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Insourcing IT application development and management: A how-to guide
Insourcing your IT application development and management can bring you closer to your mission-critical applications and data. Learn how to bring application work back in-house. Tip
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Managing application development outsourcing risks
Application development outsourcing poses risks, from developers sharing information on blogs to not knowing who is really writing your code. Here's how to manage them. Article
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Outsourcing IT application management on rise for 2010; here's why
The effects of the recession continue for 2010, with outsourcing IT application management and maintenance expected to be robust, while application development won't bounce back. Article
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IT exec's best practices for application consolidation include SaaS
Learn how one IT director employed application consolidation to cut maintenance costs, improve reliability and centralize data with a strategy that included SaaS. Article
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FAQ: Agile practices and their role in software development
Companies are increasingly using Agile practices to improve software project outcomes. Learn more about Agile here, from Scrum to Extreme Programming and more. FAQ
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SOA implementation propels business process transformation
When business process automation was insufficient and BPM products proved too narrow, a CIO turned to SOA to streamline business processes and boost productivity by 30%. Article
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SOA implementation evolves from open source to Oracle SOA suite
Though SOA is something you do, rather than buy, this CIO found the best approach was to go shopping and solve the problem at the database layer. Article
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Six ways to fail with your SOA implementation
A service-oriented architecture is one way to make application development more agile, a growing business requirement. Here are the top risks for SOA failure, so you get it right. Article
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Agile development methodology not easy but worth the effort, users say
The agile methodology is giving development organizations the "speed they need" to respond to changes in the market and bring more value to the business faster. Here's how. Article
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FAQ: Lean thinking for IT
Lean thinking is the process of incorporating Lean principles into an enterprise. This FAQ shows how Lean thinking works and how IT is benefiting from this improvement methodology. FAQ