Keynote Systems (Keynote) has been busy preparing for several fall launches covering mobile, voice over IP (VoIP), Web site and user experience test and measurement services. To add fuel to the already fast-paced momentum, the company just announced end of fiscal year 2007 revenues that were the strongest in the company’s history—a 22% jump from its respective 2006 results! The thread across all of Keynote’s announcements is its “loud and clear” support for measuring the responsiveness, reliability and customer experience of Web sites using Web 2.0 technologies from the end user perspective.
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The convergence of windows and the web is upon us . Google Maps, Gmail, Flickr and a variety of ne
AJAX and Rich Internet applications have begun to legitimize moving beyond HTML to deliver interactive applications that deliver the best of the web and the best of the desktop experience. We will show how these techniques are changing the way designers think about their applications designs. You will learn how to develop complex GUI’s for mixed user profiles, effectively use multimedia, implement visual design patterns, and effectively develop for multiple platforms plus, you will see the usability challenges introduced when these new interaction techniques are implemented. Learn from the experts who have been helping companies develop world-class enterprise applications for over a decade.
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The web 2.0 concept is not sufficiently defined to allow a critical discussion of it, but we can discuss AJAX (asynchronous Javascript and XML). This concept, which underpins many web 2.0 sites, repackages and applies existing technologies to achieve a new structure for internet applications. Unfortunately, increased flexibility creates conditions for new security problems.

To understand how AJAX alters the security landscape for web application testing it is necessary to show the fundamental differences between it and traditional internet application models.
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Websites have changed significantly in the Web 2.0 world. The youtube generation has quite different expectations about websites in general. For starters, websites with plain HTML forms and smartly laid text are passé, and are being replaced by websites full of dynamic content: Google Maps, Gap’s highly interactive website and Nike’s all new Flash website are all examples of the new generation of websites. Not only are the sites getting richer – more rich media, video etc. – they enable users to do a lot more. Companies like Timberland, Ikea, Home Depot, Sherwin Williams, have created websites that offer sophisticated applications that allow users to create-a-custom-product or try-before-you-buy.
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Web 2.0, RIA, AJAX and SOA are terms and abbreviations we hear and use on a daily basis. But do we know what they mean for us as professional performance testers? This document provides an overview of the relevant Web2.0 terms and elaborates on how to run performance tests on these applications. The document targets the performance testing professional as well as the R&D manager looking for information on how to prepare for this new era.
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1. Work with data in a unified and integrated way.
• Be more productive by using a single approach to querying and manipulating data that’s integrated with the way you write code—in the programming language.
• Language-Integrated Query (line) lets you use a single model to query and transform XML, Microsoft® SQL Server TM, and object data, helping you focus on what you need the data to do rather than how you are going to access the data.
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