Where are We Going: .NET vs Java? by James Arendt
What in the world is going on in the marketplace? Technology is moving so fast that it is sometimes a little difficult to tell what is happening. Let’s take a short trip back to the past. It wasn’t too long ago that applications were designed, developed, and deployed on a single machine. ... This transformation resulted in the user interface, business rules, and data services each becoming its own independent logical element in the application architecture. ... In order for a Microsoft application to talk with a CORBA component another piece of software was required for translation.

Is a Web Based or Online CRM Solution Suitable For You? by Perry Norgarb
There are compelling reasons for you to consider an online CRM (Customer Relationship Management) solution: You can access your business 24x7 from anywhere with an internet connection; the price sounds right and online applications are quick to deploy and maintain. ... But online software applications, sometimes referred to as hosted, OnDemand, SaaS (software as a service), web based applications, are not suitable for everybody. ... *Do you to need to synchronize your data with other software or devices, like MS Outlook, or your Palm?

Microsoft Great Plains Customization Localization - Technical Overview by Arthur Ferretti
Microsoft Business Solutions has several products, targeted to all the variety of businesses: from small to middles size and large. Microsoft is in the process to transfer all of them to Microsoft SQL Server platform. In this small article we would like to give you highlights on localizing... If you are programmer, business owner, software developer – read this and you will have the clue on where to move on Great Plains Dexterity – this is programming language and application creation environment, designed by Great Plains Software in earlier 1990th.

Cost Effective .NET Development by Mike Mc Guire
QBit System is for the past two years, an ISO 9001:2000 certified company and focuses on high technology, simplistic solutions in areas of Mobile Computing, Enterprise solutions on latest platforms .NET, technology migration and re-engineering catering to overseas clients like auto component... Getting your software product / solution / application developed from a service provider of choice to cope with the highly competitive business marketplace and to benefit immensely from such outsourcing should be your strategy!” QBit Systems which has embarked upon an expansion plan in the arena of...

Making The Decision To Automate Your Software Testing by Danna Henderson
Not every software testing project can or should be automated. Before your department accepts a new test automation project, you should establish a process by which projects are reviewed and either accepted or rejected. This can be done with a simple Test Automation Acceptance Checklist. ... Application or Environmental Stability Environmental stability is crucial to a successfully automating a software testing project. ... This person is responsible for making sure you have the business requirements and answering questions about how the application works.

Disaster Recovery Services: Questions to Ask of a Service Provider by C Seagrave
With increasing dependence on systems availability, the recovery of your core servers, applications and network are fundamental in the event of a disaster. In fact, as organisations rely more and more on ‘anytime, anywhere’ connectivity, ‘systems availability’ has become synonymous with... Business continuity plans and disaster recovery services ensure continuity and viability.” ( Disaster Recovery Plans and Systems are Essential , September 2001) This article discusses your considerations when selecting a service provider to deliver disaster recovery services – a partner on whom the very...

With So Many Barcode Printing Technologies, Which One is Right for My Business? by Vaughn Balchunas
First of all, it is not necessary to have a dedicated barcode printer. Any printer that can print labels will print barcode labels with the right software. But, in almost every serious business situation having a dedicated printer makes sense. Dedicated barcode printers are designed to work with... Which you decide upon will determine what kind of software you buy; the interfacing requirements would follow. ... If you have a bigger organization you will probably need a professional label design software solution that works with many types of printers and computers, and integrates well with...

CIO Enterprise Identity Project Approaches by Bill Brant
CIO Enterprise Identity Project Approaches The Enterprise Identity Management project is all about automating business processes and synchronizing identity-related information across the enterprise. Why do we need Identity Management? Identity management is necessary to support a strong and... IBM’s WebSphereMQ http://www-306.ibm.com/software/integration/wmq/ Tibco Rendezvous http://www.tibco.com/software/enterprise_backbone/rendezvous.jsp SonicMQ http://www.sonicsoftware.com/index.ssp Microsoft MSMQ http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/msmq/default.mspx Conclusion...

Software Testing and Quality in Real World by Karthikeyan Pappaiyan
Why Sofware Testing? To reduce risk: Customer dissatisfaction Decrease of market share Higher service costs To verify To ensure that the system operates according to the requirements “Passive” testing; the positive attributes of the system are tested To validate To ensure that the... QA and Organizational Culture On average, proper software testing takes up as much time as designing and building a software application After you have written and compiled your software application, you don’t throw away the source code: that is your investment.

Event Management Software by Alison Cole
Event Management software has been developed to automate and manage various business events efficiently. This software facilitates scheduling and event calendaring for business organizations. Event management software makes event management possible at a reduced cost, and it maximizes resource... The application of the software is imperative when one has to manage several events that are time consuming and resource intensive. ... Several event management software packages are available on the market.