Benefits of Automating Software Processes by Marcus Tettmar
Perhaps the most obvious reason for automating software is to speed up a process and remove mundane, repetitive manual tasks. Software automation therefore saves time and resources, which equates to cost savings. Examples of this abound. But in this article I’d like to talk about some other good... One consequence of software automation is an improved understanding of the software's interface. ... Automated Software Testing can help find issues in the interface just from the process of building the automated test, even before the test script has been run.

Manufacturing ERP Software by Jennifer Bailey
Manufacturing is defined as the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale by using equipments and processing systems. In order to manage manufacturing processes, a software-based production, purchasing, and shipment planning and inventory control system called Manufacturing... Costs of acquiring manufacturing ERP software depends on the size and features of the software and the scope of customization. ... Many ERP vendors and ERP consulting companies that have gained professional skills in implementing and customizing manufacturing ERP software can do the implementation...

Waterfall V Iterative Development – Whether Or Not To Deliver Software Projects On Time by Mike Bianchi
THE HISTORY OF WATERFALL DEVELOPMENT In 1970, Winston W.Royce wrote an article in which he described a sequential model for developing software wherein development flows, waterfall-like, through phases of requirements, analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. ... ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY Iterative developments display these characteristics: Highest risk items are built first Change is expected and accommodated, but controlled Testing occurs early and often Iterations are time-boxed not function-boxed Deliver early, deliver often Deliver production...

End-User Programming Using the Semantic Web by Peter Hale
This article outlines future research that is required for the advancement of representation, search, and visualization of information, and at recent and future developments in the use and representation of taxonomies and ontologies, and visualization tools that can aid in their use. ... In: International Conference on Software Engineering, Proceeding of the 28th international conference on Software engineering pp 751-760. ... Either approach violates the software engineering principles of efficiency and maintainability." The author investigates, evaluates and advocates the use of platform...

Linux vs Windows Operating Systems by Bradley James
With so many Microsoft Windows related viruses, errors, and other software problems, many average computer users are looking at alternative operating system platforms, such as Linux. It is important that users, frustrated with Windows, don't simply install a version of Llinux without knowing... Some software may be designed to work with multiple Linux GUIs, while others many only be able to work with a few, or just one. ... Microsoft Windows, on the other hand, is not an operating system you can modify easily - it was designed to work a particular way with a certain user interface as...

Agent Oriented Information Systems In Enterprises by Shazia Tabassum
Introduction The term “agent” has been used in AI & in cognitive science as a synonym for “intelligent systems”. Over the past few years, researchers in various fields of computer science have adopted this term as a common abstraction that subsumes several important research issues. ... The intuition underlying AOP have an ever greater potential for information systems engineering than for general software engineering. ... The software engineering approach emphasizes the significance of application independence high-level agent-to-agent communication as a basis for general software...

An Overview Of Computer Networks by Michael Russell
My second degree, or should I say my second go through inside the education system was in networking. I'm a certified Novell and Microsoft engineer, not that I'm all that excited about the fact. Networking is actually pretty mindless work once you learn it. ... In future articles I'll go into detail on the hardware and software required to set up these networks and some of the finer points. ... WANs are enormous to say the least and are very intricate in their design, requiring hubs from all over the world to stay connected.

Review of Rio MP3 Players by Bradley James
Below you will find some useful information and comments about a few of the most popular MP3 players by Rio, including the Nitrus, Carbon, Cali, and Forge. None of these MP3 players are perfect, but each offers a unique set of strengths and weaknesses that should be taken into consideration... Features: - 1.5GB HDD plays back over 25 hours of MP3 or 50 hours of WMA music (over 375 MP3 or 750 WMA songs) - USB 2.0 for fast transfers - Transfer content between multiple PCs - 16-hour continuous playback with the rechargeable LiIon battery - 5-Band adjustable equalizer with pre-sets...

The Dichotomy of Systems Development Management by Tim Bryce
"A Systems Development Manager speaks with a forked tongue." - Bryce's Law INTRODUCTION In order to be a Systems Development Manager, you have to be a lot of things: front man, educator, mentor, sage, politician, etc. Oh yea, something else, you also have to be a hypocrite. ... And understand this, in software alone, there are hundreds of ways to skin a cat; thanks to different programming languages, design and data base techniques, etc. ... Instead of documentation being viewed as a vital working tool and a byproduct of design, it is viewed as an inconsequential and burdensome task.

ERP Software Solutions by Jennifer Bailey
Enterprise Resource Management attempts to assimilate and automate all functional departments within a company into a single computer system that can provide all the particular needs of each department. ERP software constitutes various modules for each business activity like product planning,... The solutions offer advanced lot and serial control and engineering documents that include capacity requirements planning, shop floor control and graphical billing of materials. ... ERP software solutions are easy to implement and use.