This course examines virtual infrastructures, and the evolution of the vSphere 4 environment and the products that are found in that environment. It aims to equip you with the knowledge required to decide which VMware datacenter products best meet your organization's virtualization needs. 

With each new version of Windows comes a new version of Internet Explorer, and in the case of Windows 7, it’s IE 8 (one of these days all Microsoft’s numeric product names might actually line up). What does the Windows 7 administrator or planner need to know about the new IE? 

Information Technology as a "service" has benefited from early adopters who've deployed some major solutions. "Converged Infrastructure" is how HP describes the products and processes that use this approach and this reference guide give a business and technical perspective of it. 

<p>Given the competitive marketplace, evaluating source code analysis tools can be overwhelming. This case study highlights one recommended offering, the quality indicators it provided, and the results one organization achieved after implementing it.</p> 

Read this white paper to learn how, as a result of successfully applying multiple code development and testing techniques, your code will be more constrained, more maintainable, and better tested. 

Using modern-day Agile techniques such as automation and cloud hosting solutions, today’s IT leaders have opportunities to reap better returns on their ALM investments. In this issue, experts will share source code control system automation strategies, hosting options for code repositories and trends in requirements management tools. 

In August 2011, Forrester Consulting surveyed over 200 leading IT firms in North America and Europe to answer the question, “What are the implications of expanding testing in development, and what does it mean to development quality?”. Read this report to see the results. 

The more you know about built-in functionality in the .NET framework and ASP.NET, the less code you have to write, which ultimately makes your applications more maintainable. This white paper outlines several different tips to enhance developer productivity and reduce the amount of code that needs to be written in many cases. 

This video details a text-grabbing and translator app that lets you save printed text from any magazine, book, document, etc. – in more than 60 languages – on your device. View now to learn how this app can immediately edit, translate, publish to social media, or forward by e-mail or SMS. 

This white paper discusses the top three challenges of custom-coded SharePoint applications and how to avoid them. 

<p>Read this expert article to find best practices for keeping your iteration and release cycles in sync even as your Agile development projects becoming increasingly complex.</p> 

Here five things about Windows Server 2008 that are the less obvious, more esoteric, yet useful features or quirks. The following is a brief list of some things that I tend to assume that many people know, and I am constantly amazed by clients and students who really don't know them. How many do you already know?