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• Forecast for cloud-based digital performance management tools is sunny

  Getting biz to work with dev and ops is the best way for IT to understand how its choices directly impact business outcomes. Here are the vendors with the tools to do it.  Continue Reading

• Use elicitation techniques to discover software requirements

  Discovering project requirements can be challenging. An expert offers elicitation techniques you can use to discover business and software requirements.  Continue Reading

• Mark Curphey just gave you the tools to make safe apps -- for free?

  Is it possible to build software speedily but safely? Startup CEO Mark Curphey thinks so, and he's using big data analytics to make open source code safe for developers everywhere.  Continue Reading

• TestPlant's eggPlant Functional automation tool is the Editor's Choice

  The image-based automated testing tool eggPlant Functional has improvements in setup and scripting for testing environments. It also includes UI advancements.  Continue Reading

• The secret to DevOps metrics? It's easy -- just use them

  Dynatrace performance advocate Andreas Grabner travels the world spreading the word about DevOps data. However, even he's surprised by how few companies are actually paying attention.  Continue Reading

• Why you need to start thinking about accessibility testing today

  With 19% of Americans reporting some kind of disability, accessibility testing is increasingly important. Expert Gerie Owen explains how to get started.  Continue Reading

• If you don't care about the algorithm economy, here's why you should

  The algorithm economy is a growing idea that every developer should pay attention to. Buying and selling algorithms has never been easier, but what else can it bring?  Continue Reading

• We need to consider a lean business model more than ever: QCon preview

  It's time to focus on doing work that matters and creates value, rather than just being busy. Expert Will Evans shares a preview of his QCon seminar on lean thinking and Agile.  Continue Reading

• An expert shares the secret to CX software

  UX versus CX -- which is more important? Expert Richard Trigg explains why software developers always need to think about a customer's experience first.  Continue Reading

• Sometimes the right ALM platform isn't the obvious one

  The right ALM platform can make all the difference to a team transitioning to Agile. Medtronic's Sarb Singh-Kaur didn't let his experience stop him from making a novel choice.  Continue Reading

• While fixing DevOps issues, Shippable fixes itself first

  Everyone knows a broken DevOps team. Shippable CEO Avi Cavale thinks he can help, but he had to tackle his inefficient customer service operation first. Here's how he did it.  Continue Reading

• Telerik Test Studio: QA software for Agile and CI businesses

  Continuous integration support and seamless tester and developer collaboration are key highlights of Telerik Test Studio and QA software that align perfectly with Agile businesses.  Continue Reading

• Design for yourself, really: Wise words from UX experts

  Not only do you have to design quickly, you have to design well. Enter UX experts who can help you design the perfect app for any user. It starts by thinking about yourself.  Continue Reading

• Examine HPE ALM and Quality Center test management tools

  HPE ALM and Quality Center test management tools offer customers a set of interactive tools to help execute tests as well as target defects for quality assurance.  Continue Reading

• Work smart with Worksoft Certify and Analyze QA software

  Customers are able to use both Worksoft Analyze and Worksoft Certify QA software for processing of documents, testing and helping application lifecycle management.  Continue Reading

• Examine TestRail from Gurock: A quality assurance tool

  Gurock's quality assurance and test management tool, TestRail, allows organizations to better keep track of software tests with its streamlined UI and flexible project structure.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft TFS is here for your QA and test management needs

  Microsoft TFS offers organizations test management software, which integrates with Visual Studio to help improve communication when putting together software.  Continue Reading

• QAComplete: QA software for complex testing environments

  The latest version of SmartBear's QA software, QAComplete, offers users reporting features and new integrations to ensure collaborative test case management even in complex environments.  Continue Reading

• Clover: A code coverage tool that provides meaningful metrics

  For organizations looking to augment their software quality assurance testing process, look no further than Atlassian's code coverage tool, Clover.  Continue Reading

• Smooth QA and test management with Silk Central

  With a focus on collaboration, integration and flexibility, Micro Focus' Silk Central facilitates excellent quality assurance and test management.  Continue Reading

• Seapine QA Wizard Pro streamlines automated functional testing

  Using a modern integrated development environment, QA Wizard Pro from Seapine Software allows Agile teams to include functional and regression testing in their CI process.  Continue Reading

• Zephyr test management tool a refreshing breeze for software testers

  The Zephyr test management tool provides enterprises with the ability to execute manual and automated tests, and offers integrations with several other popular testing programs.  Continue Reading

• Seapine TestTrack helps organize test case management

  TestTrack from Seapine Software brings application lifecycle management and test case management tools together in one platform to aid enterprises with a range of DevOps projects.  Continue Reading

• Why choose TestCaddy as your test case management tool?

  The TestCaddy test case management software provides enterprises involved in application development with tools for creating manual tests and recording and sharing their results.  Continue Reading

• SpiraTeam offers DevOps teams enhanced test case management tools

  The SpiraTeam software from Inflectra provides users with enhanced test case management tools that aid the planning, management and execution of testing tasks.  Continue Reading

• A comparison of today's top APM software

  The size of your business, the data you want and need to collect, and the price you're willing to pay are all huge factors into which APM software you decide to buy.  Continue Reading

• What to know before buying QA and test management software

  From company size to agile development methodology and regulatory compliance, different scenarios determine which QA software fits which organization. Which package fits you best?  Continue Reading

• Using qTest platform to employ enhanced test case management tools

  With its suite of test planning, scheduling and managing programs, the QASymphony qTest platform is test management software tailored for the Agile methodology.  Continue Reading

• Hiring software developers? You need AI

  It's a great time to be a developer, but an awful time to try to hire one. Hiring software developers requires skill, patience, luck, and, just possibly, artificial intelligence.  Continue Reading

• Find a robust APM tool in SAP Extended Diagnostics by CA

  With an emphasis on linking application performance data to business decisions, SAP Extended Diagnostics by CA is an APM tool for enterprises looking for context to their data.  Continue Reading

• Riverbed SteelCentral traces transactions across all users

  With a single-pane-of-glass approach, Riverbed SteelCentral -- an APM software -- lets enterprises manage application performance across the stack, on and off the cloud.  Continue Reading

• How to use Bugzilla bug tracking tool in software testing projects

  The Bugzilla bug tracking tool allows DevOps teams to collaborate and report on defects present in apps and software projects in one interactive location.  Continue Reading

• How JIRA bug tracking software helps you monitor project issues

  Atlassian's JIRA bug tracking software provides DevOps teams with an interactive database for reporting defects and changes, as well as project management and planning tools.  Continue Reading

• Mob programming takes teamwork to the next level

  Can mob programming -- where the whole team works at a single screen -- boost Agile productivity? A game called The Power of 13 offers a glimpse of what happens when everyone tackles the same problem at once.  Continue Reading

• IBM Rational Quality Manager offers enhanced test case management tools

  IBM Rational Quality Manager, a test case management tool, lets DevOps teams execute test planning and scripting.  Continue Reading

• FogBugz bug tracking tool helps DevOps manage project issues

  The FogBugz bug tracking tool offers DevOps teams an interactive and collaborative location for reporting and detailing defects and changes in a variety of software projects.  Continue Reading

• HPE delivers an APM software set with AppPulse

  AppPulse APM tools from HPE let customers tackle issues through user tracking features, wielding detailed analytics along with online and phone support.  Continue Reading

• Needs analysis determines QA and testing software direction

  Performing a needs analysis and identifying pain points, methodologies and vision for the future can help you determine which QA and testing software fits your enterprise.  Continue Reading

• AppNeta delivers an APM tool suite including TraceView

  The APM tool suite by AppNeta -- TraceView, PathView and FlowView -- allows clients to improve the user experience of their app by choosing what products fit their needs for DevOps or IT.  Continue Reading

• Mantis Bug Tracker helps developers manage defects

  The MantisBT bug tracking software provides DevOps teams with an interactive database for reporting, detailing and collaborating on issues with software development projects.  Continue Reading

• Buying software to monitor application performance: Key factors

  APM tools measure many aspects of an app's health. Reporting, stack visibility and scheduling are all key features to consider when procuring APM software for your enterprise.  Continue Reading

• Glassdoor ranks best jobs in 2016, tech positions fill list

  Technology and health jobs dominated Glassdoor's list of the best jobs in America for 2016. But which occupation was crowned the winner?  Continue Reading

• The state of Agile and DevOps in 2016? Room for improvement

  Two new Agile and DevOps surveys show there is work to be done in order for companies to take full advantage of these development strategies. It's easier said than done.  Continue Reading

• Dell Foglight resolves app issues quickly and efficiently

  Dell Foglight captures every user transaction to create full sets of data that IT, DevOps, development and business development employees use to monitor application health.  Continue Reading

• Resolving process issues with quality assurance software

  Risk mitigation and overlooked bugs are situations enterprises constantly find themselves in. Quality assurance software addresses these issues.  Continue Reading

• Sensu's service monitoring framework monitors app health

  With the Sensu open source service monitoring framework, enterprises have a tool that can adapt to different infrastructure, availability and operation needs.  Continue Reading

• Examining the BMC TrueSight Operations Management suite

  The BMC TrueSight Operations Management suite offers a plethora of tools and functions to help enterprises detect, triage and resolve issues across the development cycle.  Continue Reading

• Dynatrace APM software provides context with data

  Dynatrace APM software gives enterprises application performance management data to not only support IT needs but help enterprises make sound business decisions.  Continue Reading

• AppDynamics app management software focuses on collaboration

  Collaboration tools like the virtual war room make the App Dynamics APM software suite optimal for enterprises using DevOps and Agile methods.  Continue Reading

• Unearthing details on New Relic APM

  Application, database, availability and error monitoring are just a few of the main features that New Relic APM offers enterprises in search of application performance monitoring.  Continue Reading

• Using the TestComplete Platform to automate software testing

  The TestComplete Platform provides developers and testers with interactive tools for creating and executing automated software testing tasks on desktop, mobile and web platforms.  Continue Reading

• Using Perfecto Mobile CQ Lab to simplify automated application testing

  Perfecto Mobile CQ Lab provides developers and testers with interactive tools for creating and executing automated app testing tasks on various mobile and web platforms.  Continue Reading

• Common scenarios that may reveal a need for APM software

  If your company has found itself or its user base growing or using cloud technology, you need APM software to provide usage statistics and determine SLA maintenance capabilities.  Continue Reading

• Using Telerik Test Studio to perform automated application testing

  Telerik Test Studio provides developers and testers with tools for creating and executing automated app testing and quality assurance tasks on various mobile and web platforms.  Continue Reading

• What exactly does APM software do?

  What is APM? This article explores the performance testing discipline and the value of APM software, which can diagnose issues, identify trends and provide real-time data.  Continue Reading

• Quality assurance software plays big role in enterprises

  Not quite testing, but not ALM either, quality assurance is vital for the development lifecycle. Learn what QA is and how quality assurance software can help your enterprise.  Continue Reading

• Can't hire? Find best strategies for outsourcing developers

  Software developers are in very short supply, but outsourcing can be tricky. Find out what experts suggest to make outsourcing a success at your company.  Continue Reading

• Explore DevOps without software containers

  Software containers just might not be the solution to your DevOps team problem. Expert Bert Jan Schrijver reimagines continuous delivery.  Continue Reading

• Tips to build a collaborative software development team

  At JavaOne, GitHub's Matthew McCullough will explain why the future is collaborative software development. It's not just about the one rock star any more.  Continue Reading

• Breaking down IBM's MobileFirst Platform Foundation

  IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation provides several mobile app development tools for building native and cross-platform mobile apps using familiar development technologies.  Continue Reading

• SAP HANA Cloud Platform: A mobile app development tool

  SAP HANA Cloud Platform offers several mobile app development tools that let developers create hybrid applications using several IDEs and languages.  Continue Reading

• Xamarin Platform: A mobile application development tool

  Xamarin Platform is a mobile app development tool that features several development environments and allows developers to build native and cross-platform mobile applications.  Continue Reading

• The future of software testing: It's a brave new world

  It's a brave new world software testers. Expert Gerie Owen begins an 11-part series on everything you need to know about the future of software testing today.  Continue Reading

• Rational CLM a collection of updated legacy IBM tools

  A collection of integrated tools, Rational Team Concert, Quality Manager and DOORS Next Generation, rounds out IBM's ALM offering, Rational CLM.  Continue Reading

• Kony Studio: A mobile app development platform

  Kony Studio is a mobile app development platform that allows developers to build native or cross-platform apps using a single JavaScript codebase.  Continue Reading

• Under the hood of VersionOne's ALM platform

  Simplicity and Agile project and portfolio management are the focus of this ALM platform from VersionOne.  Continue Reading

• Rally Software the go-to ALM tool for Agile developers

  Rally Software gives Agile developers an ALM tool that, along with customizable dashboards, offers SAFe training and certification.  Continue Reading

• Cross-platform mobile app development tools from Sencha

  Ext JS, GXT and Touch mobile app development tools from Sencha feature a range of functions to support developers' cross-platform app development needs.  Continue Reading

• Polarion Software offers compliance-focused ALM

  Polarion Software is a browser-based, ALM platform that offers high traceability functions for enterprises with a regulation focus.  Continue Reading

• Get an inside look at Microsoft Visual Studio Online

  The Microsoft Visual Studio Online is an ALM suite that allows large-scale enterprises to develop apps on various programming languages.  Continue Reading

• Breaking down the Altassian ALM software suite

  With JIRA, Confluence, HipChat, Bitbucket and Stash, the Atlassian ALM software suite is for enterprises of all sizes that use Agile methodologies.  Continue Reading

• TeamForge ALM tool offers secure project management

  CollabNet's TeamForge ALM provides traceability and visibility while integrating with third-party tools like Jenkins, Git and JIRA.  Continue Reading

• HP application lifecycle management: What you need to know

  The HP application lifecycle management suite, HP ALM, offers on-premises or SaaS ALM tools to enterprises small and large.  Continue Reading

• Jama Software delivers easy-to-use ALM tool

  Jama Software provides agile enterprises a requirements management-focused ALM tool that promotes collaboration to speed up integration.  Continue Reading

• Develop enterprise apps with Apple's Xcode IDE

  The enterprise certificate and enterprise code review service makes Apple's Xcode IDE a powerful app development tool for enterprises.  Continue Reading

• Visual Studio IDE offers many advantages for developers

  Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE allows development teams to create apps for multiple Windows 10 mobile and desktop platforms, as well as for iOS and Android.  Continue Reading

• Learn more about the Android Studio IDE from Google

  Android Studio IDE from Google allows developers to build apps running on mobile, desktop and other emerging technologies running on Android.  Continue Reading

• Oracle MAF: A mobile application development tool

  The Oracle MAF allows developers to create cross-platform Android and iOS mobile apps using Eclipse and JDeveloper IDEs.  Continue Reading

• Choosing the right ALM software for your organization

  Are you developing with Waterfall or Agile? Do you have a large business or small startup? Learn which ALM software suite best suits your organization's needs.  Continue Reading

• Mastering mob programming

  Mob programming is a new Agile software development practice, where six or more developers work together on a single problem. Here's how to get started.  Continue Reading

• Facing the future of software testing one change at a time

  What does the software tester of the future look like? Not like today's tester. Get ready for a new role in tomorrow's software development team.  Continue Reading

• Salesforce1 Platform: A mobile app development tool

  The Salesforce1 Platform features several integrated development environments for the creation of enterprise-level Android and iOS mobile applications.  Continue Reading

• CAST 2015 ends with great debate

  Matt Heusser offers a wrap-up of the CAST 2015 software testing conference, with a summary of several compelling keynote presentations.  Continue Reading

• Virtual worlds used as business collaboration tools

  Consider virtual worlds as legitimate business collaboration tools. Not only might you save travel money, you might spur team creativity and innovation.  Continue Reading

• What to look for when considering ALM software

  Choosing the right ALM software is as important as choosing the right ALM vendor. Know the key features and offerings from ALM tool sets and vendors.  Continue Reading

• Adobe offers mobile app development tool

  Adobe PhoneGap Build, a mobile app development tool, helps developers create cross-platform apps for multiple mobile devices.  Continue Reading

• RAD Studio XE8: A mobile app development tool

  RAD Studio XE8 from Embarcadero is a mobile app development tool for the creation of native and cross-platform apps used on today's popular mobile devices.  Continue Reading

• The Telerik Platform: A mobile app development tool

  Here is an in-depth look at the Telerik Platform, a mobile app development tool for the creation of native and cross-platform apps.  Continue Reading

• Do organizations need ALM software?

  When you find your company experiencing application development and deployment predicaments, ALM software may be the fix.  Continue Reading

• What you need to know about the ALM methodology

  Gerie Owen provides an overview of ALM methodology, covering its requirements, development and maintenance phases and its core components.  Continue Reading

• Buying mobile app development tools

  Expert Matthew David goes over key factors to consider when buying mobile application development tools, like security, testing and hosting.  Continue Reading

• IT project portfolio management zooms out on the big picture

  It’s easy to get tunnel vision on application development projects. Organizations need centralized efforts and tools to give them a better view of everything that's going on.  Continue Reading

• CTO advocates automated tests and continuous delivery

  Automated testing and continuous development have become the driving force for CTO Andy Piper as Push Technology evolves its middleware platform.  Continue Reading

• Compare software performance and load testing tools

  Performance testing is a key part of the software development process. Learn the essential purchasing criteria for testing tools, and see how the top products measure up.  Continue Reading

• Eclipse BIRT iHub F-Type focuses on the user experience

  Learn about the new Eclipse BIRT development tool, our Product of the Month.  Continue Reading

• FAQ: Software testing in the cloud

  Tackle the basics of testing software in the cloud with these answers to frequently asked questions.  Continue Reading

• Embedded system applications present new challenges

  Embedded applications place project managers in a new area of development.  Continue Reading

• Use APM tools to protect revenue, keep customers happy

  APM tools make problem solving faster, more efficient and less likely to disrupt the customer experience.  Continue Reading

• Knowledge, skills and abilities for software QA jobs

  The right knowledge, skills and abilities for QA jobs don't necessarily include test script automation or security testing skills. Jenn Lent explains.  Continue Reading

• Software test management: Know which rules to follow, which to break

  Software test management advice is often just plain wrong. Expert Johanna Rothman explains which rules to break -- and what to focus on instead.  Continue Reading