Books are written and published by the hundreds every day. Topics ranging from technology to philosophy throng the literary market. So what is it that gave this book the courage to reach out to you? It isn’t the content of it, neither is it the style. It is the soul of the book that eternally hopes for many such repeats in the future.
Shikha Gupta, my co-author (really – she did all the work!) of the book “BlackBerry for Work”, which is being published by Apress, has decided to direct all proceeds (author’s share) of our book to a charity in India. The Mitr Foundation is a Trust founded in the city of Hyderabad, with the objective of contributing its might towards the empowerment of the girl child through education. Somewhere between the elite and the underprivileged lies the core essence of our endeavor. She has pledged to undertake the responsibility of educating 3 children.
Shikha Gupta and Kunal Mittal


Any software development life cycle must be properly organized before you can expect to successfully execute a project. This is also true of Web 2.0, where a well-planned life cycle will let you realize the vision of building Web services in shorter development cycles, allow quick testing and deployment, and provide for service versioning. In this article, get to know the software development life cycle for Web 2.0-based applications.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/architecture/library/ar-web20sld/
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Learn about some fundamental challenges that IT teams face when working with enterprise architects, and find out how to apply enterprise architecture standards to application development and cooperate in project delivery to reach a desired outcome.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/architecture/library/ar-eastand/
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A basic, introductory article to Service Oriented Architectures that was written for and published in the Linux Magazine. This is the first coverage of SOA in this publication.
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3387/
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When your enterprise has a collection of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) services, the requirements-gathering process can be challenging. How do you handle it when a business unit requests the same services as another group? Find out how to best capture and document multiple requirements from diverse groups.
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/architecture/library/ar-soareq3/
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