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Spiceworks further integrates crowdsourcing
Spiceworks recently rolled out a new initiative that continues its tradition of involving users in product development. Justin James talks to Spiceworks' Jay Hallberg to learn more about how the company is incorporating crowdsourcing into its network monitoring application. by Justin James
Tags: Application, Crowdsourcing, Spiceworks, Justin James
Blog posts 2008-07-29
Understand how SuperFetch uses RAM to enhance system performance
Microsoft Windows Vista uses an applet called SuperFetch to manage memory. Greg Shultz explains how SuperFetch works and what it does to enhance the performance of your system. by Greg Shultz
Tags: Application, Microsoft Word, Performance, Microsoft Windows XP, I/O, Microsoft Windows Vista, Defragmenter, RAM, Disk Defragmenter, SuperFetch, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Memory, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Greg Shultz
Blog posts 2008-07-09
Free security tools: Secunia Personal Software Inspector
Making sure applications in new or existing endpoint system images are free from unpatched vulnerabilities is not an easy task. Secunia provides a free utility to help identify and quickly remediate out-of-date or EOL programs. by Tom Olzak
Tags: Software, Application, Adobe Acrobat, Image, Tool, Secunia, Security Tool, Personal Software Inspector, Security, Tom Olzak
Blog posts 2008-06-25
Monitor and manage Java applications with JConsole
In addition to comprehensive monitoring and application management support offered by J2SE 5.0, JDK 5.0 and JDK 6.0 include the Java Monitoring & Management Console tool, also known as JConsole. The jconsole command launches a graphical console tool that enables you to monitor and manage Java applications on a local or...
Tags: Java Application, Application, Monitor, JDK, Application Server, Information, JVM, JConsole, JMX, MBeans, Java, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Peter Mikhalenko
Blog posts 2008-05-31
AJAX should not mandate HTTP
An interesting and unfortunate by-product of AJAX applications is that these applications rely upon the existence of an application server always being available. Many Web users are used to the idea that they can save a Web page to be read at their convenience. Even when there is Flash on...
Tags: Web, Application, HTTP, Server, Web Page, AJAX, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Justin James
Blog posts 2008-05-30
Strategies for enabling more effective IT-Business collaboration with business rule technology
Effective collaboration between business and IT is essential to the success of both SOA and BPM; as Microsoft points out, "SOA by itself is not sufficient to guarantee alignment of business and IT." A Business Rule Engine can act both as a technology and collaboration enabler; this...
Tags: Business Process, Application, Business Analyst, Collaboration, Information Technology, Business Logic, Business, Calculation, SOA, Rule, Workflow, Organization, Logic, Business Rule Engine, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Operational Planning, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Business Operations, Management, Theresa ONeil
Blog posts 2008-05-07
Can presentation layer abstraction ever replace desktop and Web apps?
Persistent "Holy Grails" in the world of computing are the various methods of abstracting the presentation layer of applications. The current incarnation of this tendency has the HTTP network protocol as the common theme. Let's take a look at this history and see what the chances are that the current...
Tags: Java Application, Desktop, Web, Application, HTML, Microsoft Silverlight, HTTP, Applet, ActiveX, Channel Management, Programming Languages, Java, Middleware, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Justin James
Blog posts 2008-05-03
Develop secure software using the Microsoft SDL process
Microsoft has put its first-hand knowledge of dealing with buggy software to very good use by releasing the Trustworthy Computing Security Development Lifecycle SDL to the general public. The document is based on the same process used internally at Microsoft. The Microsoft SDL documents a process for...
Tags: Software, Application, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SDL, Developer Education, Software Development, Security, Software/Web Development, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-04-28
6 strategies for building dynamic business applications with SOA and rules technology
  What happens when your business changes and your applications don’t change to support it? Existing applications must be updated or completely rewritten, and cobbled together to try to keep up with the new and always changing demands of the business....
Tags: Application, Small And Medium Enterprise, Information Technology, Business Application, Web Service, Business, SOA, Rule, Service, Logic, Decision Logic, Dynamic Business Applications, Decision Service, Term Decision Service, Business Rule Engine, Figure B, WSDL Service, Bottom Line Application Development, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Smb/Sme, Web Services, Middleware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Rik Chomko
Blog posts 2008-04-15
Selectively disable UAC for your trusted Vista applications
If you've been reading the Windows Vista Report on a regular basis, you know that I've written several articles about working with Vista's User Account Control UAC feature: In Disable Vista's User Account Control Prompts While Protecting Your System, I showed you how to use TweakUAC...
Tags: Program, Application, Microsoft Windows Vista, Default Location, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Storage, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Greg Shultz
Blog posts 2008-03-13
Be aware of AJAX's drawbacks
AJAX combines the power of existing Web technologies to build powerful user interfaces that offer benefits often found in desktop applications. Over the past couple of years, Web developers have embraced AJAX in their own development efforts as well as via third-party toolkits. Once you use an...
Tags: Application, Data, Really Simple History, O'Reilly, Security Security, AJAX, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-03-10
10 things you should know about virtualization
Virtualization has been a major buzzword in the IT world for a few years. Now the buzz is getting bigger, as we draw close to the release of Windows Server 2008 on March 1. Microsoft has promised that the Hyper-V virtualization component formerly called Viridian will follow within 180 days....
Tags: Application, Operating System, Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Virtual Machine, VM, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Debra Littlejohn Shinder
Blog posts 2008-02-20
Get your feet wet with Sun's tiny Java DB
Java DB is a lightweight database management system DBMS that is written completely in Java. It only needs 2 MB of memory, and it makes it very easy to embed a fully functional database directly into your application. Java DB is also standards-based, supports SQL and the JDBC API, and...
Tags: Application, Distribution, Sun Microsystems Inc., Network Server, Framework, JavaDB, Apache Derby, Ij, Dblook, Sysinfo, Doc, Lib, propertyList, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Peter Mikhalenko
Blog posts 2008-01-16
10+ tips for getting your application into production
Developers usually consider an application successful if it meets budget, delivery, and business requirements. But getting from development to final acceptance can be a sticky path to navigate. Implementation is undoubtedly crunch time, from moving the application to production to making sure the users are trained well...
Tags: Application, Implementation, Nothing, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, TechRepublic
Blog posts 2008-01-10
Microsoft attempts to streamline .NET development with Volta
In the ads for Visual Studio and for .NET, Microsoft promised to revolutionize and streamline daily development tasks. While .NET is a vast improvement over past Microsoft development platforms, it still requires a certain level of expertise. Microsoft continues its push to simplify Web development with Volta. Is it...
Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Application, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Intermediate Language, Goal, Microsoft Corp., Tier, Volta, Volta Remodulation, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2007-12-11
Windows Vista Productivity Tip
If you are anything like me, you may have a dozen or more applications open on your desktop or laptop in any given day. I recently came across a very cool tip. Typically when you want to switch applications, you would use ALT + TAB or the WIN (short for...
Tags: Application, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Steven Warren
Blog posts 2007-11-30
What can Cisco's Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR) do for you?
In 2005, in an article about Cisco IOS 12.3, I wrote that Cisco's Network-Based Application Recognition NBAR was one of the best features of the IOS. Two years later, it still is. Let's look at what NBAR can do for you and find out how to configure it. What...
Tags: Application, Cisco IOS, Router, Network, Traffic, Cisco Systems Inc., Network Based Application Recognition, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, David Davis
Blog posts 2007-11-29
Adobe AIR brings the Web to the desktop
One of the points of my article about the qooxdoo JavaScript library was the concept of building Web applications with a rich user interface that mimics desktop applications. This is good if you want to mimic the look and feel of a desktop application within a Web page. On the...
Tags: Desktop, Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Application, HTML, JavaScript, Runtime, Adobe AIR, API, SDK, Web Browser, Adobe Labs, Adobe Integrated Runtime API, Adobe Integrated Runtime Software Development Kit, initalWindow Element, AIR Developer Tool, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2007-11-26
Why qooxdoo falls short on its goal of simplification
The days of building Web applications from scratch are over, as a variety of JavaScript libraries are freely available to provide a solid foundation. One JavaScript library that I recently learned about is qooxdoo (its Web site prescribes pronouncing the name as "cooks do"). It is an open source AJAX...
Tags: Web, Application, JavaScript, Library, Qooxdoo, AJAX, Scripting Languages, RPC, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Networking, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2007-11-19
World of Warcraft's spykit goes polymorphic
Blizzard's latest patch to The Warden spykit comes with an important change -- by incorporating a random cryptographic hash in every copy of The Warden, the application is effectively rendered polymorphic. For the less initiated, The Warden was designed by Blizzard as an anti-hacking sentry against cheating...
Tags: Application, Goal, Monitoring, Blizzard, Register, Intrusion Detection, Construction, Security, Network Security, Networking, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-11-18


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