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Rehost Development

The reliability and security of mainframe environments have made rehosting development the natural choice for mission-critical business applications. With the majority of mainframe processing power allocated to production and test environments, the mainframe is not the most appropriate platform for ongoing development.

Rehosting Testing

While mainframe environments have been the natural choice to run mission-critical business applications, the processing power of the mainframe is primarily allocated to the production and test environments. Often the test environment receives as much processing power as production and, in some instances, can receive a greater MIPs allocation. Testing can represent a significant proportion

The Emergence of Service Assurance for Enterprise IT

In June 2010, CA Technologies commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate issues surrounding the assurance of critical business services and applications. In surveying more than 150 IT professionals with direct responsibility for network, systems, and/or application delivery, Forrester found that all of these enterprises had fundamental issues around managing the performance of these applications and business

Linking Infrastructure Management and Application Performance Management to Ensure Reliable Service Delivery

For years, enterprises, government agencies and service providers have sought ways to effectively identify, locate and resolve the problems affecting critical business applications and expedite an accurate, complete resolution. One way these organizations have attempted to achieve this goal is by linking the activities of the infrastructure management team with those of its colleagues in

Data Storage in the Cloud – Can you Afford Not To?

Storing data in the cloud using a Whitewater™ cloud storage gateway from Riverbed Technology overcomes what is becoming a serious challenge for IT departments: how to manage the vast, and ever-growing, amount of data that must be protected. Whitewater eliminates concerns about data security, data transmission speeds over the Internet, and data availability, while providing

Aberdeen Group: Systems Engineering

The current economy has driven many companies to look for ways to take cost out of their products and make their products more appealing with more feature rich, intelligent products. This is driving manufactorers to improve their system engineering processes to enable them to develop products consisting of mechanical components, electronics and embedded software. This

Systems engineering—the foundation for success in complex systems development

Delivering complex systems requires that you develop optimal designs on time, within budget and with the right level of quality. But even the best detailed design cannot compensate for poor system architecture. Systems engineering isn’t just a technical activity in the product lifecycle—it determines the commercial viability of the entire project. It’s also a demanding