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Top ticketing apps for developers

January 31, 2012 11:52am PST

Help desk apps just don't cut it for tracking bugs and handling development tasks. Here are a few ticketing systems designed specifically for software developers.

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Macworld 2012 - Gallery

January 26, 2012 7:00pm PST

I had the chance to walk the floor at Macworld 2012 and visit with some old software developer friends and make some new ones. Though it wasn't as big as previous years, both the presenters and...

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How to get electricity meter data online (photos)

January 21, 2012 4:00am PST

Wattvision is one of a few whole-house electricity monitors that feeds meter data online to give you a better picture of your electricity usage. Through APIs, software developers can develop...

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Open source needed to save democracy

January 17, 2012 4:53pm PST

Open source software developers face greater risks today than they ever have, to the point where the constraints inherent in proprietary software now represent a risk to democracy.

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Linux.conf.au 2012: three threats and a balloon

January 17, 2012 1:59pm PST

The Linux operating system and other open software projects are under threat because they've failed to develop the sympathy for users manifested by companies such as Apple, according to luminary...

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Poll: What development topics interested you the most in 2011?

December 27, 2011 12:08pm PST

Help us plan what we cover in the Software Engineer blog in 2012 by letting us know which development topics intrigued you the most this year.

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Q&A

what is perception and reality?

December 29, 2011 3:31pm PST

what is perception and reality? I am designing a software for a friend but his ideas about my software are not in line with what i have put into the development of the software. My question is...

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A surveillance Android app: Developing a continuous video recorder

December 30, 2011 3:14pm PST

A surveillance Android app: Developing a continuous video recorder article root Creative problem solving When you investigate the computer and software on your own it's a voyage of discovery that...

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Case Studies

Sun Microsystems - SOA Governance for Oracle

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

Sun Microsystems is a Fortune 500 vendor of software, systems, services, and developing tools to the world's most powerful datacenters. They want to upgrade their suite applications proprietary...

Provided by: Layer 7 Technologies

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Barclays Application Security Assurance Project

June 14, 2010 12:00am PDT

As one of the leading global financial services institutions, Barclays, like many of its peers, relies heavily on a number of third-party commercial software and outsourcing providers to help...

Provided by: Veracode

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SaaS Provider Protects Enterprise Client Data in the Cloud and Lowers Costs With GeoTrust SSL Certificates

August 4, 2010 12:00am PDT

ClyTel develops software-as-a-service applications that allow business to create and administer account management programs. ClyTel's challenges were protecting sensitive enterprise account...

Provided by: GeoTrust

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Microsoft Align IT: User Experience: Building the Next Generation of Software

August 14, 2007 12:00am PDT

Exposed to an increasing variety of software and online services, end users have come to expect much more than functionality from software. In response, developers and software companies are...

Provided by: Microsoft

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When the Requirements for Adaptation and High Integrity Meet

September 4, 2011 12:00am PDT

Software is increasingly used in applications characterized by change, and is expected to adapt to variations in its environment, requirements and internal state. Over the last decade, significant...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

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An Iterative Approach for Development of Safety-Critical Software and Safety Arguments

September 2, 2010 12:00am PDT

The benefits ascribed to Agile methods are attractive to software engineers working in the safety-critical software domain. There is limited industrial experience and evidence of successful...

Provided by: University of York

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The Developer Is the Enemy

September 25, 2008 12:00am PDT

The authors argue that application developers, while often viewed as allies in the effort to create software with fewer security vulnerabilities, are not reliable allies. They have varying skill...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

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SAFEWEB: A Middleware for Securing Ruby-Based Web Applications

December 1, 2011 12:00am PST

Web applications in many domains such as healthcare and finance must process sensitive data, while complying with legal policies regarding the release of different classes of data to different...

Provided by: University of Otago

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Distributed Middleware Enforcement of Event Flow Security Policy

October 26, 2010 12:00am PDT

Distributed, event-driven applications that process sensitive user data and involve multiple organisational domains must comply with complex security requirements. Ideally, developers want to...

Provided by: University of Cambridge

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Meta-Model and UML Profile for Requirements Management of Software and Embedded Systems

February 14, 2011 12:00am PST

Software and embedded system companies today encounter problems related to requirements management tool integration, incorrect tool usage, and lack of traceability. This is due to utilized tools...

Provided by: Hindawi Publishing

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A Hybrid Model for Accurate Energy Analysis of WSN Nodes

January 10, 2011 12:00am PST

Energy modeling is an important issue for designing and dimensioning low power Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). In order to help the developers to optimize the energy spent by WSN nodes, a...

Provided by: Hindawi Publishing

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A Platform for Service-Oriented Integration of Software Engineering Environments

May 22, 2009 12:00am PDT

In modern software application development, engineering systems and tools from several sources have to cooperate for building agile process environments. While there are approaches for the...

Provided by: Technische Universität Wien