Explore the impact of the cloud on application design, development, management and maintenance for enterprises and for the growing mobile app market in this e-guide. Plus, find out how businesses are rethinking mobile app development. 

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) enables different programs, applications, and tools to interact via self-contained services that do not depend on the context or state of the other service. This white paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for SOA integration, and how to avoid and/or overcome these worst practices. 

This white paper introduces a new type of virtual solution designed specifically to improve maintenance, management and mobility in today's virtual infrastructures. By minimizing latency across long distances, this technology allows for the quick and efficient delivery of data and applications from one server to another - all with minimal downtime. 

In this report extract, Juniper Research discusses trends in the market for tablet PCs and eReaders. 

The cost and time associated with managing desktops is rising at a time when budgets are being tightened and IT staffing is strained. This is driving interest in the use of desktop virtualization, where virtual desktop machines run on servers within the data center. Access this white paper to learn more about the benefits of desktop virtualization. 

This paper examines that many organizations want to take advantage of the speed, security, reliability, and flexibility of Windows 7, and how it is possible to minimize interface shock for users by leveraging Group Policy to make Windows 7 look more like Windows XP. 

Many application development teams have been distracted by shiny new technologies, methodologies, and platforms,  and have thus failed to engage design principles and talent effectively. Read this Forrester Research paper to discover seven design qualities that are key to creating better software, faster. 

The phrase “augmented reality” was coined by Boeing researcher Tom Caudell in the early 1990s to describe a digital display viewed through a headset  which guided workers through electrical wires in aircraft. The term has since gained currency and is now taken to describe digital information overlaid on the physical world. 

This paper discusses the security challenges associated with web applications, the importance of a comprehensive web application security strategy, and how IBM Rational solutions use IBMs virtually unmatched insight and experience to help companies create security-rich web applications. 

By now you've heard all about what the can cloud offer, but before you jump the gun, you must also consider the risks that this infrastructure model can introduce. This white paper examines a new cloud system that enables a hybrid approach so you can enjoy the cloud without compromise.