IBM Rational software podcast series

Listen to this Podcast to hear George DeCandio, IBM distinguished Engineer, share his experiences of reducing rework, errors and costs through effective requirements management.

Hear from Ryan Berg, Security Architect, IBM on how to promote secure software delivery starting in development. A defect - even a security vulnerability - caught early in the production cycle costs far less to fix than one caught later in production. How do you ensure that security standards are met as part of your quality measures? Find out.

Especially in tough economic times or where resources with requisite security skills are few, companies turn towards outsourcing for software development. Hear from Security Executive, Jack Danahy, of IBM's Rational Software Group explain why and how to hold your outsourced partners accountable to delivering secure code. Not only should outsourcers be held to a specific standard for quality but also a standard for security thresholds so that recipients of the final application can be assured that the code vulnerabilities are reduced and risk mitigated. Learn how to set expectations and communicate effectively with your outsourced partners. Learn why even though an application performs as it is intended, there could be inherent vulnerabilities buried in the code that leaves the application at risk. Learn how you can develop processes that ensure that in-house, outsourced or legacy applications can be held to the same standard of security excellence and best practices.

The newest release of Rational Asset Manager (RAM) has been refactored to the Jazz platform to improve users' collaboration and governance of software assets. In this podcast, chief architect Grant Larsen explores how organizations are using RAM to harvest, locate, and govern any software asset, including reusable services, approved open source components, and purchased commercial assets.

Whether you are just starting to adopt agile practices or expanding your adoption, Scott Ambler will discuss an approach that helps agile teams measure and iteratively improve their business processes. Find out how you can improve your process maturity by focusing on the core agile practices that matter most to you.

Mike Farland, Rational's Director of Worldwide Strategic Sales Initiatives, explores practical ways customers can leverage cloud deployment models to speed software delivery and reduce costs. Topics include: dynamics of cloud computing, cost of ownership models, security considerations, and key considerations of public and private clouds.

Hear from Security Executive, Jack Danahy, of IBM's Rational Software Group explain why application security is a critical priority for 2010 and beyond. He will highlight the drivers in the marketplace, define what application security encompasses, explain the business impact of developing an application security strategy, provide insight into how to get started on implementing an application security process, and give examples of best practices of a solid application security approach. Don't wait to learn how an application security strategy and policy can mitigate risk and thus safeguard not only your companys informational assets but also your bottom line and brand.

In this podcast, Dave Locke, IBM Rational's Worldwide Marketing Director, will discuss 10 reasons why IBM's requirements-driven quality solution is the best in the business and how these factors allow us to help our clients solve their business problems - in both the short and long term.

EGL Community Edition is a free Eclipse-based tool that simplifies the development of rich Web 2.0 style applications. Learn more from Will Smythe, Product manager, how EGL CE dramatically accelerates development of JavaScript and Java-based, rich Internet applications without needing to learn or program the intricacies of Ajax, JavaScript, REST, HTML, or XML.

IBM Rational software recently announced new releases for the COBOL, PL/I, and C/C++ compilers for IBM System z. Hear from Roland Koo, Product manager for the Rational compilers, how you can further lower your total cost of ownership and gain higher return on IT investments.

Hear from Sanjay Chandru, Manager of the technology ecosystem team, about the new and enhanced Enterprise Modernization Sandbox scenarios for System z. The Sandbox can help you quickly experience and evaluate our latest solutions for modernizing and deploying core System z applications in a cloud-based test environment.

Hear from Chris Trobridge, Product manager, about the new release of IBM Rational Team Concert for System z V2.0. The latest version now fully integrates with the new release of IBM Rational Developer for System z V7.6. Find out how these innovations help bridge organizational silos, cut operational costs by consolidating disparate SCM environments, and automate software delivery across multiple platforms.

Hear from Rick Slade, Rational enterprise modernization community of practice leader, on how this new service offering enables you to evaluate and analyze existing application software to determine modernization strategies that resolve very specific and targeted business problems today with minimal risk and with clearly identified value.

Hear from IBM Rational's requirements-driven quality segment managers, Lisa Buckley and Alice Cockrum, on how their new ROI calculator can help you identify opportunities to lower cost and business risk for greater return on your investments in software through implementing requirements-driven quality solutions.

In this podcast we'll take a quick look at the benefits of using open source software, along with some of the potential risks to help you determine whether an open source or a commercial application is right for your company.