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- Continental Lowers Costs, Improves Security, and Achieves 99.9 Percent Server Reliability
- Continental AG had out-of-date and disparate client-server infrastructure that needed groupwide standardization. This more involved providing than 80 sites worldwide with a total of 24,000 new workstations and portable computers, installing new server computers, and setting up modern operating systems and applications. Continental first tested a Linux solution, but the...
- Tags: Security, System Architecture, Client-server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
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- MSDN Webcast: Service Orientation and Connected Systems Architecture (Level 300)
- This webcast explores the promise of service orientation as a means for developing more effective line-of-business applications. The presenter presents a model that places point solutions in the context of the organizational value chains they support, and uses a set of interaction patterns to offer insight into how to design...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, System Architecture, Webcast, Value Chain, Microsoft Corp., Connected Corp., Business Structures, Channel Management, Digital Media, Finance, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
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- Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Discover the Importance of Business Systems Architecture Services for Your Microsoft Dynamics Deployment (Level 100)
- The viewers of this webcast will learn what Business Systems Architecture and the Microsoft Technical Presales Advisory Group TPAG can do for them. Also, the presenter of this webcast explains about the latest security changes in Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0.
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, System Architecture, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
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- Stellent Case Study: Georgia System Operations Corp.
- Recently, Oglethorpe Power Corp., a $1 billion power company, faced a daunting information management challenge. To prepare for deregulation and improve operational efficiencies, the corporation split into three different companies - Oglethorpe Power Corp., Georgia Transmission Corp. and Georgia System Operations Corp. GSOC - and the GSOC IT department was...
- Tags: Stellent, Content Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
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- Architecture Principles: Creating the Foundation for Robust Architecture
- This paper discusses the role of principles in developing an architecture, whether it is a reference architecture, an application architecture, or one of the other architecture types. Architecture is a complex effort that must balance the needs of the business with the reality of how technology can support it. Principles...
- Tags: Architecture, Principles, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-03-27
- The System Architecture Process
- The System Architecture Process is positioned in the business context. This process bridges the gap between the Policy and Planning Process and the Product Creation Process. The purpose of the System Architecture Process is to provide the Integral Technical overview and consistency, and to maintain the integrity over time. Subjective...
- Tags: System Architecture, System Architecture Process
- White papers 2003-11-01
- Documenting Software Architecture, Part 3: Develop the Architecture Overview
- In this paper, learn about the architecture overview, which provides a high-level schematic of the various dimensions of the architecture. The architecture overview provides different views of the developing architecture of a system. Architecture, by definition, helps communicate the developing solution to key stakeholders of the company, though not all...
- Tags: Software, Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-06-27
- Microsoft wins patent lawsuit over boot-up technology
- A U.S. District Court jury in Texas has ruled that Microsoft did not infringe on patents claimed by Computer Acceleration Corp., a subsidiary of patent warehousing firm Acacia Research Corp. Excerpt from Network World: The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District...
- Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-18
- Novell Case Study: CIBC Development Corporation
- CIBC Development Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, is one of Canada's leading commercial property owners, managers and investors. In early 1998, CIBC Development Corp. began making changes to its technology infrastructure. They needed a system with integrated hardware support, one that would support...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Commercial Property, Financial Services, Networking
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- Architecture-Based Development
- The development of a software architecture is a critical step in the development of large software-intensive systems. A software architecture is fundamental for the development of software produce lines where multiple systems with different functionality are created from the same basic architecture. Even with this emphasis on architecture, the process...
- Tags: Software, Architecture, Software Architecture, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers
- MSDN Webcast: Architecture Overview of Office Project Server 2007 (Level 100)
- Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 has a new architecture, enabling the system and solution to provide new functionality and capabilities. This webcast provides an overview of the architecture of Project Server 2007, and looks at how the new system functions. The webcast also examines how Project Server 2007 differs from...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Server, Microsoft Corp., Architecture, Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Digital Media, Microsoft Office, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software
- Webcasts
- Benefits of Microsoft Windows x64 Editions
- This white paper describes the limitations of the existing 32-bit architecture and the benefits of the x64 architecture running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions and Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Areas of benefit of the x64 architecture are described, including memory address space, performance, security, and compatibility.
- Tags: Window, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Benefits, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources
- White papers 2005-04-01
- Lessons Learned in Applying Architecture to the Acquisition of Air Force Command and Control Systems
- The extension of architecture use into system design has been somewhat less successful - largely due to the fact the contractors' existing processes have not traditionally been architecture-based. Further study on how to incorporate architecture data into existing development processes will be needed to make improvements in this area. Architecture...
- Tags: Acquisition, Mitre Corp., Enterprise Integration, Air Force, Architecture, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2005-04-01
- Interrupt Architecture Enhancements in Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft has made several enhancements to the interrupt architecture of the next release of the Microsoft Windows operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista. This white paper provides an overview of those enhancements. Also included in this paper is programming information to allow driver developers to use these enhancements to create products...
- Tags: Enhancement, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-04-06
- Humane Wildlife Control Boosts Sales by 20 Per Cent With Microsoft Dynamics CRM Small Business Edition
- As the largest urban wildlife company in Canada, Humane Wildlife Control HWC specializes in the humane removal of wildlife such as raccoons and skunks from residential and commercial buildings. HWC had a customized scheduling and tracking system that was unreliable, making it difficult to track customer information and schedule work...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Small Business, Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
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- Support Webcast: Network Access Protection Platform Architecture
- The presenter of this webcast discusses the Network Access Protection NAP platform architecture in Microsoft Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" and in Microsoft Windows Vista, the components of client architecture and of server architecture, and how NAP works for various enforcement methods.
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Webcast, Network, Microsoft Corp., Architecture, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Media, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Microsoft Windows Vista: An Inflection Point for Kernel Security and 64-Bit Computing
- Unbounded changes to the operating system "Kernel" can lead to system instability as well as the complete compromise of all software programs and hardware resources on a system. Consequently, the operating system kernel environment needs to be the most secure, reliable and trustworthy piece of code in Microsoft Windows. The...
- Tags: Security, 64-bit Computing, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Kernel, Microsoft Windows, 64-Bit, Operating Systems, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2006-10-01
- Exploring the Fundamentals of Architecture and Services in an SOA, Part 1: Use Architecture and Levels of Abstraction to Create a Better SOA - Why Is Architecture Important in SOA?
- In this first paper in the series, get a closer look at the elements of a Service-Oriented Architecture SOA, examine the benefits of architecture, learn how levels of abstraction help improve the development process, who creates and uses the architecture, and where architecture belongs in the software development life cycle.
- Tags: SOA, Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-09-04
- Exploring IT Architecture Disciplines, Part 4: Update Your Infrastructure Architecture to Serve and Protect Your Enterprise
- Now that one has supplemented the business architecture with an information architecture, one can move on to updating the existing infrastructure architecture. This update consists of a validation and a possible realignment of the infrastructure to meet the requirements outlined in both the business and the information architectures. Traditional enterprise...
- Tags: Information Technology, Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-09-19
- Exploring IT Architecture Disciplines, Part 6: Build the Integration Architecture - Putting It All Together
- A key aspect of any enterprise architecture is the integration of all the parts and pieces. This is the purpose of the integration architecture - to make sure that everything works smoothly. Designing this architecture is the sixth step in the enterprise architecture process, the step where everything comes together.
- Tags: Information Technology, Enterprise Architecture, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-11-29
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