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Dude, where’s my app?
Server virtualisation is growing ever more popular thanks to its potential to drive down costs and increase flexibility. But pre-virtualisation server performance metrics no longer apply, making any application performance problems hard to diagnose, leaving users wondering where their app went and IT with no answer. Rafi Katanasho, Compuware, explains what you can do about it.
Modernising legacy applications through rapid service enablement
How to modernise your legacy applications through rapid service enablement.
At the forefront of change
As the Director of the South Australian (SA) Government ICT Service Delivery Group reporting to the SA Government CIO, Stephen Schmid firmly believes the economic challenges that we all are facing the world over need to be met with innovative solutions - interoperable, open solutions that can be shared between governments, industry, and with the education and community sectors. Merri Mack spoke to Schmid to find out how passionate he is about bringing his beliefs to fruition and what he enjoys about his current role.

The rise and rise of video content on the web
How compelling is video on the web? It's about to come into its own and be the means of communication whatever your business is.

Micro Focus Borland StarTeam 12.0 change management tools
The Borland StarTeam 12.0 suite of change management tools increases and extends interoperability of application life cycle management (ALM) tools and asset types across software development teams.
Micro Focus SilkTest 2011 application testing software
SilkTest 2011 from Micro Focus includes collaborative test automation features designed to enable business domain experts to collaborate on test automation and drive productivity, reliability and cost savings.
Opnet APM Xpert application performance management suite
The Opnet APM Xpert application performance management suite is said to accelerate problem resolution, enable problem prevention and improve the efficiency of both IT infrastructure and IT staff resources.
Embarcadero FireMonkey app development platform
FireMonkey is a CPU- and GPU-powered business application platform that enables developers to create native applications for Windows, Mac and mobile (iOS).
HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) suite
HP has announced its Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) suite, comprising software solutions that improve collaboration among application delivery teams, enabling organisations to accelerate business innovation and lower operational costs.
Software AG webMethods 8.2 and ARIS 7.2
Software AG has released webMethods 8.2 and ARIS 7.2 that utilise the newly integrated webMethods (business process management) and ARIS (business process analysis) platforms. The joint release includes enhanced process model interoperability, business-driven event processing and support for web-oriented architecture that allows organisations to manipulate WOA resources with REST-style services such as enterprise mashups, web and mobile applications.
F5 Networks BIG-IP v10.1 geolocation services database
F5 Networks’ BIG-IP v10.1 includes the claimed first geolocation services database that identifies the physical location of a user by monitoring additional contextual information for BIG-IP products.
Tablet dissolution analysis
Hellma has released an improved fibre-optic immersion probe in the Erweka RoboDis automated tablet dissolution analysis system.
Mobile application development
The 3300 Series Mobility Services Engine from Cisco is an appliance-based platform, offering an open application programming interface (API) for consolidating and supporting an array of mobility services across wireless and wired networks.

Electronic trading system for medical goods for WA
Western Australia has become the first state to implement an electronic trading system for medical goods and services that complies with the latest national e-procurement specifications developed by the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA).
Guide maps the IT frameworks with other standards
More than 80% of organisations worldwide say they measure the value of their investments in IT, yet fewer than 60% use a framework or follow guidelines for selecting the investments.
ACS calls for R&D tax concessions
The Australian Computer Society has called on the Australian government to double the R&D tax concession for business to at least $2 million.
Australian tech tracks stolen cars in Mexico
Technology from Melbourne-based Tenzeng is being used to power a stolen vehicle recovery scheme in Mexico.

Waratahs tackle fan engagement with mobility
The HSBC Waratahs rugby team has taken a step to communicate more directly with members and supporters by implementing mobile information services. Mobility is enabling the team website to become a larger part of match travel arrangements, the pre-game conversation, and in-game reporting.
Switching developer benefits from test automation product
Blade Network Technologies, a data centre ethernet switching company, has implemented Fanfare’s test automation product, iTest, to meet its increasing product development and time-to-market goals. Blade has saved approximately $500,000 in resource and equipment costs, sanity build times and time to market since implementing iTest.
E-health rollout at new hospital
Macquarie University Hospital had a host of e-health systems installed by iSOFT in time for the new 199-bed, state-of-the-art hospital to operate paper-free from day one, under a $7.8 million deal agreed in March 2010.
Mater links clinical systems
Mater Health Services, which operates the Mater group of seven Queensland hospitals, has linked over 95 clinical systems to fulfil their vision for a single Electronic Patient Record (EPR) by implementing the InterSystems Ensemble rapid integration and development platform.
Healthy reports created for HAMBS
As a cooperative company currently comprising 23 private health insurers across Australia, HAMBS provides a health fund management application for its members, along with related IT services and application hosting.

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