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There is real and growing interest in cloud computing despite the overuse and overhype of the term cloud. One of the fastest growing areas of the cloud is cloud-based development. Enterprises of all sizes are evalutating the potential of...

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There is real and growing interest in cloud computing despite the overuse and overhype of the term cloud. One of the fastest growing areas of the cloud is cloud-based development. Enterprises of all sizes are evalutating the potential of...

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Enterprises must take care to assess the right fit of any new technology. Platform as a Service is one such technology that has garnered a lot of interest and excitement, but care should be taken not to move too quickly.

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"The Cloud" has become major hype area as cost conscious enterprises explore the potential of renting IT services (infrastructure, applications, development platforms) to save costs over internal provisioning (i.e. buying and maintaining...

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can attract new customers, reduce marketing costs, and help your organization gain a competitive edge. Use this tool to record your SEO strategy, capture and prioritize keywords, and evaluate the current state of...

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SEO can attract new customers, reduce marketing costs, and help your organization gain a competitive edge. But knowing how to implement it means wading through a sea of conflicting advice or paying big bucks to Internet marketing consultants...

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Web redesign projects are necessary to maintain a current and engaging Web site. An effective Web redesign strategy is the foundation of a successful redesign effort. Understand Web strategy, new Web technologies available, as well as the...

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Without an effective strategy, most of these business opportunities are lost, project planning is inefficient, and implementation becomes chaotic. Use this solution set to create a Web redesign strategy that prevents implementation pains and...

An open source solution (OSS) such as LAMP can offer capital cost savings. However, choose LAMP only if the development team has the right skill set and experience to leverage the flexibility of an OSS to produce high performance Web applications.

Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) blend a highly interactive user experience with seamless access to centralized data. Done right, this combination can deliver real business benefit.

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With a modest initial investment, user experience engineering (UXE) delivers user-friendly employee-facing applications and intranet sites that greatly improve employee productivity while reducing training, support, and maintenance costs....

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With a modest initial investment, user experience engineering (UXE) delivers excellent ROI in the form of user-friendly employee-facing applications and intranet sites. These greatly improve employee productivity while reducing training,...

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Since so much work in the modern enterprise is computer mediated, employee-facing Web sites and applications have a huge influence on employee productivity. User experience engineering (UXE) can improve the usability of internal sites and...

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User friendly employee-facing applications greatly improve employee productivity while reducing training, support, and maintenance costs. Thus, user experience engineering (UXE) can make a significant contribution to corporate cost reduction....

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User experience engineering (UXE) for customer-facing Web sites can turn site visitors into customers and that keep on buying through the Web channel. Calculate the return on an investment in UXE using this ROI calculator.

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Customer-facing Web sites and applications are critical in creating a good first impression, yet they often drive customers away by being hard to navigate and difficult to use. User experience engineering (UXE) can solve this problem and make a...

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Many small enterprises rely on a customer-facing Web site to disseminate data and drive sales. Unfortunately, the sites are often hard to navigate and difficult to use, diminishing customer loyalty and reducing sales. User experience engineering...

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Without the marketing budgets of large organizations, many small enterprises rely on a customer-facing Web site to disseminate data and drive sales. User experience engineering (UXE) can make these sites more user friendly, which increases...

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Rich Internet Applications (RIA) drive sales by providing a compelling user experience and reduce support costs by enhancing application usability. But they are also costly and complex to develop. Use this ROI calculator to determine if...

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Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) blend the benefit of instant Web access to centralized data with a user experience that is both efficient and easy to use. This combination offers attractive ROI for high-volume computer-supported employee...

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Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) blend the benefit of instant Web access to centralized data with a user experience that is both easy to use and cool to watch. This combination offers attractive ROI, especially for customer-facing applications...

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Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) blend the benefit of instant Web access to centralized data with a user experience that is both efficient and easy to use. This combination offers attractive ROI for high-volume computer-supported employee...

Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) drive sales by providing a compelling user experience and reduce support costs by enhancing application usability. But they are also costly and complex to develop. Evaluate the RIA business case and learn the...

Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) blend the benefits of instant Web access to centralized data with a user experience that is both easy to use and cool to watch. But just because they're cool, doesn't mean that they're always a good investment....

CodeGear's new release of Delphi for PHP 2.0 is a rapid application development tool worth evaluating for PHP scripting. Delphi for PHP 2.0 provides a familiar visual design environment that facilitates the development of Web applications in the...

Hiring a software developer used to mean simply finding the best coder. However, diversity in programming languages and software products, and the need for software developers to perform functions outside their traditional roles, means that...

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The software developer's role is to design, code, test, and analyze software programs and applications. This includes researching, designing, documenting, and modifying software specifications throughout the production lifecycle. The software...

As businesses increasingly embrace Web 2.0 technology, choosing the right JavaScript library becomes important. Learn about the strengths and weaknesses of the top nine no-charge JavaScript contenders in the lightweight, middleweight, and...

Choosing the right JavaScript library is important for the small enterprise that needs a dynamic Web presence or a full Web-based application. Learn about the strengths and weaknesses of the top nine no-cost JavaScript contenders in the...

In the Web 2.0 world, JavaScript libraries are used to simplify the development of the browser-based user interfaces (UI) that jazz up Web sites and support rich Web applications. Apply the seven key considerations outlined in this note to...