White Papers  

This white paper talks about how search over REST can be simplified. We are not aiming at developing standards for RESTful search, but will be discussing how this problem can be approached Read

This white paper talks about the various performance issues that are experienced by mobile application. It describes the challenges faced in performance testing of mobile applications. The paper also provides multiple solutions that can be used to effectively conduct the performance testing of mobile applications. Read

This white paper discusses how a GAE Code Generator (GCG) tool targets code generation for applications to be deployed on the GAE platform (Java stack), utilizing a scaffolding approach and thus reducing the development effort considerably. Read

This white paper focuses on the key drivers of mobile cloud computing, and looks at how the Cloud is shifting the paradigm of enterprise mobility. The white paper additionally details the mobile solution development approaches, and examines how the strengths of the Cloud can be leveraged to create a smart hybrid mobility solution development strategy for enterprises. Read

This white paper discusses the emergence of technology that enables precise predictions in varied fields, and the application of exploratory and normative methods to augment decision making. It also talks about Impetus’ implementation of Behavioral Targeting for the ad world. This is a widely accepted, statistical machine learning algorithm that helps select most relevant ads to be displayed to a web user based on their historical data. Read

In this white paper, Impetus focuses on how the power of the Cloud can be harnessed to address the software product testing challenges faced by organizations. The paper discusses Cloud Computing capabilities and why organizations need to consider the Cloud for testing. It also talks in detail about how a testing team can actually utilize the strengths and benefits that the Cloud offers and the characteristics an application must have, to qualify for Cloud-based testing. Read

This white paper provides insights on how a mobile user can share content, files or any data with another mobile user situated far away. It discusses the solution that Impetus has developed that simplifies the manner in which content and data is transferred. It also talks about how the solution can be leveraged and applied to the entire telecom industry. Read

The paper talks about AppFabric cache’s ability to helps organization create scalable, available, high performance applications by exposing a unified view of distributed memory for client application consumption. It focuses on how AppFabric allows companies to significantly improve application performance by avoiding repetitive calls to the data source and how it enables applications to scale with increasing demand, by using a cache cluster that automatically handles the complexities of load balancing. Read

This white paper focuses on software performance diagnostic tools and how they enable rapid bottleneck identification. It discusses server-side and client-side diagnostics, including pluggable diagnostic tools and custom solutions across various scenarios. Read

In the context of mobile applications, accessibility refers to designing applications that can be used by people with disabilities or impairments. Section 508 requires that electronic and information technology that is developed by or purchased by the Federal Agencies be accessible by people with disabilities. This white paper elaborates on the 508 compliance and accessibility support on various leading smartphone platforms, including the iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and J2ME. It also provides detailed guidelines on how to develop accessible mobile applications for the mentioned mobile platforms. Read

In this white paper, Impetus Technologies focuses on the need for building a Big Data analytics platform for better business insights. It also looks at why organizations need to design an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) to support the business analytics derived from the Big Data. Read

Physical database design is the most vital aspect of database administration. While physical design caters to specific and static workloads for a certain period of time, both the design and workloads can change. Thus, there may be different approaches to focusing on dynamic physical design, which can account for time?varying workloads. This white paper takes into consideration dynamic approaches as well as some constrained approaches. Read

The paper provides insights on the various benefits of using the Cloud for Performance Testing as well as how to address the various challenges associated with this approach. It discusses the different models where performance testing tools can be deployed on the Cloud, in addition to some best practices and realworld experiences. Read

The white paper discusses the important factors that need to be kept in mind while designing a robust and successful test automation strategy. It additionally provides a brief overview of an automation platform that can help address the test automation problems that companies encounter. Read

This white paper discusses how the mXelerate performance analysis tool can help effectively address the myriad challenges facing mobile application development, including diversity of devices with different screen resolutions, different memory footprints, various CPUs with shorter development timeline and faster time-to-market. Read

The performance tuning for a database environment is a key element for the optimal execution of any application. Efficient SQL writing is one of the most important and challenging parts of any application development. This white paper talks about the steps to be followed during the course of the SQL tuning exercise. It also highlights the tips and tricks which make the process simpler and more effective. Read

This white paper discusses how testing automation can help effectively address the myriad challenges facing mobile environments including diversity of devices and platforms, hardware and application complexities,carrier network issues and shorter software development timelines. Read

In this white paper we discuss how breaking team barriers can enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the testing team. The paper also highlights how integration of various tools, best practices and frameworks can enable organizations to achieve streamlined team collaboration. Read

This White Paper discusses the challenges companies may face while moving to big data solutions such as Hadoop and/or NoSQL. It deliberates on requirement assessment and looks for the right Big Data solutions that best fit customer needs. Read

Rapid transformation in the ways of learning has put forth a need for enhancing the existing methods. This white paper highlights means, for doing productive e-learning by combining the best of Learning Management System, Workflow Management System, and Social Media. Read

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has developed the XForms standard for the presentation and collection of form data. XForms provides a number of advantages over existing HTML forms technologies. This paper describes the general architecture, greater flexibility and the richer interaction of XForms. Read

This paper presents some of the best practices for software development and their benefits based on case studies and return on investment (ROI) figures for the business. It also discusses how these practices set organizations apart and ensure the highest level of customer delight with quality deliverables. Read

This paper highlights, why organizations must examine key considerations and benefits of Cloud Computing, before migrating to the Cloud. Read

This white paper is focused on discussing the challenges facing large scale data processing and the approaches and solutions to manage structure and apply analytics on this voluminous data to draw valuable insights and business intelligence. The paper also elaborates on using the Hadoop eco system for deriving structure from this large scale data. Read

This paper highlights how High Performance Computing as a Service is emerging as a big panacea for organizations having to deal with large data challenges. As their high performance computing needs grow, and there is a requirement to mine and analyze voluminous data, many companies are turning to HPC as a Service to cost effectively deal with their increasing compute demands. Read

This white paper talks about the growing relevance of social media technologies in the enterprise space. It discusses the impact of social media in an enterprise set up, the challenges in implementing and adopting social media in an enterprise intranet and extranet. Read

This paper discusses the best practices that need to be implemented to design mobile applications and get them to market quickly. Read

This white paper provides a detailed comparison between the two most famous unit testing frameworks i.e., TestNG and JUnit. The paper also highlights their usability aspects in various scenarios. Read

When designing mobile solutions, developers typically go for two approaches — Thick Client or Thin Client, which differ in terms of their usability, responsiveness, and security features. This paper focuses on why Thick Client is a better option than Thin Client in designing mobile applications. Read

This paper highlights the challenges 21st century ISVs face and presents a unique approach to SaaS enablement, through an intuitive SaaS maturity model. Read

This white paper explains the concept and architecture of multi-tenancy and how it can be achieved with an aspect-oriented approach. Read

The white paper talks about how a user signature and biometric information can be captured on the electronic Topaz Signature Pad. Read

This white paper talks about how a mobility solution can help address the challenges faced by carriers, who need to save costs and improve the quality of their services as well as those of their brokers. Read

This paper discusses the industry proven methods and knowledge of processes, practices, and tools that can help increase the efficiency of project performance engineering efforts. Read

XBRL, often referred to “Interactive Data,” has provided the financial community a standards-based method to prepare, publish, exchange, search, and analyze financial statements of both public and private concerns. This paper talks about how XBRL is revolutionizing business reporting. Read

The success of performance testing and engineering exercises primarily depends on the selection of the appropriate load testing tool that meets performance testing objectives. This white paper evaluates leading automated load testing tools for web-based, mobile and client-server applications. Read

Korus is an Open source distributed and parallel programming Framework that can help build highly scalable and high performing applications in Java. This white paper discusses why Korus is an ideal solution for programming multi-core hardware. Read

This paper talks about why organizations require Business Intelligence (BI) and how they can select the BI tool most suited to their needs. It benchmarks the leading BI tools available in the market, and identifies the best ones based on features and functionality. Read

This white paper talks about the solutions that can help organizations achieve scalability and provides details on horizontal scaling. It also explores a unique software architectural model, which can result in a scalable system and enable a company to provide excellent quality of service to its customers. Read

Impetus Labs’ unified automation platform is the first keyword driven Framework that supports the features enabled by Microsoft’s SilverLight and addresses the major issues related to automation of SilverLight applications that are being raised by the developer and tester communities worldwide. This white paper presents a feasibility study for automating SilverLight applications with various Open Source software and paid tools. Read

This paper demonstrates how client side bottlenecks in Web applications can be identified and the Best Practices for speeding up this process. Read

Recent software testing research indicates that exacting deadlines often cause testing teams to lose focus of the business goals to be achieved from the activity. This white paper talks about Impetus’ approach to software testing and how it helps customers save time, reduce costs and improve product quality. Read

A number of Open Source search engines are available in the market today, each with its own features and benefits. This white paper evaluates the functional features of all these offerings, and highlights the best available option today. Read

The paper talks about how Hadoop configuration parameters can be fine tuned to achieve maximum performance. Read

This white paper talks about the social media phenomenon and how it is being embraced by various businesses to realize significant benefits. Read

This white paper focuses on the Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC), is a component that allows an Oracle database to be available across multiple servers, thereby providing unbeatable fault tolerance, performance and scalability. Read

In mobile application development, porting is the most important phase, where the applications have to run on a large number of models and cover most new devices available in the market. The white paper discusses why porting applications to a large number of devices is a must for developers. Read

The goal of performance engineering is to identify bottlenecks and remove them. The white paper talks about this iterative process and about how server-side constraints can be identified and eliminated in a J2EE application. Read

This white paper evaluates the popular approaches to test automation and their advantages and disadvantages. Read

This paper outlines the changes that software testing has witnessed in its first two phases and discusses their shortcomings. It also provides insights on Software Testing 3.0, the next level of the testing process. Read

This white paper provides an overview of Impetus' White Box testing Framework which seamlessly integrates the entire process of the product development life cycle. It talks about how the Framework, through reusability of code and data separation, makes the testing process effective and efficient. Read

This white paper evaluates functional test automation tools for Web-based applications. Read

This white paper enumerates the ways in which a test environment setup can effectively accelerate the testing lifecycle of any project. Read

This paper talks about SandStorm, an automated load testing tool developed by Impetus, which helps predict systems behavior and performance by replicating real-time, heavy traffic conditions during peak hours in service. Read

The paper explains the finer points of Web 3.0 and attempts to explore its ramifications. Read

This white paper presents an overview of Impetus’ Test Automation Framework, which seamlessly automates the testing process of the product development lifecycle. Read

This white paper brings out the critical nuances of the Agile methodology of software development. Read

This white paper talks about Impetus’ porting framework which enables developers to port applications from the J2ME code to the Brew C++ code, using the same basic code structure. Read

This white paper discusses the challenges enterprises face with traditional software architectures and how these can be overcome using Agile practices. It also discusses the potential problems that can come up with the Agile enterprise architecture. Read

This white paper talks about the concept of Open Source, and how different license types function. Read

This white paper focuses on Web application security and why it is becoming critical in this day and age. Read

This white paper talks about why the demand for internationalization testing has greatly increased. Read

In software product development, it is impossible to test an entire product in every release. To do so would increase the cost of quality and the time of the product release cycle, without providing adequate return on investment. This white paper talks about why it is important to identify the critical areas of software that must be tested more rigorously than other areas. Read

Software Product development is a science, which goes beyond traditional SDLC or similar processes in the IT industry. This white paper takes a detailed look at the SPDMM model and the benefits it brings to organizations. Read

The multi-tenant model allows an Application Service Provider (ASP) to manage applications and computer services from remote data centers and delivers them to multiple users, via the Internet or a private network. This paper covers issues involved in architecting and designing a multi-tenant application. Read

This white paper attempts to demystify the concept of Web 2.0, separating jargon from fact and suggesting an evaluation model that can benchmark the maturity of Web 2.0 based applications. Read