http://www.ansiko.com software & web development, IT consulting Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:02:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Software development is the set of activities that results in software products. Software development may include research, new development, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any other activities that result in software products. Especially the first phase in the software development process may involve many departments, including marketing, engineering, research and ... http://www.ansiko.com/2009/11/software-development/ Software testing is an empirical investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service under test, with respect to the context in which it is intended to operate. Software Testing also provides an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to ... http://www.ansiko.com/2009/11/software-testing/ Ajax (shorthand for asynchronous JavaScript + XML) is a group of interrelated web development techniques used on the client-side to create interactive web applications. With Ajax, web applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page. The use ... http://www.ansiko.com/2009/11/ajax-programming/ Information technology consulting (IT consulting, Computer consultancy, Computing consultancy, technology consulting or business and technology services) is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives. In addition to providing advice, IT consultancies often implement, deploy, and administer IT systems ... http://www.ansiko.com/2009/11/information-technology-consulting/ Organizations that outsource are seeking to realize benefits or address the following issues: Cost savings. The lowering of the overall cost of the service to the business. This will involve reducing the scope, defining quality levels, re-pricing, re-negotiation, cost re-structuring. Access to lower cost economies through offshoring called "labor arbitrage" generated ... http://www.ansiko.com/2009/10/reasons-for-outsourcing/ Software testing methods are traditionally divided into black box testing and white box testing. These two approaches are used to describe the point of view that a test engineer takes when designing test cases. Black box testing Black box testing treats the software as a "black box"—without any knowledge of internal implementation. ... http://www.ansiko.com/2009/09/testing-methods/ Database design is the process of producing a detailed data model of a database. This logical data model contains all the needed logical and physical design choices and physical storage parameters needed to generate a design in a Data Definition Language, which can then be used to create a database. ... http://www.ansiko.com/2009/08/database-design/ Java refers to a number of computer software products and specifications from Sun Microsystems that together provide a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform environment. Java is used in a wide variety of computing platforms from embedded devices and mobile phones on the low end, ... http://www.ansiko.com/2009/07/java-software-platform/ The Microsoft .NET Framework is a software framework that can be installed on computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems. It includes a large library of coded solutions to common programming problems and a virtual machine that manages the execution of programs written specifically for the framework. The .NET Framework is ... http://www.ansiko.com/2009/06/net-framework/ Testing can never completely identify all the defects within software. Instead, it furnishes a criticism or comparison that compares the state and behavior of the product against oracles—principles or mechanisms by which someone might recognize a problem. These oracles may include (but are not limited to) specifications, contracts, comparable products, ... http://www.ansiko.com/2009/06/software-testing-topics/