The development imposes continuous introduction of new methods in providing a safer and easier usage of different web applications. The services provide improved advantages whenever we go online to use applications, instead of using our desktop ones, not always updated. There are many companies presenting a variety of applications and this vast range is on a permanent growth and improvement. Whenever you are using an application, you can be sure that it is updated and ready to run.

Web Applications Solutions for Web Functions

Web applications are required both for personal and business purposes, and this is why it increased so much in the last few years. From our point of view, as business people or individuals, web has to provide the best solutions for web functions as:

• Better communication – the best communication ever is the one that charges us a small fee or even none. “Skype”, is an application that helps us to better develop our business, providing us cheap plans for landlines and mobiles phones, and free “skype-to-skype” calls. Now, we can enjoy talking for business or pleasure, throughout the world. Another free application to consider is the “Messenger” from “Yahoo!”. You can use it to have written conversations with your friends. As well, there are other applications, as e-mail is, which can help you to save money and time.

• Interactive media – offers services and products on digital systems, as web design, development of websites, business software, to order to inform, connect, empower and entertain consumers.

• Self-learning tools – there are different specialized websites that feature applications in tutoring programs, autodidact materials, educational and teaching materials, and many more.

Web Applications Benefits

• No installation needed – you can use any application without installing it onto computer, so you can save space on hard drive. As well, you do not have to worry about updating the application, as this is done automatically.

• Direct access to web applications – helps you to find the best application that suits your needs.
• Data can be safely used – even when you have a system crush, the application usage is safe for your computer. As well, it is free of “bugs” or viruses, and protects your computer form getting any.

• Various locations of internet connectivity – gives you the possibility to log into your application from any location and at any time.

• Development and update of the application – offers you the possibility to obtain the best of it. The update and development are done by providers based on information received from every page, related to the number of visits.
• Free training – helps you in using the web applications and gives you the correct guidance to obtain the best of it. As well, on the web, you can find different related sites presenting tips related to a certain application.

All these web applications present great advantages for modern consumers. The most important one is that they save us money and lot of space on hard drive, fact that keeps our computers running quickly and effectively. They are free or ask for low fees, much lower than different software are there, to buy. As well, all of them have a technical support team that can help you whenever application stops running or when you encounter different related issues. Now, the only thing you have to do is to find the appropriate application, which better suits your demands and get everything done in a professional manner.

We all know that Microsoft servers and languages are the most common applications used these days, around the world. Why is that? Because, we all heard about them, and more, almost anyone of us uses them.

When we hear about Microsoft, we always think about innovative, best quality products and services ever. Microsoft creates products for executives or students, amateurs or professionals, office or home. There are millions of people using Microsoft products, as they are the most popular and validated ones, by anyone using them.

Microsoft Servers – “Windows Small Business” server

Since it launched its servers, known, as well, as Windows Servers, it monopolized the IT services market. There are enterprises using the Microsoft server named “Windows Small Business” for both intranet and internet access. This server features applications that perfectly integrate with any activities. Its “Premium” edition, presenting an improved edition of “Server 2003”, completes the IT demands in any minor business and it is compatible with any Microsoft software. The “Windows Small Business” features:

• Internet shared access
• Access to outlook web and web workplace
• Firewall protection for local network
• Windows application for internal website that allows you to share information with co-workers
• Access to e-mail, schedule, task information, calendar
• Wireless option for different gadgets and cell phones
• Effectiveness of network through administration tools

Reasons to Use Microsoft Languages

Microsoft languages are most applicable programs used in the IT world. They represent the basic language utilize to create complex program. There are five reasons why you should use Microsoft languages as follows:

• These languages are faster then other programming languages applications. Unlike other programming languages brands, these ones do not create interpreted files, so they do not need an intermediary device to compile information and execute commands, and this way, the processing time is much shorter.
• They are the most known programming languages used these days.
• These languages help you to improve your OOP skill (object-oriented programming). For any programmer, this is an important aspect in developing an interactive and flexible application.
• Systems are usually created with these Microsoft languages. As an example, Linux code uses type “C”, which is a low-level language and it does not provide a very flexible program.
• This characteristic is valid for both Microsoft servers and languages, as they are the best solutions for any large projects. The languages are the ones combining high-level with low-level languages, strings and characters, while servers offer the programming platforms.

Microsoft Servers and Languages – type SQL

The “Structured Query Languages” (SQL) are there to create, modify and update the database access and structure. SQL server is related to an algebra equation and the languages it uses are ANSI SQL and T-SQL.

The Microsoft servers and languages are the best ones responding to any demands and have been introduced in a variety of editions respecting consumer’s requests. These editions include features as enterprise, developer, evaluation, fast track and more. As well, they already contain useful files and this way, help users to save space on their hard drivers. As well, they are compatible with all kind of programs and if not, they usually come, pre-installed, with options that help us to get the necessary compatibility.

It is obvious that Microsoft servers and languages are the best ones from all existing on the market. As well, we all know that using them, we have “no other choice” but to collect the effectiveness of our work, as any other professional.

Open Source Development

Open source platforms are great assets that continuously develop for our benefit. Researches show that, over the years, the open source adoption has increased thanks to investments in its related technologies. These days, there are enterprises acquiring important benefits from the license issue, flexibility and quality of it. As well, we have to consider the tremendous advantages resulted for entire human society.

Open Source Topics

There are many topics and I am going to present some of the most important ones, as:

• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) features standards for services and technologies, allowing to this software, together with other applications, to function on scalable, secure and reliable platforms. It empowers you to set or unset the software, hardware, applications and architecture that will respect your own business’s guidelines.

• Open Source Software (OSS) protects the code with a license named GNU, one of the GPL type (a general license, for public use) and it allows anyone to access the code. This means that none owns it and anyone can see it, learn or even make changes on it, so there are no monopolistic actions. This aspect helps us to find “bugs” faster and eliminate them, switch between vendors without locking systems and more.

• The relation between OSS and SOA is developing gradually. These technologies involve users and developers to help the open source to grow. The developers provide improved development platforms, as well, techniques, standards and tools through usage of knowledge and technical expertise. Thanks to these efforts, the open source is developed through the program Red Hat, for and of developers.

• Virtualization isolates the OS (Operating System) from hardware. There are many OS, which run on one computer and different loads can be moved or combined. Virtualization allows you to change the hardware without doing a reset of the software, move different workloads from one server to another, fully control access to your data, and manipulate the power and capacity, having a secure space to test and work. This feature helps you to have lower costs through the optimization of the system (charging the utilization per total hardware and not per any single OS running on your computer).

• Red Hat is an acquisition of JBoss Application Server and it is one of the best application sets. It belongs to middleware technologies.

• One important Red Hat feature: System Tap helps administrators and developers to examine Linux activity. Resulting data is separated, than extracted, and, in the end, summarized to diagnose the system’s problems.

• JBoss console is one of the most known consoles is ON type (Operating Network) that presents a platform for updating, monitoring, administering and inventorying applications. Updating, we all know what it stands for. Monitoring is a module that helps us, along with OS, to monitor the platform’s functions and check for lately updates and band problems, identifying the sources and the history of any fault. Administration is using functions that control the system. Controlled functions are start, re-start and stop across the whole platform or on specific applications. This module allows you to schedule the operations for a later date or to rollback, whenever necessary. The next module, inventory, empowered you to catalog servers as Apache Tomcat, JBoss, services as data sources and IT platforms as Linux, Solaris, Windows. All these can be installed automatically or manually, and usually provide the newest versions.

In addition, we can discuss many topics, as Red Hat Road Map, Cluster Suite, Lowering TCO, Red Hat Global File System and more. All of them help us to fully benefit from the permanent development of these open source platforms.

With advance in computers and computing, and inherent competitions in every field, the processes involved in organisations are enhanced by combing two or more functions together, and making them efficient.  One such integration is that of the ERP/CRM systems.  This is discussed in detail in this article

Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP

Enterprise resource planning, which commonly is called as ERP, is a way to combine the data and process involved in an organisation into one system. This involves a number of hardware and software to accomplish completely and make a single database. ERP is involved in information systems that cover all the areas functioning in the enterprise. It performs the main corporate activities of the company and is directly related to the customer services. Nowadays ERP has found it advantageous to integrate its functions with other branches of an organisation like the Human Resource, Supply chain management, Customer Relations Management etc. Among these integrations, the one that involves ERP and CRM is found to be a good combination.

Customer Relations Management or CRM

CRM is basically deals with the relations with the customers, those may be future customers too are included in this.  It combines customers with the business processes and technology so that customers have a good idea of the technology behind something they are interested in and also the operations involved. CRM builds a good relationship of the customer with the organisation.

Points to consider before integration

Some points have to be considered before planning to integrate ERP and CRM of your organisation they are

• Make a map of your business – before going in for any integration and a thorough study of your business and make a map of it. Now, consider the places where integration in possible and can bring about a benefit for your organisation
• Understand the use – try to learn the use of the integration and figure out if a single database would feed both the systems of your organisation.

Differences between ERP and CRM

The main difference that separates ERP and CRM is the point of operation, where ERP operates to engulf all systems of operation of the company including customer relations, CRM is directly involved in the relations of the organisation with the customers. They differ in the storing and processing of the data, which sometimes may make them incompatible with one another in certain industries. Proper study is always necessary to find if this integration would be of benefit to the functioning of the type of business you are in.

Advantages of integrating ERP and CRM

There are a number of advantages in integrating ERP with CRM. Some of them are enumerated below

1. The business process is optimised fully rather than one part at one time. this would bring  definite success  in the business of the organisation.
2. The ERP system gives information that is involved with the company to the share holders of the company, CRM makes it possible for these share holders to actually buy the shares and become shareholders, so their integration surely will bring about a successful marketing.
3. This integration would make it possible to streamline the order process of the organisation and offload some of the process in the order department.
4. It gives a clear idea of, and a better result in identifying future customers, organising their orders so that it could be delivered when and where required and also to retain these customers for a long time with good relationship strategies.
5. It gives a chance to management team to understand the value of each customer interaction to the maximum and this naturally increases the corporate value of the organisation.
6. The integration makes it possible to use a single database for both the departments, thus giving a clear picture about the customer. This would not be possible if separate databases involve the two departments because they would be independent of one another, and hence may not be able to learn about the customer completely.
7. Without integration, when a customer places an order in paper,  the order passes from one computer to another and takes a long time to get processed, sometimes, even leading to a loss of the order form. This lag can be minimised when a single computer is used for the process.
8. This makes it possible to integrate the automated process involving the quote, order submission, processing and fulfilment of the order with the customer account status, history of the order and the availability of the product all in one chain making a complete sales process possible in a single computer. Without this integration an order could get processed without knowing the inventory in the company stores or the balance present in the customer’s account, which may lead to multiple problems later.

The term Product Development is referred to the process of bringing new products to the market. The process includes design, creation and marketing of the product.

Product Development Process

The steps for the product development process are as follows:

1. Getting the Perfect Idea- The first step for developing a product is getting the perfect idea. Ideas can be gained from marketing analysis, competitor moves, employees, salespersons etc.
2. Screening the Idea- The purpose of idea screening is to eliminate the weak ideas before giving resources to them. The area of concern in this step  are- industry sales, market trends, expected or current competitive pressure, technical feasibility of the product and profitability of the product after manufacturing and deliver it to the customer.
3. Requirement Definition- This phase deals with the requirements that are needed to develop the product. Requirement definition is one of the important phases because the next phases are dependent on requirement definition. The better the definition, the easier is to complete the process without time and money. The areas of concern of this phase are the real buyers, customer’s specification, cost of the product etc.
4. Concept Development- Developing the concept means dealing with marketing and engineering analysis. The issues that are dealt in this phase are- essential product features, benefits that can be gained from the product, cost effectiveness of the product, consumer’s reaction and many more.
5. Business Analysis- This phase deals with the business environment like estimating the selling price based on customer feedback and competition, estimating sales volume and estimating “break even point” and profitability.
6. Prototyping- Prototyping means creating a small scale working sample of the product. Prototypes can be either mock-ups or fabricated. Prototyping has the following advantages:

¡  Helps to understand any misunderstanding between the customer and the developer.

¡  Helps to identify missing customer requirements.

¡  Advance testing of the product.

1. Testing- Testing includes beta testing and market testing. Testing is done on the prototype model. Testing is done to check if the product responds in the desired way or not. Adjustments can be made where necessary during testing.
2. Implementation- Implementation means putting the product into practical use. The tasks carried out in this phase are-

¡  Initiating new program.

¡  Managing and controlling the quality of the product.

¡  Publishing technical communications for example, data sheets.

¡  Product review and monitoring.

1. Production- Product is concerned with the following:

¡  Launching the product.

¡  Marketing the product through advertisements and other promotions.

¡  Acquiring the critical path.

1. New Product Pricing- Value analysis, cost of the product, alternative competitive technologies, forecast of profit, revenue etc. are all the factors that are dealt in this phase.

Companies’ Point of View to the Product Development

There are many companies that extend their services to support the product development professionals. Product Development Management Association (PDMA) and Product Development Institute (PDI) are such organizations. Organizations see the product development as the first step towards generalizing and commercializing new products.

New Apple plans for IPhones 4g have not being announced, but it is highly expected that Steve job will give a new challenge to all other mobiles. Wall-mart wants to earn as much as they can with 3gs before the launch of IPhone 4g which is expected on 7th July. Because after the launch of 4g. The prices of 3gs will drop down for sure.

Few days back opera was released for iPhone after getting the approval from iTunes and now Firefox is going to provide its experience to Apple OS users. Sadly it’s not appearing as an individual web browser it will come as an iPhone application. Firefox users can access their home computer history with that and also access bookmarks by using Firefox Sync Services. Users can  use it on their iPhones,iPads and on their iTouch.

Today this statement is posted on Mozilla official blog

“Firefox Home for iPhone is part of a broader Mozilla effort to provide a more personal Web experience with more user control. For devices or platforms where we’re unable to provide the “full” Firefox browser (either technically or due to policy), we aim to provide users with “on the go” instant access to their personal Firefox history, bookmarks and open tabs on their iPhones, giving them another reason to keep loving Firefox on their desktops.”

Testing is a process consisting of subjecting a program to a set test inputs and observing if the program behaves as expected. If the program fails to behave as expected then the conditions for which failure occurs are noted for later debugging and correction.

Objectives of Software Testing

1. The main objective of software testing is to find an error.
2. A good test case should be able to find an undiscovered error.

Verification and Validation

Software testing is very much related with verification and validation. Verification refers to the set of activities that ensures that the software correctly implements a specific function. Validation refers to the set of activities that ensures that the software has been built is traceable to customer requirements. Thus while verification is concerned in building the product up to the specification, validation is concerned in building the product that customer wants.

Types of Software Testing

Software testing can be classified into two categories- black box testing and white box testing.

• Black Box Testing- Black box testing normally determines the quality of the software. Black box testing checks the functional requirements. It checks the input data and output data of the requirements. The result of the testing is determined by observing the outputs to the corresponding inputs.

• White Box Testing- White box testing is used to check the internal structure of a program. It uses control structures to drive test cases. The tester should have a thorough knowledge of the program or software to carry out this testing efficiently.

Levels of Testing

• Unit Testing- Unit testing refers to the test of a module or segment of code. Unit testing uses the method of white box testing.

• Integration Testing- Integration testing is concerned with verification and program construction. Integration testing exposes the errors in the interfaces and interaction between modules.

• System Testing- System testing tests a whole system to check that if it has met its requirement specification or not. System testing is consists of three types of testing strategies. These are:

• Alpha Testing- Alpha testing is the first stage of system testing and is carried out by the members of the development team.
• Beta Testing- After alpha testing, beta testing is executed. Beta testing is performed to check whether the developed software meets its user requirements.
• Acceptance Testing- The third and the last stage, called acceptance testing is performed by the customer to determine whether to accept or reject the delivery of the system.

Software Maintenance

After software testing comes software maintenance. Software maintenance is the process of retaining the value of the software and improving the quality of the software. Software maintenance can be of four types. These are –

• Corrective Maintenance- It is used to correct the problems after delivery of the product.
• Adaptive Maintenance- It is used maintain the software product in a changing environment.
• Perfective Maintenance- It is used to improve the performance of the software.
• Preventive Maintenance- It is used to detect and correct errors in a software before they becomes effective.

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Intel Ultra-thin Notebooks of Core i-series hitting markets in June

All this notebooks will be integrated with HD graphics and will use Intel turbo boost technology to accelerate the performance of your notebook automatically when needed.

The company said in the statement that it will be a 2nm high-k metal gate (HKMG) process technology. These notebooks will be lighter thinner and will have really good battery life. These 32nm  ultra-low voltage (ULV) processors are 32 percent better in performance from Core 2 duo and they are 32 percent smaller then them and it also consumes 15% less usage of battery.

Inter said that it is expected that the market will be hit by 40 of their Ultra-thin with Core i-series processors by June. Prices may differ with respect to their configurations.