Application Development White Papers

WHITE PAPER: This paper presents eighteen best practices for leaner, more agile software development project governance.

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 | Published: 22 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this ever-changing world of software development, it's critical to keep up with technologies, methodologies and trends. In this paper, find five tested and proven software development practices your team should be utilizing to accelerate software delivery.

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 | Published: 08 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Automating your software delivery process and integrating it with cloud-based IaaS is the best way to keep pace with today’s software building, testing and deploying demands.

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 | Published: 26 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn what to look for in a decision management solution and how to make a case for business users of information technology.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: In order to maximize the benefits of a Scrum framework, software development teams need the right tools. Read this case study to find out how Red Gate Software implemented Scrum tools that gave them a shared framework and vocabulary, and improved transparency.

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 | Published: 13 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: A steady pattern of innovation, expansion, and acquisition can quickly result in a sprawling infrastructure that is difficult to manage. This white paper explores tools and practices that have emerged to address this issue and recommends actions you can take to lay the foundation for the cloud.

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 01 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: A single, common application lifecycle management (ALM) platform provides improved quality, time to market and business agility. A seamless migration to a new platform for application lifecycle management can be achieved through thoughtful planning. Read this paper for best practices for a seamless ALM migration.

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper details how the cloud can help organizations accelerate their adoption to Agile software development, and more quickly and cost-effectively realize Agile’s numerous business benefits.

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper will highlight solutions for application development in globally dispersed organizations. Insights and strategies for maximizing efficiencies in a distributed environment will be presented, along with best practices.

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Learn how properly managing continued data growth can drive business results.

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 | Published: 07 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Companies developing complex product offerings need to make sure that all components work together to deliver the desired result. Download the paper to learn how IBM Rational solutions can help companies achieve these results.

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 | Published: 02 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper makes the case for using value realization practices in conjunction with traditional project management.

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 | Published: 29 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Software code governance is a large part of mitigating risks. Discover how this strategy can proactively establish policies or thresholds around code quality and security, test against these policies early in the project lifecycle, and control risk through better visibility into areas of risk in the project or in the supply chain.

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 | Published: 26 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how to reduce operational costs and risk while you improve the accessibility of critical business data. Don't put your business in a catch-up position - be the one in the forefront with the CDC advantage.

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 | Published: 26 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the advantages of packed software solutions. Inside, learn how this straightforward approach can achieve faster overall results with less risk and increased consistency.

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 | Published: 18 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This document, written by thought leader and certified CollabNet Scrum trainer and coach Michael James, condenses the essence of Scrum into 6 pages. It's a must read for agile enthusiasts and anyone who wants to learn more about Scrum.

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 | Published: 14 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how to tranform software development to increase productivity using application lifecycle management (ALM).

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 | Published: 14 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Centralization Checklist: Lower costs and improve productivity and quality for your software development processes. Here's how to start, by centralizing you assets.

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 | Published: 14 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive resource to learn about 5 reasons why your organization can’t afford not to use the cloud any longer and discover the many benefits your competitors are gaining with the cloud, including reduced operating expenses, increased productivity, and much more.

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 | Published: 01 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management Solution for SAP Applications creates targeted, right-sized development, testing and training environments, reducing the time, expense and manual effort. This solution brief provides an overview of the product.

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 | Published: 29 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, IDC explores example case studies of IBM’s internal evolution to a social business as a means to guide other large organisations considering making a similar transition.

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 | Published: 22 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Application developers and DBAs looking to migrate databases due to cost concerns, staffing problems, or technology issues should consider this new database compatability layer option to mitigate risk, lower migration cost, and speed the migration process.

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 | Published: 06 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Over the years, tools used to implement Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) have become more and more capable, sometimes at the price of complexity. Oracle has always put the emphasis on the integration of the tools and simplification of the user experience...

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Many organizations are adopting service-oriented architecture (SOA) to improve business agility and simplify the complexity of their IT environments. SOA represents a fundamental shift in the way enterprise applications are designed, developed and deployed as modular business services that can be easily integrated and reused.

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 | Published: 28 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: The backlog is the number-one hurdle to effectiveness for CIOs followed by inadequate budgets and a shortage of time for strategic thinking and planning, reports “The State of the CIO 2006” survey by CIO Magazine. For IT executives managing mainframe applications, these issues are all too familiar. After all, the average Fortune 100 company...

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 | Published: 31 Mar 2009