Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
- SOA: Integrating XML and Web Services
- Service Oriented Architecture SOA is becoming the IT architecture of the future. While not groundbreaking technology in and of itself, SOA fundamentally shifts how businesses and IT organizations attack business problems and the technology architecture that is constructed to solve these problems. SOA can be thought of as a collection...
- Tags: Web, Web Service, XML, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2004-12-01
- Financials: An Excerpt From "IT Success!"
- While budget ownership by the client does give him the final say for IT purchases, it does not imply a passport to buy anything and everything without validation from a technology, architecture and resource perspective. The IT department as trusted advisor would normally provide this type of input as part...
- Tags: Information Technology, Advisor, Compuware Corp., Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-11-01
- Making The Abundant Relevant: Solving Today's Learning Challenges Through A Next Generation Technology Architecture
- There are two major challenges facing SkillSoft customers today: the need to integrate a wide variety of technology systems and content types, and the need to present content in a way that is relevant to the individual learner. These problems are getting more difficult as the number of content types...
- Tags: SkillSoft, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2005-12-01
- IBM Maximo Technology for Business and IT Agility
- This paper shows how the IBM Maximo software solution is the leading asset and service management software in the marketplace, through its highly flexible business components and technology architecture. This Internet-optimized component architecture leverages key Web concepts, standards and technologies, helping to ensure optimum compatibility with today's Web-based infrastructures. The...
- Tags: Software, Service Management, Information Technology, IBM Corp., Tools & Techniques, It Services, Management
- White papers 2007-09-01
- eBay Creates Technology Architecture for the Future
- In 2000, eBay, the leading online marketplace and possibly the most successful Web-based enterprise in existence, faced a serious challenge. Its business was growing so fast that it threatened to tax its existing two-tier technology architecture in areas of scalability and maintainability. eBay evaluated two architectural platforms: Microsoft's .NET initiative...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., eBay Inc., J2Ee, Java, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Programming Languages, Software
- Case studies
- Information-Driven Compliance and Collaboration: Building a Sustainable Technology Platform That Addresses Current and Future Business Challenges
- In their efforts to address the changing dynamics of the Consumer Goods CG industry, as well as to comply with mandates from the government and their customers, many forward thinking CG executives are taking the opportunity to develop a technology architecture that provides their companies with a single view of...
- Tags: Collaboration, Oracle Corp., Industry, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Government, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- White papers 2005-11-15
- Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Keeps SPACE Property Agents Safe as Houses
- SPACE Property Agents operates in a fast-paced market which rewards creative selling and strong service. To stay on top of the game, the company contacted Rampant Technology, Microsoft Partner and Small Business Specialist, to provide a new technology infrastructure that would grow with the demands of the business. Rampant Technology...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Agent, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, SPACE Property Agents, Real Estate, Business Structures, Microsoft Windows, Business Operations, Finance, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2007-07-16
- Next Generation Virtualization Stack for Intel Virtualization Technology: Architecture, Implementation, and Optimizations
- This presentation provides architecture of next generation virtualization stack and discusses implementation and challenges for the next generation virtualization stack. The presentation takes a look at the performance data of next generation virtualization stack and reviews future steps.
- Tags: Optimization, Intel Corp., Presentation, Generation Virtualization, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Presentations 2006-09-21
- IBM Workplace Client Technology - The Eclipse Framework
- The new IBM Workplace Client Technology will be the foundation of rich client versions for the Lotus Workplace product family. Built on the open Eclipse framework, IBM Workplace Client Technology provides an extensible framework for server-managed clients from, which Partners can construct and deploy applications that combine the rich user...
- Tags: Workplace, IBM Workplace, Eclipse, IBM Corp., Java Development Tools, Business Structures, Open Source, Recruitment & Selection, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Webcasts
- MortgageSA Consolidates Thriving Business With Web Technology From Oracle
- Founded in 1999, MortgageSA is South Africa's leading home-loan broker, specializing in managing the entire home-loan process and offering homebuyers speed and convenience. MortgageSA wanted to introduce a cost-effective, standards-based technology architecture that meets current and future business requirements and reduce IT management and maintenance costs through consolidated architecture and...
- Tags: Web, Oracle Corp., MortgageSA, Application Servers, Business Structures, Web Technology, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Databases, Software, Finance, Data Management
- Case studies
- Standards-Based Technology Positions AR Telecom for Future Growth
- AR Telecom, part of the international SGC Group, wanted to increase the flexibility and agility of information systems in line with the evolution of its business. The company wanted to standardize diverse business processes to facilitate a common technology support structure, integration between processes, and integration with any future technology...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Standards, Operational Planning, Enterprise Software, Databases, Middleware, Business Operations, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Service Oriented Architectures and the Mainframe
- Service Oriented Architecture SOA is a technology architecture that has gained mass appeal throughout the IT industry. The basic promise of an SOA is the development of reusable services that abstracts the capabilities of underlying IT applications. Each of these services should represent an atomic business transaction and be constructed...
- Tags: Business Transaction, Mainframe, SOA, OpenConnect Systems Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-09-28
- HP Technology Helps the International Securities Exchange (ISE) Revolutionize the Options Industry
- In May 2000, the International Securities Exchange ISE took one of the biggest risks on Wall Street: trading options with no trading room floor - only terminals. Today, the ISE has proven itself to be one of the industry's biggest success stories. While the ISE visionaries took a risk with...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Industry, Strategy, Construction, Operating Systems, Management, Software
- Case studies
- Taobao.com Turns to Grid Computing to Improve System Performance and Reliability
- Founded in 2003, Taobao.com is the leading shopping Web site in China, with a 70% share of the market and more than 40 million registered members. Taobao.com wanted to design more and better promotions to attract customers and make better use of business data to inform decision making and Web...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Scalability, Grid Computing, Web Site Development, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, Internet, It service Management, Networking
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- 10+ things you should know about service oriented architecture (SOA)
- This article is also available as a PDF download.#1: SOA is not a purely technical approachIt's important to understand that service oriented architecture,when practiced successfully, is not just a technology architecture. The SOA paradigmis really about modeling the business processes, which are not always supporteddirectly by technology components. Ultimately, services...
- Tags: Brian Schaffner, business process, service oriented architecture technology, SOA
- Technical articles 2006-09-07
- When should you look for new development tools?
- Feeling hamstrung by your current set of development tools? Getting new ones may not be the best answer. Find out when it's appropriate to buy the latest and greatest and when it's not.Your team members say that they don't like some of the development tools they're using. They insist that...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, development tool, Tom Mochal, tool, business need
- Technical articles 2001-11-06
- The case for architecture assessment
- Wish I'd written the article!What an excellent article MS Carbone has writen. If I had to produce a talking paper to be used in presenting current best practices in business modernization from an IT perspective, I'd just ask to use the article.Best concise description I've seen in fifteen years.Jim...
- Tags: Feds Try, information technology, it management, jim.leblanc@...
- Discussion threads 2005-03-15
- How Cisco Redesigned European Offices to Improve Workplace Flexibility
- On average, every week two real estate projects were opened and two churns took place in EMEA. The challenge for WPR and IT was sustaining the support of business growth and providing adequate space to meet this ongoing requirement while keeping real estate costs low. The introduction of Cisco AVVID...
- Tags: Cisco AVVID, Workplace, Microsoft Office, Cisco Systems Inc., Real Estate, Business Operations
- Case studies 2007-12-18
- Pitico Consolidates Information in a Single Database, Automates Processes, and Optimizes Productivity
- Pitico began operating in Mexico in 1972 and within a few years became the first self-service supermarket in the city of Oxaca. Pitico wanted to establish a stable and flexible data infrastructure to optimize performance throughout the organization and improve employee productivity. The challenge was to enhance the competitiveness and...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Pitico, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Storage, Databases, Sales, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2007-11-01
- Yalumba Wine Upgrades ERP, Database to Sustain Growth
- Founded in 1849, Yalumba Wine Company is Australia's oldest family-owned winery. In August 2005, with Oracle's Fusion project underway, the winemaker decided to review its existing JD Edwards World Xe implementation and supporting environment to ensure the long-term viability of its information technology architecture. After a thorough evaluation, Yalumba decided...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., ERP, Databases, Enterprise Software, Storage, Strategy, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Management
- Case studies 2007-12-01
