Common Business Oriented Language

WHITE PAPER: With the news of Pacbase's 2015 retirement, many organizations must find an alternative application strategy. This resource outlines your options in the post-Pacbase world, and offers advice and recommendations for realizing continued application success.

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 | Published: 31 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: An organization’s success depends largely upon its ability to respond quickly to today’s complex, ever changing markets and regulatory climate. Read this publication to learn more about IBM WebSphere ILOG Rules for COBOL.

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 | Published: 07 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses how AMD's ecosystem partners are adapting their software to take advantage of new virtualization extensions. It also explores the future of virtual technology, and assesses its impact on the industry in years to come.

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 | Published: 22 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: The paper goes on to present more details of EGL as it pertains to building applications. Finally, it provides some insight into the architecture behind an EGL-based application. After reading this article, you should have a good understand...

Posted: 17 Nov 2006 | Published: 01 Mar 2006

WHITE PAPER: With IBM WebSphere ILOG JRules and IBM WebSphere ILOG Rules for COBOL, you can externalize and manage the business rules in your organization’s COBOL applications without disruption or a major development project. Furthermore, you can use the externalized rules as decision services within an SOA strategy.

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 15 Mar 2008

WHITE PAPER: Businesses today need a Business Rule Management Systems (BRMS) solution that supports business changes and cycles far more effectively than traditional methods and takes direct advantage of business expertise. This IBM Redpaper™ publication is intended for anyone who is interested in learning more about IBM WebSphere ILOG Rules for COBOL.

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 | Published: 12 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Refactoring legacy applications on the System i into modern architecture is the biggest challenge in business software today. Read this white paper to get the information necessary to achieving this strategic objective.

Posted: 04 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

WHITE PAPER: Review this white paper to explore the latest architectural improvements in Exchange Server 2010 along with the sizing and server role considerations for this upgrade. In addition, learn more about deployment models and example hardware options.

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 | Published: 11 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the benchmark testing that was done with IBM Storwize V7000 storage system and Fidelity information services in January 2012.

Posted: 02 May 2013 | Published: 31 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: View this expert e-guide to alleviate your fear of a SQL server migration. It outlines three easy ways to migrate to the latest release of SQL server and demonstrates the pros and cons of using SQL stored procedures. Consult this resource to determine if you should migrate from one method to another.

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 | Published: 05 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper gathers together eight key lessons that have emerged from leading companies' service oriented architecture (SOA) testing efforts.  By reading this paper, testing teams, project managers, developers and architects will learn how to avoid some of the most common testing pitfalls, how to mitigate certain pervasive issues, and more!

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 | Published: 31 Jul 2012

WEBCAST: It seems as if everyone is making the move to mobile devices - consumers and businesses alike. However, you may have a lot of questions concerning mobile development, security, and deployment. Check out this webcast with an industry expert and discover answers to your frequently asked questions about mobile development initiatives.

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 | Premiered: Apr 24, 2013

WHITE PAPER: Collaboration Oriented Architectures (COA) describes information architectures that comply with the COA framework, which in turn is described in the associated COA Framework paper1.

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover the four primary misconceptions regarding disaster recovery (DR) planning and how to correct them. Read on to evaluate and strengthen your DR strategy to minimize risk and ensure that your business continues after disaster strikes.

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 | Published: 06 Nov 2012

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Download the Service-Oriented Cloud Computing Infrastructure (SOCCI) Framework from the Open Group.

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012

EZINE: Consult this resource to find out more about how recent advances have opened in-memory technology to more businesses. It outlines how the excess of business information creates obstacles for many enterprises. Uncover how your business can take control of your data instead of vice versa by reading this resource now.

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 | Published: 23 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: Visual discovery tools help enable business users to access and analyze data with minimal assistance from the IT department. Consult this white paper to learn more about who the target users of visual discovery tools are and how they help analyze data in a variety of systems.

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 | Published: 04 Mar 2013

ANALYST REPORT: Just how prepared were the financial markets across Europe for CRD IV and XBRL?

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 | Published: 17 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores a disaster recovery solution that gives you peace of mind by removing complexity from the equation. Read on to get a detailed account of FalconStor's RecoverTrac technology and how it can help you address a full range of disaster recovery challenges.

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 | Published: 04 Feb 2013

WHITE PAPER: This paper offers a guide to help you choose the best offering for your data integration needs. Explore the NoSQL movement and find out the requirements for success in this new ecosystem.

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 | Published: 25 Feb 2013

WHITE PAPER: According to IDC, predictive analytics has the potential to generate an average ROI of 145% -- but most companies today have implemented it incorrectly, thus preventing them from seeing any benefit. This paper explores the 5 common worst predictive analytics practices and provides you with 6 key steps to ensure a successful implementation.

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

EBOOK: This handbook will provide IT and master data management (MDM) administrators, as well as business executives involved in sponsoring MDM initiatives, with practical advice on how to develop and implement successful programs.

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 | Published: 12 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: This White Paper discusses methodology and language support for requirements management in TOGAF.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 08 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Most organizations find consolidating data sources challenging. Fortunately, data virtualization eliminates the time-consuming and costly exercise of physically consolidating data from heterogeneous systems. View this white paper to learn more about the benefits of data virtualization and how you can consolidate back-end data systems.

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 | Published: 17 Apr 2013

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Review this presentation transcript to learn how to eliminate siloed information, automate business processes and improve decision making with a service-oriented architecture (SOA), enhanced data services, and a business rules management system (BRMS).

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 | Published: 04 Feb 2013

WHITE PAPER: While it's difficult to imagine a workplace without email, today many businesses are coping with information overload. Email is a key factor of business collaboration tools, so businesses need to find a way to modify information management. View this white paper to learn more about what the future of email application entails.

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 | Published: 05 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: Big data is complex term to define and it often presents obstacles for businesses. Consult this resource to learn more about how you should look at big data from a business perspective. Find out how big data has changed the way that the business intelligence (BI) landscape operates.

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 | Published: 16 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: Access this essential resource to uncover the three major pitfalls in service level management and detailed advice for avoiding these roadblocks when deploying and managing your cloud services.

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 | Published: 05 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: The growing popularity of technology trends such as mobile computing, social media, the cloud, and others calls for a new generation of adaptable, flexible applications.  Check out this white paper to learn how "smart process applications" can provide the benefits of traditional packaged applications, but with added collaborative abilities.

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 | Published: 19 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes how to integrate on-premise and cloud applications, including Oracle Cloud applications, with this type of pragmatic, universal perspective. While Oracle, Salesforce, and Workday are used as examples, the principles apply to many vendors.

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Download the Open Group Service-Oriented Architecture reference architecture.

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, discover the latest in best practices for cloud integration. Read on for more information and analysis on service aggregation and virtualization, security considerations, unified monitoring and management, and more.

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 | Published: 14 Nov 2012

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This report from the Open Group is aimed at managers, architects, and designers that serve the insurance industry or have an interest in integrating the TOGAF and ArchiMate standards.

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 | Published: 01 Feb 2013