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• Remote wiping: Tools and practices to protect corporate data

  Mobile connectivity increases productivity but threatens corporate data. John Overbaugh discusses the advantages and limitations of remote wiping.  Continue Reading

• A secure development lifecycle protects software from vulnerabilities

  Security professional John Overbaugh explains how designing a secure development lifecycle can help teams implement more secure code.  Continue Reading

• Developing mobile applications meets a new kind of application testing

  Testers need new skills when developing mobile applications that are both effective and secure.  Continue Reading

• Getting started with application performance management and Method-R

  Matt Heusser explains how to use application performance management and Method-R measurement to monitor the entire customer experience, end to end.  Continue Reading

• Agile development practices: Three predictions for 2014

  Agile expert Yvette Francino predicts that Agile development practices will gain momentum in 2014.  Continue Reading

• Find the project metrics you need to track your Agile team's performance

  Project metrics are a useful method to determine if an initiative is on track or off the rails. Expert Johanna Rothman shows you how to get started.  Continue Reading

• Boost mobile app performance without cellular network control

  Today's mobile apps have to work with the network signal they can get. Shaky connections hurt performance, but proper testing can mitigate problems.  Continue Reading

• Software requirements: Why the term 'nonfunctional requirements' misleads

  Requirements expert Robin Goldsmith explores the problems with common nonfunctional requirements scenarios and offers more useful alternatives.  Continue Reading

• Using a nonfunctional requirements template, plus examples

  Requirements expert Robin Goldsmith explains how and why to use a nonfunctional requirements template.  Continue Reading

• How application performance metrics keep healthcare software healthy

  Learn why application performance metrics are a critical aspect of the healthcare industry.  Continue Reading

• Agile teamwork: When collaboration becomes groupthink

  Quality assurance consultant Gerie Owen discusses how Agile teamwork can lead to groupthink if it's not tempered.  Continue Reading

• Good software design and development starts with customers' needs

  Discovering customer needs isn't a simple query and response. It takes some work to get the information your design and development efforts rely on.  Continue Reading

• Testing mobile apps: Strategies for monitoring and user emulation

  Rebecca Clinard, performance engineer with Mentora Group, offers insights on testing mobile apps using monitoring and user emulation techniques.  Continue Reading

• Avoiding too many user stories in software development

  In software development today, the overuse of user stories has become a common waste of time and resources.  Continue Reading

• How software leaders are changing with the times

  Learn how software development leaders can stay on top of technology changes while creating productive teams.  Continue Reading