SoftJournal 'December 2007

The December edition of SoftJournal.ru focuses on modern platforms for software development. The "Technologies and Frameworks" rubrics pays attention to the following topics:

PHP... Why exactly it? – When choosing a language for web development, you should clearly define the requirements. If your purpose is to create a high-quality easily modified web portal, you may use PHP. The support of over 20 databases, compatibility with the majority of operating systems and wide functionality are only several of the benefits of this programming language.

What is the future of ABAP? – The answer to this question can be given only over time. There have been a lot of disputes about the replacement of ABAP by the more modern Java language. The article helps to understand the advantages and disadvantages of ABAP, and outlines its perspectives compared to Java within development on SAP/R3 and SAP NetWeaver platforms.

The following articles may also draw your attention:

VMware and SAP form a global technology partnership – Recently the companies have reached an agreement which solves the problem of technical support for users running VMware ESX Server and SAP solutions. Now companies jointly support their software solutions.

The Series of SEO Tests – The regular SEO-test has appeared on journal’s pages. It covers such issues as the extension of the domain name, link impact on the ranking, search engines popularity in different countries and many others.

The Editorial Board of SoftJournal.ru congratulates its readers on the coming holidays and wishes only excellent news in year 2008!

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SoftJournal 'November 2007

The new rubric dedicated to SAP appears in November issue of SoftJournal.ru. SAP is a commercial software and conceptual complex that suggests a comprehensive approach to enterprise management. The new rubric will describe features of ERP systems, possible ways of their customization with a glance to enterprise needs and other aspects of this area.

Below is a detailed account of the most interesting articles.

ERP Systems – This article initiates the SAP rubric. It deals with the main principles of system operation, lines of development, rates of market penetration by this type of the solution, as well as with functional features of different ERP systems.

Software Testing Outsourcing – The article describes possible ways of transferring software testing process to outsourcing. You will get to know the benefits and future scenarios of software testing outsourcing.

Admission Announced for Internship of Internet Marketing Specialists – Itransition company continues its initiative. The internship group for December is completed. The training begins December, 3.

The Series of SEO Tests – We have published the answers to the most popular tests among readers – Test 1 and Test 2. SoftJournal.ru will continue publishing of SEO tests in December. The answers to the first two tests are not accepted from the date of the publication.

Announcement of IT and Business Conferences and Exhibitions of “Fort-Ross” for Year 2008 – Conferences are one of the most effective tools to expand the base of potential customers and an occasion for real life communication with potential clients. You will find a calendar of exhibition events for 2008 for most effective work of the marketing department. The material is available only in Russian.

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SoftJournal 'October 2007

In October edition of SoftJournal.ru our readers have an opportunity not only to familiarize with the latest modern technologies, frameworks and software development news, but also to continue their IT education. This edition was especially rich in ongoing conferences and seminars. One new rubric “Seminars and Conferences” has appeared in connection with it. It will be useful for people who want to get the latest information about trends in the IT sphere.

Please take a more detailed look at the most interesting materials in this month:

Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum '2007 – It is one of numerous conferences that will take place in November 2007 in Kiev. The conference is dedicated to IT outsourcing and is held for the fourth time.

SOA and Web 2.0 – This article will be useful for those who still decide on the best direction —either SOA or Web 2.0. The article contains advice and recommendations for choosing the best one or their combination.

Instruments for automated software testing. TestComplete – The article briefly describes benefits of using automated tests and the most popular tool for these aims – TestComplete. This tool allows to test applications written in the most popular programming environments. Other advantages you will find in the article.

Research on users’ patterns of behavior while using search engines – All site owners who are deeply interested in web visitors’ behavior should read this article. The research helps better understand Internet users’ behavior incentives and explains a mechanism of purchasing called “black box”. The material is available only in Russian.

SEO tests – We continue to publish series of SEO tests. They would be helpful for all who at least once used search engines. You will get valuable information about ranking, the most popular search engines and other interesting things from the new tests.

And finally, our Editorial Board would like to remind that SoftJournal.ru publishes interesting articles from companies and individual authors. Please send your material to info@softjournal.ru.

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SoftJournal 'September 2007

In September SoftJournal.ru as usual provided its readers with interesting articles and new projects devoted to IT related themes.

Of course, a striking event became a new educational project “Check Your SEO Knowledge” by SoftJournal.ru - the series of tests dedicated to SEO. Participation in the project will be especially useful for SEO-beginners. By sending the correct answers to the test questions you can get an invitation to the internship at Itransition Software company, which will help you to gain knowledge and experience in the SEO sphere.

The first tests have already been published. They cover a large area in the SEO domain: the difference between SEO and SEM, site architecture features, the use of keywords, the search engines ranking factors, etc. Both tests and articles devoted to SEO you can find in a new rubric SEO.

Software Testing Automation - This article helps understand the difference between the automated testing and the manual testing, when they should be used, and when - be combined. The most popular software products for testing automation are specified too.

IT Marketing Challenge. Competition starts! - The next contest stage after registration is a series of interviews. Participants were invited to introduce their task solutions and to answer additional questions asked by the jury. The article material informs about the interview itself and about what will be the next stage of the contest.

Internship of Internet Marketing Specialists - We continue to publish tasks and their best solutions. Tasks devoted to link evaluation and link exchange have been appeared.

SoftJournal.ru Accepts Articles for Publishing - SoftJournal.ru cooperates with talented authors. We offer you to declare yourself as a specialist in IT sphere, to share experience and to tell about your discoveries and observations.

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