Software Best Practices Reports

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, Tom Nolle examines what it takes to create effective app testing and ALM techniques for cloud development. From test data management to horizontal integration, explore the key considerations for app testing in the cloud, and discover tips on what to look for when buying app testing and ALM tools.

Posted: 15 Dec 2017 | Published: 12 Dec 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, explore how organizations are adapting to the growing complexity of mobile app development with mobile backend as a service (MBaaS) platforms and a hybrid approach to cultivating mobile developer skills.

Posted: 15 Dec 2017 | Published: 12 Dec 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, learn about the debate about which parts – if any – of app development should be handled by LOB employees and IT professionals other than developers themselves. Enter the discussion and find out how DevOps and no-code/low-code tools are reshaping the way cloud and mobile apps are being built.

Posted: 15 Dec 2017 | Published: 12 Dec 2017

EGUIDE: Once you determine that you need to modernize certain apps, the next step is figure out which method best fits your development, whether it's restructuring with PaaS or redesigning with APIs. In this e-guide, explore how to design an app modernization strategy that suits your business's architecture and cloud use.

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 | Published: 08 Nov 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, we explore how organizations are modernizing legacy apps for cloud, mobile, and other digital transformation initiatives with 3 different approaches to modernization, containers, and PaaS.

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 | Published: 08 Nov 2017

EZINE: The new wave of enterprise mobile application development has altered how app dev fits into IT's overall strategy. Learn how the sides can come together.

Posted: 11 Jul 2017 | Published: 11 Jul 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, we explore tactics for migrating to Salesforce Lightning. Learn how to anticipate critical factors that could impact your migration, including your previous Salesforce usage and compatibility with your existing apps.

Posted: 20 Jun 2017 | Published: 15 Jun 2017

EGUIDE: Whether your development is web-centric or cloud-based, this expert e-guide helps you evaluate programming languages and app frameworks for targeting back-end apps. From increasingly popular languages like Python to tried-and-true, established ones like JavaScript, uncover a comparison of 8 back-end programming languages.

Posted: 29 Mar 2017 | Published: 22 Mar 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, we explore how to integrate BPM with analytics successfully by examining different use cases and approaches. Learn how data scientists help derive optimal value from analytics, how to take analytics to the cloud, and how to leverage BPM to deliver ITaaS.

Posted: 20 Mar 2017 | Published: 22 Feb 2017

EBOOK: This expert handbook takes a look at how low-code development platforms are becoming more prevalent in organizations looking to expand their web and mobile development options. Learn why low-code/no-code with drag-and-drop visual capabilities should be a welcome alternative for software developers and a simplified method for non-developers.

Posted: 15 Mar 2017 | Published: 02 Mar 2017

EBOOK: This e-book explores how to enable seamless app integrations for development and delivery tools. Learn about database-level vs. API-led integration strategies and discover how third-party integrations can help connect the software lifecycle for stronger, simpler development initiatives.

Posted: 15 Mar 2017 | Published: 15 Mar 2017

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how to create a connected software lifecycle to overcome data silos and enable end-to-end visibility for project management. Learn how to connect information across teams and departments to enhance project collaboration and create the communication that digital transformations, Agile, and DevOps principles demand.

Posted: 14 Mar 2017 | Published: 14 Mar 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, we explore what it takes to get started with a successful digital transformation and take steps towards modernizing the various pieces of your organization's culture. Discover the increasingly important roles of big data, Agile, DevOps, talent management, and more.

Posted: 10 Mar 2017 | Published: 08 Mar 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, we explore how to transform traditional web apps into modern mobile apps using an app refactoring platform. Discover how refactoring is emerging as a competitive method for accelerating mobile development and updating legacy apps. Plus, learn about how the app refactoring market is changing.

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 | Published: 23 Feb 2017

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, expert consultant Tom Nolle explores how organizations can leverage BPM to modernize legacy apps effectively. Discover how workflows, APIs, and microservices fit into this framework and your modernization implementation. Plus, learn how BPM will support robotic process automation for the evolving world of IoT and mobile.

Posted: 27 Feb 2017 | Published: 22 Feb 2017

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: In this e-guide, we help you weigh the benefits of private PaaS and offer advice on how to evaluate and test various PaaS offerings. Learn how to assess PaaS tools for compatibility with your existing infrastructure, integration into your app lifecycle management, alignment with compliance and governance, and more.

Posted: 17 Feb 2017 | Published: 03 Feb 2017

EBOOK: Microservices and other new technologies make modern integration increasingly complex. Learn how to overcome integration problems when merging new and old infrastructures by leveraging APIs, software containers, continuous engineering, and more.

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 | Published: 09 Feb 2017

EBOOK: Fads come and go, but the best approaches to develop and deploy enterprise mobile apps have staying power. Find out what those approaches are.

Posted: 13 Feb 2017 | Published: 13 Feb 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, we examine the key attributes of cloud-connected, modern architectures. Discover how to foster API-centric enterprise architectures and learn about the emergence of progressive web apps, as well as how they're creating new, mobile app-like experiences.

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 | Published: 30 Nov 2016

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, we examine the different approaches to app modernization, including how to leverage the third platform, redesign cloud-native apps, and couple modernization efforts with PaaS. Find out how each of these approaches makes integrating the cloud into your architecture and updating legacy apps an easier, more streamlined process.

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 | Published: 30 Nov 2016

EBOOK: This expert handbook examines how business and technology leaders are adapting their mobile development and test strategies. Find out how responsive design testing, DevOps, enterprise architecture models, and automation are reshaping mobile development.

Posted: 01 Dec 2016 | Published: 01 Dec 2016

EGUIDE: APIs are about more than just coordinating software processes, building code, and integrating the various pieces of app development – they're about community and communication. In this expert e-guide, explore the use of open source and building relationships with officially supported clients to help guide API projects.

Posted: 18 Nov 2016 | Published: 16 Nov 2016

WHITE PAPER: This paper explores how leveraging data from disparate systems will give software testing teams the unique opportunity to become the hub of organizational quality. Uncover 5 best practices that will help expose critical issues, enable Agile development, create a more holistic view of the software development lifecycle, and more.

Posted: 08 Nov 2016 | Published: 08 Nov 2016

EBOOK: In some regards, the old and the new – Agile and DevOps methodologies – are cut from the same nontraditional cloth, but can they learn to be friends? Find out how both methodologies are evolving for an increasingly fast paced world that's seeing innovation in newer and more complex areas like IoT.

Posted: 16 Sep 2016 | Published: 15 Sep 2016

EGUIDE: What are the first steps to creating a strong app security program, and how do you know you've struck the right balance between static and dynamic testing? These are the types of questions we explore in this e-guide. Find out what role education is playing in building an app security program and get advice for mitigating SAP vulnerabilities.

Posted: 12 Sep 2016 | Published: 09 Sep 2016