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Embracing Enterprise Mobility: Choosing the Right Application Development Platform
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: For many enterprises, going mobile gets you upward mobility. With various options in today's consumer market, choosing a mobile platform is not always as simple as using your device on the go. Download this buyer's checklist for mobile application platforms to help you compare and contrast what's available today, across eight different categories.
Posted: 06 May 2014 | Published: 06 May 2014

IBM

Native vs. HTML5 Mobile App Development
sponsored by Appcelerator
WHITE PAPER: Mobile application developers know that native apps are far more popular than their HTML5 counterpart - but the debate is still going strong over which is the better approach. In this white paper, compare the two approaches - native and HTML5 - with a brief overview of both and a discussion of the benefits and drawbacks to both approaches.
Posted: 25 Sep 2013 | Published: 25 Sep 2013

Appcelerator

Orchestrating Mainframe and Distributed SCCM and Release Management
sponsored by SERENA Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to find an integrated approach to software change and configuration management. Learn how to effectively balance the need for change v. availability of resources and make rational business decisions without disrupting your audit trail.
Posted: 23 May 2012 | Published: 23 May 2012

SERENA Software, Inc.

9 Catastrophic Projects, And the Lessons They Teach
sponsored by AtTask
WHITE PAPER: This white paper considers 9 massive project failures, and analyzes where teams went wrong. Read on to see how mistakes, communication breakdowns, and destroyed budgets can obliterate your projects, and how you can avoid a similar fate.
Posted: 30 Jan 2015 | Published: 30 Jan 2015

AtTask

ROI: The Value of Deployment Automation
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: While automated release has obvious benefits such as increased compliance and drastically slashed lifecycle times, what is the concrete advantage to automation - in terms of dollars and cents? In this resource, explore the ROI of deployment automation and learn what you need to take into consideration in order to calculate an accurate ROI figure.
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 | Published: 31 Jan 2013

IBM

Agile Portfolio Management: Getting Images Gains Visibility and Alignment with Kanban Portfolios
sponsored by Rally Software
WHITE PAPER: Few organizations have succeeded in moving beyond static, up-front development timelines to the more dynamic process of working with agile teams. In this case study, discover how Getty Images managed to become one of the few agile champions after struggling with the transition to lean and agile development.
Posted: 26 Jun 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

Rally Software

Reducing the risk of development failure with cost-effective capture and management of requirements
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: In this paper from Bloor research, explore the key success factors of effective requirements management, and discover some of the tools offered to help you achieve your goal. Learn the business value of these requirements management tools, and how your organization can enjoy some of the benefits that real-world companies experienced.
Posted: 08 Nov 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2013

IBM

Service Virtualization and DevTest Cloud
sponsored by CA Technologies
WHITE PAPER: For many dev teams, the greatest barriers to project success are out of their control - lack of availability, stability, or capacity of development and test environments. This resource explores how leveraging a cloud platform can help solve these constraints by creating virtual test environments and simulating unavailable or costly test components.
Posted: 15 May 2013 | Published: 28 Feb 2011

CA Technologies

Smarter quality management: The fast track to competitive advantage
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Many factors serve to complicate software delivery, but competition lies at the heart of this complexity. This paper introduces a practical approach to quality management (QM), continuous testing, and service virtualization that helps reduce time to market without sacrificing quality in the outcome.
Posted: 23 Sep 2013 | Published: 31 Aug 2013

IBM

Improve Your Mobile Application Security
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Mobile applications bring with them a whole slew of security concerns that must be addressed throughout the development and deployment process. This helpful white paper introduces a mobile application development platform that helps you tackle security issues on devices, over the network, in the enterprise, and within the application itself.
Posted: 06 May 2014 | Published: 31 Oct 2012

IBM