In a new survey from Embarcadero Technologies, over half (52 percent) of application developers say they don’t have enough time to complete their work and nearly a third (31 percent) said poor unit and system testing is their top challenge. Conducted in May, the 606 participants included developers, analysts, and architects. The full report, which includes questions on Windows 7 development, can be found at http://www.embarcadero.com/reports/developer-survey (no registration required).
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Ahead of its user conference next week, SHARE (www.share.org) conducted a survey of its members -- enterprise IT professionals at IBM customer sites, including retail, distribution, education, R&D, health care, computer manufacturers and software developers. The organization asked participants to select the top IT issues they face.
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Is agile software development the panacea IT is looking for to accelerate application development and improve application quality? Thanks to a tough economy and facing flat personnel and technology resources, enterprises may find useful the results of a new survey from consortium Requirements.net that reveals how enterprises are using agile IT practices and how they're getting the most from the development approach.
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In the wake of the recession, IT is replacing fixed costs with on-demand strategies and processes that can handle cost variability so it can be positioned to take advantage of business opportunities as they minimize risks in a today’s high-volatility economy. How? By exploiting new service delivery models that help an enterprise respond faster.
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In a survey conducted at Cisco's conference, Cisco Live, by Network Instruments, 71 percent of organizations say they've "implemented some form of cloud computing" though the term isn't clearly defined. The survey asked 184 network engineers, managers, and directors about their cloud environment and plans.
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IBM has announced a new Financial Markets Framework that it says is "designed to serve as a springboard for transformation so clients can focus their efforts on growth and innovation." At its core: "speed and transparency to achieve new levels of collaboration, business insight, and smarter decision making," according to a spokesperson for Big Blue.
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The just-released 2010 Global SMB Information Protection Survey from Symantec shows that small and midsize firms (those with between 10 and 499 employees) have put "protecting information" at the top of their IT priority list. It's about time.
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Are you getting the biggest bang for your buck from your video assets? Today, Altus Learning Systems (www.altuscorp.com) launched an enterprise video search tool that's optimized for mobile devices including the Blackberry, Android-based devices, iPhone, and iPad.
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