WHITE PAPER - Secure software starts in development.  A defect-- quality flaws or security vulnerabilities-- caught early in the production cycle costs far less to fix than when caught later in production. How do you ensure that security standards are met as part of your quality measures? 
Posted: March 10, 2010 | Published: December 14, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Security | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Tools | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing | Source Code Control

WHITE PAPER - Producing high-quality, feature-rich software while meeting regulatory guidelines presents a unique set of challenges for those developing medical device software. The key to success is implementing an effective software verification process that maximizes development productivity and best practices while ensuring code quality and security.
Posted: February 22, 2010 | Published: November 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Compliance Best Practices | FDA Compliance | ISO | Medical Devices | Regulations | Regulatory Compliance | Software Development Methodologies | Software Quality Assurance | Source Code Control

WHITE PAPER - Embedded software development teams in the medical device sector are striving to meet growing market demands while dealing with increased software complexity across global teams, business and engineering challenges with limited engineering resources and increased code complexity. Read this paper to learn how to optimize productivity challenges.
Posted: February 22, 2010 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Code Management | FDA Compliance | Medical Devices | Quality Control | Quality Control Standards | Regulatory Compliance | Software Development Methodologies | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing | Source Code Control

WHITE PAPER - As Agile is embraced by development organizations everywhere, the need to produce clean, maintainable software quickly is great. To achieve development agility, developers must maintain velocity, eliminate bug debt, and focus on peer interaction. Read this paper to learn how to automate time consuming development activities to boost productivity.
Posted: February 22, 2010 | Published: November 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | C | C++ | Code Management | Debugging | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Engineers | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing | Source Code Control

WHITE PAPER - Software development teams aiming to achieve DO-178B certification can streamline their efforts with source code analysis tools. In this white paper, learn how the defect, architecture, and metrics analysis capabilities of Klocwork source code analysis can be used to automate time consuming tasks and achieve key objectives of the DO-178B guidance.
Posted: February 22, 2010 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Code Management | Debugging | Memory Management | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Metrics | Software Project Management | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing | Source Code Control | Source Code Control Software | Vulnerability Assessments | Vulnerability Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper contains advice on improving application performance. It also gives 10 tips for building and managing a performance center of excellence.
Posted: February 9, 2010 | Published: February 9, 2010


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Quality Assurance

WHITE PAPER - This paper will help you gain a closer understanding of how you can integrate performance testing into your Agile processes. It summarizes key concepts and best practices involved in performance testing, highlights software tools that enable performance validation in Agile environments, and provides practical tips that you can put to work today.
Posted: February 9, 2010 | Published: February 9, 2010


Topics:  Agile Manufacturing | Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Performance Testing | Software Configuration Management | Software Quality Assurance | Testing

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes 12 of the most common hacker attacks and provides basic rules that you can follow to help create more hack-resistant Web applications.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Security Best Practices | Security Management | Software | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing | Web Applications Management | Web Applications Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper presents a set of agile meeting and facilitation checklists that offer an easy framework to help guide software development teams through the various agile cycles. Read on to learn about the Agile Development Rhythms and start using the checklists presented herein to help get through the various agile cycles.
Posted: July 24, 2009 | Published: July 24, 2009


Topics:  Agile Manufacturing | Application Development | Application Performance Management | Document Management | Project Management | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Project Management | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explores how to troubleshoot common application errors, including crashes and functionality failures, for greater application performance and an optimized end-user experience.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: September 1, 2006


Topics:  .NET | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Debugging | Productivity | Software Quality Assurance | TCO | Troubleshooting | Web Applications Management | Web Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explores how to optimize application availability and reliability through an always on approach to application monitoring that combines reactive and proactive techniques.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Availability | Application Monitoring | Application Monitoring Software | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | MOM | Reliability | Software Quality Assurance

WHITE PAPER - This white paper offers a guide for effectively diagnosing .Net application health problems, code failures and performance bottlenecks.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: September 1, 2007


Topics:  .NET | Application Monitoring | Application Monitoring Software | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Data Protection | Load Balancing | Operations Manager | Security | Service Level Management | SLA | Software Quality Assurance

WHITE PAPER - While there are many "how to" options to extending agile beyond a few teams, this white paper focuses on critical recommendations for organizations moving to full-scale agile development. Avoiding these pitfalls can mean the difference between...
Posted: October 15, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | Project Management | Software Best Practices | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Quality Assurance

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, you will gain insight into five myths commonly associated with agile development. Explore what agile development is in reality, what it is not, and the true benefits of transitioning to agile methods in your organization.
Posted: October 15, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Productivity | Project Management | Software Best Practices | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Engineering Institute | Software Quality Assurance | Testing

WHITE PAPER - This white paper presents the key characteristics of successful agile managers as they introduce and scale agile methods. Learn what agile managers can do to help their teams and organizations adopt agile development practices to deliver real...
Posted: October 2, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | Productivity | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | Quality Control | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Quality Assurance