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For best results, your vendor should have good security credentials and your security requirements need to be clear; perform checks regularly, even after systems are up and running
More than just a version change, SAML 2.0 covers new ground in authentication and authorization; here are some considerations for migrating from SAML 1.1 to SAML 2.0
A detailed work breakdown structure is the secret ingredient in effective project management and can keep projects on task and budget, accounting for everything that must be done for a project's success
Ensuring that your organization's applications are securely developed involves some tradeoffs, especially with regard to cost and time to market; a detailed contract is a good place to start
Outsourced software development firms communicating with their clients using current Web-enabled methods of collaboration find best results; here are some best practices to keep in mind
Configuration management is crucial to the smooth development of a product; the time you spend setting configuration management up properly is time you will save later
A business intelligence (BI)-driven process not only offers insight from data analysis, but also indicates action to be taken as a result of that analysis - thus maximizing the return on BI investments
Getting licensing technology to work and making it work for your software business are different ballgames. Here is how to get on the same winning team. Covers getting organized, enforcement considerations, roll out to sales and customers, licensing and revenue streams and building out the customer experience.
Findings from the second annual survey of virtualization and cloud computing trends, to help software companies identify the revenue opportunity and risks involved, monetization strategies and how to get started. Initial results show accelerating deployment in virtual environments and more consideration of cloud providers
VMware, a virtualization juggernaut with over 70% of the market, is synonymous with cloud computing. Server-centric monitoring products are obsolete; they know nothing about the cloud. Argent for VMware provides complete monitoring of both VMware hosts and all guest servers.
System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Microsoft's server-based monitoring product, assumes that a Windows server is at the center of the architecture. The view is obsolete in the era of cloud computing. Argent for VMware leverages the paradigm shift and provides complete VMware monitoring.
SOAPSonar tests for blind spots in SOA performance, security, SOAP attachments, WSDL and interoperability, helping developers deliver web services that are robust, reliable, secure and scalable. SOA testers can now ensure that SOAP testing blindspots are reduced or eliminated
As customers seek the benefits of application virtualization, software suppliers seek to respond without overhauling their own business models, and in a way that overcomes limits of hardware keys. SafeNet has developed a way to bind a license to a single virtual machine that is winning converts.
Using Objectivity/DB distributed data management solution, CPX Interactive has developed their AdROIt™ ad serving platform to support targeted and personalized advertising, serving more than 30 billion impressions per month.
