Evaluate
Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.
Evaluate
Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.
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
What should our company consider when outsourcing software development?
An expert tells you what to consider when you are thinking about outsourcing software development. Continue Reading
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Clusterpoint 3.0 NoSQL cloud database service targets developers
Learn why Clusterpoint's new 3.0 NoSQL database technology is our editors' choice for innovation for July 2015. 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
What do you really know about app modernization?
Increasing demands for cloud- and mobile-ready applications are making legacy modernization efforts more critical than ever. This quiz will test your knowledge on modernization techniques and the ways to avoid common project pitfalls.Continue Reading
AppDynamics introduces Application Integration Platform
Learn why AppDynamics Application Intelligence Platform is the June 2015 selection for our innovation spotlight.Continue Reading
Have service-oriented architecture principles been tainted by the name?
The principles of service-oriented architecture are so mainstream that this expert suggests that SOA could simply be called 'architecture.'Continue Reading
How DevOps can improve software vulnerabilities
Find out why and how enterprises should include security architects into the DevOps process to help avoid software vulnerabilities.Continue Reading
Do the advantages of containerization software outweigh security concerns?
While containers are making the release of consistent software faster and easier, architects need to rethink how to secure applications.Continue Reading
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How Runscope overcame microservices challenges
Learn how Runscope overcame a number of challenges surrounding deployment and service discovery work once the company began using microservices.Continue Reading
Metrics can help improve website user experience
An expert says enterprise architects need to develop relevant performance metrics to capture website user experience.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
Use cases for Lean Six Sigma as a BPM tool
Lean Six Sigma and BPM are intended to improve business optimization. Learn how working with both improves long-term goals.Continue Reading
Call it 'microservices,' but it's still SOA
Experts suggest that terms like 'microservices' and '12-factor apps' may not signal the death of SOA, but are simply a new name for an old technique.Continue Reading
Understanding how DevOps software development evolved
Many IT organizations are turning to the practice of DevOps software development. But this requires more than implementing an open source tool.Continue Reading
Selecting the right business rules management system
At first glance, most business rules management systems look alike. Dig deeper to uncover niche capabilities and appropriate prices, experts say.Continue Reading
Cache networks for better mobile application performance
Architects find they can improve mobile application performance by leveraging caching networks and new data synchronization protocols.Continue Reading
Integration tools that bridge the mobile DevOps gap
A new generation of mobile DevOps integration tools promises to streamline the application development lifecycle and reduce the severity of bugs.Continue Reading
Analytics, cloud services refashion business process management
Business process management -- an old approach aimed at making an organization’s workflow more effective -- has been refashioned with the addition of cloud services and analytics. Intelligent BPM, as it’s known, is still firmly in the hype cycle, ...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
Ten top iBPM use cases
Intelligent BPM, or iBPM, combines the best of traditional BPM with disruptive technologies. Check out some of the best uses for intelligent BPM.Continue Reading
Rise to the challenges in using HTML5 for mobile apps
Developers and architects should know the benefits and limitations of HTML5 for mobile apps. Starting with this tip could be a good first step.Continue Reading
Four reasons you need microservices architecture
Why do we need mircoservices architecture? How can we benefit from it?Continue Reading
Your favorite enterprise IT architecture stories of 2014
Take a look back at some of the most-viewed enterprise IT architecture stories published this year.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
Cloud-based systems accelerate mobile application development
Mobile developers are looking to new technologies and approaches to alleviate pressure placed on them by increasingly short timelines and budget cuts. They’ve found that mobile application development and cloud computing are a perfect fit. For ...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
Web services vs. cloud services: Are they the same?
Learn how Web services and cloud services differ, and how working together impacts business efficiency.Continue Reading
Top IT job trends you need to know about
From salary to career advancement opportunities, TechTarget's 2014 Annual Salary and Careers survey takes a look at current IT job trends.Continue Reading
Where JMS 2.0 misses the mark
JMS 2.0 added significant ease-of-use and messaging features to the popular API. Bill Claybrook looks at what's new in JMS 2.0 and what's missing.Continue Reading
Read and write considerations when designing APIs
This is the third installment of a four-part series offering enterprise architects advice for designing APIs.Continue Reading
Understanding basic Java messaging concepts
We're moving into an age of increased application componentization and distribution of components, even in the cloud. Developers should look beyond JMS for Java messaging.Continue Reading
Software development starts with an API-first approach
Learn why businesses are taking an API-first approach for streamlined software development.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
API innovation through management tools
Editor Jan Stafford presents the API handbook with insight on API innovations.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
Why open source rules legacy modernization tools
IT professionals are embracing legacy modernization tools that keep old systems current.Continue Reading
Making REST, SOAP, API mashup choices
Expert Amy Reichert discusses API mashups, REST and SOAP.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
Quiz: What do you know about Web services technology?
Prove your knowledge of the basics of Web services technology with our seven-question quiz!Continue Reading
Infusing process intelligence by using BPM as middleware
Using BPM tools to bridge systems together provides business context by baking in process intelligence.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
Step aside Facebook, graph database use cases go beyond social media
While the most commonly known graph database use cases involve social media, it's not the only market to make use of the technology.Continue Reading
What do you know about application portfolio assessment?
Do you know enough to launch a successful application portfolio assessment? Find out now!Continue Reading
Six keys to building a dependable enterprise architecture strategy
Architects and systems scientists at the Open Group Open Platform 3.0 Forum gave advice on building software, services and an enterprise architecture strategy.Continue Reading
Making the decision: Is SOA or REST best for big data applications?
When designing big data applications, an important consideration is whether to use SOA or RESTful APIs to connect big data components and services to the rest of the application.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
Conduct an application assessment
Perform an application security threat assessment
Legacy application migration checklist
Five steps for successful app modernization and legacy migration
Some systems can't keep up with ever-increasing demands. Follow this legacy migration checklist to mitigate risks during a modernization project.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
Quiz: What do you know about API development?
Do you have what it takes to develop and manage a successful API? Test your knowledge of API development with this six-question quiz.Continue Reading
Seven steps to develop an IT service catalog: Template for success
Careful IT documentation with a service catalog may seem simple, but there are a number of pitfalls that can make it less than useful.Continue Reading
Using a service catalog to aid in IT documentation
Optimize business capabilities with a service repository
Service catalog best practices: Know your audience
Effective service catalog management includes focusing on your primary audience
Be mindful of data organization and define services
Keep the service catalog and technical documentation current
Rethinking API design to make applications more Agile and cloud-ready
Architects need to look at a new kind of API design based on resources and verbs instead of technical, self-defining data models.Continue Reading
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
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
MBaaS: Should mobile app developers use cloud or open source?
HTML5 apps don't measure up to native in mobile world
What architects need to know when working with a SOA application
REST vs. SOAP for mobile application development
Ask the Expert 2013: Top Q&As on enterprise architecture principles
Here is another look at some of the most read Ask the Expert questions on enterprise architecture principles in 2013.Continue Reading
Choosing between native and HTML5 apps
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
Apache Hadoop applications: How to integrate Hadoop for mobile use
To meet the needs of mobile application development, existing Hadoop applications should be used.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
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
Quiz: Mobile middleware and application development
What do you know about mobile middleware and development? Find out with our seven-question quiz!Continue Reading
When and why to build a responsive application
Herve Mischler, SAP's visual designer, offers advice on responsive application design and recommends when it might be preferable to go native.Continue Reading
Learning is easier in N.C. with cloud-based identity management system
North Carolina is moving to a cloud-based identity management system to make it easier to gain access to learning materials.Continue Reading
REST vs. SOAP: A retail use case comparison
In the REST vs. SOAP use case debate, the decision is affected by performance and reliability considerations.Continue Reading
Kanban vs. Scrum: Which Agile tool should you use?
When contemplating Kanban vs. Scrum, some Agile testing experts suggest taking time into consideration.Continue Reading
Time to give your application modernization strategies a facelift?
Are you wasting money on old apps?
Is the app overwhelmed by large data sets?
Are you waiting forever to add application features?
Modernizing legacy apps: Five signs it's time
While each situation is unique, there are some consistent signs it's time for an organization to modernize its legacy apps.Continue Reading
Can the old app learn the new apps' lingo?
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
Mobile computing backlash: App modernization needs on the rise
Mobile computing is on the rise, and application capabilities are having a hard time keeping up with the latest devices.Continue Reading
Social media for business forces changes to enterprise architecture
Social media can be a boon for businesses, but they’re challenging classic approaches to enterprise architecture -- and changing it.Continue Reading
Mobile middleware: Data movement and application design best practices
Properly used, mobile middleware can help reduce development time and improve the user experience.Continue Reading
What CIOs, developers should know about the 'API economy'
'API economy' is a catchphrase fueled by evidence that APIs are a rapidly expanding economic force.Continue Reading
How to approach Web service design and WSDL creation
Not everyone can agree on where to start when it comes to Web service design, but there are some common approaches that should be followed.Continue Reading
API design: How to properly build an application program interface
Don't let your entire API project go awry. Knowing the applications well is just one way to nail the design and foster developer loyalty.Continue Reading
Mobile developers agree: HTML5 and JavaScript apps fall short
An Embarcadero and Dimensional Research survey concludes that HTML5 and JavaScript apps still lacking when it comes to mobile development.Continue Reading
API service a touchdown with NFL stats data company
API management allows Web gift services strategy to flourish