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Magic Software Enterprises Ltd., a provider of application platforms and business and process integration solutions, announced on Monday that Adecco, a market leader in human resource solutions, has developed MAX, a back-office system for its 200 UK branches, using Magic Software's uniPaaS application platform. Magic Software's uniPaaS is an application platform that simplifies the process of building and deploying business applications. The MAX back-office system facilitates and optimizes the matching of candidates with enterprises, enables multi-agency registration of candidates, global access to human resources and rapid response to customer requirements. The MAX system replaced Adecco's disparate local databases. It also simplifies procedures, eliminates the need fo... (more)

Development of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS to Incorporate Major Changes

The Ubuntu team has decided to take a different approach to development for the next Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu. Lucid Lynx, which is slated for an April 2010 release, will benefit from these changes through increased stability, more focused agile development and a tighter synchronization with the main Debian development cycle. According to the Ubuntu LTS Wiki, the overall a... (more)

JSON versus XML: Your Choice Matters More Than You Think

XML Magazine on Ulitzer Should the enterprise standardize on JSON or XML as their lingua franca for Web 2.0 integration? Or should they use both as best fits the application?The decision impacts more than just integration – it resounds across the entire infrastructure and impacts everything from security to performance to availability of those applications. One of the things a developer ... (more)

The Seven Deadly Sins of Software Test Automation

For the past 15-plus years, organisations have turned to test automation as a way to improve efficiency in the Software Development Life Cycle. Yet despite heavy investment, software testing is still often the bottleneck in the delivery cycle. In a recent survey of CIOs, Original Software found that only 6% were totally happy with their automation. The scary thing is that this is tolerat... (more)

Overcoming Resistance to Change by SCM

We ran across the article “Overcoming Resistance to Change by SCM” by Ben Weatherall on CMCrossroads. The excerpts below exemplify the need for tools like AccuRev that support changing processes and Agile adoption. Ben Weatherall has kindly allowed us to re-post these excerpts so that we may share his insight with all our readers. Excerpts from “Overcoming Resistance to Change by SCM” By... (more)