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The DZone Guide to the Java Ecosystem Research 2015 Edition

Application performance equals business performance. Apps have transformed how businesses operate, have increased productivity, and have enabled numerous innovative markets. Developers make this possible. As indispensable as applications have become, users expect more features as needs evolve and depend on developers to deliver these frequently, without compromising reliability or around-the-clock availability. Failing to do so will drive users to competitors or alternatives.

Read this whitepaper to learn more.

Riverbed SteelCentral Named a Challenger in Gartners 2015 Magic Quadrant for APM

SteelCentral gives you a holistic view of performance and diagnostics across applications, networks, infrastructure and end user experience. The platform has also been named a “Leader” in the Gartner 2015 NPMD Magic Quadrant.

The Total Economic Impact of IBM UrbanCode

IBM commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct their Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study that examines and quantifies potential return on investment (ROI) for IBM UrbanCode Deploy within an enterprise DevOps environment. The study determined that a composite organization, based on the customers interviewed, experienced an ROI of 482%!

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UrbanCode ROI Calculator

This ROI calculator is intended to help you calculate the benefits and return of deployment automation across three main categories:

• Automating manual work: The simple reduction of deployment effort from automating a previously manual process.
• Reducing script writing and maintenance: Benefits from using pre-built integrations over writing your own scripts and tools to help with a deployment.
• Error prevention: Manual processes are error-prone. Benefits in both production and pre-production are examined

Best practices for a DevOps Approach with IBM system z

Tools from IBM® Rational® - specifically, IBM UrbanCode™ Deploy, IBM Rational Development and Test Environments for System z®, and IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server—support development on the IBM System z platform, giving you true capabilities to scale DevOps at the enterprise level. Learn more when you read the IBM white paper “Best practices for a DevOps approach with IBM System z.”

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Disparate Communications: Limit the Ability to Grow Business

It isn’t often we meet a business owner that doesn’t want to grow their business. Business growth has always meant more work for the long-suffering guys in IT.

For them, growth means a myriad of problems to struggle with and solve, such as -

• Sourcing and supplying staff equipment

• Increasing the bandwidth of current systems

• Negotiating new service contracts

• Maintaining existing levels of service

Download this whitepaper to explore the different channels of communication for a growing business environment.

Out-dated Technology, Can’t Adapt to Changes in Environment

Call us cynical but if you ask us, whomever it was that said, “a change is as good as a rest”, they clearly never worked in IT.

Don’t get us wrong. We know better than anyone that truly successful businesses embrace the future. That they move forward and adapt in order to thrive. We know that change is indeed a good thing - but is it easy?

Change within a business can come in a variety of forms and this whitepaper can show you the way.

Separate Communication Systems are Inefficient & Complex to Manage

When it comes to channels of communication within a business, the word ‘separation’ has long been obsolete. It isn’t often a CEO talks proudly about the many separate means of communication his or her employees use. These days everyone knows that when it comes to sharing information in the workplace the buzzwords are ‘integrated’ and ‘cloud’.

This whitepaper can help break this down for you and show you some great options for a more efficient work environment.

Live Event: Cloud & SDN – What It Means For Your Wi-Fi

The rapid evolution of networking solutions and the impact of macro technology trends makes future-proofing your infrastructure more complex than ever. With hype around Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Cloud reaching tipping point, what impact do these technologies have on the future design, deployment, and support of your wireless LAN infrastructure?

Join us on Thursday, 21 January 2016 to explore the possibilities and chart Wi-Fi’s evolutionary path to determine where best to place your bets in 2016 and beyond.

Whitepaper: DevOps and the cost of downtime

DevOps is bringing technical and business benefits to LOB leaders, the C-suite and IT delivery organizations. This IDC Report states that communicating DevOps business value is critical to securing additional funding and accelerating the rate and course of change in an enterprise.

5 Steps to Achieve Risk-based Application Security Management

Internally developed software applications support the most sensitive and strategically important business processes of most enterprises. Yet application security is one of the most neglected fields of cybersecurity.

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The State of Mobile Application Security (4th Edition)

Arxan, an IBM application security partner, has released its 4th Annual State of Application Security report.

The State of Mobile Application Insecurity

Customer need and demand often affect mobile application security. 65% of the participants in this study strongly agree that the security of mobile apps is sometimes put at risk because of expanding customer demand or need. The “rush to release” phenomenon.

Gartner 2015 Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing

IBM has been positioned again in the Leaders quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security.

WiFi Is a Game Changer for the Connected Enterprise

Digital transformation has become a top priority for businesses and IT leaders. Organizations of all sizes are looking to harness the power of contextual information and analytics to make better, faster decisions that will enable them to gain a competitive advantage. A business that wants to evolve into a digital organization must first become a connected enterprise. It’s the connection of things and devices that will act as the foundation of a digital organization.

Becoming a connected enterprise is an evolutionary leap for businesses. You require new tools processes, and understanding. Use this download as your guide to a more connected enterprise.