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SYS-CON Product Reviews
Latest product reviews written by the world's top i-technology experts and recently published in various SYS-CON magazines.Subscribe to the world's most powerful i-technology newsletters at the bottom of this page and receive hot product news as they appear!
 HTC recently released their flagship device, the One X, internationally, with a US release soon to follow. The device has a 4.7″ Super LCD 2 display at 720p, Tegra 3 innards, HSDPA+ modems and 32GB ROM (1GB RAM). The US version replaces the Tegra 3 with a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 t...May. 7, 2012 06:15 AM EDT |
 Elemental Design Patterns are the underlying core concepts of programming and software design that have remained described.
This book is a book I wish I had 15 years ago to help me put the basics of programming into their proper context. Learning how to make use of patterns over the y...May. 7, 2012 05:15 AM EDT |
 This is one cool book. If you are starting to use Scrum, read it. If you are using Scrum, read it. If you are just wondering what Scrum is all about, read it. It gives the best insight into the workings of Scrum I have seen in a book.
The chapters are laid out in a really nice to read...Apr. 29, 2012 09:00 AM EDT |
 If I could change one decision Microsoft has made, it would be the one they made to drop Silverlight. Silverlight is the prefect line of business application platform for the enterprise, and this book shows us how to take full advantage of it.
Although the author does an excellent job...Apr. 21, 2012 10:00 AM EDT |
 A little background so you know what type of experience I have. I have been a Microsoft .NET architect and developer since the first beta release. Before that C, C++, ColdFusion, ASP, JavaScript and of course HTML. Being a .NET developer has many advantages, but the one major disadvant...Apr. 15, 2012 10:00 AM EDT |
 Integrated solutions are a must of you are a large technology company as it helps CIOs focus on innovation instead of IT maintenance. Several companies are building automation into their tools to deliver a robust solution to optimize IT development and delivery.Apr. 11, 2012 02:45 AM EDT |
 When I first saw this book was coming out I completely ignored it. The SharePoint Designer ? Who uses that I thought? Then I noticed it starting to get some good reviews and I decided to read them. One of them mentioned 1600 pages. That threw me for a loop and also convinced me I had t...Mar. 10, 2012 03:00 PM EST |
 Let’s get started, I’m not in love w/ the new naming system for the iPad. “New” should never be in any products name, let alone a real piece of technology (will the next one be New New? or New and Improved iPad?). Ridiculous.Mar. 9, 2012 07:00 AM EST |
 Struggling to get familiar with the new PowerBuilder.NET IDE and the technology it allows you to use (e.g., WPF, REST, WCF and the rest of the alphabet soup)? Then you should run, not walk, over to the free eTutorial series that Sybase just made available for PowerBuilder 12.5: http://...Jan. 27, 2012 09:45 AM EST |
 I still remember the first time I was on a project that used NAnt and CruiseControl.NET. It was years ago and both were new tools with plenty of bugs. The project manager took one of the team's architects and dedicated him to getting CI up and running. I didn't work with him for anothe...Jan. 24, 2012 07:00 AM EST |
 This is a well-written book that meets the stated goals of its author: “The target audience for this book is the beginning C# programmer who wants to gain a foundation in object-oriented programming along with C# language basics.” This book works on a lot of different levels. It gives ...Nov. 24, 2011 01:15 PM EST |
 This is the second edition of one of the best books written on software systems architecture. If you are in the software development industry, you should read this book. If you are a Software Architect, you must read this book.
Some might look at my book collection and think I have ho...Nov. 5, 2011 10:45 AM EDT |
 A great book of practical advice.
The two things I like least about being a software architect is doing documentation and exercising social soft skills. On a lot of projects there comes a time when there is nothing I want to do more than explain to a business user why they are wrong. ...Oct. 7, 2011 11:00 AM EDT |
 This article will focus on Software Inventory Control Systems (SICS). Recently, I was asked by Bill Rogers (NH DoIT Commissioner) and Peter Hastings (NH DoIT Director) to take a look at SICS, investigate them and provide a recommendation. When I started this research I knew nothing abo...Sep. 9, 2011 10:45 AM EDT |
 Arecord is a service developed by CSS Corp Labs to address a specific issue called Zone Apex on the Cloud & Traditional Computing platforms. For an example, when you host your website in AWS S3, CloudFront or Elastic Load Balancers (ELB), all you have is a URL generated, to use it as a...Apr. 29, 2011 06:00 AM EDT |
 A problem has come to my attention over the last few years and I thought Java.net would be a good place to talk about it.
I have noticed that many reporting integrations use vendor-supplied examples verbatim. This is an issue.
With JasperReports (the Java-based reporting tool), t...Apr. 17, 2011 04:31 PM EDT |
 All in all this is a very high quality book packed with very valuable information any architect at an level of experience will benefit from. Hi highly recommend this book!!!!
If you want to learn to use UML as a communication tool on your software development projects, this is the bo...Apr. 12, 2011 10:00 AM EDT |
 This article reviews the features of Blaze Advisor, a business rules management system from FICO. Blaze Advisor helps technology teams maintain the business rules/policies separate from application code base and provides business users with ability to author & manage rules/policies in ...Mar. 22, 2011 09:30 AM EDT |
 The author of this book starts off by answering the question, "Why do we need another C# book?". I was asking myself that very question as I turned to the introduction. He says "In short, what sets this book apart from many others is its in-depth coverage of how things work."
As far a...Feb. 15, 2011 04:18 PM EST |
 This provides an introduction to the architecture style namely, process-centric architecture (PCA). PCA is suited for IT systems in the enterprise.Aug. 21, 2010 01:45 AM EDT |
 Every Software Configuration Management tool is different in terms of functionality; however, they all have common threads of functionality that are consistent with all Software Configuration Management tools. Common activities include checking out, checking in, adding files, deleting ...Aug. 9, 2010 09:15 AM EDT |
 PowerBuilder 12 has been released. The new version represents a huge leap forward as far as support for .Net development, particularly reflected by the introduction of a new .Net IDE based on the Visual Studio Isolated Shell. That doesn’t mean that people who aren’t doing .Net developm...May. 2, 2010 07:30 AM EDT |
 Everyone has known for a while that Apple would soon be coming out with an update to the iPhone OS. We knew it would have some great enhancements for enterprise use, but, since Apple is great at keep secrets, everyone has been waiting with baited breath to see what those enhancements w...Apr. 22, 2010 02:05 PM EDT |
 Jakarta is a city of cafes, coffee shops, and mobile phones. With a mobile penetration hitting nearly 62% of the population, the world’s 4th most populace nation represents a huge market, and tremendous infrastructure challenges. With more than 50% of the country making less than $50/m...Mar. 31, 2010 09:00 AM EDT |
 AT&T recently released their Femtocell. This device plugs into your home (or small office) network, and uses your current ISP to provide strong cell coverage. Currently, AT&T and Sprint are the only networks with full on femtocells. T-Mobile has their “Hotspot @ Home” which enables ...Mar. 30, 2010 08:00 AM EDT |
 On Tuesday I reported that at CeBit in Hannover, Germany... SAP & Sybase announced the first set of applications to Millions of Mobile Workers. This will extend the reach of SAP Business Suite Applications (including SAP CRM), to iPhone, Windows Mobile and other Mobile Device Users. Th...Mar. 5, 2010 07:48 AM EST |
 Systems Integrators represent a significant sales channel for SAP. Systems Integrators often have resources assigned to various SAP upgrades, integrations, customization and development projects onsite at a SAP customer's location. Often it is the systems integrators who first hear of ...Mar. 4, 2010 04:00 PM EST |
 Many people have wondered what has taken Microsoft so long to update its lackluster Windows Mobile platform. It finally did it! At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft introduced the Windows Phone 7 Series, its latest operating system for phones. The Software giant’s Windo...Feb. 17, 2010 10:00 AM EST |
 Obviously dynaTrace takes performance very seriously as we preach to our clients that Continuous Application Performance Management is critical across the Application Lifecycle. The earlier in the Lifecycle you manage and get your performance under control the less you have to worry ab...Feb. 15, 2010 07:00 AM EST |
 There are several authors of .NET books who not only know their material but are able to present the information in a practical manner. One such author is Scott Mitchell. This book is well written and is divided into four parts with a total of 24 chapters. While the level of the book i...Feb. 3, 2010 06:15 PM EST |
 For all the controversy around the recently introduced Apple iPad, one thing is certain. This is but one in a long series of devices which will continue to be introduced to the market as part of a computing revolu... Jan. 31, 2010 01:15 PM EST |
 The Apple iTablet or iSlate is due to be shown off to the world January 27th, and unleashed on us sometime in March. The blogosphere has been buzzing about the topic. Joe Wilcox of BetaNews.com said “The world doesn’t need an Apple Tablet, or any other” (full post ...Jan. 27, 2010 08:00 AM EST |
 I received an Amazon Kindle for Xmas. It wasn’t a surprise as I put it on the Xmas list my family insisted I provide. My wife had me order it with her credit card to make sure it was exactly what I wanted. The order was placed at the beginning of December to ensure it [...]Jan. 4, 2010 11:00 AM EST |
 The need for training and skills development has never been higher than it is right now and technical staff at all levels realizes that if they want to earn more, then the best way to do so is to learn more. eLear-nIT Training’s latest web-based training courses for Sybase professional...Dec. 28, 2009 11:00 PM EST |
 Hello Cisco Mobile Community. I would like to take a minute to introduce myself. I am one of Cisco’s Chief Architects for Service Provider, focused on the evolution of mobile network architecture and services. I will also be Cisco’s Guest Blogger for the month of January. I am excited ...Dec. 26, 2009 02:30 PM EST |
 If you run an IT shop today you probably fall into one of two categories: A. You already allow employee access from an iPhone (supported or not) or B. You are constantly barraged with employee requests to allow iPhone access (and the employee might be your boss or the CEO). If you are ...Dec. 23, 2009 11:00 PM EST |
 Yakov Werde has just written an article on DevX, which looks at the new version of Sybase's long running and successfull RAD development tool... PowerBuilder. 'A dormant giant gets a new lease on life as a .NET-compatible development environment.' I dont know if I totally agree with hi...Dec. 19, 2009 11:45 PM EST |
 This article focuses on a newly released version control system, PowerVCS, by E. Crane Computing. I am a fan of this product because this company makes great, easy-to-use products right out of the box. Many may have gathered from previous articles that I am not a fan of products that h...Dec. 14, 2009 01:00 PM EST |
 SAP (Business Objects) has recently released Crystal Reports for Eclipse version 2.0 to provide reporting solutions for Java-based applications. This is available as free to use (within an organization) and has the advantage that it is built on the most tested and reliable component (J...Dec. 11, 2009 12:17 PM EST |
| Having been the lone male in my house for a long time, I get outvoted on many things, but especially the TV. Luckily I am proud to say that I am a tech/gadget geek as well, as an admirer and part-time developer for iPhone, so I sometimes retire to my study in the evenings to investigat... Dec. 8, 2009 10:00 AM EST |
