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6 Ways the Cloud Enhances Agile Software Development

Cloud computing and virtualization let you create virtual machines and use of cloud-based services for project management, issue management and software builds with automated testing. This, in turn, encourages agile development in six key ways.

21 Aug 2012 6 mins
Agile Development Developer Server Virtualization
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NFC Not Just for Mobile Payments: Six Future Uses

NFC has been lauded as the technology that will take mobile payments mainstream. But the truth is NFC is good for so much more. Here's a look at a handful of innovative ways NFC will be used in the future by businesses, marketers, governments an

15 Aug 2012 7 mins
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Software Testing Lessons Learned From Knight Capital Fiasco

Knight Capital lost $440 million in 30 minutes due to something the firm called a 'trading glitch.' In reality, poor software development and testing models are likely to blame. Here's what your company can do to avoid similar embarras

15 Aug 2012 7 mins
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Harnessing Change Is Second Key to Agile IT Governance

Small investments in 'skunkworks' projects that target a specific business metric can bring technology strategy into closer alignment with business strategy. This makes is easy for CIOs to build an IT culture that is adaptive to change and,

15 Aug 2012 7 mins
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Microsoft Debuts Cloud App Model for Office, SharePoint

With Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013, Microsoft says it will make it easier than ever to develop, deploy and manage Web-based apps that extend the power of its productivity and collaboration.

11 Aug 2012 5 mins
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9 Unheralded Technology Innovations

Some of the indispensable technology that you use every day was so ahead of its time that it now goes largely unnoticed. Here the innovations that forever changed email, Web development, database management and other "givens" in today'

9 Aug 2012 6 mins
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10 Mobile Apps That Promote Health and Wellness

If you're one of the growing number of people who carries a smartphone everywhere, why not take advantage of mobile apps that can help you organize your medical history, eat right, exercise or fall asleep at night?

8 Aug 2012 6 mins
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Are Enterprise App Stores the Future?

Enterprise app stores like the SAP Store can change the way enterprise software is bought and sold. Like any revolution, though, it won't be an easy process.

4 Aug 2012 7 mins
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How the Kanban Method Changes Software Engineering

From humble beginning on an internal project at Microsoft, the Kanban method for software development quickly grew to spawn blogs, books and conferences. CIO.com takes a look at the essentials of the methodology, identifies its pros and cons and pro

31 Jul 2012 9 mins
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Apple Wins Enterprise App Devs, Android Vies for Consumer Devs (Where’s Microsoft?)

Apple iOS is pulling ahead in the battle for the hearts and minds of enterprise mobile app developers in the wake of enterprise concerns about Android fragmentation and malware. Will Android's current weakness in the enterprise give Microsoft an

28 Jul 2012 5 mins
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