A sampling of some available testing tools on the market today.
While SCM tools have improved, that does not mean that developers are any happier.
Vendors continue to support testing of wireless applications for the inevitable upswing in development.
Demands on software shops place hundreds of developers, scattered over multiple locations, together with a slew of code, revisions and patches. Software configuration management tools are changing to confront this labyrinth of complexity.
Recent changes have left some believing that Microsoft’s technology strategies have changed or even that the company is de-emphasizing .NET -- and neither of these is true.
Automated testing must become an even more critical part of development projects.
ADT takes a look at the latest from Redmond.
AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft have staked their claims in the potentially lucrative market for corporate IM with products targeted at the enterprise.
Experts say systems can manage more than software development and advocate change management systems for all IT assets.
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.
When UPS needed a middleware system that could support more than 3,000 messages each second, it turned to its internal software engineers to develop UPS’ Common Infrastructure Services (CIS) and Common Message Environment (CME).
Toolmakers large and small bring out tools that add life-cycle management for Java developers.
Emerging tools will likely require developers and LOB managers to join forces with system administrators and DBAs.
In the business intelligence (BI) world, the importance of Return on Investment in cost justifying new projects may be overrated.
At this year’s JavaOne, Sun began a renewed push to court developers with the unveiling of a low-end toolset that officials said eases the process of helping Visual Studio and .NET developers to start building Java-based apps.
IM’s sudden emergence in the enterprise is prompting analyst warnings for IT units to quickly take on security. IM can open a new doorway for spam and viruses.
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
An article in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) by Nicholas G. Carr presumes that IT someday soon will be taken for granted. This reporter offers a few thoughts on the subject.
Bringing developers up to speed on AI is the goal of M. Tim Jones’ book “AI Application Programming.”