Application Lifestyle Management (ALM) in Visual Studio 2008 On-Demand Web Seminar Series
Application lifecycle management is a comprehensive approach to envisioning, architecting, developing, deploying and maintaining a software solution. Don’t miss out on this on demand series where application lifecycle management will be examined from a number of perspectives, including the business analyst, project manager, architect, developer and tester.
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Webcast: Leveraging Computational Features of Windows HPC Server 2008 using the IMSL Numerical Libraries
Our webcast on the IMSL® Numerical Libraries and Windows HPC Server 2008 (HPCS) is for analytical developers familiar with HPC, demonstrating: the availability of parallel programming environments; computational algorithm support for developing analytical applications using IMSL Libraries and HPCS; and a case study to scale parallel applications
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The Ultimate Virtualization Buyers Guide
Virtualization Review now presents the industry's first print guide to virtualization products in a handy PDF format. Featuring myriad products in over a dozen categories, this guide is a must-have for the IT professional.
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Math Libraries for Windows HPC
Are you an analytical developer familiar with High Performance Computing? This white paper describes developing HPC applications on Windows HPC using math libraries with examples including a distributed application utilizing MPI and IMSL® Fortran library and parameter sweep distributed application utilizing IMSL C# Library for .NET Applications.
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How to Join Queries Across Multiple Platforms
A Step-by-Step Guide Using Toad® for Data Analysis
Finding data across multiple platforms can be challenging. In this new Quest technical brief learn how join queries across the entire enterprise -- regardless of platform -- to quickly and easily find the information you need when you need it.
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Software Quality Management for SOA
Enterprise quality managers take the helm.
This paper explores the challenges service-oriented architecture SOA presents to IT quality managers. And, it shows how they can apply a holistic approach to quality management to help their organization get SOA successfully underway.
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How Quality IT Managers Respond to SOA Change
This paper describes the challenges IT quality managers face when applying traditional test tools and processes to SOA, and it shows how HP has adapted HP Quality Center and HP Performance Center software to help IT meet the new needs of SOA.
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The Evolution of the SQL Server DBA -- What Will You Be Doing 10 Years From Now?
In this new Quest white paper, "The Evolution of the SQL Server DBA -- What Will You Be Doing 10 Years From Now," author Tom Sager takes a look at the future of being a DBA based upon current and potential industry trends.
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Designing an Update-Friendly MSI Installation
This white paper shows you how to design an Windows Installer (MSI) installation to best prepare it for future upgrades. It also provides tips for designing upgrade packages to install later versions of your products.
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MSI Installation Design Issues and Best Practices
Get an overview of several Windows Installer concepts related to the design of your installation project (including working with features and components, files, custom actions, and properties), which should help you avoid certain types of problems at build and deployment time.
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MSI Sequences and Standard Actions: An Introduction
Get an introduction to Windows Installer sequences and the built-in actions that make up a typical installation program. This white paper also highlights how InstallShield from Acresso Software makes it easier to work with sequences and standard actions.
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Expanding the Value of IBM Rational Team Concert Software with IBM Business Partners
a Development Solutions white paper
The evolution of software development is all about globalization, open environments, seamless collaboration and agile methods. This white paper discusses challenges to adopting such techniques and how Jazz technology, Rational Team Concert and IBM Business Partner Plug-ins can help drive software innovation through collaboration.
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Oracle Database 11g High Availability
This paper reviews the common causes of application downtime. It discusses how technologies available in the Oracle Database can help avoid costly downtime and enable rapid recovery from unavoidable failures.
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Database Security: Preventing Enterprise Data Leaks at the Source
This IDC white paper presents a pre-emptive approach to information protection and control (IPC). It discusses the growing internal threats to business information, the impact of government regulations on the protection of data and how enterprises must adopt database security best practices to protect sensitive customer data or company information.
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Oracle Database Vault
This white paper discusses how Oracle Database Vault, the industry's leading solution for protecting business data, addresses regulatory compliance and concerns over the insider threat. It provides the flexible, transparent and highly adaptable security controls required in today's global economy. Learn more today.
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Microsoft Empower for ISVs
What can you buy your developers for $375? What about development tools, software licenses and technical support? Join Microsoft Empower for ISVs for just U.S.$375 and your business will benefit from a wealth of resources including Microsoft Software Licenses and a MSDN Premium Subscription.
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Oracle Database 11g for Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
This white paper provides an overview of Oracle Database 11g’s capabilities for data warehousing, and discusses the key features and technologies by which Oracle-based business intelligence and data warehouse system can integrate information, perform fast queries, scale to very large data volumes and analyze any data.
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Testing Tools to Support Agile Software Delivery
The Critical Role of Automated Functional Testing in Enterprise Environments
If not correctly managed, using Agile methods to deliver software can lower productivity and increase costs. This white paper demonstrates how Borland SilkTest can help you avoid these pitfalls. If you're going Agile, Borland can help you do it right.
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Oracle Database 11g Architecture on Windows
An Oracle Technical White Paper
Oracle Database 11g for Windows provides an optimized database solution for deployments that require enterprise scalability, reliability and high performance. Learn more about the architecture of the Oracle Database on Windows and how it differs from its counterparts on UNIX and Linux in this white paper.
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Innovate Faster with Oracle Database 11g
Organizations are under increased pressure to lower costs and increase quality of service, often entailing bringing on technologies to aid in this process. Oracle Database 11g extends Oracle's unique ability to lower the cost of computing while improving quality of service with grid computing; and allows companies to innovate faster with Oracle Real Application Testing.
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How Service Providers Can Harvest Value from SOA Investments with BPM
Read this paper to see how to capture the ROI from your SOA investments by using advanced Business Process Management (BPM) concepts such as collaborative process deployment, exception management and process governance. Vitria's M3O Suite provides the capabilities necessary to deliver on this vision.
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Real Time Data Integration
Using Change Data Capture Technology with Microsoft SSIS
Yesterday's data is no longer sufficient to run a business. Real-time data integration keeps your business responsive and agile in a world where the demand for information immediacy is growing. Getting the most out of the data you already have, and being able to deliver it in a timely manner can be tough. Change data capture (CDC) provides a solution.
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Offshoring Risks: How Will You Stay in Control?
If you're a software executive thinking about offshoring .NET development work, it’s essential to know how to minimize your project risk. Download this white paper to read about the personal experiences of executives on the frontline of offshoring and explore the learning systems available to help you reduce risk, improve quality and get the best return from your offshoring investment.
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Visual Studio Magazine 2008 Readers Choice Awards and Buyers Guide
This special annual issue lists an astounding number of third-party products available to developers who use Visual Studio. This year's list includes more than 400 products and services from nearly 250 vendors, across 22 categories, plus our 2008 Readers Choice Award and Editors Choice Award winners.
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Mastering the Iteration: An Agile White Paper
The heartbeat of Agile software development is the iteration -- the ability to create working, tested, value-delivered code in a short time box. This paper describes the iteration pattern and the activities that a team engages in to meet this key challenge.
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Are You Wasting Your Developer Training Budget?
What are you getting from your training investment?
This white paper explores the limitations of conventional training methods for developers, and presents 6 elements of a truly effective learning program for your .NET development organization.
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Addressing Microsoft Interoperability
A more flexible, cost-effective solution for Microsoft connectivity
This paper describes three common approaches to solving the challenge of integrating Microsoft applications into heterogeneous IT environments. Learn about the pros and cons of each approach and the best solution for your applications.
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Advantage Database Server or Microsoft SQL Server Which One is Right for You?
Using a complex enterprise database management system for embedded or distributed database applications results in unnecessary licensing, training, development, deployment, administration and support costs. Designed for use in embedded and distributed systems, Advantage requires no routine maintenance or support.
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Embedding Success With Advantage Database Server
This white paper describes reasons why developers have not only embraced the use of embedded databases in their applications, but why they have specifically embraced the Advantage Database Server (ADS).
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Many .NET Teams Are Underperforming … Is Yours?
An InnerWorkings Case Study: First Data
Application development is still a "dark art" and software projects continue to fail as often as they succeed. Why? This case study explores how First Data Corp invested in the success of their software teams by adopting a hands-on approach to .NET developer training.
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Still Sneaking In: The Threats Your Security Tools Aren't Telling You About

Web 2.0 opens us up to many kinds of new attacks. IT Administrators have been forced to adjust their thinking in order to deal with these new attacks and keep systems and data secured. How can you ensure that your systems are safe in this new world of IT Threats?
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Seven Design Requirements for Web 2.0 Threat Prevention
Drawing on customer experience, Forrester Consulting, and data gathered from TrustedSource™ (the Secure Computing® global Web and messaging reputation system), as well as third-party sources, this paper outlines the new Web 2.0 threats and explains why most security solutions in place today are not adequate to protect against these threats. The paper then goes on to propose a set of Seven Design Requirements for Web 2.0 Threat Prevention, and reviews Secure Computing’s relevant product and technology offerings.
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Did you GET the memo? Getting you from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 Security
The Web is becoming more dangerous. Read about the inherent security threats and design considerations for implementation of Web 2.0 application services and how to protect users within the enterprise network from the new security threats.
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Internet Risk Management In The Web 2.0 World
An Internet risk study by Forrester Consulting
This FREE report details the prevalence of Web 2.0 in the enterprise and why the need for more effective Web protection has never been greater! Learn how to thwart the new malware that uses the Web to propagate a plethora of new threats undeterred by traditional security means.
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