Systems Design and Development White Papers

In this report, we summarise 7 common software development roadblocks that IT leaders must overcome in order to make this year of certain change your best one yet. VIEW SUMMARY

Time is running out for deploying Windows 7, but the migration path isn’t an easy one and there are many obstacles that can drive this project into overtime. Learn how to avoid the seven common mistakes that may trip you up on your way to Windows 7 so you can stay on track with your deployment plan VIEW SUMMARY

Once you’ve decided to develop a new application you must decide which technologies to use. With hundreds of languages available, combined with the selection of databases, third party components, middle-ware and reporting tools. This paper helps you focus on what you need to consider. VIEW SUMMARY

Done right, agile software delivery reveals code defects earlier in the development cycle, decreases overall project risk, and allows quicker response to changing business priorities. Read this white paper to learn how. VIEW SUMMARY

Businesses want rapid delivery of new features and capabilities, and they want access to these capabilities from a growing variety of devices. Development teams are stepping up their efforts to provide this, adopting methodologies that allow them to deliver improvements in a short time period. VIEW SUMMARY

This paper discusses how business management can learn from the techniques used in Agile development. This paper discusses similarities between traditional software development approaches and established management practices. VIEW SUMMARY

In this paper, published in Feb of this year, Gartner details the 14 key things every BI platform should have and evaluates all the main vendors against them, detailing who the current leaders are, and who’s up and coming VIEW SUMMARY

This white paper explores the challenges that SharePoint developers face and details a set of best practices for responding to those challenges, so that you can make the most of your SharePoint investment. VIEW SUMMARY

This paper reviews the business case for automating the management of open source and provides recommendations for how to make open source an integral part of your software development operation while addressing business risks and compliance issues. VIEW SUMMARY

Read this exclusive guide and learn how choosing the correct branching pattern can either make a good development team great, or cause confusion and pain. Understanding how branching and merging patterns work and applying them to your projects have a profound effect on how development teams deliver VIEW SUMMARY