Sites of Interest
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The ITKO TV Channel: YouTube
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ITKO on the Web
Other Publications & Sites to Visit
Weve collected a few third-party sites of interest with content on the business of IT, including enterprise software development, testing and architecture practices.
Agile Journal / CM Crossroads
Sister sites from SQE that cater to the XP development crowd, including Agile software methodology, pair programming, scrum, Test-first as well as some software build and lifecycle material.
Application Development Trends
A little more in-depth on both the business and technology requirements of software. Good stuff.
Baseline
Though this Ziff-Davis pub is more of a generalist CIO/IT Director’s guide, each issue we get has plenty of great material on how to keep software functioning according to the business’ needs, on time and on budget. And if that’s not useful material, what is?
Better Software
This is the publishing arm of the Software Quality Engineering group, the team that brings you the StickyMinds.com website. The content in BS is not “BS.” This magazine contains uniformly good, vendor-neutral, practical tips you can use every day from well-known experts in software quality.
CIO Insight
IT executive business publication.
Cloud Computing Journal
SYS-CON's site for all things Cloud-related, including providers, provisioning, expert commentaries, events and cloud dev & test labs.
Computerworld
A software generalist website with an international presence from IDG, good for background information and editorials.
Database Trends & Applications
Good site that covers more than "databases" and includes interesting software and integration articles as well.
eBizQ
ITKO is a regular participant here. Rich site full of interviews, blogs and articles that covers all aspects of enterprise software, from development and testing, to virtualization and how to efficiently manage IT.
Fast Company
Always entertaining and gives you new ideas as well as the current "hype" in business technology as well as other motivational tips.
Gartner Blogs
Read blogs from leading IT industry analysts at Gartner here.
InformationWeek
A technology and software site with IT news and perspective we read often.
InfoWorld
An always useful website for IT and software pros. Includes business justifications, industry news and great reviews of hardware and software too.
Toolbox
User community for developers and testers, with both user-provided and vendor-sponsored papers, blogs, webinars and content. Great for TIBCO, Oracle, SAP, SoftwareAG, Microsoft-specific forums and tips.
Java Developers’ Journal (JDJ)
SYS-CON remains a definitive source of techniques for Java programmers, among many other technology-specific publications.
Loosely Coupled
One of the long-time leading aggregators of useful comment and content on SOA development and integration trends. Worth visiting often.
SD Times
The industry tabloid and site that is a good read for keeping up on new developments across the software development field.
SearchSoftwareQuality.com
A TechTarget site with useful information on software functional testing, performance testing, agile development & validation.
SearchSOA
Another good news and analysis site from TechTarget, with a good balance of method and solution-oriented material. ITKO is frequently quoted/interviewed in here.
SOA World
Good news and commentary oriented site about the state of service-based architecture - look for ITKO columns and interviews on here
Software Test & Performance.
A good methodology-oriented magazine for software testers, leaning slightly toward the technical side. Don't be surprised if ITKO makes an occasional appearance here. If you are a software quality maven, we highly recommend getting a subscription.
Stickyminds.com
This quality-only website has a wealth of good information. Published by SQE – Software Quality Engineering, this industry group publishes Better Software magazine and hosts several quality events and training seminars across the country.
Virtualization Review
SYS-CON's site for virtualization blogs and articles. Includes vendor and IT expert content on virtualization, virtual test labs, and other VM-related information.
ZDNet
A leading community and content site with some of the best industry experts and bloggers in the business on SOA, Software Development, Integration and BPM.
Software Development & Quality Organizations:
IEEE Computer Society
The stalwart and well-participated software forum for savvy engineers.
International Function Point Users Group
This consulting-oriented consortium is build upon the Function Point practice of identifying and prioritizing issues based on the business need. Useful if you are on the business or consulting end of software development and want to make and enforce requirements more effectively.
Software Engineering Institute (at Carnegie-Mellon)
Your tax dollars are hard at work here. The U.S. government got sick of paying good money for bad software, so they funded some of the best minds in software to come up with standards they could rely upon. 25 years later, the SEI is still going strong. This group authored the CMMi standards for software development that many companies aspire to attain.
Software Testing Club
Community site for software testers.
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