Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) News & Articles


Toolmakers await “wireless revolution”

Vendors continue to support testing of wireless applications for the inevitable upswing in development.

The testing challenge

Automated testing must become an even more critical part of development projects.

UML 2.0 gets closer

Q&A with Cris Kobryn of Telelogic.

Telelogic req management gets iterative

Evolving styles of development have left requirements management tools somewhat out in the cold, noted Telelogic's Paul Raymond

Tools for the code generation

The emerging Model Driven Architecture steers clear of the pitfalls that killed its predecessor, CASE. Its backers note that emerging MDA tools do work as promised, clearing a key hurdle in the effort to gain developer support.

MDA: IBM Rational unveils RAD tool

The Rational Rapid Developer is a visual, model-driven development environment that is aimed at making life easier for developers working on J2EE business apps, according to IBM reps

MDA: What is in the standard?

The OMG’s Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) standard incorporates, among others, Unified Modeling Language, the Meta-Object Facility, the XML Meta-Data Interchange and the Common Warehouse Meta-model.

Oracle 9i JDeveloper seeks wider following

New version offers more tools.

Parasoft debuts AEP solution for Java

Company rolls out automated testing tool.

The problem of misunderstood code

Making sense of legacy code.

Inspection service focuses on Java resource leaks

Compnay offers an automated way to find and fix them.

New Approaches to App Lifecycle Management

Most of today's tools don't address ALM well. Eclipse and Visual Studio change that equation.

IBM Rational unveils RAD tool

New development tool from new division of Big Blue.

SPSS asks: What will the Web do next?

Companies says it has a better way to analyze the behavior of Web users.

Mercury optimizes J2EE delivery, management

Mercury announced Optane for J2EE app performance management. It builds on technology purchased recently along with Performant.

Tool generates code metrics for the masses

Company says it has a low-cost solution.

A dialog on testing Extreme Programming

Applying the lessons of XP to testing.