SmartBiz IT Research Library

PODCAST - In this three-part series podcast, hear from an industry expert as he discusses what's new with Windows Phones. Uncover why Windows Phones on Exchange server is the best mix for your enterprise and key advantages of leveraging business applications through Windows Phones.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Premiered: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Mobile Device Management | Mobile Middleware | Mobile Workers | Smart Phones | Wireless Services | Wireless Telephones | Wireless Telephony Systems

VIDEO - Fixing software security vulnerabilities during development is expensive, difficult and time-consuming. But fixing them after deployment is far more expensive and counterproductive. In this video featuring security expert Diana Kelley, learn state-of-the-art techniques for building a secure software development process.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Premiered: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Development | Application Security | Security | Security Best Practices | Security Threats

PODCAST - Building security into the software development lifecycle takes more than just a plan. You need the support of both the development and security/audit organizations to make it work. This podcast, featuring Diana Kelley, presents a plan for selling the value of security to all of the constituencies who matter in your organization.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Premiered: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Development | Application Security | Security | Security Best Practices | Security Threats

EGUIDE - This comprehensive, 94 page guide is a how-to resource handbook for network engineers. This guide covers the fundamentals of how applications work, how applications flow, where applications fail and best practices and methodologies for troubleshooting network and application problems.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Application Infrastructure | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Monitoring | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Best Practices | FTP | Network Best Practices | Network Management | Network Managers | Software Engineers | TCP | Troubleshooting

PODCAST - This podcast explains how Pivotal 6 increases user adoption and productivity by mirroring the familiar Microsoft interface and embedding Microsoft Outlook and SharePoint within the CRM system.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Premiered: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Infrastructure | CRM | CRM Analytics | CRM Analytics Software | CRM Software | Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Office | Microsoft Outlook | Office Applications Software

PODCAST - Can't decide whether to build or buy a CRM system? This podcast presents a third solution that is an application development platform that provides the building blocks for faster, cost-effective application development that achieves a better fit for your business’ processes.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Premiered: November 18, 2009


Topics:  .NET | Application Development | Application Development and Integration Services | Application Infrastructure | Application Infrastructure Providers | Business Process Management | CRM Software | Open Source | Open Source Software

VIDEO - Business agility in a difficult, highly competitive economy demands software quality and security. And in a brittle economic environment, the costs of vulnerable, failed applications just aren’t acceptable.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Premiered: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Development and Integration Services | Applications Software | Java | JavaScript | Rapid Application Development | Rich Media Formats | Web Applications Management

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn how adding Surgient VQMS to HP Quality Center helps you centrally manage and allocate test lab resources from HP Quality Center across multiple and distributed teams according to business policies and quotas, and more.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Enterprise Resource Management | Quality Control | Server Virtualization Software | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing | Testing

WEBCAST - Join Brian Walker as he discusses emerging trends within B2B eCommerce for you to use in evolving your own B2B online experience.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Premiered: November 17, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Performance Management | B2B | B2B Integration | Business Service Management | Business Service Management Software | eCommerce | eCommerce Services

WEBCAST - The process of SQL "tuning" involves finding the absolute fastest route to answer your query. In this webcast, discover how SQL tuning brings down your CPU costs and lowers response and run times. Also find out answers to pressing SQL tuning questions including "how do you find the SQL to tune" and "which SQL must be tuned and why?"
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Premiered: November 11, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Performance Management | Database Management Software | DB2 | Microprocessors | Multi-core Processors | Software Architectures | SQL | SQL Server

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - This article describes how to develop flexible WS Management-based solutions for Intel® Active Management Technology using the .NET development environment. The basic ingredients and building blocks of a WSMan-based solution will be presented. We've included some coding samples (written using Windows 2008) to help illustrate this information.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  .NET | Application Development | Desktop Management | IT Infrastructure | Remote Control Software | Remote Network Management | Software Development Tools | Software Engineers

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - It's amazing how many books on parallel computing use the term parellelism without clearly defining it. In this technical article, Charles Leiserson, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at MIT, provides a brief introduction to this theory.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Programming | Programming Languages | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Engineers

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - This article aims at answering the question, "Is parallel programming hard?" You'll take a look at the distinctions between parallel and sequential programming as well as the three main problems programmers face when it comes to parallel programming.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Programming | Programming Languages | Software | Software Development Methodologies | Software Engineers

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - The version 1.0 release of the Intel® Media Software Development Kit (SDK) equips developers with a standard application programming interface (API) for creating video solutions that target consumer and professional uses. Read this article to learn more about this product as well as the benefits for developers.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Published: August 3, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Programming Interfaces | Applications Management | Applications Software | Productivity | Software Development Tools | Software Engineers | Software Project Management

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - In this 3rd part of the <i>Designing Artificial Intelligence for Games</i> series, you'll learn how to give your agents higher orders of intelligence. The agents can already deal with the immediate situation they find themselves in; now you are working toward artificial intelligence (AI) that deals with broader goals and the bigger picture.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Published: July 21, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Management | Artificial Intelligence | Programming | Software Development Tools | Software Engineers