AL6 builds tracking application in record time

Four months is all it took AL6, the IT development arm of software company Spiral Group, to develop a production management application for two European manufacturers of prefab concrete units. The secret to success was in the automated capabilities of OptimalJ, Compuware’s J2EE development workshop.

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Web applications: finding the holes

The security of web applications is increasingly critical to the enterprise – Compuware acknowledges this trend with Compuware DevPartner SecurityChecker 2.0, which addresses the need for built-in security better than ever before. Now fully integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, it helps the development and testing teams to improve the quality of their Microsoft ASP.NET Web applications, locating and fixing security vulnerabilities early in the application life cycle – an approach that is certain to save time and money.

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Web services: unpicking the performance issues

Compared with the traditional monolithic design, distributed applications make it harder to meet performance and scalability goals. In a Service Oriented Architecture environment, performance problems can lie either within components or in their interactions. Services therefore need to be evaluated both individually and in the context of all the applications that use them.

To learn more, click here and read our white paper on “Performance Analysis for Web Service”

Gartner analyses application security

Gartner estimates that 75% of hacks happen at the application security level, but organisations have tended to focus on network and physical security at the expense of application security. In this webcast Gartner’s Theresa Lanowitz makes the case for addressing application security throughout the development cycle; Compuware’s Ken Cowan outlines a practical approach.

Click here to watch our webcast entitled “Security at the application level: are you ready?”

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