enterprise any good if the applications don’t perform the way they’re supposed to. But performance testing is difficult and expensive. The answer? Cloud-based performance testing. No, really! Read more here about what Borland SilkPerformer can do.

• Borland SilkPerformer Trial Download

  Borland SilkPerformer is an integrated performance testing solution that makes it possible to create powerful, realistic load tests for thousands of users running business scenarios across a broad range of enterprise application environments including the latest web 2.0 technologies. Download the trial now!

• A Guide to Promotional Branching

  This white paper explores the underlying reasons and goals for creating branches, branching pattern options and how they apply to today's development practices, and the tools needed in order to branch and merge efficiently. Learn more.

• Software Configuration Management Best Practices

  This white paper introduces the five SCM best practices that are essential for software development success. Learn more and read on.

• Git Adoption in the Enterprise: Factors to Consider

  In this white paper learn why GIT is becoming popular and the top choice among developers as their SCCM tool. Read on and learn more.

• Develop for Ultrabook™ Devices and Join the Rebirth of Personal Computing

  For developers, Ultrabook™ devices offer a great opportunity for immersive apps, connected software, HD graphics, and new features and user experiences. They also have significant market potential.

• Top 5 Software Development Process Challenges

  This paper from AccuRev explores the top 5 challenges that software development teams face and focuses on a series of best practices and techniques to improve the software development process. Read on.

• Inject High Speed Compression into Your Existing Java Application

  This white paper and sample code will describe how to inject the power of PICTools into existing Java applications, to gain up to 7 times faster compression of JPEG images. Learn more.

• Distribution Management: Which Solutions Should Win Your Business?

  Get this 33-page guide for the latest expert thinking and essential tips on distribution management applications and analytics. Read on.

• Compare 19 Leading ERP Solutions 29 Ways

  With this ERP Comparison Guide, you are ready to make a fully informed, quick purchasing decision that will contribute to your success growth now and into the future! Read on.

• Migrating Your Applications to the Cloud: How to Overcome the Challenges and Reduce the Costs

  In this white paper you’ll learn about the pain free strategy that’s helped countless organizations reduce the costs and complexity of moving apps to the cloud. Read the white paper.

• A New, Automated Approach to Achieving Application Compatibility in Windows 7 Migrations

  Migrating to Windows 7? Learn about a cool technology that automatically ensures application compatibility! Read this white paper and learn more.

• Quest ChangeBASE Cuts Application Packaging Time by a Third at RET, Keeping Windows 7 Migration on Schedule

  See how one organization dramatically accelerated its Windows 7 migration, cut application-packaging time by a third, and automatically fixed compatibility issues! Read the case study.

• An Example ScrumMaster Checklist

  Considerations for those aiming to be not just ScrumMasters, but great ScrumMasters. This white paper discusses working with the Product Owner, team, engineering, and the organization. Learn more.

• Phone Systems Buyer's Guides Shows You How To Save Your Company Money

  Get the free Business Phone System Guides and receive detailed research and comparison data on top 10 vendors who provide complete business telephone system packages for businesses of all sizes. Read now.

• Reinforcing Agile Software Development in the Cloud

  In this white paper learn why the cloud is advantageous for agile, and for accelerating its enterprise-wide adoption. Learn more.

• The Business Case for ALM Transformation

  In this white paper learn how successful development platforms must be flexible to accommodate a mix of technologies, stakeholders and development methods. Learn more.

• Agile Transformation Strategy

  In this white paper learn how an outlined, sound strategy and transformational "blueprint" can help guide your organization on its path to Agility. Learn more.

• The Scrum Reference Card

  This white paper, written by thought leader and certified CollabNet Scrum trainer and coach Michael James, condenses the essence of Scrum into 6 pages. It's a must read for agile enthusiasts and anyone who wants to learn more about Scrum. Learn more.

• Strategic Vision & Scrum: Looking Beyond The Next Sprint

  When organizations adopt an agile approach like Scrum to product development oftentimes there is so much focus on the iterative nature of agile development that long range vision and strategic product design can get lost. Read on and learn how to avoid having your goals become lost in the shuffle.

• Business Phone Systems: Get Up to Speed

  Get fully caught up on the business telephony market in this brief. Read it now.

• Industry Evaluation of Top 13 VoIP Products, 32 Must-Have Features & VoIP-News Reviews

  Save time and simplify your purchase of the right PBX system with this in-depth guide to the leading premise PBX systems for large enterprises. Get it today.

• Source Code Management Best Practice: Applying Economic Logic to Migration

  This white paper will communicate a comprehensive approach to determining a migration scope method that will maximize developer productivity during the transition. Read on.

• The Keys To Distributed & Agile Application Development

  This white paper will highlight solutions for application development in globally dispersed organizations. Insights and strategies for maximizing efficiencies in a distributed environment will be presented, along with best practices. Learn more.

• Get a Side-by-Side Comparison of the Top 8 Business IP Phones

  This free in-depth comparison guide lines up the top eight key vendors in the market and compares the most important factors in purchasing telephony products and services for companies of all sizes. Download now.

• LiteSpeed® for SQL Server

  LiteSpeed's Adaptive Compression technology delivers expanded tuning capabilities, high-performance compression and more, saving time and money right now. Download your free trial today.

• 10 Golden Rules for Choosing a Telephony System

  Learn about the 10 golden rules for choosing a telephony that fully addresses your needs now and into the future. Read on.

• VMware vFabric GemFire for Defense and Government Agencies

  Traditional database-centric architectures have reached their limitations. In this white paper learn how VMware vFabric™ GemFire® addresses these challenges with a modern data management approach. Learn more.

• Lightweight Application Development Systems Ride the Cloud: IDG Report

  Cloud computing is gaining widespread adoption, and for good reason. This white paper highlights companies’ confidence level in deploying custom Java applications in the cloud. Read more.

• Future Tech: Where Will Telephony Be in Two Years?

  The white paper identifies two clear trends in the telephony market and predicts how they’ll shape the telephony market in the next two years. Read on.

• Hidden Gems: 5 Other Phone Systems Vendors to Consider

  This brief gives some insight into a few of the vendors you may not have considered, but probably should. Read on.

• 5 Steps for Switching Telephony Vendors

  Get this checklist for the steps you should take to make a successful switch to a new telephony vendor. Read on.

• Future Proofing Applications

  In this white paper IDC presents a closer look at the structural changes and functionality, including lightweight frameworks, in-memory data management, and application management required in order to successfully evolve to a cloud-ready application platform. Read more.

• Hardest Problems in Data Management

  In this white paper learn how modern hardware trends and economics, combined with cloud and virtualization technology are radically reshaping today's data management landscape. Learn more.

• Top 6 LiteSpeed® Features DBA's Should Know About

  LiteSpeed’s® SQL backups are smaller, run faster and are more secure. Learn to get the most from its power, discover six features every DBA should know. Read this white paper now.

• Best Practices for SharePoint Development and Customization

  In this white paper, discover how to empower SharePoint users to customize their own sites, and how to create powerful SharePoint applications/solutions with minimal development effort and resources.

• Modernizing Application Platforms for Cost-Effective Cloud Readiness: IDC Report

  With increasing challenges and complexity confronting business, application platform modernization is no longer an option. IDC presents a closer look at the structural changes and functionality required in order to successfully evolve to a cloud-ready application platform. Read more.

• Fulfilling the Lean Software Promise

  In this white paper learn how lean software platforms are now widely adopted and their considerable benefits have been demonstrated beyond question. Lean development and deployment should figure prominently in every organization’s IT strategy. Read on.

• The Hardest Problems in Data Management

  In this white paper learn about modern hardware trends and economics, combined with cloud and virtualization technology are radically reshaping today's data management landscape. Read on for more.

• Lightweight Application Development Systems Ride the Cloud: IDG Report

  In this white paper learn how to accelerate application deployment and transition to cloud computing by virtualizing applications, implementing a lightweight development framework for quickly building modern applications and deploying them in a lightweight runtime environment. Read on.

• Accelerating Innovation in Automotive Engineering Part One: The Challenge of Software Quality

  Find out how MKS can help you solve the challenges inherent in the development and delivery of embedded software systems in vehicles. Read it today!

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