A step change in development efficiency

The development process for mainframe applications is no simple matter - it is far more than just cutting code and testing it. Improving technology is only half the story and failure to support key processes will severely impact developer adoption. This technical white paper explains how Micro Focus can help development teams improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the zEnterprise development processes by customizing the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and the specifics of mainframe configuration management integration.
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OPNET, Now a Part of Riverbed Technology, Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2012 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring

"We are very pleased that OPNET has been recognized by Gartner as a leader in the rapidly growing APM market. A core part of our business strategy has been to be a market leader in application performance monitoring, both in terms of innovation and market share. Now representing more than 70% of OPNET's product sales, APM has been growing at more than 30% per year for the last four years," said Marc Cohen, Chairman and CEO, OPNET.
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ADCs and APM Solutions Will Combine to Optimize Delivery Intelligence

As applications are consumed with different types of devices and via different types of connectivity the monitoring of end-user experiences is critical to gauging the satisfaction of the delivery of the application to the user. Content optimization technologies should automatically profile and analyze the device being used and apply specific optimization techniques for the device.
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Serving the Cloud by TBR

An analysis and perspective from leading IT Industry analysts, Technology Business Research (TBR) on how x86 servers and the implementation of private clouds offer a secure and cost-effective means for midmarket to reduce costs and provide flexible computing capacity.
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CITO Research White Paper: Enterprise API Patterns for Cloud & Mobile

Dan Woods, Chief Analyst CITO Research, outlines enterprise architecture requirements for designing, managing, and protecting APIs and how the emerging API Gateway "proxy" deployment model is speeding deployment across industries. In this model, authentication using OAuth and other lightweight protocols such as REST and JSON are all the rage but Enterprise-class security is still lacking. To present actionable solutions, Dan presents 5 core API patterns for mobile, partner, data control, and PaaS infrastructure with actionable diagrams and a monetization model for APIs.
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The Business of APIs

Written by API Evangelist Kin Lane & technology writer Audrey Watters, The business of APIs is geared for business professionals within organizations seeking to learn more about what APIs are and what they are used for. The Business of APIs also aims to bridge the technical and the business sides of API development. This authors' aims are to help people understand what APIs are, describe who uses them, and to inform people about the different types of APIs that are available. You'll learn where some APIs stumble, as well as the building blocks for a successful API and how to spread adoption while fostering an API ecosystem.
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The Building Blocks of a Successful API

Written by API Evangelist Kin Lane, this white paper is written for developers who want to fast-track the adoption of their APIs. The paper walks through the most common of these building blocks used by 1500 of the most successful APIs that are transforming every industry today. While not all of the building blocks are applicable to every API, Kin Lane reviews the most important factors that should be considered when planning a new API or deploying the next version of an existing API. The goal of the whitepaper is not to provide the details of implementing each of the building blocks, but to highlight the full spectrum of building blocks used by the successful APIs on the Internet today.
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Shield Your Applications from Catastrophe

Whether they reside on the company's internal servers or are accessible via the Web from desktop PCs or mobile devices, the applications a business uses to run its operations are ever-growing. The number and complexity of enterprise applications, particularly those based on Java and other Web technologies are changing the nature of IT management. Today the entire organization must focus on delivering these applications to internal and external users when and how they need them. IT needs to ensure that applications meet optimal performance levels in terms of business priority and other requirements.
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Ensuring application security in mobile device environments

In today's business environments, mobile devices make up the fastest growing segment of computing devices—outpacing desktop and laptop computers. As more employees prefer to use mobile devices in the workplace, organizations are rapidly moving towards a bring-your-own device (BYOD) model. This often leads to employees having a mix of corporate and personal applications on the same device, which gives the security team less control over devices that can access corporate networks. As a result of the increase in wireless devices in the workforce, organizations are becoming more concerned with mobile security. Many, in fact, see this area as a primary technology challenge to address and a main focus for security initiatives.
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Using Big Data to Advance Application Performance Engineering

Web applications are increasingly complex with more external dependencies and remote services, add in the sheer volume of transactions, and troubleshooting performance bottlenecks is now very challenging. IT teams need a solution that provides a combination of code-level transaction tracing, cross-tier tracking and a unique "Big Data" approach to rapidly identify the root cause of application performance problems.
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Forrester – Turn Big Data Inward With IT Analytics

Your business is complex. Big data promises to manage this to make better decisions. But the technology services that run your business are also complex. Many are too complex to manage easily, causing delays and downtime. Forrester predicts this will worsen. To combat this onslaught, you need machines to analyze conditions to invoke automated actions. To perform adaptive automation, you need IT analytics, a disruption to your monitoring and management strategy.

This report helps leaders prepare for IT analytics that turn big data efforts inward to manage the technology services that run your business. Register to get the full report.
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Forrester – Managing The Performance of Critical Applications

In conducting a survey of more than 150 IT professionals with direct responsibility for business-critical applications, Forrester found that enterprises are supporting corporate objectives of productivity and efficiency, a typical trend in times of economic uncertainty. The survey also revealed that the lack of performance and availability of critical and complex applications had direct and negative consequences on business productivity, business finances, and IT efficiency.
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