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The Hidden Costs of Software Licensing
Moving beyond paper-based software licensing to more flexible, software-based licensing is a business decision. There is a growing trend toward a variety of service oriented models – rental, subscription and floating network licenses – that can help you become more competitive by offering your customers more choices. In addition, the ability to tailor packages to meet specific customer needs delivers real value and increased flexibility as you grow your business in more dynamic markets.
So, how do you get there? As you’ll read in this 7-page white paper, the costs of developing a homegrown licensing solution include not only initial development, but up-front planning and ongoing dedication of developers to maintain and update the system. Those include:
* Cost: Up-front planning to make certain that the solution developed will actually meet the organization’s needs
* Cost: Initial development requiring years of development resources to create a robust, comprehensive solution
* Cost: Ongoing dedication of up to two developers to maintain and update the system and respond to unforeseen market changes
Read this short paper to see the solution to this challenge – and a solution that gives you not only initial cost savings, but also lower ongoing costs and faster ramp-up time.
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Case Study: You May Need a Development Mechanic
As a contractor for a major financial player in Germany, SOBEGE, a German-based consultancy specializing in embedded IT and web services, was faced with the challenge of analyzing the quality of various legacy software artifacts.
SOBEGE’s client, utilizing in-house and outsourced development, used old legacy systems based on COBOL on mainframes, and source code which was created in the 1970s and updated since then. As time went on they required a more user-friendly GUI written in C, C++, and Visual Basic. Later, they adopted web technologies and newer databases which led to the adoption of Java.
With all of the systems presently in use, the biggest challenge was to find a way to compare the code quality of the legacy systems against that of the Java systems.
In this case study, see how the company avoided the inevitable developers/testers head-on collision – with a “mechanic”.
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Ensuring Software Quality at a Major International Bank
One of the world’s leading international banks has adopted AgitarOne technology for delivering generated unit tests for their Java software development. The bank services millions of customers and is a leading provider of current accounts, savings, personal loans, credit cards, mortgages, and more. As you’ll read in this case study, AgitarOne was able to substantially reduce the cost of software development and significantly improve the software quality process.
Through implementation, the bank discovered enormous financial gains in uncovering defects and reducing software complexity in the code base being maintained by their various outsourcers and contractors.
Read the story about why AgitarOne was selected, what was found, and how it assists management with the software development and quality process today. Read the case study today!
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Load Testing Adobe Flex Applications
Adobe Flex applications may be different from applications you’ve worked with before. For classic HTML web applications, the server does all of the processing. In addition, the rendering of HTML requires full page refreshes. Flex applications are different because content is delivered without having to reload the page. These applications download the Flash client application and run in the browser, or for Adobe AIR applications, on the desktop. The Flash is constantly being updated by the server, asynchronously. For this reason, Adobe Flex server loads reveal a very different profile.
As you’ll read in this short technical paper, it is important to measure transaction response times when performance testing web applications. Flex technology can cause significant increases in the number of browser-to-server HTTP calls made in the background. This increase in traffic can have a profound effect on performance. While users might not be aware of the round-trips between the browser and a dis- tant server, they will definitely notice performance problems if the application is slow or doesn’t work because of the increased load. Knowing the scalability limitations of your deployments is crucial.
If you’re developing or deploying applications in this newer technology, successfully addressing these challenges requires thinking about load testing in new ways. This short paper looks at the new challenges in load testing Flex applications and provides tips to improve application performance and enrich the user experience.
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Load Testing Silverlight Applications
Silverlight applications may be different from applications you’ve worked with before. For classic HTML web applications, the server does all of the processing. In addition, the rendering of HTML requires full page refreshes. Silverlight applications are different because content is delivered without having to reload the page. The application is constantly being updated by the server, asynchronously. For this reason, IIS server loads reveal a very different profile.
As you’ll read in this short paper, it is important to measure transaction response times when performance testing web applications. Silverlight technology can cause significant increases in the number of browser- to-server HTTP calls made in the background. This increase in traffic can have a profound effect upon performance. While users might not be aware of the round-trips between the browser and a distant server, they will certainly be aware of performance problems if the application is slow or throws an error due to the increased load. Knowing the scalability limitations of your deployments is crucial.
This paper offers three important tips to help you improve application performance of Silverlight applications while enriching the user experience. Read the paper today!
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Learn How to Sign Your Code
Code signing, sometimes called object signing, is a way to digitally “shrink-wrap” your code so that it is protected from tampering — similar to a shrink-wrapped product on a store shelf. As you'll read in this short technical paper, by code signing software, the person downloading the software can verify that the code and its publisher have been identified by a trusted third party.
Like boxed software in a store, code signing ensures that the code has not been modified or tampered with since the code was created and signed. This method of verification is so effective that more and more operating systems, software applications, devices, and mobile networks are requiring code signing to ensure that the code will not harm or interrupt services. For instance, code signing is a requirement for any program written for the Microsoft .NET Framework, Kernel-Mode Driver Framework, Adobe AIR, and mobile platform certifications such as Microsoft Mobile2Market and Symbian Signed. These platforms will generate warning messages or refuse to install an application unless it’s code signed by a recognized Certificate Authority .
Want to give your customers or employees the assurance that your code has not been tampered with? Learn more, read the paper today!
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Secure Your Private Keys
This paper describes recent security breaches and why they may have happened. It discusses best practices, especially for the Windows platform, which can help to safeguard the private keys associated with code signing certificates.
The critical factors include:
•Security of the developers’ networks and the developers’ systems themselves.
•Minimal access to the private keys associated with genuine code signing certificates and the code signing process.
•The use of hardened cryptographic hardware to protect the private keys.
If you use digital certificates, such as for code signing, you should read this 10-page technical paper. Retrieve it today!
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Protect Your Code Updates Against SSL Spoofing Attacks
Security experts generally recommend applying security updates to software as soon as possible, as the overwhelming majority of attacks against vulnerabilities are against those that have already been addressed with patches from the software developer. But, published scenarios enable attackers to compromise the safety of these updates.
As you'll read in this 16-page paper by Larry Seltzer, a noted security analyst, some code distribution methods rely only on Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) offerings to protect the integrity of the update process, but authentication through conventional SSL can be weak and subject to man-in-the-middle attacks. Both static code distribution sites and built-in automatic update mechanisms are often vulnerable to these attacks.
The solution to this problem is code signing, a mature technology built into Windows and many other systems for years. How does it work? Read the 16-page paper; Larry goes into all the details. Read it today!
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Protect Your Mobile Apps
You and your company aren't alone in looking to profit from mobile applications. Cybercriminals want to infect and exploit as many mobile devices as they can to steal confidential information.
As you'll read in this short paper, infected apps are not only a threat to mobile device users, but also to network and platform providers, device manufacturers — and to developers like you.
Fortunately, you can protect your code—and your customers—with a straightforward and easy-to-manage technology: code signing certificates. This white paper will detail the rise of mobile applications and show why code signing certificates are essential to protecting your mobile business. Learn more, read the paper today!
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Best Practices for Branching and Merging Patterns
Development teams often create a branching pattern, usually drawn out on a white board or in a Visio document, that is used as a model to follow for the overall development process. As you'll read in this eight-page paper, often those well-laid plans have trouble accommodating real-world development.
As your teams and projects scale, the most common reason for a branch is to support parallel development. This means that many different teams working on different features or projects in the same codebase will have to fork a version of the software in order to keep working on the same code base while preserving their changes. Some branches are also created for maintenance release, some for customer specials, and others for developers to test code.
Read this paper to learn how best to branch – and then, how best to merge code back into the mainline. This is a detailed technical paper – read it today!
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