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WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing offers massive scalability -  in virtual computing power, storage, and applications resources - all at almost immediate availability and low cost, and business managers are demanding their IT operations assess the benefits this new computing model can represent.

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 25 Oct 2011

RESOURCE: Gregor Hohpe and Bobby Woolf documented their combined experience in the integration space and created the book "Enterprise Integration Patterns" (EIP), which has since been adopted as the standard for describing messaging solutions. Check out this deck of flashcards to find definitions of integration design patterns based on EIP.

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 | Published: 08 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Data abstraction overcomes data structure incompatibility by transforming data from its native structure and syntax into reusable views and data services. But some data abstraction approaches work better than others. Composite data virtualization is an optimal way to implement an abstraction layer at enterprise scale.

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 | Published: 31 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: Read this expert e-guide to learn about techniques that make streamlining and optimizing document management processes easier. By implementing these strategies, your company stands a better chance of successfully banishing paper for good.

Posted: 08 May 2012 | Published: 08 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Whether you are looking to upgrade your current PeopleSoft software or implementing for the first time, this white paper provides a clear description of the value added benefits you can expect to see from PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial management 9.1.

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 | Published: 23 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers are designed specifically as general-purpose application, database, data warehousing, and consolidation servers. They are especially suited to address the needs of enterprise datacenters, with a goal of increasing performance and flexibility while consolidating systems to reduce datacenter costs and complexity.

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 15 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Since faxing is at the core of most businesses, you need to ensure yours can rely on it at all times. Delayed or lost transmissions can send ripples through the supply chain. This paper will help you answer the pressing questions involved in evaluating your faxing system. Learn the impact it has on business processes, product selection and more.

Posted: 18 May 2012 | Published: 18 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper explores how fax consolidation can help business stretch their IT dollars farther while maintaining the services that support their business processes and revenue generation.

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 | Published: 11 Apr 2012

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to server virtualisation looks at the potential barriers to successful virtualisation and how they can be overcome.

Posted: 09 Mar 2012 | Published: 09 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the potential compliance related benefits to adopting fax server technology.

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 | Published: 11 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Human resource (HR) departments have learned that the key to elevating their strategic capabilities is through a strong business intelligence (BI) infrastructure. Read this white paper to learn the four easy steps to transition from being an HR manager to a human capital management (HCM) strategist.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: A solid performance management system is essential to increasing organizational and employee performance. Read this white paper now to find best practices on how to establish and maintain a successful performance management system.

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 | Published: 26 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Data management technology is on the verge of a new era – and users who commit to its architectural innovations earlier will gain disproportionate rewards in performance, scalability, flexibility and cost. Read this white paper for a description of Oracle’s Exadata V2 solution, also known as the Sun Oracle Database Machine.

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 | Published: 08 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: The goal of recruiting is not to simply hire people, but to reliably and efficiently place and retain the right people in the right roles to effectively support a company’s business strategies. This paper presents 9 key questions that need to be carefully considered when designing a recruiting process that helps you secure and keep the best hires.

Posted: 09 Mar 2012 | Published: 09 Mar 2012

VIRTUAL SEMINAR: In this ERP Selection Checklist, provided to you through our ERP Decision Center, two experts with broad experience in ERP implementations give their advice on matching business requirements with product features in five key categories: functional fit, integration, business intelligence and reporting formats, deployment model and customizability.

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Premiered: 25 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Your next software implementation doesn’t have to be a nightmare. It can be done faster and with less training and without the need for upgrades or continued training. Read this paper to learn about the Plex Online implementation and training process, a process perfected over hundreds of successes.

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 | Published: 20 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: With the launch of vSphere 4, VMware introduces a new version of the hypervisor, ESX 4.0 and the management interface, vCenter. Some key benefits offered by this release are greater resource efficiency, management control and freedom of choice for virtual datacenter storage resources and connectivity options.

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview for deploying SQL Server in a virtualized environment for VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4 (U4) running on the latest PowerEdge M610 and M710 blade servers and EqualLogic PS6000XV iSCSI storage arrays.

Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 05 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: While many are out of work and eager to find jobs, organizations are having trouble finding the right candidates for the jobs they're hiring for. This white paper discusses how leveraging social networking technologies can improve the recruitment process and ensure the right applicants are sought out and hired.

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 | Published: 26 Apr 2012

EZINE: This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to private cloud. It also contains our RSA conference coverage of the latest IT security trends and the future for Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative. And we discuss the role of apprenticeships in encouraging more young people to work in IT.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 12 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This White Paper is intended to help organizations who are attempting to set up an enterprise architecture practice. It shows how organizations can use a modular, iterative, and incremental approach in order to develop an architectural capability that is otherwise a large and complex undertaking.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This study from Booz&Co reveals industry concerns that anti-piracy measures will deter venture capital organisations from investing in internet start-ups.

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 | Published: 20 Feb 2012

PODCAST: In this podcast, virtualization expert Anil Desai provides an easy-to-understand primer on virtualization that will quickly bring any listener up to speed on the topic.

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 04 Dec 2008

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Oracle's Unified Storage Simulator makes it possible to install and manage a virtual storage system on any laptop or desktop and experience the power of Open Storage.

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 | Premiered: 21 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: By gaining real-time visibility into their organization's global workforce, human resources (HR) departments can drive business success. Read this white paper to find out why traditional human resources management systems (HRMS) fall short for today's workforce management needs, and learn how to align your workforce with business strategy. 

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 | Published: 14 Mar 2012