Category Archives: Software Development

UX is not just about UI

Posted on May 7, 2013 by CIC Analysts

We’ve just published a new Practitioner Insight report that discusses the importance of User eXperience (UX) as the critical success factor in implementing any Enterprise Mobility strategy. Whilst UX is well established in the Business-to-Consumer (B2C) domain, it is less … Continue reading →

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Evolution of Design and Development: Adobe’s perspective

Posted on May 5, 2013 by CIC Analysts

The design and development landscape has never looked so rich and varied, with opportunities to create all manner of applications and content for an ever-broadening range of devices. But equally, those at the front lines of design and development have … Continue reading →

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Agile Deployment for Embedded Software & Complex Systems

Posted on May 2, 2013 by CIC Analysts

IBM has just published CIC’s report, Agile Deployment for Embedded Software & Complex Systems. This Guide presents directions for Agile deployment strategies in the delivery of embedded software products and complex systems. It does so based on analysis and insights from an … Continue reading →

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Enterprise DevOps realities and a path towards Continuous Delivery

Posted on May 2, 2013 by CIC Analysts

CIC has just published Continuous Delivery Realization. This Guide offers directions for improving the collaboration between IT development and operations teams, and a path towards Continuous Delivery. Continuous Delivery is synonymous with an ability to increase software release rates. It … Continue reading →

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Hat check: Green Hat and IBM 15 months on

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Paul Herzlich

IBM’s play in Service Virtualization (SV) for testing In January 2012, I mused over the implications of IBM’s acquisition of Green Hat, vendor of a product that simulated external interfaces for software testing. Fifteen months later, I’ve had another look … Continue reading →

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Marketing the development testing revolution

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Paul Herzlich

A recent Chilean film called NO narrates the campaign to defeat General Pinochet’s 1988 referendum that would have allowed him to remain as President after having ruled Chile as a despot for 12 years. Despite his tight grip on power … Continue reading →

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IBM and mobile: time to take the plunge

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Jessica Figueras

For many years IBM has been a paddler, not a player, in mobile. Although it has had a respectable presence in the telco market, for the most part this comprises backoffice infrastructure and services not directly related to mobile applications. … Continue reading →

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Banking on Apps

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Paul Herzlich

Creepy crawlies on the desktop A friend of mine says she’s completely distracted by the tiles on her Windows 8 desktop. “It’s like a picture gallery on the staircase at Hogwart’s. Things that shouldn’t move are always squirming.” I have … Continue reading →

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Adding flexibility to governance for developers

Posted on February 6, 2013 by CIC Analysts

We’ve just published a new Spotlight report covering Open Source software project Git, a lightweight, distributed and fast version control system has seen a significant take-up. Git is being installed by developers on their own machines allowing them to experiment … Continue reading →

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Architects enabling disruptive innovation

Posted on January 23, 2013 by CIC Analysts

The two day Iasa UK Architecture Summit in London, Enabling Disruptive Innovation, on 25 – 26 April 2013 will bring over 200 Iasa member architects together to discuss new directions, exciting implementations and growing business opportunities in the field of … Continue reading →

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