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• Editors' Choice: Package Track software gets a collegiate thumbs-up

  This Editors' Choice takes a look at the features of Package Track, an electronic system that helps mailrooms gain control of their inventory, pickups and deliveries.  Continue Reading

• Looking under the hood of the Google PaaS, App Engine

  The Google PaaS, App Engine, lets businesses take a cloud-first approach to developing and managing web and mobile apps.  Continue Reading

• What do API management platforms offer that piecemeal API tools can't?

  More businesses are developing APIs, but doing so requires a variety of resources. API management platforms bring these resources together in one location to simplify the process.  Continue Reading

• Business users look to Salesforce App Cloud for app development

  Organizations looking for a low-code app development platform should consider the Salesforce PaaS App Cloud, which helps business users create apps on their own.  Continue Reading

• Delving into the container-based Red Hat PaaS, OpenShift

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is a developer-focused PaaS that supports application development teams in a range of industries and business sizes.  Continue Reading

• An API management tool makes using APIs simpler and more efficient

  APIs have helped to greatly simplify application development and integration projects. An API management tool makes designing, deploying and tracking these APIs just as simple.  Continue Reading

• Evaluate and settle on the container software that's best for business

  As businesses trek toward building cloud-native applications, they are seeing the value of software containers. See which container orchestrator best fits your company's needs.  Continue Reading

• To choose the right PaaS stack, know thyself

  When it comes to application modernization, PaaS is a primary tool. Difficult to categorize and assess, see which PaaS vendor is right for your company's application needs.  Continue Reading

• It's containers vs. VMs, but enterprises don't always have to choose

  Hardcore advocates for application containers may trumpet the advantages of using containers over VMs. But more often than not, reality requires a combination of the two.  Continue Reading

• Would Mesosphere Marathon help with your container management needs?

  Mesosphere Marathon is a scalable, open source container management system that helps organizations deploy and automate Apache Mesos and Docker container technologies.  Continue Reading

• Is Mesosphere DC/OS right for your container management needs?

  Mesosphere DC/OS provides organizations of all sizes with large-scale container orchestration and microservices management tools for a variety of container formats.  Continue Reading

• Would your company benefit from Microsoft Azure Container Service?

  Microsoft Azure Container Service lets organizations deploy and manage containers using the tools of their choice, thanks to integration with popular container technologies.  Continue Reading

• Triton DataCenter offers flexible container-as-a-service capabilities

  Triton DataCenter from Joyent is a container orchestration system that provides organizations with services for running and managing various container technologies.  Continue Reading

• Orchestrate and manage containers using the Docker Swarm service

  The Docker Swarm service is an open source system that provides organizations utilizing Docker containers with tools for container orchestration, clustering and scheduling.  Continue Reading

• Does Google Container Engine meet your container orchestration needs?

  Powered by the Google Kubernetes system, Google Container Engine provides services for clustering, orchestrating and running Docker containers both on premises and in the cloud.  Continue Reading

• Working with microservices framework still a challenge in 2016

  2016 brought along some changes in how organizations work with microservices -- changes that had both positive and negative outcomes. Tom Nolle explains.  Continue Reading

• Is CoreOS' fleet container management system right for your business?

  CoreOS' fleet software provides organizations with an open source system for deploying, managing and monitoring containers in Linux operating system-based environments.  Continue Reading

• Manage containers, cloud-native apps and more with the Apcera Platform

  The Apcera Platform provides enterprises with a scalable container management system, as well as orchestration tools for microservices and cloud-native and legacy applications.  Continue Reading

• Is Amazon ECS the right container management system for your business?

  Amazon ECS, powered by Amazon Web Services, is a scalable management system that provides organizations with tools for running and organizing Docker containers and microservices.  Continue Reading

• API management solution vendors need to work on relationship skills

  API management software providers can't take the relationship between API users and providers for granted. A Forrester analyst explains what they need to do to improve relations.  Continue Reading

• Challenges of checkpointing in distributed systems include security

  Transparent checkpointing can help developers, but challenges crop up with security and storage. A computer science professor explains some of the caveats involved.  Continue Reading

• How transparent application checkpointing will impact developers

  Developers have traditionally been required to write new checkpointing for individual programs. Professor Gene Cooperman explains how transparent checkpointing will change that.  Continue Reading

• Fault injection destined to be a must-have technique for software pros

  Two experts say fault injection, a method which creates controlled disasters to better prepare you for service outages and other problems, is necessary for cloud development.  Continue Reading

• App modernization starts with knowing how to evaluate PaaS providers

  To modernize legacy apps with PaaS technology, know the features and deployment options to consider when evaluating PaaS providers.  Continue Reading

• Ministry uses intelligent BPM to save time chasing expired credit cards

  A ministry used PNMSoft’s Sequence iBPM suite to more efficiently track down expired credit cards and eliminate manual tasks for call center representatives.  Continue Reading

• New Northeastern curriculum aimed at women in computer science

  Concerned about the percentage of women working in tech, Carla Brodley has created curriculum designed to expose students to computer science and, particularly, inspire women.  Continue Reading

• Editors' Choice: Streamline business processes with Form.io

  Form.io, SearchSOA's Editors' Choice for Innovation, simplifies the creation of front-end business process forms by integrating back-end API data management.  Continue Reading

• What's the best method of application modernization for your business?

  Once businesses determine the need for application modernization, they need to figure out which method best fits, whether it's restructuring with PaaS or redesigning with APIs.  Continue Reading

• Google hackathon cracks open a view into a changing development world

  A hackathon can do more than showcase cool apps. It can teach us about the developer community. This Q&A examines a Google-sponsored hackathon and the lessons it revealed.  Continue Reading

• Air Force uses event-driven framework and SOA to support warfighters

  The Air Force is using SOA to improve data sharing and track aircraft in real time. Michael Marek of Air Mobility Command explains what businesses can learn from their experience.  Continue Reading

• Editors' choice: Built.io Flow cloud integration platform

  With the Built.io Flow cloud integration platform, novices and development veterans can create real-time integrations between cloud services, mobile apps and legacy IT systems.  Continue Reading

• Tailoring mobile business solutions for success

  Mobile technology changes rapidly. It's a challenge for any company to keep up to date. But some techniques can be applied to ensure successful mobile innovation for a business.  Continue Reading

• How businesses can find happiness in the API market

  We often hear about the importance of the API economy, but are today's businesses prepared for the transition to this new paradigm? Sassan Saedi of Nexmo offers his take in this Q&A.  Continue Reading

• Lessons in software and app coding from the next generation

  Can today's software professional learn lessons about simplified programming from the new generation of developers and engineers? Experts on the forefront of this movement say yes.  Continue Reading

• Developers: Eat your own dog food when you build an API

  It's not enough to simply build an API. If you don't "eat your own dog food" before distributing your API, you are setting yourself up for failure. Zachary Flower explains why.  Continue Reading

• RESTful APIs find a place in the legacy modernization scene

  Organizations are turning to RESTful APIs to modernize critical aspects of their infrastructure, but how does this approach work? We sat down with OpenLegacy's Zeev Avidan to find out.  Continue Reading

• What the future of RESTful API design holds for developers

  RESTful APIs are slowly being regarded as superior to service-oriented architectures. But what does that mean for architects and developers? Tom Nolle offers his take.  Continue Reading

• SOA must keep pace with connected-everything trend in 2016

  As the connected-everything trend moves forward, enterprise architects need to make sure their organization keeps up. Here's what to expect from SOA in 2016.  Continue Reading

• APIs go unnoticed as an alternative to EDI services

  EDI services have managed to become an integral part of many organizations' B2B processes, but APIs may be a smart alternative -- even if many businesses don't know it yet.  Continue Reading

• Indiegogo puts users first by focusing on UX research

  Indiegogo UX pro Aga Bojko prioritizes her company's users and highlights the importance of user experience and understanding how to keep consumers satisfied.  Continue Reading

• Exploring IBM API Management, middleware for app integration

  IBM API Management, in the cloud or on premises, is application integration middleware that allows developers to subscribe to, publish, design, control and secure APIs.  Continue Reading

• In-memory data grid provider dives headfirst into Java

  Alachisoft has served the .NET community with its in-memory data grid for years. Now they are catering to the Java side. Company President Iqbal Khan explains why.  Continue Reading

• Easy-to-use deployment automation tool from Automic Software

  Developed for the enterprise, Automic Release Automation from Automic Software provides enterprises easy deployment automation, with no-code modeling capabilities.  Continue Reading

• Connect applications with open source ESB JBoss Fuse

  Deployed in the cloud or on premises, Red Hat's open source ESB, JBoss Fuse, allows companies to connect apps to improve business processes and operations.  Continue Reading

• BizSlate SaaS BPM builds on popular small business tools

  BizSlate is an SaaS BPM and ERP system designed to help small- to medium-sized business that lack a formal product management system keep track of critical inventory data.  Continue Reading

• Oracle Integration Cloud Service crucial to Oracle AI suite

  Oracle offers a hybrid application platform that targets enterprises of all sizes. API Manager, SOA and Oracle Integration Cloud Service comprise the application integration suite.  Continue Reading

• Boomi AtomSphere delivers range of integration capabilities

  Boomi AtomSphere supports cloud-to-cloud, on-premises-to-on-premises, SaaS-to-SaaS and B2B integration while offering enterprises real-time, scalable application integration.  Continue Reading

• For data-oriented app integration, look toward Talend ESB

  Talend application integration editions -- Talend ESB and Open Studio for ESB -- offer enterprises data-focused application integration tools.  Continue Reading

• Manage complex apps with TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks

  Running on Windows, Mac or UNIX, ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks can be used by organizations of all sizes to manage complex apps and unify business processes.  Continue Reading

• MuleSoft Anypoint platform grows data and app integration

  Open source-based and loaded with a plethora of out-of-the-box connectors, the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform lets enterprises integrate data and apps in the cloud and on premises.  Continue Reading

• AWS OpsWorks delivers robust application management tool

  AWS OpsWorks, a cloud deployment and operations tool, lets enterprises manage apps within the public cloud and private data centers.  Continue Reading

• A look at Micro Focus' CORBA offerings Orbix and VisiBroker

  Micro Focus' CORBA portfolio includes Orbix and VisiBroker, two application integration tools that help manage applications from various sources with diverse components.  Continue Reading

• Cook up application stacks with Chef's deployment automation

  By storing recipes and creating cookbooks with Chef Server, Chef's deployment automation platform allows businesses to create, manage and deploy application stacks.  Continue Reading

• Sync deployment automation with IBM Cloud Orchestrator

  Look under the hood of IBM Cloud Orchestrator, which enables the deployment automation of data center resources, business processes and cloud services.  Continue Reading

• Puppet Enterprise offers declarative approach to automation

  Puppet Enterprise allows organizations to update integration environments with a declarative approach to IT automation. The latest version features DevOps management tools.  Continue Reading

• Weaving BPM into social media governance

  George Lawton looks at the best ways companies can maintain compliance through social media governance as business transactions move away from email.  Continue Reading

• How to introduce data security management into the cloud

  Enterprises are adopting mobile and cloud computing rapidly -- raising concerns about data security management. George Lawton explores how IT can address those challenges.  Continue Reading

• Building microservices for BPM: The next, next big thing?

  BPM has seen a lot of changes in approach over the years -- and now designing microservices is the hot topic. But is combining microservices and BPM really the next big thing?  Continue Reading

• How middleware software speeds application delivery

  BMC experts discuss how middleware software and automation trends are helping to guide applications along with operating systems.  Continue Reading

• Editors' Choice for Innovation: OpenLegacy API Platform

  Learn how OpenLegacy API Platform provides automation and modernization for all aspects of application integration projects.  Continue Reading

• WSO2: What this API management platform can do for developers

  How is open-source affecting the API management market? This Q&A takes a look at one open-source vendor and what they are doing for developers.  Continue Reading

• Hire an app developer with these skills

  According to a recent survey by Red Hat, mobility hiring trends are shifting. Cathal McGloin of Red Hat comments on what those statistics indicate about mobile development today.  Continue Reading

• Your key products for enterprise application integration

  Tom Nolle helps you determine which EAI software product is most appropriate for your company.  Continue Reading

• Buying application integration tools can be a balancing act

  Buying application integration tools requires a good look at your company's needs and knowing which key features to look for in a vendor.  Continue Reading

• Using ChatOps to streamline DevOps workflow

  Learn how ChatOps chat tools help software developers improve workflow, increase transparency and improve documentation.  Continue Reading

• The benefits of an enterprise application integration strategy

  Many and differing company needs, driven by business and IT trends, justify an enterprise application integration strategy. Read on to explore the options.  Continue Reading

• Choose JSON for building APIs

  In this Q&A with Apigee's chief architect, learn why it's hard to go wrong with JSON and how to boost API usability.  Continue Reading

• A discussion on mobile backend as a service: What developers need to know

  Mobility is on the rise, and organizations need to determine how they will keep pace with new technologies. This Q&A takes a look at mobile backend as a service, an approach that could hold the key to today's mobile needs.  Continue Reading

• Beat the risks of managing public, private APIs

  Management strategies for private and public APIs should be different. An expert offers best practices for creating effective approaches for each.  Continue Reading

• Docker technology roadmap boasts new features

  The Docker technology roadmap for the coming year includes Microsoft support, open source orchestration tools and updated container offerings.  Continue Reading

• Reality computing makes breakthroughs for 3-D technology

  Learn how reality computing is focusing on improving 3-D technology and producing useful models.  Continue Reading

• How to respond to rising API security threats

  An API expert discusses the prevalence of API attacks and the need for vetting third-party developers.  Continue Reading

• API design goes beyond integration

  Steve Willmott of 3scale answers questions about APIs and encourages designers to have some fun with API design without forgetting about user experience.  Continue Reading

• Cultivating the API Economy

  How can hacking be used to make better APIs? Find out the answer and get more API tips in this report from DeveloperWeek 2015.  Continue Reading

• University IT team builds custom learning management system software

  Brian Peddle, former CTO at Southern New Hampshire University, had to think outside the box to develop a custom learning management system.  Continue Reading

• Intelligent BPM poised for widespread adoption

  Intelligent BPM is being noticed by top management as the technology matures and gains acceptance.  Continue Reading

• Q&A: How to deal with a legacy infrastructure

  How do you know it's time to deal with a legacy infrastructure? There is no clear-cut answer, but common factors come into play.  Continue Reading

• Q&A: How to reduce API security threats, use OAuth, provision API keys

  Apigee chief security architect Subra Kumaraswamy discusses API security best practices.  Continue Reading

• Microservices is more than a buzzword

  However you define 'microservices architecture,' the term should be on IT professional's radar -- it's how applications are being built.  Continue Reading

• Debt recovery company finds money with legacy app modernization project

  Information Technology Manager David Pickering discusses how he and his team went about a massive legacy app modernization initiative.  Continue Reading

• Web and mobile integration platform eases architect's life

  Comit Developers' BJ Hoffpauir discusses how he and his team chose a Web and mobile integration platform to make their work life easier.  Continue Reading

• MuleSoft brings Microsoft .NET into Anypoint Platform family

  MuleSoft solutions for Microsoft is an Anypoint Platform tool set for connecting Microsoft technologies within the cloud-enabled enterprise.  Continue Reading

• Inside the API management platform and strategy adoption process

  Selecting an API management platform isn't very different from choosing any other tool, some experts say. Take a look at how education giant Pearson adopted an API management tool to add a layer of governance.  Continue Reading

• Can API management tools bridge the gap between REST and Web services?

  API management tools are making a splash as enterprises are learning how to leverage existing services with RESTful interfaces.  Continue Reading

• Future of IT standards, SOA, and disruptive technologies stands strong

  In this Q&A, The Open Group's Chris Harding discusses what he thinks will happen with IT standards, SOA and various technologies like mobile and cloud computing.  Continue Reading

• Why HTML5 security needs to be at the forefront of architects' minds

  New features means there are also new threats that require Web developers and administrators to keep HTML5 security a top priority.  Continue Reading

• Workflow management software hits all the right notes with record company

  Vinyl record manufacturer owner Mark Calabro discusses how he chose a workflow management software product to meet his company's need for improved organization.  Continue Reading

• Build your knowledge of UML diagrams

  These six questions will help you build a better understanding of UML diagrams.  Continue Reading

• Which data governance best practices optimally handle a storm of data?

  With the influx of mobile apps and social computing, organizations must apply data governance best practices to manage the data effectively.  Continue Reading

• How to leverage the power of open source BPM

  Establishing a relationship with open source BPM providers can help users quickly resolve technical issues and reduce internal IT staff.  Continue Reading

• FAQ: Big data tools provide both insight and damage control

  Get answers to frequently asked questions about what big data is, why it can be a problem and how big data tools will be part of the solution.  Continue Reading

• Software application development: Mobile, cloud apps push APIs forward

  Basics found in REST will help keep developers from being overwhelmed as they navigate software application development.  Continue Reading

• BPM workflow management software answers IT manager's call

  An inside look at how an IT manager researched workflow management software to determine how to best meet his organization's growing needs.  Continue Reading

• You've got mail! Messaging platform aids ops director with large load

  Messaging Operations Director James Thompson shares how he selected a messaging platform to meet his company's growing volume of email deployments.  Continue Reading

• Don't miss the API development train: How to stay ahead of the curve

  Experts share their insights on API development and what architects can do to keep track of the evolving technology.  Continue Reading

• CEO becomes clientside developer with aid of HTML5 app builder

  Gatherworks' CEO Frik Strecker used an HTML5 app builder to create an enrollment and learning management system.  Continue Reading

• Deciding why and when to use an integration framework

  An integration framework is an important tool for managing the movement of data between applications and organizations.  Continue Reading

• Social media loosens up sober BPM

  Companies are switching from closed-door BPM to a more democratic approach, and their cue comes from the madding crowd of social media.  Continue Reading

• FAQ: Making API strategy, development and management decisions

  With the influx of mobile and cloud applications, it's more important than ever to have a sound API strategy in place.  Continue Reading

• Ops director uses cloud accounting software to treat integration woes

  Medical device company Safe Orthopaedics got off to a healthy start, thanks in part to a cloud accounting software product.  Continue Reading