ITBE Staff

Since the creation of the Agile Manifesto, many development teams have embraced the guidelines of agile. By focusing on the customer and eliminating wasted development effort, developers have seen dramatic improvements in their software development – greater visibility and collaboration, lower risk, faster delivery of builds, and increased adaptability. But, even if your development team […]

‘Effectively Using and Securing the Cloud Computing Paradigm’ PowerPoint Presentation This slideshow, developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, defines cloud computing, gives an overview of cloud security, outlines cloud migration paths, identifies cloud publications and explains the need for minimal standards. It also includes industry insights, describes foundational tech components and presents […]

Vendors are always trying to leverage up. If an IT organization buys a server, the vendor invariably wants the customer to buy a storage system. Similarly, if the customer buys a customer relationship management (CRM) application, the offer for a business intelligence application isn’t very far behind. But historically there has always been a line […]

Corporate leaders as a group have largely failed to earn the trust of their employees, and that includes IT managers, who may be particularly lacking in some of the qualities that define a trusted leader. That’s the assessment of John Hamm, a Silicon Valley-based venture capitalist, leadership advisor and author of the book, “Unusually Excellent: […]

‘Building Applications in the Cloud’ Excerpt Cloud expert Christopher Moyer explores proven cloud platform patterns provided by IBM, Microsoft, Google and others. Read our excerpt for information on how you can transform software into a service. In “Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects,” expert cloud developer Chris Moyer introduces proven patterns for […]

‘SOA Governance’ Excerpt Learn about the basics of governance, including the building blocks of a governance system, from leading experts. “SOA Governance: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud” is the result of a multiyear project to collect proven industry practices for establishing IT governance controls specific to the adoption of SOA and service […]

Research recently released from Oracle, and conducted by Dynamic Markets, reveals senior business and IT managers across Europe, U.S., the Middle East and South Africa’s large organizations struggle with a lack of visibility into profits that is impairing financial performance, morale and business success. The research, entitled “Performance Management: An Incomplete Picture,” also highlights the […]

‘Scalability Rules’ Excerpt Authors Martin L. Abbott and Michael T. Fisher provide 50 proven scalability rules and guidance for applying them. Our excerpt from “Scalability Rules” offers six rules for avoiding unnecessary complexity and simplifying your product. “Scalability Rules: 50 Principles for Scaling Web Sites” is the easy-to-use scalability primer and reference for every architect, […]

There’s obviously a lot of debate and excitement over the potential role of tablet devices in the enterprise. Some see these devices replacing large swaths of the PCs in use, while others say they will primarily be used as secondary devices. A survey of 53 North American IT decision makers, conducted by Forrester Consulting on […]

There’s a perception that small to medium-sized business (SMBs) don’t place a premium on the value of IT. In fact, the perception is that most of them are anxious to outsource as much as possible of it to one cloud computing service or another. But a new survey of 525 decision makers in SMB organizations […]

‘The Software IP Detective’s Handbook’ Excerpt Expert and author Bob Zeidman helps you understand key analysis concepts and shows you how to determine whether software intellectual property violations such as copying, infringement or theft have occurred. In “The Software IP Detective’s Handbook:  Measurement, Comparison, and Infringement Detection,” author Bob Zeidman provides thorough coverage of the […]

More than a quarter of people surveyed from around the world are going online in their hunt for work, but many are growing nervous about the potential career fallout from personal content on social networking sites, according to the latest survey results from global workforce solutions leader, Kelly Services® (NASDAQ: KELYA) (NASDAQ: KELYB). The findings […]