The biggest sea change in software in years occurred when IBM bought Rational Software at the end of 2002. ADT Editor-in-Chief Mike Bucken tracked down Mike Devlin, the man charged with making the merger work, at Rational's offices in Lexington, Mass.
It is still unclear whether or not BI projects can be sent to offshore labs. Any effort requires execution and teamwork to have a chance at success.
With its ability to automatically generate relevant testing scenarios, SOAPtest is the perfect counterpart for developing enterprise-class Web service apps.
Author Eric Schaffer writes that making usability an integral part of your development process is a four-phase process.
Legal and corporate governance issues demand that IT development groups implement rigid processes and emphasize software integrity.
A sampling of recently released automated testing tools
For Charles Schwab, testing has long passed the "fad" stage to become convention in the IT unit; some observers caution users to beware of overpromises.
Does the government crackdown on corporate malfeasance -- and the corporate governance statutes passed to halt the practice -- mean that IT must create expensive new systems to ensure management plays by the rules?
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines already employs software to improve its corporate governance initiatives.
A look at software tools and technologies on the market.
A pair of controls for ASP.NET developers, ASPxNavigation suite offers peppy performance and nice user interface for navigating Web sites.
Build state machines for .NET the easy (and bulletproof) way.
An open source offering from Microsoft, the WiX Toolkit offers an ideal way to integrate building setups with the rest of your deployment process.
Deklarit is a Visual Studio .NET code generator with some excellent and innovative features. This version raises the bar with support for PocketPC and additional database types.
Tighter integration with Visual Studio .NET and Eclipse, plus more flexible task definition, highlight the new release of this high-end build tool.
If you're not using virtual machines, you're missing out. VMware 4.5 adds improvements to an already-strong product.
RMTrack provides a flexible web-based bug-tracking system based on .NET. Version 2.0 adds some important features to an already strong product.
Web services may not have all the buzz these days, but more and more of them are going into action. For designers who want to start by defining an interface, the Cape Clear SOA Editor packs a lot of power into a free package.
CAS/Tester is an innovative product for the .NET developer that shows how your code will react under a variety of security limitations.