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The adoption of Agile development practices has increased as software developers strive to keep pace with customer and market demands. However, to fully realize the benefits of Agile, a repeatable process for creating secure, defect-free code is critical.

Organizations often fail to realize the pivotal role static source code analysis plays in enhancing software quality and security. Without this level of code analysis, critical vulnerabilities can be exploited after release and coding mistakes can cause inventory turnaround, resulting in serious expenses.

Increased operating costs, inefficient hardware utilization, and rapidly expanding datacenters have made virtualization one of the most compelling IT technology in years. While virtualization has solved a multitude of problems, some virtualization solutions are characterized by lower performance, complex configurations and tedious administration especially for complex applications made up of multiple tiers and components. This technical white paper explores in detail the technology behind a new virtualized deployment paradigm for Java EE applications, describing not only the technology behind these advances, but also the benefits and usage.

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g provides the runtime engine for mission-critical Java EE, SOA and middleware applications. This white paper outlines some common challenges faced by IT administrators running enterprise applications deployed on Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, and describes how Oracle Enterprise Manager enables customers to reduce the cost of management by providing a single management console to manage the end-to-end application environment.

Did you know that most code reviews are conducted in an ad hoc fashion, don't always include the right people, and fail to take advantage of the latest tools and technology? That's according to new research that looks at the state of peer code review today.

For modern applications, particularly those built for the Java platform, there are proven approaches and solutions that can help an organization achieve predictable, scalable performance for their applications. And although these approaches may be most valuable for extreme-scale applications, they can save time and money in almost any server-based application.

Oracle WebLogic Suite, a foundational element of Oracle Fusion Middleware, offers the ideal mix of performance, scalability, and operational efficiency to support modern IT requirements driven by ever-changing business needs.

The economic downturn is forcing businesses to tighten their belts and look for more efficient channels. Using the Internet as a business channel, and sometimes even the only channel, is becoming more prevalent.

In a recent Forrester study, upgrades made the top concerns list of ERP customers together with Improving Integrations and Shifting the Process Orientation. This is not surprising, given that Applications upgrades are prone to cost overruns, delays and unexpected outages. Maintenance costs, for major point releases as well as more frequent patches, is a topic that catches the attention of most ERP and CRM customers. A study by SOA Industry Analyst Zapthink shows that maintenance and change costs of SOA-based integrations, architected properly, are dramatically lower than traditional integration approaches. Read this whitepaper to understand why and how SOA-enablement will reduce cost and risk of Application upgrades for your organization.

Companies are learning how to run their data centers more efficiently using less hardware, less software and less IT resources. These companies are turning to a new concept called application grid, an infrastructure layer beneath the application layer that pools and dynamically provisions the resources on which those applications run. Application grid brings the same type of efficiency, scalability, and quality of service to the application layer that database clusters brings to the database layer. With an application grid you get greater efficiency, exceptional agility, and superior quality of service. Download this free white paper now.

This free white paper details key steps for achieving a superior data management strategy-a 'must have' capability for applications to operate with extreme, predictable performance and scalability.

Technology barriers have prevented enterprises from adopting Java-based approaches for mission critical applications with extreme and predictable computing needs. However, recent advances throughout the entire Java stack have overcome these barriers to position Java to power the next generation of enterprise computing. Customers can now reap the benefits of a standard Java-based infrastructure, including higher developer productivity, fewer defects, a rock-solid proven kernel, and adherence to standards. Read this free white paper to learn how you can achieve: - Extreme and predictable performance with Java - Real-time, real-world memory leak detection and application performance analysis - Increased Enterprise performance, manageability and simplicity

This free white paper details key steps for achieving a superior data management strategy-a 'must have' capability for applications to operate with extreme, predictable performance and scalability.

Capital markets have complex, data-intensive front-office environments that change in milliseconds. To survive and differentiate themselves, companies need predictable, high-performance technical solutions. They also must control costs. Until now, satisfying both of these requirements was a difficult challenge. Standards-based Java technology could not meet low-latency demands, while C/C++ solutions inflated costs. Oracle JRockit Real Time solves this problem.

Whether your organization's service-oriented architecture (SOA) has 50 services being used by one customer, or 50 customers using one service, you need SOA governance; increased business agility depends on it. SOA governance provides the ability to quickly and continuously translate and transmit business strategy and requirements into the processes, policies, and controls that will guide the evolution of your infrastructure and your enterprise. Failure to provide effective SOA governance exposes your organization to serious risks resulting from:Insufficient adoption of services,Fragmented approaches to SOA, Resources wasted on services that can't be reused, Rampant and redundant service creation across siloed SOA initiatives,Ineffective communication of priorities and best practices, Cultural resistance to change For any organization that has adopted SOA as its primary approach to enterprise architecture, governance becomes the conduit that connects and aligns corporate, IT, and business unit objectives. For these organizations, effective governance ensures that communication, collaboration, and the two-way flow of information keep SOA initiatives and investments inextricably connected to the enterprise to deliver sustainable business value.

The more configurable business processes are, the more agile the organization. A new approach to Business Process Management (BPM) is the use of BPM and SOA together in a layering strategy. This unique approach is based on context and content and offers organizations improved agility, increased productivity and time-to-market. This white paper explores the BPM layered concept and offers a case study of how ABN AMRO, one of the world's largest financial institutions, has benefited from its deployment.

Efficient business processes are one of the main competitive differentiators for any successful company. These processes orchestrate interactions between systems, services, people and partners to achieve key strategic and operational objectives. The definition and flawless execution of business processes enable an organization to provide quality products and services, reduce costs, improve customer service and react quickly to changing market conditions.

Increased operating costs, inefficient hardware utilization and rapidly expanding data centers have made virtualization the most compelling IT technology in years. Virtualization for the desktop and the server environment have evolved in the past years to finally deliver on its promise to lower operating costs and achieve better utilization of hardware.

Datacenter administrators face dramatically increasing rates of change and complexity as they deploy virtualization and refresh existing servers with newer, higher-performance hardware. IDC believes automation and standardization are required to efficient.

Today, more and more companies rely on information technology (IT) to conduct business. The fast pace of business change, including mergers and acquisitions and rapidly changing IT technologies, makes it ever more challenging for IT organizations to keep business systems available and performing optimally.

Organizations increasingly rely on composite applications to create enterprise agility. Unfortunately, the challenge of managing the performance of these composite environments is significantly more complex than with traditional systems.

More and more organizations are looking to service-oriented architecture (SOA) as the basis of their future computer architecture. Recognizing that legacy application design and implementation approaches have led to applications that are costly to operate and maintain, hard to change, and rely on a dwindling set of skills, organizations are hoping that SOA provides a key component of the answer to these problems. At the same time organizations are asking three important questions: 1) Since I hear different things, what exactly is SOA, anyway? 2) If I use it, how is it going to help my organization eliminate cost, increase agility, deal with dwindling legacy skill sets, and address compliance? 3) Given that it has value, how do I get there? This white paper, part of the Oracle IT Modernization Series, addresses all three of these questions.

This series of four papers provide practical guidance from IT service management experts on common approaches for successful APM.

A complex IT infrastructure is a stumbling block for many businesses seeking greater agility in these uncertain times. This white paper shows how a service oriented architecture (SOA) helps align the infrastructure with business needs in order to achieve maximum flexibility.

By providing a unified Application Delivery Networking platform, F5 BIG-IP offers the ability for organizations to adopt a single platform for all its application delivery needs. Adopting an organizational standard for application delivery can reduce management and administrative costs and improve the ability of the organization to migrate smoothly from traditional to emerging application architectures, and address the unforeseen issues that always arise in the wake of the introduction of new initiatives.