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DEFINITION: The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a research, development and training center involved in computer software and network security. The SEI works with industry, academic institutions and the United States government to improve the performance and reliability of computer systems by managing pilot programs, conducting tests, offering courses and providing services for licensing and publication.The … Definition continues below.
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Five Myths of Agile Development sponsored by VersionOne Inc. WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you will gain insight into five myths commonly associated with agile development. Explore what agile development is in reality, what it is not, and the true benefits of transitioning to agile methods in your organization. Posted: 15 Oct 2008 \| Published: 26 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Productivity \| Project Management \| Software Best Practices \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Software Engineering Institute \| Software Quality Assurance \| Testing

SysML-Based Systems Engineering Using a Model-Driven Development Approach sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This paper describes a SysML-based (Systems Modeling Language) process that systems engineers can use to capture requirements and specify architecture. The approach uses model execution as a means for requirements verification and validation. Posted: 23 Feb 2009 \| Published: 01 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Portfolio Management \| Business IT Alignment \| Configuration Management \| Model Driven Architecture \| Performance Testing \| Project Management \| Software Engineering Institute \| Software Infrastructure

IT jobswatch – trends in media IT recruitment sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: This quarters figures compiled by jobadswatch.co.uk show that during the fourth quarter of 2010 the IT jobs market for permanent staff being recruited by media organisations is up by 1.8%. This is the sixth consecutive quarter that has seen higher demand. Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 15 Mar 2011 TOPICS: IT Agents \| IT Consulting Services \| IT Industry \| IT Service Centers \| IT Workforce

Gartner Middle East CIO Leadership Forum sponsored by Gartner WHITE PAPER: Join Gartner analysts from 28 February to 1 March in Dubai, industry thought leaders and a select group of your peers to find new answers to new questions - and learn how your IT leadership can create and follow the path to world class best practice. Posted: 28 Jan 2011 \| Published: 28 Jan 2011 TOPICS: CIOs \| Information Technology Professionals \| IT Agents \| IT Management \| IT Service Management \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

The 7 Deadly Skills of The Perfect Employee sponsored by Skillsoft WHITE PAPER: This resource examines the 7 skills essential to employee success and how to keep your employees productive and satisfied. Posted: 23 Apr 2012 \| Published: 23 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Certification Programs \| eLearning \| Employee Performance Management (EPM) \| IT Agents \| Training \| Training and Educational Services \| Training Software

Working Together To Improve Strategic Planning sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This report reveals compelling examples of how organizations foster collaboration between finance and IT to ensure successful strategic planning. Posted: 01 Oct 2010 \| Published: 01 Oct 2010 TOPICS: CFOs \| CIOs \| Collaboration \| IT Agents \| IT Management \| Strategic Planning

Extending Reach and Ensuring Effectiveness of Leadership Development: The Role of Technology-Based Learning sponsored by Skillsoft WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses leadership development and the role of technology-based learning in leadership development programs. Posted: 18 Apr 2012 \| Published: 01 Apr 2010 TOPICS: Certification Programs \| Employee Performance Management (EPM) \| Executive Training \| IT Agents \| IT Workforce \| Leadership \| Training

The 7 Deadly Skills Your IT Team Should Possess sponsored by Skillsoft WHITE PAPER: This resource examines IT skill shortages, how to minimise them within your company, and 7 deadly skills that your IT team should possess. Posted: 18 Apr 2012 \| Published: 18 Apr 2012 TOPICS: IT Agents \| IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Governance \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Systems \| Security Infrastructure

CW Special Report on CSC sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This 16-page report from Computer Weekly analyses the challenges facing CSC, its financial performance, the services it offers, its place in the IT market and its future strategy. Posted: 29 Apr 2013 \| Published: 29 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Aerospace and Defense Industry \| Cloud Computing \| Database Design \| Government Agencies (non-U.S.) \| Health Care Industry \| Outsourcing \| Software \| Software as a Service \| Supplier Relationship Management

Gain Choice And Flexibility: Use services that fit your needs sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: Check out this exclusive paper to find out how companies running SAP applications are reducing costs while ensuring peak operating performance by outsourcing their application management. Read on to learn more. Posted: 11 Feb 2013 \| Published: 11 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Application Outsourcing \| Application Portfolio Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Management \| Outsourcing \| SAP (Product)

Gain Choice And Flexibility: Use services that fit your needs sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Check out this exclusive paper to find out how companies running SAP applications are reducing costs while ensuring peak operating performance by outsourcing their application management. Read on to learn more. Posted: 02 Apr 2013 \| Published: 02 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Outsourcing \| Application Portfolio Management \| IT Management \| Outsourcing \| SAP (Product)

CW+: How to produce a business case for software quality sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: When a mission-critical application fails, the loss of business revenue is large and swift. Poor application quality causes highly-visible major outages; it also causes ongoing lapses in business performance thatare less visible, but steadily add up to substantial revenue loss. Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 07 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Application Development \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools

Open Information Security Management Maturity Model (O-ISM3) sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: The O-ISM3 is The Open Group framework for managing information security and information in the Open Information Security Management Maturity Model (O-ISM3) wider context. It aims to ensure that security processes in any organization are implemented so as to operate at a level consistent with that organization's business requirements. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 12 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Security Architectures \| Security Event Management \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Systems

CW Buyer's Guide: Server Virtualisation sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com 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 TOPICS: Chassis \| Data Center Consolidation \| Energy Efficiency \| Linux \| RAID \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| VMware

IT Project Management: Guide to estimating timescales and resources. sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com BOOK: Learn how to estimate the effort and timescales required for IT projects with this extract from Project management for IT-related projects. Posted: 13 Dec 2012 \| Published: 13 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Risk Management \| Systems Design and Development

Flash Storage for Dummies sponsored by NetApp EBOOK: This comprehensive e-book explores the many uses and benefits of flash storage technology in the enterprise, including server cache, hybrid arrays and all flash arrays. Posted: 12 Jun 2013 \| Published: 12 Jun 2013 TOPICS: Disk Drives \| Flash Memory \| Hard Disk Drives \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

Open Trusted Technology Provider Standard (O-TTPS) sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: This standard is aimed at enhancing the integrity of commercial off the shelf ICT products and helping customers to manage sourcing risk. Posted: 10 Apr 2013 \| Published: 10 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Cybersecurity \| Government Agencies (non-U.S.) \| Government Agencies (U.S.) \| Government Information Security \| Governments \| Hackers \| Malware \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Standards \| Security Threats \| Standards \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chains \| Virus Protection

Best Kept Secrets of Peer Code Review: Modern Approach Practical Advice sponsored by SmartBear Software EBOOK: This insightful e-book provides in-depth best practices and advice on how to catch code errors before they are able to cause bigger problems within your organization. Read more inside to uncover new tools designed to make the QA process faster and easier. Posted: 22 Aug 2012 \| Published: 22 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Performance Management \| Code Management \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Software Quality Assurance

Why CRM? The Business Case for Customer Relationship Management sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Organizations are adopting CRM solutions because they understand that having the technology to execute a customer-centric strategy is a business imperative. Learn the strategic value of CRM -- increased revenue, productivity, and customer satisfaction. Posted: 02 Mar 2007 \| Published: 01 Jul 2006 TOPICS: CRM \| CRM Best Practices \| CRM Software \| Customer Service \| Lead Generation \| Routing \| Sales and Marketing Software \| Sales Channels \| Sales Force Automation \| TCO

Journey towards Zero Defects: Challenges, Best Practices and Testing Models sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: Organizations face different challenges at different levels of testing maturity. Testing Maturity Model (TMM) and Test Process Improvement (TPI) are two of the contemporary testing maturity models discussed in this paper. Posted: 10 Nov 2005 \| Published: 01 Nov 2005 TOPICS: CMM (Capability Maturity Model) \| Project Management \| Quality Control \| Testing

Challenges & Strategies for UK Annuity Providers sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: This white papers talks about the challenges facing the UK annuity market and the strategies that can be taken by the product providers to meet them. The paper also talks about how Wipro can partner with providers to tap the opportunities present in the marketplace. Posted: 13 May 2009 \| Published: 11 May 2009 TOPICS: Business Environment \| Business Intelligence \| Business Process Management \| Business Service Management \| Business Service Providers \| Consulting Services Industry \| Consumer Market \| IT Services \| Strategic Planning

New SOA Maturity Model sponsored by Progress Software WHITE PAPER: How can organizations understand SOA and manage the migration to SOA? The New SOA Maturity Model provides a visionary framework that aligns IT action with business benefit. Read this paper to assess your organization's SOA readiness. Posted: 02 Mar 2007 \| Published: 01 Jan 2006 TOPICS: 4GL Tools \| Application Deployment \| Application Development \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Performance Management \| SOA \| Strategic Planning

Leveraging Social Media to Drive Retail Sales and Enhance Customer Experience sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: Read this article for an examination of three considerations for social media: social media driving revenue, customer experience and tracking and using social media measurement tools. Posted: 17 Dec 2009 \| Published: 17 Dec 2009 TOPICS: Branding \| Customer Interaction Services \| Customer Retention \| Customer Satisfaction \| Marketing \| Retail Channels \| Retail Trade Industry \| Social Computing \| Social Networking

Why Should You Consider Procurement Outsourcing? A Holistic Approach towards Vertically Integrated to Virtually Integrated Business Process Services sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: Procurement Outsourcing is defined as a process wherein organizations take a calculated approach of moving some of their processes around source to pay to a specialist. Posted: 13 Jan 2009 \| Published: 13 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business Processes \| Contract Management \| Leadership \| Manufacturing \| Supply Chains

Dark Pools of Liquidity: Understanding & Technology dependencies for the future sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides insight into the dark pools of liquidity, discusses the mechanism of dark pools trading, advantages and how technology would impact the operations or provide benefits in trading over this medium. Posted: 13 May 2009 \| Published: 12 May 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| CRM \| Data Center Management \| Financial Services Industry \| Identity Management \| Open Source \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| SOA \| Storage Management \| VMware \| VoIP

Improving Order-To-Cash Cycle sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: Order to Cash cycle--the sequential steps from acquisition of a customer's order up to the customer's money reaching the operator's bank account represents the financial lifeblood of any communications company. Posted: 13 Jan 2009 \| Published: 13 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| CRM \| Customer Data Management \| Customer Interaction Services \| Data Quality \| Supplier Management

Demystifying Customer Service Correspondence Work Flow in Cards sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: Methods for capturing customer attention and loyalty may have changed over the years, but the basic DNA of business has not - a focus on establishing new customer relationships and retaining existing ones. This paper provides both a business & technology insight into the credit card customer service workflow. Posted: 13 May 2009 \| Published: 12 May 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| CRM \| Customer Loyalty \| Customer Satisfaction \| Customer Service \| Financial Services Industry \| User Experience

Embracing the Cloud: Top Seven Imperatives for an Organization sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: This paper analyzes the impact of the cloud on the IT Ecosystem and provides answers to what an organization needs to do in embracing a right cloud strategy. Posted: 12 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business Continuity Planning \| CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| Competition \| Data Center Management \| Economic Environment \| IT Managers \| IT Services \| Regulatory Compliance \| Web Services

Reverse Logistics Management-- An Effective Strategy for Revenue Maximization in CPG Industry sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: This paper presents an overview and introduction to reverse logistics and how to manage reverse logistics in the CPG industry in an efficient manner. Posted: 27 Jul 2009 \| Published: 06 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Brand Loyalty \| Branding \| Environmental Compliance \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Systems \| Supply Chain Intelligence \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chains

Multi Process HR Outsourcing for Large US Retailer sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: Learn from the success one of the largest U.S. retailers who implemented an integrated global HR outsourcing solution that combined process, technology, domain, and service delivery expertise. Posted: 13 Jan 2009 \| Published: 13 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Change Management \| Dashboards \| Human Resources Management \| Human Resources Service Providers \| Human Resources Services \| Human Resources Software \| Knowledge Management \| Outsourcing \| Systems Integration

Painting the CPG Supply Chain GREEN sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: This paper offers a solution for businesses to achieve balance between profitability and sustainability by leveraging the platform of packaged implementations. Posted: 27 Jul 2009 \| Published: 02 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Business Development \| Business Intelligence \| Business Systems \| Environmental Compliance \| Environmental Standards \| Green Data Center \| Green Storage \| Supply Chain Intelligence \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chains

Optimize Customer Experience to Achieve Competitive Advantage sponsored by Wipro Technologies WHITE PAPER: Outsourcing Center and Wipro performed a survey that aimed to gauge how banking institutions are doing with their customer experience initiatives. While not a complete picture of how these financial institutions are progressing with their customer experience efforts, survey results point to some general trends and beliefs in this important area. Posted: 21 Oct 2009 \| Published: 21 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Banking Industry \| CRM \| Customer Interaction Services \| Customer Satisfaction \| Customer Service \| Surveys

SEI DEFINITION (continued): … activities of the SEI can be categorized into the following technical programs: The Dynamic Systems Program, which conceives and develops processes for system development and offers training for software engineers The Product Line Systems Program, which develops programs and systems to meet specialized requirements The Software Engineering Process Management Program, which provides guidance to software-dependent organizations with the goal of optimizing the efficiency of their processes The Networked Systems Survivability Program, which assists businesses, academic institutions and government …
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