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• Access social networking functionalities with DaliCore

  Don't duplicate data. Use it. Learn how LodgON makes it possible to access social networking functions for business projects. Continue Reading

• Building embedded apps with Java ME means wearing many hats

  Java expert Artyom Astafurov says the challenge of Internet of Things is seeing the big picture. Get a holistic look at embedded apps with Java ME. Continue Reading

• Breaking the barrier between embedded devices and applications

  Java expert Artyom Astafurov explains why it is important to break down the barrier between applications and embedded in this video clip. Continue Reading

• Working with Enterprise ALM: Mobile, cloud and more

  From cloud computing to mobile technology, application lifecycle management is essential. Find out all there is to know about enterprise ALM. Continue Reading

• Which integration framework: Apache Camel, Spring Integration or Mule?

  Java expert Kai Wähner explains the importance of an integration framework and the differences between this approach and ESBs and integration suites. Continue Reading

• DaliCore brings social networking to Java EE7s

  Johan Vos, co-founder of LodgON, explains what DaliCore is and how it helps Java EE developers integrate social networking functions into their apps.Continue Reading

• When is an integration framework the right choice?

  Java expert Kai Wähner explains the importance of an integration framework and the difference between this approach, ESBs and integration suites.Continue Reading

• Software stress testing protects enterprise apps in production

  Stress testing enterprise software takes applications beyond merely working, and ensures quality performance in real-world conditions.Continue Reading

• Data warehouse concepts help build strong application architecture

  At Oracle OpenWorld 2013, ODI expert Gurcan Orhan is set to explain how data warehouse concepts help prepare development, testing and ops teams.Continue Reading

• Adapting QA, testing to meet mobile application performance demand

  Rachel Obstler, director of product management at Keynote Systems, offers tips on adapting test processes to meet mobile app performance demand.Continue Reading

• What are the hidden mobile app security threats to look out for?

  Mobile app security is a newer field than even Web security. But there are similar gotchas and some common threats that we're already managing.Continue Reading

• Cloud-based ALM tools spawn problems, solutions in project management

  The project manager has always been a wearer of several hats. In this handbook, readers will learn how cloud-based tools and DevOps are both adding to and taking away from the program manager's list of tasks, lengthy as it already is. Readers will ...Continue Reading

• Agile PPM tools from CA Technologies on display at Agile 2013

  CA displayed lesser-known additions to their well-known Clarity PPM suite at Agile 2013. Representatives touted agility for the business.Continue Reading

• Mobile application requirements: Same process, new challenges

  Software testing and development expert Matt Heusser explains how mobile software has changed mobile application requirements and what to do about it.Continue Reading

• Application portfolio management: How to get started

  Scott Sehlhorst offers strategic guidance on how to approach application portfolio management with a focused vision.Continue Reading

• Testing mobile apps: Tips on manual, automated, cloud QA

  Testing mobile apps takes a multi-pronged approach. Savvy mobile developers are using cloud tools and automated tests in addition to manual QA.Continue Reading

• Comparing proprietary tools and open source tools

  Learn the two major differences between proprietary tools and open source tools for software security testing.Continue Reading

• Automated testing tools: Four reasons why projects fail

  Using automated testing tools is often harder than manual testing. The most successful automation projects are those that never go on autopilot.Continue Reading

• How to ensure secure applications on cloud platforms

  Learn what concerns to look for in ensuring secure applications in cloud platforms and infrastructures.Continue Reading

• Best practices for application portfolio management

  In this handbook, find best practices in the daunting world of application portfolio management. Get the basics on building a business case for APM—as well as tips on measuring the financial benefit of each application.Continue Reading

• Application portfolio management: Treat software as a valuable asset

  Application portfolio management helps businesses track their important business apps, making them less intangible and their value more visible.Continue Reading

• Moving to ALM with cloud tools

  With no server to install and nothing to upgrade, converting to ALM with cloud tools seems perfect. So what's the catch?Continue Reading

• SaaS application testing: Keep performance tests in mind

  Performance testing must be a high priority for SaaS application testers. Learn why and pick up tips on how to test a SaaS system's performance.Continue Reading

• Improving mobile app performance is not as hard as it seems

  Looking at the challenges involved in mobile application performance management helps mobile project managers see how to overcome them.Continue Reading

• How does application portfolio management tie into ALM?

  Actually, application development veteran Kevin Parker says ALM is really a part of the APM process when you look at it from a distance.Continue Reading

• Where does an organization start with application portfolio management

  IT veteran Kevin Parker explains application portfolio management (APM) for beginners, including the ties between APM, data analysis and BPM.Continue Reading

• 'Secure containers' offer incomplete security for mobile applications

  While the name sounds strong, 'secure containers' have limitations as to how much security they really provide for mobile applications.Continue Reading

• How does an iOS jailbreak affect mobile application security?

  The jailbreaking of iOS devices has a huge affect on security. It opens the door for malicious hackers, and not just via adventurous consumers.Continue Reading

• Four tips for finding the right cloud testing tools

  Cloud testing tools might improve testing efforts by reducing costs and freeing up resources, but only if the test tools fit what you test and how.Continue Reading

• The open source Cucumber BDD tool boosts acceptance test automation

  The Boston Java Meetup Group welcomed BDD guru Alan Parkinson, who explained the value of automating tests with Cucumber.Continue Reading

• Mobile app quality takes more than just software testing automation

  Mobile application testers may not find the same value in software testing automation that Web application testers enjoy.Continue Reading

• OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project)

  The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a not-for-profit group that helps organizations develop, purchase, and maintain software applications that can be trusted.Continue Reading

• Fixing the broken performance management process for mobile apps

  It's time to fix mobile performance management. We can't control connectivity, but we can architect, code and test the app for optimal performance.Continue Reading

• Working with mobile application security management tools

  Security is crucial for all applications, but mobile apps require software teams to take measures above and beyond those required for Web apps. From simple things like preventing mobile apps from storing passwords, to more complex measures such as ...Continue Reading

• Mobile apps development: New threats or same security rules apply?

  Two security experts get up on their soap box about the steps software teams should take to secure applications throughout the apps' lifecycle.Continue Reading

• Mobile apps development: Managing updates

  ALM expert Kevin Parker explains a key challenge of mobile apps development: managing the constant updates these business-critical apps demand.Continue Reading

• Mobile apps development: Dealing with tight release cycles

  Mobile apps development projects require shorter release cycles. Kevin Parker explains how automation can help teams cope with the tight time frame.Continue Reading

• An application security guide for software testers

  This guide explains what's involved in addressing application security form a software tester's perspective by presenting common threats and strategies to deal with them.Continue Reading

• Software lifecycle: App security still struggling to find a fit

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• Losing the Wi-Fi connection: Testing mobile app behavior

  When an app loses its Wi-Fi connection, the best thing software pros can offer mobile users is graceful error handling. Here's how to test for it.Continue Reading

• Web application testing: Three lessons

  Test expert Robert Lambert explains the three most important lessons in Web application testing based on his new book '36 Days of Web Testing.'Continue Reading

• Mobile apps: Devising software requirement specifications

  Expert Scott Sehlhorst identifies three mobile app types and explains the unique challenges each poses around software requirement specifications.Continue Reading

• Web application testing: Rob Lambert, 'the Social Tester'

  Testing expert Yvette Francino interviews Rob Lambert on how Web application testing differs from testing desktop applications.Continue Reading

• Medical apps: Focus on security-testing the user interface

  To boost the security of medical apps, conduct 'attack' testing from the user interface. QA expert Amy Reichert explains how.Continue Reading

• Forrester VP says enterprise mobile applications miss the mark

  Building an enterprise mobile application may not be the right focus for today's enterprise application development teams.Continue Reading

• FAQ: Engaging business leaders in software application development

  Learn best practices for engaging business leaders in software application development projects and sustaining their involvement over time.Continue Reading

• Web-based application testing versus desktop application testing

  Project managers need to understand the major differences between Web-based application testing and testing traditional desktop applications.Continue Reading

• Mobile testing: Crowd sourcing a good fit for enterprise apps?

  Crowd sourcing can be a key piece of a test strategy for enterprise mobile apps aimed at customers, not employees.Continue Reading

• FAQ: Load testing software and application performance management

  Managing performance with load testing software still happens too late in the lifecycle. This FAQ explains why performance is best addressed early.Continue Reading

• application security

  Application security is the use of software, hardware, and procedural methods to protect applications from external threats. Once an afterthought in software design, security is becoming an increasingly important concern during development as ...Continue Reading

• Software lifecycle: App security still struggling to find a fit

  For 10 years, application security has struggled find its place in the software lifecycle. We're still not there. Why has it taken so long?Continue Reading

• Can universities give young developers application security training?

  While the greater application development community understands the importance of application security, computer science majors lack this training.Continue Reading

• Mobile app software: Avoid the perpetual cycle of insecurity

  The same security flaws that plague desktop and Web apps are now afflicting mobile app software. Here's how to stop making the same mistakes.Continue Reading

• Automated applications deployment: DevOps, no matter what you call it

  Automated applications deployment is essentially the same thing as DevOps—no matter what name is used.Continue Reading

• Mobile apps development: Defining requirements is a whole new ballgame

  Software pros must address three critical issues in the requirements phase of mobile apps development: choosing a platform, security and usability.Continue Reading

• Top ten mobile application threats to enterprise security

  Check out the top ten threats presented by enterprise mobile applications, according to the OWASP Mobile Security Project.Continue Reading

• Hardcoding sensitive data in mobile app source code

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• Empowering mobile workers with fusion apps

  Fusion apps empower mobile workers by fusing social and location data with key business data. Mobile expert Tom Nolle offers development tips.Continue Reading

• How do we define user experience design requirements for mobile apps?

  User experience design is a huge part of building successful mobile applications. Gathering requirements for UX design is a must.Continue Reading

• Application performance manager: Making the most of limited resources

  Advice from an application performance manager on setting priorities; getting developers to do scalability tests early in the life cycle.Continue Reading

• Testing mobile applications is different than testing Web applications

  Although mobile app development methods can be similar to traditional Web apps, the art of testing mobile applications is still very different.Continue Reading

• Expert advice on extending Web apps with mobile Web applications

  Building mobile clients for existing Web apps presents new challenges for developers. Overcome those challenges with tips from a mobile expert.Continue Reading

• SoLoMo apps: How to test them

  SoLoMo apps are on the move, location-aware, and they interact with social networks. That's forcing test managers to devise new QA strategies.Continue Reading

• Code signing: Stamp of approval for Android and iOS apps

  Code signing aims to keep malicious code out of mobile apps by verifying where the code came from.Continue Reading

• Ten steps to better application security testing strategies

  Address app testing strategy concerns at each stage of the application lifecycle and learn about tools and techniques to boost security.Continue Reading

• A five-step plan to capturing better application requirements

  Defining software application requirements at a project's outset is still an issue. Learn how to build better application requirements.Continue Reading

• Mobile 2013: Fusion apps better for business

  In 2013, multilayered fusion apps will combine data from multiple sources, creating new business opportunities for companies that develop them.Continue Reading

• Health care applications: How to determine what to test

  Risk analysis for health care software apps helps clarify which functional areas are most important to test. Catching critical defects can save lives.Continue Reading

• BYOD policies pose mobile app testing challenges

  How do you meet mobile app testing challenges without the right of mix of smartphones and other devices on hand?Continue Reading

• Application security plan: Who is responsible for testing?

  Step one in devising an application security plan is determining whether the development team or the security group is responsible for testing.Continue Reading

• Social media surveys: A tool for better requirements?

  Social media surveys make it easier to conduct conversations with experts to help define requirements for software development projects.Continue Reading

• Development manager's Agile tools, tactics ace in iPad app projects

  Recent iPad app development projects have put one technology V.P.'s chosen management tactics, tools and Agile best practices to the test.Continue Reading

• Editor’s note: Version control and requirements management tools

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• ALM tools: What to consider before integrating

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• Application security: Managing software threats

  Addressing security concerns from the outset of a software project all the way through to production is the only way that enterprise application delivery teams can prevent skilled attackers from stealing sensitive corporate data. Yet in many ...Continue Reading

• ALM process: Why poor integration among tools hurts team productivity

  Fragile integrations among point tools in application lifecycle management suites prevent software teams from realizing ALM process gains.Continue Reading

• Application security: Frameworks enforce secure coding

  Application security experts say frameworks that enforce secure coding provide a better way for developers to write apps that can withstand attacks.Continue Reading

• Give mobile application testing the priority it deserves

  Mobile application testing doesn't get the priority it deserves. Experts explain how to meet the challenges of testing.Continue Reading

• Mobile embedded applications: Seven testing challenges

  Mobile embedded applications are vulnerable to attack and subject to compliance mandates, and require more robust testing practices than other apps.Continue Reading

• Mobile app security advice: Err on the side of protection

  Apps running on mobile devices demand a high level of security. Experts offer advice and techniques on implementing mobile app security effectively.Continue Reading

• Testing your health care application for use on mobile devices

  Software testers need to take several factors into account when testing a health care application for mobile device use.Continue Reading

• Updating tools and processes key to overcoming SCM challenges

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• Health care applications: Is Agile compatible with FDA regulations?

  Using the following strategies, FDA regulations can be assimilated into an Agile environment to meet the compliance needs of health care applications.Continue Reading

• Bid old test rules goodbye: New mind-set needed to test mobile apps

  Test professionals must move quickly to acquire the new skills and mind-set needed to test mobile apps, said STARWEST 2012 speaker Jonathan Kohl.Continue Reading

• SaaS application security: Risks and best practices

  Integrating SaaS applications and on-premises applications causes security risks and questions the level of governance.Continue Reading

• Requirements shifting with enterprization of mobile apps

  The enterprization of mobile apps is affecting design, performance and security requirements. Find out how to manage these requirement changes.Continue Reading

• Cloud-based tools, Agile and DevOps accelerate application deployment

  Developers and QA testers are increasing application deployment speeds as a result of cloud-based tools and shifting roles in DevOps environments.Continue Reading

• Trends in ALM: Requirements management tools

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• ThreadFix: Open source defect management tool speeds security vulnerability fixes

  Security and development teams can share a common defect management tool with ThreadFix, Denim Group's new open source security tool.Continue Reading

• Expanding cloud-based technologies: Application performance issues

  Teams must take into account application performance implications when broadening use of cloud-based technologies.Continue Reading

• Requirements management process: Security and application performance

  Organizations need to explicitly address security and application performance during the requirements management process according to expert Dan Cornell.Continue Reading

• Agile metrics, tools and processes: Tenets for the project manager

  The Agile project manager must understand the basics of collaboration, servant leadership, Agile metrics and the tools and processes the team uses.Continue Reading

• How enterprises can best select from the various ALM tool options

  Enterprises have several ALM tool options. They can best address their specific needs by identifying what is most important for their organization.Continue Reading

• Managing requirements as production applications scale

  Learn how to go about managing requirements as production applications scale.Continue Reading

• Migrating legacy applications to a cloud environment

  Migrating legacy applications to a cloud environment is a multi-step process that needs to be done in a structured manner.Continue Reading

• Understanding mobile, Web and cloud apps and system architecture

  While the distinctions between mobile apps, Web apps and cloud apps are important, understanding their relationships to the overall system architecture is what developers really need to focus on.Continue Reading

• Developing applications on SaaS platforms: Factors to consider

  Developing applications on SaaS platforms is different from traditional application development. Expert Dan Cornell explains what developers need to keep in mind.Continue Reading

• APM in ALM: Keeping competitive by building the right apps

  A wise step for many software development companies is to get a handle on the many applications in use and better plan and manage application and project portfolios.Continue Reading

• APM processes: Determining apps’ business value

  Application portfolio management aids decision makers in determining business ROI of applications.Continue Reading

• ALM tools: What to consider before integrating

  Some vendors offer ALM suites with many of the functions already incorporated. Other vendors offer niche tools that can be fitted into an ALM framework. There are pros and cons to each approach.Continue Reading