New Market Study: Application Performance: The Missing Link In The Application Lifecycle

Dec. 15, 2009 - PRLog -- The application lifecycle is supposed to cover software from cradle to grave. Yet in practice, most software development organizations pass off responsibility to IT operations once software is migrated to production. Likewise, IT operations is typically not involved in early stages of the application lifecycle, when software is specified, built and tested. Such siloed approaches are no longer sustainable in enterprises that demand better accountability for their IT budget spends.

Instead, IT should treat software as a durable goods product backed by express warranties that guarantee the product will last and meet its service-level agreements. IT should take a cue from smart manufacturers that have already instilled principles, such as design for manufacturing, to ensure that their products are first rate and designed for the environments in which they will be run. Ingraining such a mentality requires new levels of collaboration between software development and IT operations that starts not when software is deployed to production, but when requirements are identified. In turn, vendors must expand their limited support of point integrations between ALM and IT infrastructure and service management tools to make design for software manufacturability approaches more seamless.

Report Table of Contents:

Executive summary
In a nutshell
The Ovum view
Key messages
Internet threats jeopardise the Microsoft brand
The IT security industry depends on Microsoft
A mainstream security vendor
Emerging from its proprietary cocoon
Security delivery is disjointed
The security sector faces market disruption
A holistic view of security
Microsoft's response to security threats
The overall security strategy
Delivering secure products
-Defense in Depth'
Law enforcement
Delivering security products
The burden of leadership
Dominance brings de facto obligations
Keeping abreast of the attackers
Working with national security agencies
Protecting critical national infrastructure
Treading the fine line around monopolistic practices
Security, identity, access and privacy
Recognising the synergies
Security
Identity
The purpose of the -Laws of Identity'
Claims-based identity and access control
Legal liability
Privacy
Collaboration with other vendors
Microsoft collaborates at the process level
SafeCode
ICASI
MSRC
Exploitability Index
MAPP
Gathering security information
Product partnerships
Open source projects in identity interoperability
From Trustworthy Computing to security vendor
The role of Trustworthy Computing in Microsoft
Patching and vulnerability remediation
Patching is here to stay
Establishing order out of patching chaos
Deploying patches
Applications are becoming more vulnerable than the operating system
Windows Server 2008 R2
Additional 64-bit protection
Windows 7
Identity and access product strategy
Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010
Microsoft Identity Integration Server
Intelligent Application Gateway
Extending Active Directory Federation Services
The identity meta-system
Federated identity
Extending identity federation to B2C environments
CardSpace
Corporate identity
OpenID
Security products
Forefront
Forefront Protection Manager
Free software
Microsoft Security Essentials

List of Figures
Figure 1:  Computers cleaned per 1,000 examined in 2H08, for each operating system

For more information or to purchase this report, go to http://www.fastmr.com/catalog/product.aspx?productid=43144

About Ovum

Ovum fully understands convergence across telecoms, IT services and software. They invest heavily in researching what is happening in a market that is dynamic and full of risk and reward, analysing the changes and identify the threats and opportunities ahead for their clients. Ovum's team has extensive experience in the sector and is dedicated to 'getting closer' - to the industries they advise on, to the people they work for, and ultimately to the real issues determining how ICT markets behave. Ovum maintains a fluid, highly collaborative structure that brings the right range of expertise to each situation.  View more research from Ovum at http://www.fastmr.com/catalog/publishers.aspx?pubid=1006

About Fast Market Research

Fast Market Research is an online aggregator and distributor of market research and business information. We represent the world's top research publishers and analysts and provide quick and easy access to the best competitive intelligence available.

For more information about these or related research reports, please visit our website at http://www.fastmr.com or call us at 1.800.844.8156.