Evaluate

Evaluate

Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

• Deciding why and when to use an integration framework

  An integration framework is an important tool for managing the movement of data between applications and organizations. Continue Reading

• Social media loosens up sober BPM

  Companies are switching from closed-door BPM to a more democratic approach, and their cue comes from the madding crowd of social media. Continue Reading

• Quiz: Mobile middleware and application development

  What do you know about mobile middleware and development? Find out with our seven-question quiz! Continue Reading

• API design: How to properly build an application program interface

  Don't let your entire API project go awry. Knowing the applications well is just one way to nail the design and foster developer loyalty. Continue Reading

• Quiz: What do you know about the service delivery model called PaaS?

  Think you know everything about the service delivery model called Platform as a Service? Prove your knowledge of PaaS with this seven-question quiz. Continue Reading

• Mobile development: The pros of HTML5, hybrid, native applications

  Whether to make use of a hybrid, HTML5 or a native application depends on each specific situation.Continue Reading

• How application integration maintenance is like taking care of a car

  Forrester analyst Randy Heffner offers some best practices and his predictions for software integration management.Continue Reading

• Backend as a Service players, users and trends

  Today, Backend as a Service (BaaS) vendors vie with alternatives for mobile apps that must deftly integrate back and front ends.Continue Reading

• Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA)

  The Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) is a set of standards defining the way in which information is shared among diverse components of large, heterogeneous grid systems.Continue Reading

• The impact of HTML5 on Web applications

  HTML, the HyperText Markup Language, is an essential part of the Internet experience. HTML5 is one part of what WHATWG sees as essential to the future of Web applications.Continue Reading

• WSTx (Web Services Transactions)

  WSTx (Web Services Transaction) is a set of XML markup specifications designed to permit the use of open, standard protocols for secure, reliable transactions across the Web... (Continued)Continue Reading

• Service Data Objects (SDO)

  Service Data Objects (SDO) is the name of a specification designed to streamline the processing of SOA (service-oriented architecture) data from diverse sources such as XML documents, relational databases and Web services... (Continued)Continue Reading