Server Virtualization Guide (Slide-deck)

– Infrastructure Planning and Design Series

Virtualization Planning and design guidance.

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• Virtualization
• Planning
• Guidance
• Microsoft
• Servers
• Developer

How customers buy application platforms using Microsoft’s Application Platform Optimization model

– Many Organisations embrace converged application platforms, but adoption barriers remain

Cost reductions and business process advances are drivers for adopting platforms encompassing app servers to business intelligence, according to this Forrester report.

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• Application Platform
• Microsoft
• ROI
• Cost reduction
• App Servers
• Business Intelligence
• BPM
• SOA
• Developer

Strategic advantage and the Microsoft Application Platform

– The Power of Dynamic Software

How organizations are benefiting from building and deploying enterprise solutions using the Microsoft Application Platform.

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• Microsoft
• Application Platform
• Developer
• Business Intelligence
• ROI
• Application Development
• Software
• Developer

Putting XML to work in your application with XQuery

– Handling structured data

How to put XML and other structured data to work in your application with XQuery

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• XML
• XQuery
• Application
• Framework
• Qt
• Developer
• Applications
• Developer

Web enabling your native apps with WebKit

– Putting Webkit to work on the Qt

Find out how Nokia, Qt Software has made it easy for developers to implement web content directly into their native applications through the integration of the WebKit rendering engine.

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• Webkit
• Rendering
• UI
• Webenabling
• Qt
• Applications
• Enterprise
• Software
• Developer

User interface styling made simple

– Easy UI customisation with the QT Application Framework

This whitepaper discusses how to easily customize your user interface using a powerful yet intuitive, cross-platform style API, HTML and JavaScript.

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• QT
• UI
• User
• Interface
• Css
• Html
• Javascript
• API
• TrollTech
• Mobile
• Developer

Improving Performance Across Platforms with Qt and Multithreading

– An introduction to multithreading capabilities in Qt

This whitepaper introduces the multithreading capabilities in Qt.

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• Qt
• Multithreading
• Concurrency
• TrollTech
• Nokia
• Mobile developer
• Mobile developers
• Mobile development
• Developer

Register Research on: Agile development - is it right for you

– Reaping the benefits of modern software practice

Today’s landscape sees agile methodologies much in vogue – are these affecting the mainstream, or are they just the preference of a vocal minority?

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• Perforce
• Register Research
• Tech panel
• Code
• Methodology
• Coding
• Developer
• Agile
• Developer

Creating Cross-Platform Visualization UIs with Qt and OpenGL

– Techniques for integrating advanced graphics into high-performance apps

In this paper, we will discuss the common challenges faced by developers of visualization software, and present techniques for easily integrating advanced 2D and 3D graphics into native, high-performance applications.

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• Developer
• Trolltech
• Qt
• OpenGL
• Software
• Developer

User Interface Styling Made Simple

– Qt WebKit Integration

This whitepaper discusses how to easily customize your user interface using a powerful yet intuitive, cross-platform style API, HTML and JavaScript.

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• UI
• Interface
• WebKit
• CSS
• Software
• Developer

Putting XML to Work in Your Application with XQuery

– A guide to sharing data across systems with XML

Use of XML as way to share structured data is increasing, however effectively using XML data in your application can be cumbersome.

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• XML
• XQuery
• XPath
• Trolltech
• Qt
• Software
• Developer

Web-Enabling your Native Apps

– With the WebKit Rendering Engine

If you are leading a software development project today, you probably start with one very basic choice - can I make this work on the web?

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• Trolltech
• Software
• Developer
• WebKit
• Applications
• Software
• Developer

Crystal Reports

– From OLAP to SaaS: The evolution of Reporting

Databases have many strengths, but reporting isn't one of them. They are notoriously bad at producing sequentially calculated output - SQL was not built to deal with sequential …

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• Crystal
• Reports
• Reporting
• OLAP
• SaaS
• Software
• Management
• Developer

Data Quality and your Business

– Keep it clean

Last year Gartner reported that more than 25% of critical data in Fortune 1000 companies would “continue to be flawed...the information will be inaccurate, incomplete or …

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• DataFlux
• Data Quality
• The Register
• Enterprise Applications
• IT Director
• Applications
• Enterprise
• Developer

Enhancing quality in the software development lifecycle

– Roundtrip traceability

Traceability is a fundamental part of any software development process and, in many cases, critical in satisfying any compliance or regulatory constraint. Roundtrip …

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• Development
• Lifecycle
• Roundtrip
• Traceability
• IT Director
• Software
• Developer

Writing Better Requirements for Development Projects

– Ten Steps to sucessful requirements definition and management

Requirements definition and management is recognized as a necessary step in the delivery of successful systems and software projects; the discipline is also required by …

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• Requirements
• Development
• Definition
• Management
• IT Director
• Software
• Management
• Developer

The Register 2007 Tech Barometer

– A review of tech industry activity

The 2007 Tech Barometer from has been put together to help us, and our readers, track the action in some of the important areas of the IT industry.

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• Reg Tech Panel
• Industry activity
• Barometer
• Hardware
• Software
• Comms
• Security
• Management
• Developer
• Tech Panel

Best Practices for Rapid Resolution of J2EE Application Problems

– Beyond Application Monitoring

Whether you are in the process of building J2EE applications or have J2EE applications already running in production, you must ensure that they deliver the expected return on …

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• BMC
• J2EE
• Developer
• Management
• Developer

Best Practices for Accelerating Problem Resolution in .NET Applications and Web Services

– Maximise ROI on .NET apps

Whether you are in the process of building .NET applications or already running .NET-based Web Services in production, you must ensure that these applications deliver the …

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• BMC
• NET
• ROI
• Operating Systems
• Developer

Capturing Project Development Success

– Successful Management Solutions

With ever-increasing market pressure to deliver more business value in shorter timelines, IT departments and software development organizations are always seeking ways to …

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• Compuware
• Development
• CIO
• Microsoft
• Management
• Developer

Optimizing the data center for cost and efficiency

Control costs and add value to the business

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• PowerEdge
• Intel
• Dell
• Servers

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit

Assess your current IT infrastructure and determine the right Microsoft technologies for your IT needs

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• Microsoft
• System Center
• Virtualization
• MAP Toolkit
• Software
• Security

Threat Management Services Assessment eBook

Think your network is secure? Think again

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• Threat Management Services
• Malware
• Trend Micro
• Security

Out-think the threat

How data-stealing malware thwarts enterprise security

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• Trend Micro
• Threat
• Hacker
• Malware
• Security

Email archiving and UK law

Regulations and implications for business

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• Archiving
• Email
• MessageLabs
• Security