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Recently, Chris Cook wrote an excellent article sharing some excellent obstacles enterprises have been hit with as they try to deal with the onslaught of demands in supporting internal-based mobile apps for their workforce as well as the BYOD revolution overtaking these companies. In he... [More]
Recently, Kerry Butters wrote an article on the advancement and future projections of mobile hybrid apps in the marketplace. This is something we have been hearing from our customers. While we aren’t finding that it is a one or the other approach (aka Native VS HTML5 view),... [More]
The call for papers is open for IBM Innovate 2013 . This year there are two streams: The Technical Exchange @Innovate and Team Directions @Innovate. Full descriptions for these streams and their areas of interest are on the conference website . The submission deadline has been extended to January... [More]
As a developer, wouldn't you love to log in and simply have all of the development, test and deployment environments that you need at your fingertips? Steve Abrams, Chief Cloud Architect, and Timothy Hahn, Chief Architect for Enterprise Modernization Tools describe what PureSystems really means for... [More]
Happy Tuesday! The following articles went live on developerWorks Rational today: Title: Collaborative management of software subcontractors By: Ana Lopez-Mancisidor Abstract: Software development subcontracting is common, but there are still no clear definition of standards, tools, and risks. This... [More]
This is a step-by-step introduction to Rational® Integration Tester (RIT) for new users. It avoid, as far as possible, reference to use of a particular technology so the basic functionality of the product is seen more clearly. For more in-depth information on the product, see my... [More]
What role does BYOD have to play in mobilizing your workforce? And how do you develop the guidelines and security protocols that will keep your most sensitive company data safe and secure in this new and inherently less-secure environment? These are questions that CIO’s, IT administrators and... [More]
We have long thought that this would come eventually. Mobile testing has been focused on mobile devices such as smartphones. But within the last year we have been seeing from our own customers a demand for tablet testing as well including the iPad and Android tablet devices. This has been... [More]
Recently Chris Marsh of Yankee Gropu wrote a great article on the explosion within enterprises to develop and support apps that enable their employees to be more effective and give them the ability to utilize the tools their used to using in their own personal lives. He writes” Employees are... [More]
It should come as no surprise to find out how much more complicated testing an app on a mobile device is than on a desktop. Desktop apps can be complicated sometimes, but typically they are fairly straight forward. This is due to several factors. First, desktops typically have a consistent screen... [More]
Welcome to part 4 of a 4 part series on Android fragmentation. In a recent article in ‘Search Consumerization’, Margaret Jones covered this issue and how it has really become a major challenge for anyone developing apps or websites for the mobile platform. This final post focuses on the... [More]
Welcome to part 3 of a 4 part series on Android fragmentation. In a recent article in ‘Search Consumerization’, Margaret Jones covered this issue and how it has really become a major challenge for anyone developing apps or websites for the mobile platform. Developers and QA teams have... [More]
Welcome to part 2 of a 4 part series on Android fragmentation. In a recent article in ‘Search Consumerization’, Margaret Jones covered this issue and how it has really become a major challenge for anyone developing apps or websites for the mobile platform. As Android continues to... [More]
In a recent article in ‘Search Consumerization’, Margaret Jones gives a great description for those unfamiliar with device fragmentation and why it exists. She also covers why it has become a headache for IT organizations in addition to mobile app developers and QA managers to... [More]
Recently Mozilla announced its intent to build their own OS built on the Firefox browser. This, in theory is intended to give a standards-based framework for simplifying mobile app development and providing a strong platform for HML5 web-based mobile app development. In a recent article... [More]
Recently there was an article which reinforced many of the same issues that mobile app developers and QA teams are running into during development and post-release. They include such things as device diversity, OS diversity, and even organizational diversity, especially prevalant in enterprise... [More]
This week we announced our new, advanced scripting tool – ScriptObjects. With DeviceAnywhere ScriptObjects, users can create object-level scripts for native, web, and hybrid applications within a real-device testing environment. Coupled with DeviceAnywhere’s... [More]
In a recent article by Chris Marsh of Yankee Group, he addressed the new partnership between HP and SAP to address enterprise mobile apps. The services are intended to help the clients improve employee productivity with mobile apps and turn customer interactions into revenue opportunities. In... [More]
Recently Derek Britton of Micro Focus issued an article giving some great advice on how to develop one’s enterprise mobile strategy. As we have been discussing in recent posts, mobile is expanding exponentially and is putting even more pressure on IT teams to support... [More]
Over the last 5 years since 2007, we have seen an explosion in mobile apps to make our lives convenient and more efficient. And it appears there is no letting up. Recently, Forrester Research noted that there are now 7.3 billion mobile devices in a world where there are... [More]
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