Tips

Tips

• Rethinking API design to make applications more Agile and cloud-ready

  Architects need to look at a new kind of API design based on resources and verbs instead of technical, self-defining data models.  Continue Reading

• Creating a cloud model with governance, services architecture in mind

  Organizations considering a move to cloud-centric applications should think about their cloud model, not applications architecture.  Continue Reading

• Using REST, cloud bursting to boost SOA cloud performance

  Businesses that are engaging in computing need to address horizontal scaling for cloud bursting and failover.  Continue Reading

• Apache Hadoop applications: How to integrate Hadoop for mobile use

  To meet the needs of mobile application development, existing Hadoop applications should be used.  Continue Reading

• Data mining social media: Twitter's untapped potential

  Data mining social media can help businesses gather crucial information. This article gives advice to developers who want to get started.  Continue Reading

• REST vs. SOAP: A retail use case comparison

  In the REST vs. SOAP use case debate, the decision is affected by performance and reliability considerations.  Continue Reading

• How to solve operational BI problems with SOA middleware

  From focusing to the problem at hand to thinking in terms of events, there are ways to use middleware to facilitate fixing operational BI glitches.  Continue Reading

• IT revolution: Transforming with Agility, efficiency and productivity

  In the IT revolution, some of the biggest obstacles to meeting goals in SOA portfolio and legacy business transformation may be the very forces behind it.  Continue Reading

• Kanban vs. Scrum: Which Agile tool should you use?

  When contemplating Kanban vs. Scrum, some Agile testing experts suggest taking time into consideration.  Continue Reading

• What you need to consider before modernizing legacy apps

  Modernizing legacy apps can be expensive and time consuming if a project roadmap isn't carefully devised and followed.  Continue Reading

• App design: Taking a services approach to application modernization

  To modernize an application, an app design should include elements for reuse and efficiency in the cloud.  Continue Reading

• Advice: Slash undesirable outcomes through risk-based testing

  At the Software Test Professionals Conference, software leader Rex Black will walk attendees through the process of risk-based testing.  Continue Reading

• Social media for business forces changes to enterprise architecture

  Social media can be a boon for businesses, but they’re challenging classic approaches to enterprise architecture -- and changing it.  Continue Reading

• Mobile middleware: Data movement and application design best practices

  Properly used, mobile middleware can help reduce development time and improve the user experience.  Continue Reading

• How to approach Web service design and WSDL creation

  Not everyone can agree on where to start when it comes to Web service design, but there are some common approaches that should be followed.  Continue Reading