Off-the-shelf software has changed the world of application integration. Top tool suppliers are forging hooks to ease the pain and to set the stage for better integration testing across the board.
A recent survey by the Cutter Consortium finds that ‘generally speaking, testing starts late.’
Company uses the Optane tools to alert them when SAP is unavailable to users.
Web services expert Anne Thomas Manes pushes through the hype to explain the particulars of the emerging technology and how it can best be used by development organizations.
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.
AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft have staked their claims in the potentially lucrative market for corporate IM with products targeted at the enterprise.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Most of today's tools don't address ALM well. Eclipse and Visual Studio change that equation.
Web-only material related to the subject of our June 2003 cover story (Borland Software).
As pressure grows to do more with less, IT managers turn to an expanding outsourcing industry that promises to build better software at lower costs.
For organizations that are nervous about making the right outsourcing choice, there are outsourcing advisory firms available to help.