SmartBiz IT Research Library

VIDEO - With just under 100 days to go to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Magnus Alvarsson, chief integrator at Atos Origin explains what has been done so far and what lies ahead for the technology team. Watch this video to understand the remaining steps that must be taken to ensure the 2010 Olympics go off without any major problems.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Premiered: November 12, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | ITIL | Quality Control | Systems Management | Testing

VIDEO - Watch this video to learn some of the steps Atos Origin took to make sure the Beijing 2208 Olympic Games were successful and learn some of the steps they are taking for future Olympic Games, including Vancouver 2010 and London 2012.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Premiered: November 24, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | Configuration Management | Data Quality | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | ITIL | Systems Management | Systems Management Services | Testing

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

WHITE PAPER - The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) was developed to solve the problems caused by loops in a bridged, or switched, topology. Read this paper for useful knowledge of the Spanning Tree Protocol - knowledge that will be useful for the CCNA exam.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Published: November 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Process Management | Certificate in Computer Programming | Certification Programs | Testing

RESOURCE CENTER - Check out this e-Kit for comprehensive information related to web application security strategies and web application security testing through SaaS. Included are several white papers, demos, and podcasts.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Application Security | Applications Management | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Software as a Service | Software Testing | Testing | Web Application Security | Web Applications Management

WHITE PAPER - In this paper, various configurations of Exchange Server 2007 are tested in physical and virtual environments to evaluate the performance scalability and to understand the sizing requirements for Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized environment.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Testing | Virtual Machine | Windows Server 2003

WEBCAST - Rapid bottleneck identification (RBI) is a new testing methodology that allows quality assurance (QA) professionals to very quickly uncover Web application performance limitations and determine the impact of those limitations on the end user experience.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Premiered: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Quality Control | Quality Control Staff | Quality Control Standards | Testing | Testing Laboratories

WHITE PAPER - Read this report to learn the research findings of this study, which examined the challenges of managing Test/Dev environments and the opportunity for server virtualization and cloud computing to address them. This paper includes several graphs and an in-depth discussion of the advantages of private cloud computing.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: October 26, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Cloud Computing | Developer 2000 | Governments | Health Care Applications Software | Manufacturing | Software | Telecommuting | Testing | Virtualization Security

WHITE PAPER - This white paper examines the evolution of private clouds and discusses how many organizations that have implemented grid or virtual machines are moving towards private clouds. It also describes how organizations can successfully implement this new IT delivery model using a phased approach that starts with cloud management software.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Cost Benefit Analysis | Developer 2000 | Enterprise | Infrastructure Management | Integration Server Software | Integration Testing | Testing

VIDEO - The browser wars bring fresh challenges for web designers and developers. This session enables you to understand JavaScript behavior and performance across browsers, as well as consider object load order differences.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Premiered: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Java | JavaScript | Software Testing | Software Upgrades | Testing

PRODUCT DEMO - This quick demo gives you a great overview of the look and feel of BSD Group’s Oracle Extension for Rational Performance Tester, its features, and its capabilities. This plug-in will help you capture, record and playback transactions using Oracle NCA technology. View the demo now to learn more about increasing application visibility during testing.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2009


Topics:  Alpha Testing | Database Design | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Oracle (Product) | Plug-ins | Testing

WHITE PAPER - With Oracle Applications Extension for Rational Performance you no longer have to jeopardize your business engine during an upgrade. You’ll eliminate risk, increase testing productivity, speedy delivery, and ensure the quality and scalability of your business systems.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | IT Best Practices | IT Management | Order Management Systems | Systems Management | Systems Testing | Testing

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn about Rational® Functional Tester, an object-oriented automated testing tool that tests Windows®, .Net, Java™, HTML, Siebel and SAP applications, and lets you record reliable and robust scripts that can be played back to validate new builds of a test application.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Functional Testing | Linux | Operating Systems | SAP (Product) | Systems Management | Systems Software | Systems Testing | Testing | Windows

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses the testing challenges presented by Web services, and introduces best practices to ensure SOA application quality through the use of Oracle’s award-winning Web service testing solution, Oracle Application Testing Suite.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: June 12, 2008


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Service Level Management | SOA | SOA Governance | Testing | Web Services | Web Services Architecture | Web Services Management

WHITE PAPER - One of the banes of the anti-virus researcher's life is the widespread confusion about "correct" comparative testing of anti-virus and anti-malware products. Read this paper to learn one expert's opinions about anti-virus testing and test reviews.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Published: December 15, 2008


Topics:  Anti-Spyware Software | Malware | Performance Testing | Testing | Testing Laboratories | Virus Detection Software | Virus Protection