Tips

Tips

• Five capability areas integration point technologies should provide

  Modern technologies are now embracing the fact that an integration point, aka an API, needs to be managed inside and outside the firewall.  Continue Reading

• IT professional certifications: Action plan for acing the CSTE, CSQA

  Earning IT professional certifications can be the gateway to advancing one's career.  Continue Reading

• API testing ensures smooth sailing for SOA enterprises

  Zenergy Technologies' David Dang discusses the various types of API testing, SOA and his QUEST 2014 presentation.  Continue Reading

• Mobile app design: Architecting apps with worker productivity in mind

  Architects need to keep in mind certain elements that make mobile app design different from app design for the Web.  Continue Reading

• Where data persistence and large volume sets collide

  Data persistence can be problematic because it is often related to how an application is functioning.  Continue Reading

• Modernizing child's play: Advice for building learning apps for kids

  While not completely different from creating apps for adults, there are things developers need to keep in mind when designing learning apps for kids.  Continue Reading

• Enterprise BPM: Fit processes to align with goals, not personalities

  Enterprise BPM is supposed to improve workflow; however, at many organizations it's a relic of past employees and practices.  Continue Reading

• Making the decision: Is SOA or REST best for big data applications?

  When designing big data applications, an important consideration is whether to use SOA or RESTful APIs to connect big data components and services to the rest of the application.  Continue Reading

• Unlocking the code: How to improve your decision-making skills

  Software engineer Sarah Mei says having an appetite for learning helps developers improve their decision-making skills.  Continue Reading

• Legacy modernization: Why you should take an Agile-DevOps approach

  The Agile-DevOps approach to legacy modernization transforms slow-performing old apps into resource-efficient apps without operational issues.  Continue Reading

• Smart process applications: Taking a new method to business processes

  Smart process applications can kick-start a modernization process by bringing agility and integration to the most critical parts of a business.  Continue Reading

• Holistic management: BPM drivers shouldn't affect processes

  Holistic management tools using mobile, social and cloud capabilities may enhance processes, but it's a mistake to use them just because they exist.  Continue Reading

• How to master single-page application development

  A single-page application offers easier adaption to multiple devices and lifecycle management.  Continue Reading

• 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