Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) News & Articles


What's behind Microsoft's Whitehorse modeler?

Microsoft is set to update its modeling arsenal with software now known as "Whitehorse." It is oriented for "design for operations," allowing users to specify logical infrastructure requirements early in the development process, and to verify application settings against logical infrastructure.

Sanctum and Mercury integrate security, QA tools

Web application security software vendor Sanctum Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., has announced a partnership with Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Mercury Interactive Corp. to integrate security testing tools into the QA environment.

Update: Sun opts out of Eclipse - Updates NetBeans

Sun cited technical and organizational differences over the use of its own open source IDE framework, NetBeans, among its reasons for opting out of the Eclipse project.

Telelogic embeds task-based CM in Visual Studio .NET

Telelogic is now positioned to further spread Synergy, the company's task-based CM tool, as it is newly available in an embedded version for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.

OMG at work on legacy transform spec

The Object Management Group’s (OMG) Legacy Transformation PSIG plans to release a set of standards for transforming legacy software.

Book review: Software Fortresses

The software fortress architecture consists of a series of self-contained, mutually suspicious, marginally cooperating software fortresses interacting through carefully crafted and meticulously managed treaty relationships.

SOAP test: A guided tour

As developers look to SOAP-oriented Web services to do more, ensuring app quality becomes more difficult. Can test tool advances keep up?

Test brief: Conversation with Linda Hayes

In requirements management, as in most development projects, testing tends to be the forgotten stepsister.

Objects. Encapsulation. XML?

The partnership between XML and OO will be successful if XML finally gets OO programmers to accept declarative approaches to programming.

Requirements required

Though much-maligned, requirements management becomes more important as IT turns to incremental development; effective communication still key to success.

Review: RMTrack

RMTrack provides a customizable ASP.NET system for bug-tracking in the browser. You can change everything right down to the workflow with ease.

Briefing: Integra Enterprise

Integra Enterprise is a testing tool for serious enterprise development. Version 4.0 introduces intelligent recording and Mercury TestDirector integration.

SPSS offers analytics via ASP model

Chicago-based firm to offer Web analytics tools in ASP, MSP and service bureau models.

Modeling tools make increased use of XML

Modeling toolset said to incorporate enhanced XML capabilities.

IBM reaches security 'checkpoint'; champions SOA

Announcement of new support for Web services security across IBM's WebSphere infrastructure and Tivoli identity management middleware.

Review: MindManager X5 Pro

MindManager X5 Pro is a mature and flexible brainstorming tool that interchanges data with many other products.

Q&A: Can your application handle the load?

With Jim Floyd, Compuware's QACenter Performance Edition product manager.

BorCon: Delphi 8 targets .NET

Delphi 8 for the Microsoft .NET Framework, released at the toolmaker's 14th annual BorCon event, is designed to enable Delphi developers to create .NET Framework-based applications and migrate existing Win32 Delphi applications to .NET.

Time to grok on Grokker

New application creates "graphical knowledge maps."

VoiceXML certification plan set

Pilot program the start of its effort to promote interoperability of voice applications.

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