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TraceView Data API

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:00:00 EDT

I’m excited to announce a new feature to TraceView – the Data API. In a nutshell, the Data API exposes all of those high-level metrics you’re collecting in TraceView over REST, formatted as JSON. Now you can take that data, jam it into your own system and do whatever you need to make sure everybody in your organization sees what they need, when they need it. We’ve also wrapped our configuration API into the same place, so you can interact with all our services in one place. If you’re itching to get to it, head on over to the docs. If you’re still not convinced, read on! Let’s take a look at what you can do with this.

Analyzing Webpage Performance with AJAX Edition 4

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:00:00 EST

It’s been a while since we released the last major version of Compuware dynaTrace AJAX Edition. With AJAX Edition 4 we introduce the capability to test across all versions of Internet Explorer (IE) starting with IE6 and all versions of Firefox starting with 3.6. Why is this important? Well, check out the test results of several pages we tested on IE6, 7 and 8 and contrast them with tests of the same pages using Firefox 16 and 18. A product page on Zappos.com loads in 1.3 seconds in Firefox 18 as compared to 5.6 seconds in IE6. That is four times slower on IE’s rather ancient browser. Despite a concerted effort by the industry to get people to use updated browsers (including this one by Microsoft), we’re still seeing a big mix in the browser versions people use to access websites. That means it’s important to analyze webpage performance across browser versions to ensure your site functions and performs as it’s supposed to. In this blog post I want to show you how to do it and what the typical differences in performance are.

Compuware APM Announces Annual Best of the Web Award Winners

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:00:00 EST

Compuware Corporation on Thursday announced the 2013 winners of its annual Best of the Web awards honoring the top performing web, mobile and streaming sites. The annual Best of the Web awards recognize the ‘best of the best’ companies across six major industries -- banking, brokerage, insurance, media, retail and travel. The winners in each industry earned top honors for web, mobile, or streaming performance excellence based on the average response time, availability and consistency of their sites throughout 2012. The Best of the Web award winners work hard all year to ensure that their web, mobile and streaming site performances are differentiators that drive business. They also make a commitment to continuous improvement, as they evolve their sites to meet customers’ needs and expectations and to provide exceptional customer experiences.

What’s New in HTML5

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST

Welcome to Kevin Benedict's What's New in HTML5. HTML5 is predicted to be the dominant development environment for enterprise mobility over the next several years. The questions are when and where should HTML5 be used today. In this weekly update on HTML5 we report on this ongoing debate and other relevant news. Microsoft has launched a new site, http://www.modern.ie/, to further promote the use of standard HTML5 that works well in any browser and to provide tools to aid Web developers. Stating native apps limited them in flexibility and integration, and the marketplace is demanding more flexibility than offered through a mobile app, financial technology provider Scivantage has launched a new HTML5-based mobile brokerage platform and investment apps.

Is Offshore-Agile a Bad Idea?

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:00:00 EST

Yes … if you have a co-located cross-functional team … and … there is no pressure or compulsion to shift part of the work offshore. Yes … if you do not feel any necessity or face any difficulty in scaling the team. In all other cases offshore-agile may not be such a bad idea. If you must offshore … for whatever reason Is Offshore-Agile still a bad idea?

Where Is My Disk Space?

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:00:00 EST

Before buying more storage space it's a good idea to make sure your existing space isn't filled with redundant or old data - or hundreds of downloaded cat videos. Disk capacity is increasing and while prices continue to drop, those savings are offset by demands for new capacity to store more and larger files. Not only does this mean more primary disk space, but 2x that amount for backups. Zetta co-founder Lou Montulli may have the answer to this problem. Recently Lou combined his experience with browsers and storage in creating an open-source tool - a File System Visualizer (www.wheresmydiskspace.com) - for analyzing storage usage. Lou was a founding engineer at Netscape in 1994 when he helped create the first commercial web browser Netscape Navigator. Over the years he's been responsible for the development of many browser related innovations, and co-founded Zetta.net in 2008 - where he continues to serve as VP of Engineering and Chief Scientist.

Book Review: The CSS3 Anthology

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:15:00 EST

The CSS3 Anthology by Rachel Andrews is subtitled instant CSS answers, how-to's, and examples. This subtitle clearly explains the goal of this book. The book consists of nine chapters. The first chapter is a quick review of CSS. The other chapters cover major topics such as text styling, image design elements, navigation, tabular data, forms and user interfaces, CSS positioning basics and CSS for layout. The topics in each chapter are laid out in the form of a question followed by one or more solutions and then a discussion explaining why that solution was offered. Here is an example of one of the questions: How do I remove the large gap between an h1 element and the following paragraph?

Book Review: Learning Objective-C 2.0

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:00:00 EST

If I had to give this book a one word description, I would say it is 'balanced'. In the beginning of the book the author mentions that he does not want to right one of those books that list a little code and then explains the code, changes the code, explains those changes and so on and so on. At first he scared me. I have read some insanely wordy programming and engineering books. I have a much harder time getting through those than the type the author described. I was afraid this book would be one of those that I don't get anything out of except war stories from the author's career. That would not be all bad if the stories had anything to do with the book. I am happy to report that is not what happened.

SYS-CON.tv: Cloud and Big Data – What's Working, What's New?

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:00:00 EST

Which of the recent big acquisitions within the Cloud and/or Big Data space have most grabbed your attention as a sign of things to come? In this Lunchtime Power Panel at the 11th International Cloud Expo, chaired by Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan, Treb Ryan, Chief Strategy Officer, Cloud Business Unit, at Dimension Data; Brian Patrick Donaghy, CEO of Appcore; Rags Srinivasan, Director of Product Management at Symantec’s Storage and Availability Management Group; John "Jay" Jarrell, President and CEO of Objectivity; Aaron Hollobaugh, VP of Marketing & Communications at Hostway Corporation; and Praveen Kankariya, Founder and CEO of Impetus Technologies discussed this topic and more.

Gartner Releases Two Top 10 Predictions for 2013

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:41:00 EST

Gartner has released two sets of predictions for 2013 – back to back: Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013: Technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2013 Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users for 2013 and Beyond: Economic risks, opportunities and innovations that will impel CIOs to move to the next generation of business-driven solutions In short the first set of predictions are about technology and the second set of predictions are about business implication of technology. As you can expect, there are overlapping area. What are they really saying?

Compuware Updating Support for dynaTrace Browser Diagnostics

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:04:00 EDT

The Browser Agent now supports all major versions of Internet Explorer (IE6 - IE10) and Firefox (FF 3.6, FF 4-FF 16). This allows you to test your web sites across all the different browser versions your real end users are using to access your site. With the built-in screenshot capability as well as the regression analysis option in test automation it is very easy to identify problems that were introduced during development. For more information on how to use the Browser Agent to its full capabilities check out the following blog posts: You only control 1/3 of your Page Load Performance and dynaTrace AJAX Edition Premium.

Diagnosing Stuck Transactions in Minutes

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:00:00 EDT

Does the following situation sound familiar? From one minute to the other, your production servers grind to a halt, terse emails are complemented by equally hectic phone calls, and the first order of business is to get back up and running. After the dust settles, you’re usually left with a pile of log files and the assignment of figuring out what happened, why it happened, and what to do to keep it from happening again. A common first step is trying to reproduce what has gone wrong. More often than not, this consumes a considerable amount of time that would be better spent on actually fixing the problem. In this first blog post of a series, I will present a Step-by-Step Guide to Diagnose Stuck Transactions within minutes and show how a modern APM Solution helps to pinpoint common production problems, without spending hours on reproducing it at first.

HTML5 WebSockets Illustrates Need for Programmability in the Network

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:00:00 EDT

It's likely that IT network and security staff would agree that HTML5 WebSockets has the potential for high levels of disruptions (and arguments) across the data center. Developers want to leverage the ability to define their own protocols while reaping the benefits of the HTTP-as-application-transport paradigm. Doing so, however, introduces security risks and network challenges as never-before-seen protocols start streaming through firewalls, load balancers, caches and other network-hosted intermediaries that IT network and security pros are likely to balk at. Usually because they're the last to know, and by the time they do – it's already too late to raise objections. Aside from the obvious "you folks need to talk more" (because that's always been the answer and as of yet has failed to actually occur) there are other answers. Perhaps not turn-key, perhaps not easy, but there are other answers.

Building Your Agile Infrastructure

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:00:00 EDT

Today’s data center infrastructure has to be more agile than ever before. It needs to increase efficiency while increasing agility, and providing more and more services. Having an agile infrastructure lets you change how IT operates. It lets you adapt to growth – even unexpected growth. It allows you to meet business challenges head-on, and make the fast adjustments that are often necessary in business. This agility spreads from one end of the data center to the other, and includes things like data storage, networking, virtualization, and more. If you’re looking to implement a new agile infrastructure, you need to cover certain essential areas. Here are some characteristics you need to make sure you’re getting from your infrastructure:

Knoa Survey Results Identify Key Trends Within the APM Market

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:06:00 EDT

Knoa® Software, the leading provider of user experience and performance management software, today announced results of a survey conducted during its recent webinar entitled “Thinking of Application Performance Management? Don’t Do It. Find Out More.” Knoa polled global information technology professionals across a broad range of functions about their overall satisfaction with Application Performance Management (APM), features used, performance, diversity of use of APM tools, use cases for APM tools and other relevant information to the market.

Do We Need to Define What Agile Is?

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:00:00 EDT

Assume that you are trying agile for the first time. If the project succeeds then everybody is happy. But… What happens if the project fails? Did the project fail because your agile implementation was wrong? …or… Did it fail it because agile was not the right methodology for your project?

Agile and Unstable Team

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 01:55:00 EDT

Have you ever encountered a situation where 2 of the 5 members of an agile team decides to move on within a short span of time. What about 3 out of 5? What did you do when that happened? Yes, I know you are saying that the situation should either have been anticipated or prevented. You might say that it is an case of bad management. You may say that it is a symptom of dysfunctional organization. But… What do you do when that happens? What proactive steps would you want to take to prevent such situation? Would you build your system to withstand such disruption, or Would you work to towards prevention of such situation? Anticipate … or … Prevent? What is your style?

Agile and Process

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 06:46:00 EDT

Agile manifesto explicitly states that agile values individual and interactions over process and tool. What does it really mean? Does it mean… …do not be a slave to the process, or …it is not necessary to have a clearly defined way of working, or …every individual can choose to work in his own way, or …every team should decide their own way of working, or …within the guiding framework of the methodology adopted, the team should tailor it to suit its liking.

Agile and Specialist

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:17:00 EDT

Do you agree that the agile team may not possess all the specialized skills and technical knowledge required for the project? You may argue that the team should be so constituted that team members among themselves have skills and knowledge required – but is that always feasible? What about UX experts, Functional Specialists, Architects, Technical Specialists …

Agile and Project Manager

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 06:16:00 EDT

Does Agile project require a project manager? Or, is a scrum master, who is a coach cum facilitator, sufficient? If you search the net you will find defenders of both side of the argument but of late the pro “need to have a project manager” view seem to be winning. Even PMI has a certification for “Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)“. However, few years back the pendulum was on the other side with more support for “no project manager for agile project – only scrum master / coach / facilitator”. Why has this shift happened? There are two possibilities.

Metasploit Helpful Tips

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:00:00 EDT

The powerful Metasploit framework helps you see your network as an intruder would see it. You might discover it is all too easy to get past your own defenses. The Metasploit Framework is a penetration testing toolkit, exploit development platform, and research tool. The framework includes hundreds of working remote exploits for a variety of platforms. Payloads, encoders, and nop slide generators can be mixed and matched with exploit modules to solve almost any exploit-related task. This tutorial will walk you through how to use the latest version of Nessus pre-built plugin filter ‘Metasploit Framework' in your pentest assignments. It will also cover some useful metasploit tips to achieve privilege escalation. Wouldn't it be great to have a shell on another box just in case you lose your meterpreter shell? This tutorial covers this and other metasploit tips.

Agile and Project Funding

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:00:00 EDT

Do you know of any organization which does not have an annual budgeting process? Do you know of any organization which does not do an ROI analysis before deciding to fund a project? There may be smaller projects which come out of the discretionary fund of a sponsor but any project of decent size would need to go through a process of ROI calculation and an annual budgeting process. If this is the reality then how does it gel with agile practices? How do you estimate the total cost of the project – a practice which is discouraged in Agile? How do you estimate how long it is going to take even before you know the velocity of the team? How do you arrive at the complete scope even before you have done your first sprint? Incremental funding and failing fast may be a great ideas but how will it work in typical organization setup?

What's New in HTML5

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:03:00 EDT

As many readers may know, Facebook replaced their HTML5 version of their mobile app a few weeks ago, in favor of a native application written in Object C. It is much faster and smoother now, however, several functions disappeared with this change. You can no longer just steal your friends photos by holding down on the image and selecting "Save Image." You can also no longer simply swipe to delete a snarky comment that seemed funny when it first entered your brain, but now seems ill conceived (I used this a lot!), and pasted links are now handled awkwardly. This is the give and take between HTML5 and native applications that makes our lives interesting.

Book Review: OS X Mountain Lion: The Missing Manual

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 07:00:00 EDT

I purchased the OS X Lion: The Missing Manual to help me ramp up for my new MacBook Pro. Although I had been a Mac user in the past, it was in the distant past. It did a great job answering all the questions I had as I familiarized myself with the Mac operating system. The author does a great job of explaining things and he covers a ton of information. As soon as the OS X Mountain Lion: The Missing Manual version was available I wanted it. It is by far the best resource available for getting answers quickly to any questions I have about the new OS X Mountain Lion operating system.

Giant Facebook Turns to the Humble Postcard

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:45:00 EDT

How’s this for ironic. Facebook, which is having trouble monetizing its vast mobile audience, is experimenting with the old-fashioned postcard to see if can turn a dime. The giant social network is testing functionality called “Mail A Postcard” in what appears to be a small closed beta that will let users put one of their photos on the front of a postcard, a message on the back, and get the physical address from their friends’ profiles or ask them for it. It’ll be stamped with a 32-cent or 45-cent stamp, depending on the size of the postcard, and dropped off at the post office.

Building a Simple Peer-to-Peer WebSocket App – Part 2

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 06:00:00 EDT

In Part 1, we looked at the completed application, which we’ll start building here. Before we get started with actual development, let’s take a look at the starting application. Open a new browser tab or window with the starting application in JSFiddle. The starting app is as simple as it gets. First, take a look at the HTML code, then read the explanations below the code snippet. Let’s move on to the JavaScript code. While walking through the JavaScript code, we’ll see the power of messaging. One of the key differentiators that sets the Kaazing WebSocket Gateway apart from other WebSocket servers is its extensive support for rich business protocols and messaging APIs on top of the WebSocket standard, including XMPP, JMS, and AMQP. This tutorial focuses on the most widely used messaging API: Java Message Service (JMS).

Achievement Unlocked!

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 03:03:00 EDT

The world’s largest HTML5 user group, San Francisco HTML5 (SFHTML5), has reached 5,000 members. This is a huge milestone not only for SFHTML5, but as Meetup.com itself has announced, “With 5,000 members, you are now one of the largest Meetup Groups in the world.” SFHTML5 was founded by Kaazing and Marakana in March 2010. The first event was on 11 May 2010, where Brad Neuberg, Giorgio Sardo, and Peter Lubbers presented to more than 300 attendees.

The Definitive Guide to HTML5 WebSocket

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:15:00 EDT

The awesome book of three HTML5 and WebSocket experts can be pre-ordered now: The Definitive Guide to HTML5 WebSocket. This book contains everything web developers and architects need to know about WebSocket. It discusses how WebSocket-based architectures provide a dramatic reduction in unnecessary network overhead and latency compared to older HTTP (Ajax) architectures, how to layer widely used protocols such as XMPP and STOMP on top of WebSocket, and how to secure WebSocket connections and deploy WebSocket-based applications to the enterprise. Build real-time web applications with HTML5.

Kapow Software Joins Google Enterprise Partner Program

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 03:00:00 EDT

Kapow Software on Wednesday announced it has joined the Google Enterprise Partner program. With this new partnership, the company’s Kapow Katalyst Application Integration Platform 9.0 extends the power of Google search technologies across the enterprise and helps customers get more value out of their Google enterprise search deployments. “Joining the Google Enterprise Partner program helps us provide enhanced Google search to enterprise users. With Kapow Katalyst our customers rapidly create fully enriched feeds from any content source, maximising the return on their search technology investment,” said John Yapaola, CEO of Kapow Software. “Kapow Katalyst extends the reach of Google Search Appliance to incorporate content locked within applications, even those without APIs, and enhances its value by enabling powerful metadata enrichment that dramatically improves search quality and content findability.”

What's New in HTML5

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:20:00 EDT

Would it be useful for you to have the latest data on HTML5 and enterprise mobility? If so, please take the following short survey and get the complete report free! Now for the news... In a recent interview, IBM’s Bob Sutor listed the progress HTML5 has been making including support from major mobile vendors, active standardization efforts, and a growing ecosystem of third-party tools that has been fueling recent success and adoption of HTML5.” Read Original Content Content optimization system Inbound Writer has announced the availability of a new release, rewritten entirely in HTML5 and available for Apple’s iPad and other smartphones and tablets with compliant browsers

What's New in HTML5

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 04:41:00 EDT

Kony Solutions has unveiled its Mobile App Manager, giving organizations a single environment for “deploying, managing, analyzing and securing mobile applications for all devices, across all channels, including HTML5, mobile web, native, hybrid, or mixed-mode”. A luxury real estate brokerage firm has re-launched its website, building the new site with HTML5 to optimize it for mobile, stating “over 90 percent of smartphones and tablets are HTML5-enabled, and almost 75 percent are HTML5 video only. Without HTML5, you are losing a considerable portion of your audience.”

What's New in HTML5

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:30:00 EDT

Results of a recent survey of enterprise software coders found that 79 percent of nearly 2,200 mobile developers said they will use HTML5 in their apps in 2012, a higher than expected interest in HTML5 for mobile apps. Read Original Content Vana Workforce’s Vana HCM Release Update 6 introduces dedicated mobile support using standards-based HTML5 for cross platform support for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and tablet devices. Series with mobility experts that discuss HTML5. Here they are for your easy reference:

I have interviewed many more mobility experts discussing HTML5 this week, and these interviews will be published next week. Stay tuned!!!

Now for the news:

Vana Workforce’s Vana HCM Release Update 6 introduces dedicated mobile support using standards-based HTML5 for cross platform support for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and tablet devices. Read Original Content

Q&A site for finding repair solutions FixYa has revamped its mobile website with the launch of FixYa Mobile, a complete HTML5 overhaul for use on smartphones and tablets. ReadOriginal Content

Mooklet Project has released an iPhone app, Mooklet that enables users to publish a photo book as an HTML5 web application. Read Original Content

Facebook has launched its App Center for iOS and Android, enabling users to find new apps for their mobile devices. The App Center supports HTML5 web apps as well as native apps. Read Original Content

Startup bMobilized has introduced a do-it-yourself tool that will allow users to easily convert a website into a full-featured HTML5-enabled mobile site. Read Original Content

One of the useful features of HTML5 is Drag and Drop, enabling developers to drag and drop HTML5 elements. This tutorial explains HTML5 Drag and Drop with a simple example. Read Original Content

Modernizr is an open-source JavaScript library that allows developers to take advantage of the new capabilities of HTML5 even on older browsers. Read Original Content

iSpring has introduced the beta version of their PowerPoint to HTML5 converter for iPad and mobile devices (http://www.ispringsolutions.com/ispring-converter). Read Original Content

Microsoft officials have announced that the company is adding HTML5 output support to its Visual Studio LightSwitch tool, which is now available to testers. Read OriginalContent

Insurance industry software and services provider Systema Software has announced the launch of SIMS Mobile, developed using HTML5 to maximize interoperability. SIMS Mobile is available for iOS and Android. ReadOriginal Content

Combining HTML5 and CSS3 provides an opportunity for the creation of sophisticated websites in terms of design and capabilities, with stunning visual effects. Read OriginalContent

FunMobility Inc. has announced the availability of an integrated mobile marketing suite, the AppWidget Mobile Engagement Platform, which features cloud-based, HTML5 plug-ins that instantly and easily improve the performance of any native iOS or Android app. Read Original Content

Datameer has released a new version of its “Big Data analytics solution”. Datameer 2.0 is HTML5-based and runs on smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops. Read Original Content

Steel Media has created a new free digital magazine, swipe, built with interactive HTML5 and designed for the iPad. Read Original Content

The mobile workforce is moving from desktop PCs to smartphones and tablets, and now is the time for businesses to incorporate HTML5 into web development projects. Richard Hein provides “8 Reasons to Gear Up for HTML5 Now” on CIO.com. Read Original Content

Glu CEO Niccolo de Masi states that HTML5 gaming is growing, but “its slow progress means it won't be a viable alternative to native apps for most publishers for another five or ten years”. Read Original Content

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Kevin Benedict's What's New in HTML5

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:30:00 EDT

Have you noticed how many of your iOS (iPhone and iPad) apps are now in HTML5? I have several that were updated and are now HTML5. Very cool! WebMobi has released a mobile HTML5 app creation platform for Blackberry developers, providing features including developer components for the developer to create their own UI in HTML5, jQuery Mobile or Cordova, and a WYSIWYG designer component to create custom HTML5 content. Verivo Software has added HTML5 support to its enterprise mobile app development platform, enabling developers to incorporate HTML5 content and Javascript into native and hybrid apps.

Building jQuery Mobile Apps with FullContact API

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:17:00 EDT

I attended GlueCon Hackathon in May and met Robbie Jack, Developer Evengalist from FullContact. FullContact was one of the hackathon sponsors. Once the vendor presentations were done and attendees presented their app ideas, we started chatting and Robbie told me about FullContact API. On a very high level, you give FullContact an email address (or [...]

What's New in HTML5

Thu, 31 May 2012 13:42:00 EDT

In this edition of "What's New in HTML5" I seem to be collecting people's arguments in support of HTML5. I guess it serves it's purpose of helping people make good mobile strategy decisions. Enjoy! Companies including the Financial Times of London, Technology Review, NSFW and The Toronto Star are moving away from native apps and putting their support and efforts behind the “build once” HTML5 platform as their mobile publishing platform of choice. Read Original Content By using features such as geolocation, offline caching, web storage, canvas and others, mobile web apps can hold their own against native apps, thanks to HTML5 and open web standards. Video and transcript of the educational session, “How to build, distribute and monetize HTML5 mobile web apps” by Emanuele Bolognesi are available.

Intruder Detection with tcpdump

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:08:00 EDT

Tcpdump is a widely used and powerful tool that captures, parses, and analyzes network traffic. Created by the Network Research Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, tcpdump (http://www.tcpdump.org) is deployed with libpcap (a C/C++ library for network traffic capture) and maintained by the libpcap developers (http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcpdump/). With tcpdump, you can analyze large binary files that are too large to view casually with a tool like Wireshark by whittling your file down to only the information pertinent to your investigation. Most distributions have tcpdump installed by default, but if not, use your distro’s package manager. The SourceForge link above has project information as well as the code.

What's New in HTML5

Tue, 08 May 2012 08:00:00 EDT

HTML5 is changing the enterprise mobility industry. Just look at what SAP announced over the past month. They announced partnerships with 3 of the leading HTML5 SDK (software development kit) companies. These partnerships are to help SAP users quickly create HTML5 mobile apps that work with and connect to SUP (Sybase Unwired Platform), which is the standard SAP defined integration layer between mobile apps and backend SAP systems. In addition, SAP already has partnerships with companies like ClickSoftware that have an HTML5 solution called ClickMobile Professional.

What's New in HTML5

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:07:00 EDT

SAP has become a big advocate of HTML5 for enterprise mobility. Many of their recently announced partnerships with mobile vendors include strong endorsements of HTML5. I also see HTML5 playing a very important role for mobile applications developed in house. It is very hard to justify creating native applications for all platforms when you are only distributing the mobile apps internally. The economies of scale that mobility vendors can receive, are often not possible when developing for internal customers. Information visualization firm Periscopic has worked on a number of HTML5 sites developed for the iPad. They found that switching from Flash to HTML5 was not as bad as they feared.

Google Atmosphere on Tour in Seattle

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:00:00 EDT

The web is fundamentally changing the way we work – is your company ready? Intrigued by how more than 4 million businesses are using Google’s cloud to work in the future? Join us in Seattle on May 15 as we bring Google's highly anticipated annual gathering of business leaders together to hear: Industry experts shed light on emerging business models Customers share stories of business transformation Our product experts unveil new products Our executives answer your questions

Be Your Own Enterprise Mobile Apps Powerhouse with HTML5

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:28:00 EDT

ReadWriteWeb published SAP Plans to Dominate Enterprise Mobile Apps with HTML5 and New Partnerships article a few days ago. SAP acquired a mobile development firm Syclo and also announced important partnerships with Appcelertaor, Adobe (PhoneGap) and Sencha to become “…most powerful enterprise mobile developers in the world”. Most enterprise or business apps are content or data-driven. More and more enterprise expose their data, content and resources via REST API services and these apps consume that data. This is the next evolution of client/server architecture or more precise, the new mobile-cloud shift. Basicially, you got a mobile app talking connected to cloud-based REST API resources. HTML5 or hybrid (PhoneGap) mobile apps are the perfect fit here.

What's New in HTML5

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:00:00 EDT

HTML5 based ads are gaining on Flash. For ads that will be seen on mobile devices, developers are focusing on HTML5. Systems management and monitoring firm DN2K is turning to HTML5. It announced that HTML5 is now, “one of its core technologies in its business and industrial application platform”. ChronoZoom is a new HTML5-based web application developed by Microsoft Research, Russia's Moscow State University, and UC Berkeley. The site uses mixed media to let visitors visualize the universe.

dynaTrace AJAX Edition 3.6 Now Supports Firefox 11

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:18:00 EDT

With the new release of the dynaTrace AJAX Edition you have Beta support for the Firefox 11 browser and therefore you can test the performance of your Web sites with the latest available Browsers from Mozilla and Microsoft. The AJAX Edition now supports Firefox 10, 11 and Internet Explorer 8, 9! To help you prepare for the future we added Internet Explorer 10 (developer preview). If you also take care of the legacy browsers and automated browser testing, you should take a look at the dynaTrace AJAX Edition Premium which helps you to guarantee a good performance for legacy, current and future browsers.

What's New in HTML5

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:41:00 EDT

When it comes to mobile HTML5 performance, Apple’s iOS platform far surpasses the Android, according to a recent study from Spaceport. The TeamLab Document Editor, which is the first online HTML5 word processor, makes use of all the HTML5 features, according to developer Ascensio System SIA. Adobe has introduced Shadow, a new tool for the inspection and preview of customized websites for mobile devices. The HTML5 friendly tool allows developers to “remotely control and inspect Web pages in multiple phones and tablets simultaneously.”

What's New in HTML5

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:37:00 EDT

HTML5 offers some genuine advantages and tools for developers, but it is not mature enough to serve as a tool for business applications, according to David Akka of Magic Software. The basics of establishing user location with HTML5 are covered in this tutorial from developerdrive.com. The iPad 2 ranks as the best device for HTML5 games and apps performance, according to a new report from spaceport.io. Overall, iOS devices and browsers outperformed Android “across the board.”

What's New in HTML5

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:38:00 EST

Each week I conduct market research on HTML5 and its impact on enterprise mobility and post the best of the articles I find here with a brief synopsis. I hope you find it useful and interesting. Google has launched two new HTML5-powered apps for offline reading of documents, one for the Chrome browser and one for Android. The upcoming BlackBerry 10 OS will include HTML5 support.

dynaTrace AJAX Edition 3.5 Delivers Beta Support for IE 10 and Firefox 10

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:21:00 EST

With the new release of the dynaTrace AJAX Edition you have beta support for the Firefox 10 browser and can test the performance of your websites with the latest available browsers from Mozilla and Microsoft. The new dynaTrace AJAX Edition also helps you prepare for the future. With support for the Internet Explorer 10 developer preview you’re now able to start testing the performance of your website before Microsoft releases its new browser. However, you are not only testing the performance of the latest browsers – to test the web performance of legacy browsers take a look at the dynaTrace AJAX Edition Premium, which helps guarantee a good performance for legacy, current and future browsers.

Amazon Goes After Enterprise Data

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:00:00 EST

Amazon’s cloud, which, let’s face it, is still pretty much developer turf, broadened its push into the enterprise Wednesday with the introduction of AWS Storage Gateway, a beta virtual appliance nominally meant to automate enterprise data backup to S3 while creating a comfort level with the cloud among the leery. It’s the first time Amazon has proposed putting its own software on the ground inside a corporate data center. And the stuff’s targeted at large corporations. Amazon says some customers asked for such a solution. It also expects resellers to offer the service. It is of course proprietary and a competitive problem for other cloud storage and gateway suppliers. Come to think of it, Amazon as repository of corporate data is a problem for a lot of people.

What's New in HTML5

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:27:00 EST

Each week I conduct market research on HTML5 that includes news, quotes, market growth and developments around HTML5 and share the more interesting ones here with you. I hope you find it useful. A new survey from Evans Data shows that 43 percent of developers in North America and 58% in the Asia Pacific region are using HTML5. The trend is expected to grow even further in 2012. Read Original Content CEO of web framework and tool provider Sencha, Michael Mullany, states “Looking at the phenomenal rise of HTML5 as the next industry standard for Web development, it's clear that 2011 has been a transformational year for this powerful set of Web technologies.”

Internet Explorer 9 & Firefox 8/9 Support with dynaTrace Ajax Edition 3.4

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:30:00 EST

After announcing support for Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 8 and 9 in dynaTrace AJAX Edition Premium we now also provide support for the latest versions in the dynaTrace AJAX Edition. The latest version of dynaTrace AJAX Edition 3.4 therefore gives you full JavaScript, AJAX, Network and Rendering analysis support for Mozilla Firefox 8 and 9 as well as Internet Explorer 8 and 9. You can also check out the Release Notes for a more detailed description of the enhancements.

SmartBear Software Advances Load Testing for Websites with RIAs

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:00:00 EST

SmartBear Software has unveiled LoadComplete 2.0, the latest version of the company's load testing tool for Web applications. Featuring new support for rich Internet applications (RIAs), LoadComplete 2.0 now makes it easy to create and run realistic load tests, without scripting, for websites built using Adobe Flash and Flex, AJAX, and Microsoft Silverlight technologies. New data presentation and reporting options make it easier for users to control data parameters and interpret and diagnose results to improve the performance, reliability, and user experience of Web applications. Mathijs Groen, QA Engineer, Benelux, at Kewill B.V., said, "LoadComplete 2.0 is an economical and efficient tool for us to more easily test the performance of our rich Internet-based applications and compare performance statistics by running it on several types of application servers. This enables us to better assist customers by providing them with the most ‘smoothly running' framework."