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Microsoft Ups The ALM Ante With Its Bet On Teamprise

Expect VS 2010 To Accelerate The Shakeout In The Application Life-Cycle Management Market

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, November 16, 2009

Microsoft's Team Foundation Server (TFS) has proven very popular with .NET developers but not so much with Eclipse developers. This presents a problem for Microsoft, because many of its largest customers develop for both .NET and Java and want a consolidated . . .

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A Surprising New Java Platform Option: VMware

Acquiring SpringSource, VMware Targets Java And Clouds

by John R. Rymer, Mike Gualtieri, James Staten, Jeffrey S. Hammond, August 26, 2009

VMware's ambition is to expand up the stack from its franchise in systems virtualization software into application platforms. The company's decision to buy Java frameworks specialist SpringSource is a first step toward realizing this larger ambition as . . .

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With "11g," Oracle Steps Out Of IBM's Middleware Shadow

New Release Will Also Blast Past SAP NetWeaver And Challenge Microsoft

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, John R. Rymer, August 19, 2009

The latest release of Oracle Fusion Middleware, dubbed "11g," establishes Oracle as the innovator among Java platform vendors. The first modules of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g — the core Java application server, development tools, service-oriented architecture . . .

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Software Configuration Management Tool Adoption Trends In The Americas

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, June 18, 2009

Over the past three years, respondents to Forrester's annual Enterprise And SMB Software Survey have demonstrated increasing awareness and adoption of application life-cycle management (ALM) processes and tools. ALM 2.0 — the next generation of tool support . . .

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Microsoft's Web Platform Expands To PHP

Microsoft Aims To Simplify Adoption Of PHP Web Apps On Windows

by Mike Gualtieri, Jeffrey S. Hammond, May 12, 2009

Blasphemy might be the first word that comes to mind when you hear Microsoft, PHP, and open source mentioned in the same breath. But no more: The new Microsoft Web Platform will offer simplified install of certain popular PHP Web applications such as . . .

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JAVA Under Oracle: Seven Things You Need To Know

Java Standards Will Narrow; MySQL, ADF, And JDeveloper Will Expand

by John R. Rymer, Noel Yuhanna, Jeffrey S. Hammond, Mike Gualtieri, May 8, 2009

Oracle's proposed purchase of Sun Microsystems (ticker symbol: JAVA) will give it control over two of the most widely used application development technologies in the industry: the Java platform and MySQL. Oracle can't say exactly what it intends to do . . .

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Open Source Software Goes Mainstream

Convert Your Cost-Cutting Crisis Into An OSS Opportunity

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, April 7, 2009

Forrester's Enterprise And SMB Software Survey, North America And Europe, Q4 2008 makes it clear that open source software (OSS) is a top priority for software development professionals in 2009. Adoption rates vary by region and company size, but a consistent . . .

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Behind "Cloud" Is Your Future Application Environment: Ultra Modular Computing

Shift Cloud Excitement To Your Own Data Centers

by Charles Brett, Jeffrey S. Hammond, April 6, 2009

Cloud computing is all the rage, but its greatest benefit may be to teach IT organizations how to build flexible and cost-efficient private data centers. The technical foundations of cloud computing — commodity hardware, virtualization, elastic workload . . .

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Best Practices: Improve Development Effectiveness Through Strategic Adoption Of Open Source

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, February 2, 2009

Open source software (OSS) is getting renewed attention from application development professionals who are looking for cost-saving alternatives amid the economic recession. But many aren't asking the right question: Instead of "should we adopt OSS?" they . . .

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Case Study: Reliant Security Innovates With Open Source Software

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, February 2, 2009

Retailers that want to accept credit cards need to demonstrate that their systems are Payment-Card-Industry- (PCI-) compliant. The problem is that implementing PCI compliance can be expensive, and retailers really don't get much additional revenue from . . .

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European Software Configuration Management Tool Adoption Trends

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, December 23, 2008

Over the past three years, Forrester's annual Enterprise And SMB Software Survey has shown increasing awareness and adoption of application life-cycle management (ALM) processes and tools. ALM 2.0 — the next generation of tool support for ALM — is a work . . .

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Inquiry Spotlight: Rich Internet Applications, Q3 2008

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, October 28, 2008

Since January 2008, Forrester's application development and program management team has fielded approximately 822 inquiries from application development professionals on various topics. Of those inquiries, nearly 10% concerned Web 2.0 development best . . .

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Market Overview: Enterprise Data Modeling

A Steady State Market Prepares To Enter A Transformational New Phase

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, Noel Yuhanna, October 17, 2008

Over the past five years, selecting a data modeling tool has meant choosing between three leading vendors: CA, Embarcadero Technologies, and Sybase. In a slowly growing market, these vendors have focused most of their efforts on taking share from one . . .

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OMG! Microsoft Move Boosts Modeling

Rapprochement With Object Management Group Sets The Stage For Progress

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, Diego Lo Giudice, October 8, 2008

With Microsoft's recent announcement that it is rejoining the Object Management Group (OMG), the industry can finally put to rest a protracted debate about the relative value of Unified Modeling Language (UML) and model-driven architectures (MDAs) versus . . .

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Open Source Licensing Basics   (554 KB PPT)

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, September 16, 2008

A description of open source licensing, items to consider, and action steps.

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The Mobile Architecture Imperative

Architect For Thin And Thick Mobile Clients For The Next Five Years

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, Ellen Daley, August 1, 2008

The past eight years have shown little business adoption of mobile applications beyond wireless email and a few key applications. As a result, firms have been able to limp along without comprehensive mobile architectures. No longer. Today, the imperative . . .

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Open Source Adoption: Notes From The Field

Adoption Moves Up The Stack, But Concerns Vary By Region

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, Diego Lo Giudice, July 3, 2008

At Forrester's IT Forum EMEA 2008, we met with application development and enterprise architecture professionals from European firms that are actively using open source software and spoke with them about their open source adoption experiences. For most . . .

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JavaOne: The Next Phase Is "Consumer + Choices"

Sun Finally "Gets It" But Needs To Move Fast To Succeed

by John R. Rymer, Jeffrey S. Hammond, June 9, 2008

At this year's twelfth annual JavaOne conference, the Java Nation was healthy and vibrant. At a reported 15,000 participants, attendance was strong despite the weak economy, and the conference featured more flexible and simpler choices for enterprise . . .

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Enterprise Open Source Use In 2007  (410 KB PPT)

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, June 9, 2008

These data charts discuss trends seen in enterprise open source usage in 2007.

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Application Server Quality: Review Your Assumptions

by John R. Rymer, Jeffrey S. Hammond, April 25, 2008

Which application server has the fewest critical bugs? Is easiest to configure? Has the best quality overall? These questions play a key role in application development professionals' evaluations of their options for existing and future applications. . . .

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Securing Rich Internet Applications

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, March 17, 2008

This past year, Forrester saw dramatic growth in the number of developers and application platform decision-makers that indicate that they are using rich Internet application (RIA) frameworks. As they shift focus from RIA platform selection to deployment, . . .

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The Widget Zoo: A Developer's Taxonomy

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, March 14, 2008

Web widgets are another example of a consumer-focused Web 2.0 technology that is starting to wend its way into the enterprise. There are many different species of widgets, but developers can divide them them into three main classifications: Web, desktop, . . .

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IDE Usage Trends

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, February 12, 2008

Forrester surveyed 703 application development professionals who subscribe to 1105 Media's .NET or Java newsletters and are actively involved in .NET or Java development to understand their integrated development environment (IDE) usage patterns and attitudes . . .

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Standardized Software Change And Configuration Management: Achievable Goal Or Wishful Thinking?

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, October 19, 2007

The merits of integrating software change and configuration management (SCCM) are well established. But for many shops, standardizing on a single SCCM solution is more an ideal than a reality. These shops use multiple software configuration management . . .

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The Forrester Wave™: Dynamic Programming Languages, Q3 2007

Python Is An All-Purpose Leader; PHP And Perl Are Popular Options

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, Michael Goulde, August 16, 2007

Forrester evaluated leading dynamic programming languages across 90 criteria and found that Python, PHP, and Perl have established leadership, thanks to their dynamic programming language capabilities and breadth of focus. Python represents the best combination . . .