VIDEO - In this screencast, get the background on UML and BPM and see a demonstration of how activity diagrams can be used to model business processes.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Premiered: November 13, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Modeling | Business Processes | Programming Languages | UML

VIDEO - BPEL is an XML-based language that defines the execution of a business process. It is used to implement a particular flow through computer services. Now an OASIS standard, BPEL grew out of separate initiatives at IBM, Microsoft, and BEA to create an orchestration language for business processes.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Premiered: November 13, 2009


Topics:  BPEL | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Programming | Programming Languages | XML

VIDEO - Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a newer language but has been the focus of much attention from business and IT. As business processes grow more complex, BPMN provides a structured way to organize them. But it is important to know the basics before selecting a BPMN solution.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Premiered: November 13, 2009


Topics:  BPEL | Business Process Management | Business Process Modeling | Programming | Programming Languages | SOA

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - It's amazing how many books on parallel computing use the term parellelism without clearly defining it. In this technical article, Charles Leiserson, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at MIT, provides a brief introduction to this theory.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Programming | Programming Languages | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Engineers

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - This article aims at answering the question, "Is parallel programming hard?" You'll take a look at the distinctions between parallel and sequential programming as well as the three main problems programmers face when it comes to parallel programming.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Programming | Programming Languages | Software | Software Development Methodologies | Software Engineers

WHITE PAPER - Black Duck provides a framework that not only allows your software development organization to benefit from open source but also allows other enterprise stakeholders—including legal, IT, security, export and purchasing personnel—to access timely and relevant information to effectively manage business risks.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Risk Management | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing

WHITE PAPER - Over the past decade, a powerful new approach to development - open source software - has risen to prominence, dramatically increasing the opportunity to re-use existing software. This report describes a set of seven best practices whose objective is to encourage development based on component re-use and software assembly.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Intellectual Property | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Licensing | Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper explains the advantages of reusing open source components in projects implemented by agile development teams, discusses the issues and risks that must be managed, and highlights the benefits organizations can receive by leveraging open source components.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Risk Management | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing | Software Project Management

CASE STUDY - Read this case study to see how Intel reduced software rework and mitigated business risk by using Black Duck™ Protex to validate that open source, 3rd party and internal software usage strictly adhered to Intel's software licensing policies.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Open Source | Programming Languages | Project Management | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing | Software Testing | Source Code Control

WHITE PAPER - Technology barriers have prevented enterprises from adopting Java-based approaches for mission critical applications with extreme and predictable computing needs. However, recent advances throughout the entire Java stack have overcome these barriers to position Java to power the next generation of enterprise computing.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Java | Java Applets | JavaScript | Kernels | Programming Languages

WHITE PAPER - When an IT skill falls out of favor, it rarely ever comes back. Here's our list of 10 dying IT skills. If any of these skills are your main expertise, perhaps it's time to think about updating your skill set.
Posted: May 13, 2009 | Published: May 13, 2009


Topics:  COBOL | Code Management | IT Best Practices | IT Departments | IT Governance | IT Industry | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | IT Services | IT Systems | IT Workforce | Programming | Programming Languages

WHITE PAPER - With spending on cost-saving technologies such as virtualization rising, and the maintenance of networking and enterprise Microsoft software keeping IT professionals constantly in demand, here's our top 10 hot skills that will take us from a down economy and beyond.
Posted: May 1, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | ITIL | Outsourcing | Programming Languages | Project Management | Server Virtualization | Telecommunications Systems