Essential Guides
TechTarget editors have curated a collection of “essential” articles on key IT topics. These articles have been packaged into guides which offer our readers comprehensive, problem solving content to help inform and guide their research.
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An architect's guide: How to use big data
This guide provides examples of how to use big data, trends and key terms. Continue Reading
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An essential guide to software container usability and management
Like many development technologies, containers are becoming both more usable and more complex. This guide will walk you through changes in containers and their latest usability. Continue Reading
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The world of microservices and container technologies
Microservices and containers are gaining in popularity, promising to improve app development processes, resource management and more. Learn the facts about this technology. Continue Reading
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A guide to open source technology in application development
The open source community continuously adapts to address the latest application development and deployment needs of organizations large and small. What can these tools do for you? Continue Reading
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The enterprise architect's guide to application state management
If your project is caught in a state-related conundrum, keep this guide handy when you need to untangle complex stateful and stateless app design and management predicaments. Continue Reading
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The vital guide to modern programming languages and their uses
Get to know programming languages that match modern development styles and architectures like mobile dev, serverless computing and microservices. Continue Reading
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An essential guide to iPaaS management and vendors
Before committing to iPaaS, understand the landscape. This guide takes a look at how iPaaS works, the vendor considerations and the essential components of an integration strategy. Continue Reading
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How serverless works to usher in a new era of applications
Dive into this architecture-centric guide on serverless computing that includes API management tips and advice on when to implement serverless microservices designs. Continue Reading
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An architect's guide to microservices security
Whether you're new to distributed architecture or well underway with deployment, this guide on microservices security covers the basics through advanced tooling and strategies. Continue Reading
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Assess and select the right application monitoring tools
Select the most effective APM platform for your application environment by examining what leading vendors offer for monitoring, reporting and analysis features. Continue Reading
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A DevOps tutorial on migrating to microservices
While making the switch to microservices certainly has broad appeal, is your organization ready to make the move? This guide shows DevOps pros what they can expect to encounter. Continue Reading
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Guide: Application development and DevOps security
This essential guide covers DevOps security tools and how security is becoming more and more necessary in order to avoid application development vulnerabilities. Continue Reading
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An essential guide to modern microservices management
Microservices management can be a struggle for even the most advanced developer. Learn how to prepare and deploy an architecture and strategies for avoiding disaster along the way. Continue Reading
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A guide to modern mobile application development strategies
While some fly high with their mobile applications, others struggle to get off the ground. This guide takes a look at the tools and techniques that can solidify mobile development. Continue Reading
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Discover the advantages API management platforms offer organizations
This guide examines the increasing popularity and importance of API management tools and how adopting one greatly benefits not just development staff, but entire organizations. Continue Reading
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Choose the best application modernization services for your business
There is a range of methods and tools that organizations can use to modernize legacy software. PaaS? Containers? See which application modernization services suit you best. Continue Reading
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The API lifecycle: A look at planning to production
APIs are important, but there is no reason to jump in blindly to their development. This guide will help you learn about the API planning, development and post-production processes. Continue Reading
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SOA tutorial: Trends, governance and the microservice impact
How should we think about SOA today? Is it going the way of the dinosaur, or experiencing a second wind of usability that just requires a little tweaking? We explore in this guide. Continue Reading
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Essential Guide: The latest on enterprise architecture strategy
What enterprise architecture management issues do you face? Below is a collection of all things enterprise architecture strategy, from new trends to advice to mobile development. Continue Reading
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Get up to speed with BPM news, apps, tools and strategies
Organizations need to have strong business process and business rules management strategies in place. This guide goes over some of the latest news and expert advice on BPM and BRM. Continue Reading
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API integration tutorial: Latest trends and strategies
Learn about API trends in security, testing, design and B2B strategies in this essential guide. Continue Reading
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Application integration software: A buyer's guide
This buyer's guide can help you determine your business needs so you can find the right type of application integration software for your company. Continue Reading
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News from JavaOne 2015
Get the latest updates from JavaOne 2015 as the conference is happening. This guide covers the highlights from this year's annual conference. Continue Reading
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Guide to app modernization: Moving from legacy apps
Learn why enterprises are moving away from legacy applications and toward app modernization. Continue Reading
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Guide to mobile 2015: What is new?
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JavaOne 2014: Takeaways from Java's biggest conference
Learn about the key takeaways from JavaOne 2014, including the popular Java EE 8. Continue Reading
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Enterprise architect's guide to optimal BPM workflow
Learn how to maximize BPM workflow in this guide. Get advice from experts, plus a glossary of important terms. Continue Reading
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Guide to app portfolio management and legacy modernization
Read about app portfolio assessment and legacy migration. Plus, watch videos and take a quiz on app modernization. Continue Reading
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Enterprise architects' guide to success with mobile apps for business
Learn how to design and test mobile apps for business use in this guide. Read how leaders chose mobile app solutions for their own organization. Continue Reading
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Enterprise architect's guide to API best practices and trends
Learn about latest advancements and API best practices in this guide. Get a primer on design strategies and a glossary of must-know terms. Continue Reading
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Guide to enterprise mobile app development and SOA
This guide serves as a primer for building enterprise mobile apps, including tools, trends and strategies. Continue Reading
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Using old apps? New approaches for application modernization
This guide delves into various application modernization approaches that will help keep old apps useful. Continue Reading
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Maximizing and managing big data with SOA middleware
This guide provides expert advice on using the SOA-data relationship to manage big data and data hierarchies. Continue Reading
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EA in transition: Guide to keeping up with disruptive technologies
This guide offers advice for architects to help them overcome disruptive technologies in order to align application capabilities with business needs. Continue Reading
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SOA BPM guide: Mobile, cloud drive BPM, BPEL changes
This guide dives into running everything, from how to use and test BPEL to advice for working on BPM projects, plus a glossary of must-know key terms. Continue Reading
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Essential guide to API management and application integration
This essential guide goes into everything from effective API management to key terms associated with the technology. Continue Reading
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Guide: When and how to use REST
This guide goes over RESTful APIs and basic scenarios where REST should be used instead of SOAP. Continue Reading