Software Engineering

This paper describes a proof-of-concept (POC) project that was hosted in the Poughkeepsie, New York, IBM Design Center for e-business on demand. While this paper focuses on XYZCO's problem and solution, it can be applied to other industries that are looking to virtualize their data resources using information grid middleware. This paper provides a real-life scenario of how to use Avaki Data Grid software to provide a single, unified view of data across multiple data sources, hardware platforms, operating systems, and disk types. tech news

XcitekSolutionsPlus software is used internationally by global financial institutions, as well as financial accounting and processing software vendors, to process and act on corporate actions-tender offers, stock splits, mergers, acquisitions and so on. When XcitekSolutionsPlus, sought to reduce software development times, improve application quality and standardize development processes, they turned to Compuware's QACenter and DevPartner to achieve automated software quality. tech news

Thomas Miller, a leading insurance provider to the international transport industry, embarked on a major initiative to improve service level management. Meeting its goal meant eliminating the chance of performance errors. Based on recommendations from its IT consulting partner, Thomas Miller's in-house IT group chose to work with Compuware Vantage and QACenter performance management and testing tools. The tools helped the insurance provider remove risks commonly associated with deploying applications over a wide area network, and improved overall productivity for both its technicians and end users. tech news

Farmers Insurance stores its customer policies on one of the largest databases in the world. When application resource demand grew from 500 MIPS (millions of instructions per second) to 7,500 within a span of 10 years, the IT group was forced to find a solution that would help reduce soaring costs. The IT group at Farmer's Insurance used STROBE to capture application inefficiencies on its policy database, which allowed for better utilization of MIPS (millions of instructions per second). This saved on upgrade costs and improved user response times. tech news

From time to time, Nationwide Provident's customers might run into a slight snag while tracking their balances on line. In the past, developers had to walk through their code line by line to resolve the issue. IT was looking for a faster way to respond to customers. With Compuware XPEDITER/DevEnterprise, developers cut research time significantly, which reduced response times and improved customer service. tech news