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- Enterprise 2.0 - Giving the Hype a Second Thought
- The Internet boom forced organizations to get online and looking back it was much simpler compared to making an organization Web 2.0 ready because this involves understanding of an abstract concept called Enterprise 2.0. While the advantages of Web 2.0 in an organizational context can't be denied - agility, responsiveness,...
- Tags: Concept, Jupitermedia Corp., Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, Internet
- White papers 2008-06-24
- Redefining the Customer Experience
- People begin by searching online for cameras noting the benefits of certain makes, models, features and prices. They follow up with a shortlist of cameras that they want to touch, feel and see. They then walk into a store, keeping the shortlist handy, explore a bit and eventually make a...
- Tags: Brand, Jupitermedia Corp., Customer Experience, Camera, Branding, Marketing
- White papers 2008-05-21
- Effective Software Testing: An Approach to Better Products
- The cost of fixing a software defect is cheaper if the defect is detected in the phase in which it was introduced. Yet in many projects of strategic importance, this testing is only an after thought. Traditionally, testing is associated only with the end product. And, in many IT organizations,...
- Tags: Software, Software Testing, Jupitermedia Corp., Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2007-12-26
- Getting More From Your Application Portfolio - Part II
- Lean Manufacturing techniques have been used successfully by manufacturing organizations to improve quality and productivity. Applying the principles of lean manufacturing to application maintenance can provide similar benefits to one's organization. There is a need to see if the actual work of bug-fixing or making an enhancement is done in...
- Tags: Lean Manufacturing, Jupitermedia Corp., Maintenance Activity, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Manufacturing, It Operations
- White papers 2007-10-16
- Getting More From Your Application Portfolio
- Minimizing and eliminating waste is the central theme of lean manufacturing. This paper addresses the issue of non-value added work and suggests ways of minimizing or eliminating it. Non value added work can arise due to the following factors: over production, motion, waiting, the process itself, inventory, correction, and conveyance....
- Tags: Jupitermedia Corp., Overproduction, Manufacturing, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, It Operations
- White papers 2007-10-09
- Personalization With Application Settings in Visual Basic
- This paper discusses the new Application Settings feature in Windows Forms 2.0 using C#. However, the application settings feature is also available in Visual Basic. The author continues the exploration of this new feature, focusing on how the developer can automatically bind the application settings to the Windows Forms controls,...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic, Author, Jupitermedia Corp., Personalization, Application Setting, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Development Tools, C#, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2007-06-07
- Using Windows Workflow to Control ASP.NET Navigation
- This paper describes one simple solution for achieving interoperability between Windows Workflow WF and ASP.NET. It leverages the power of WF's powerful visual logic to design page-flow based on user choices. Without WF, enforcing page flow would most likely entail hard-coding such logic. First, the paper covers the three main...
- Tags: Microsoft ASP.NET, Jupitermedia Corp., Workflow, .Net, Microsoft Windows, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software
- White papers 2007-06-06
- ASP.NET Configuration and Group Policy, Part 1: Creating and Using Custom Configuration Sections
- ASP.NET applications usually rely on two of the standard sections in a Web.config file: the section that holds general configuration and application values, and the section specialized for storing connection details for data providers such as database servers. However, custom configuration sections are useful when an application requires...
- Tags: Group Policy, Microsoft ASP.NET, Section, Jupitermedia Corp., .Net, Middleware, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-06-01
- All Input Data Is Evil - So Make Sure You Handle It Correctly and With Due Care
- IT professionals agree that input is a big source of trouble. Input ultimately determines how applications work and wrong or malicious input may cause serious damage. It is extremely important that developers have this fact firmly in mind and consequently apply adequate countermeasures. Starting from the perspective that all input...
- Tags: Jupitermedia Corp., .Net, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-05-31
- Step 1 in Multithreaded XML Transformations (and All Other Programs)
- There are many ways to transform XML, and more than a few software companies make nice livings out of providing such services. But as good software developers, one should always try to use industry standards where possible. XSLT is the industry standard for this problem, and Java has a standard...
- Tags: XSLT, Industry Standard, Jupitermedia Corp., XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- White papers 2007-05-29
- Use Semantic Language Tools to Better Understand User Intentions
- This paper discusses how to supplement applications by providing them with a rudimentary understanding of English vocabulary. Software applications have many uses for recognizing vocabulary, ranging from spell-checking to providing alternative suggestions for search criteria - the scenario explored in this paper. This paper shows how to create a storefront...
- Tags: Jupitermedia Corp., Store, Tool, Vocabulary, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2007-05-25
- Mastering the WPF RichTextBox
- The RichTextBox component in WPF/.NET 3.0 received a major upgrade compared to the previous version of the RichTextBox control that shipped with.NET 2.0. But with the expanded capability comes the need for additional APIs and different usage patterns. This paper explores some of the advanced features of the WPF RichTextBox...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Jupitermedia Corp., C#, .Net, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2007-05-23
- Choose the Right Web Services Security Solution
- Web services are designed to expose business functionality in an interoperable and loosely coupled manner. While they have the potential to reap the benefits of an SOA infrastructure, they also introduce the risk of unauthorized access to the business assets. Therefore, it is important to secure web services by limiting...
- Tags: Web, Web Service, Jupitermedia Corp., Web Services Security, Web Services, Channel Management, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- White papers 2007-05-21
- Introducing Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0
- Off late Microsoft rolled out its next-generation Operating System OS, Windows Vista. One of the core Vista components is a new version of Microsoft's web server - Internet Information Services version 7.0 (IIS 7.0). IIS 7.0 will also be part of Windows Server "Longhorn", which is expected to ship in...
- Tags: Microsoft IIS 7.0, Jupitermedia Corp., Microsoft IIS Server, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web Servers, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-05-18
- Let Semantics Bring Sophistication to Your Applications
- The Semantic Web aims to extend the information on the web in a form that can be consumed more usefully by people and computer programs. This approach generally involves extending today's web of unstructured data with a more meaningful representation of knowledge. This paper explains how to leverage semantic technology...
- Tags: Web, Jupitermedia Corp., Semantic Web, Channel Management, Productivity, Internet, Marketing
- White papers 2007-05-17
- Silverlight: Microsoft Set to Mix It Up in RIA Delivery
- While the industry continues to grapple with the meaning behind Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, or the semantic web, it's nevertheless seeing more tangible technology advancements in frameworks and tools for developing Rich Internet Applications RIAs that exhibit visually robust user experiences and interactive UIs. In the midst of the...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Rich Internet Application, Jupitermedia Corp., Microsoft Corp., Conference, Web 2.0, Semantic Web, Internet
- White papers 2007-05-16
- JavaFX: Sun's Late Start in RIA Race
- Sun crossed the open source Java finish line when it announced it was releasing the remaining bits of the Java SE Standard Edition Development Kit under version 2 of the GNU General Public License at the 2007 JavaOne Conference in May 2005. Meanwhile, its other big announcement, JavaFX, largely was...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Rich Internet Application, Jupitermedia Corp., Programming, Programming Languages, Java, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2007-05-15
- How to Create a Custom Policy Injection Application Block Handler
- As part of Enterprise Library, the Policy Injection Application Block lets a developer control the behavior of the applications through configuration. The Policy Injection Application Block, part of Enterprise Library 3.0 from Microsoft's patterns & practices group, provides powerful yet easy-to-use techniques for applying policies to objects within the applications....
- Tags: Developer, Application, Jupitermedia Corp., Productivity
- White papers 2007-05-14
- Use Transformations to Draw Your Own Great Graphs
- Visual Studio comes with a huge number of pre-built components and controls, including controls for entering and displaying text, letting the user pick options and make choices, displaying values graphically, interacting with databases, displaying dialogs, and containing and arranging other controls. But it comes with surprisingly few controls for displaying...
- Tags: Control, Jupitermedia Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-05-11
- Designing Lookless Controls in Windows Presentation Foundation
- When Microsoft set about building the Windows Presentation Foundation, one core goal was to create an environment for applications capable of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional content simultaneously. Using a traditional approach, this would have led to an abstract Button class followed by Button2D and Button3D subclasses that would override the...
- Tags: Control, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Jupitermedia Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, CSS, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- White papers 2007-05-10
