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5 Tips for Modernizing a Legacy Platform There are many reasons to consider modernizing your legacy software. But when doing so, it’s important to remember your customers who regularly use your product and to take their preferences, habits, and needs into consideration. Here are some practical tips to boost your chances of a smoother transition. |
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Go Bimodal in Your Enterprise: Stop Shaving the Yak! Going bimodal refers to an enterprise supporting two modes of operation: the first, the stable mode, is the secure, robust, reliable one you already know. The second, the agile mode, is a fast path that exists alongside the first and allows you to get results done quickly and without much fuss while not compromising the integrity of your IT. |
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Integrating Open Source Code Management Tools in the SDLC Developers realize that to meet deadlines may require assembling both proprietary and available open source software components. This article talks about exploiting benefits and managing challenges with reusing code for open source projects, open source code management tools and their integration, and leveraging managed open source software. |
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How to Efficiently Set Up a Multifaceted Development Environment The matrix of infrastructures and platforms developers require presents a number of different options to set up and administrate the ecosystem. Rami Honig describes his company’s journey to create a robust development environment that is functional and collaborative. |
Interviews
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Make Your Mainframe Systems and Technology More Agile: An Interview with Jay McFarling and Danielle Roecker
Podcast
Jay and Danielle talk about their presentation at Agile Development and Better Software Conference West 2014, why teams should care about their mainframe systems going agile, the role of legacy tech in an agile world, and some ways that teams can modernize their development practices. |
Conference Presentations
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The Power of an Individual Tester: The HealthCare.gov Experience
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Like millions of other Americans, Ben Simo visited HealthCare.gov in search of health insurance and found a frustratingly buggy website that was failing to fulfill its purpose―to educate people on the new health insurance law and help them purchase health insurance. After failing to create... |
Ben Simo, eBay Inc.
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