Software White Papers

WHITE PAPER: A practical approach to quality management (QM) that helps reduce time to market without sacrificing quality in the outcome.

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 | Published: 10 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this paper, discover the reasons why you should be considering an SAP upgrade to improve enterprise resource planning (ERP) and how to get started. Learn about new features of the latest SAP release as well as the technical advances and new technologies available to you.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 27 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper chronicles how the Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority (VTA) is preparing to perform an SAP ERP systems upgrade.

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 | Published: 13 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides 10 key best practices to help your organization effectively manage change to your enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, with particular attention to upgrading to R12.

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 | Published: 04 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Many IT pros are eager to get started with their Windows 7 rollouts, but not sure which software to use in the process. This article reviews one OS deployment/client management tool and examines its pros, cons, and key features.

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 | Published: 08 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Finding a log management solution that can manage risk, simplify regulatory compliance and provide security for you network can be very difficult. There are many systems that contain some of these tools but now there is a system that can do all of this.

Posted: 11 May 2011 | Published: 11 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: This thought leadership white paper proposes a combination of requirements-driven, model-driven and test-driven approaches as a mechanism for delivering systems development projects at a reduced cost and risk.

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 | Published: 23 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper shows you how a combined IBM and Wind River quality management solution can help you deliver higher-quality products to the marketplace faster.

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 | Published: 21 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Effective governance for lean development isn’t about command and control. Instead, the focus is on enabling the right behaviors and practices through collaborative and supportive techniques. Learn how to form a lightweight, collaboration-based framework that reflects the realities of modern IT organizations.

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 | Published: 21 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Explore the comprehensive features and functions that the Rational Team Concert tool offers, including integrated work item tracking, source control, continuous builds, agile planning and reporting, and more.

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 | Published: 27 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you'll find both the pitfalls of virtual monitoring and management, and how to navigate the maze of competing virtual monitoring and management vendors. In the end, you'll have a clear idea of what solutions will work for you.

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 | Published: 29 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: The industry has preached the need for software security and secure coding for several years now. After all, if software is designed securely from the start, it means fewer problems down the road. Read this paper now to learn more.

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 | Published: 21 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: The sound understanding and visibility of configuration information provided by ASG’s metaCMDB™ is critical for ITIL initiatives and business service management (BSM) implementations, service desk support, and the integration of disparate technologies. Read this paper to find out more.

Posted: 25 May 2010 | Published: 25 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper is about the critical role that integrated requirements management can play in helping to ensure that your business goals and IT investment are continuously aligned.

Posted: 24 May 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2007

WHITE PAPER: Learn how team collaboration, task automation, and extensive measurement and analysis can benefit your organization in this white paper, which can help you automate many of your software production and creation activities.

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 | Published: 17 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: IBM offers the first integrated software platform dedicated to the delivery of smarter products, with our portfolio of software, hardware and services, IBM can help companies create and manage smarter products for a smarter planet. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper identifies the many challenges companies face when implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in corporate reporting and explores tightly integrated solutions that together centrally manage data and metadata on a unified platform--the first step in implementing a complete performance management solution.

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes 12 of the most common hacker attacks and provides basic rules that you can follow to help create more hack-resistant Web applications.

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2007

WHITE PAPER: Improving software performance on parallel software requires a structured approach that makes good use of development resources, obtaining good results quickly. This paper breaks down such an approach into three distinct stages. Read on to find out what the stages are.

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI SANs help to reduce the cost and complexity of IT Consolidation and uniquely integrate with VMware® Infrastructure to enable the fully virtualized IT environment.

Posted: 14 May 2009 | Published: 14 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: Trade study analysis is an effective method of comparing potential solutions to a given problem. Using a model-driven approach allows you to perform trade studies before development or implementation begins and saves time, money, and development headaches. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 14 May 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes HP Sarbanes-Oxley IT Assessment Accelerator, a template of pre-defined information based on ITGI's COBIT, which is loaded into HP Quality Center to help your organization define and execute Sarbanes-Oxley testing, evaluate the results, and develop remediation plans.

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: Requirements definition and management is an activity that has the potential to deliver a high, fast ROI. This white paper explains the characteristics of a good requirement and presents ten steps to better requirements management. Read on to learn how better requirements translate into easier, higher quality projects.

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the challenges that impede teams as they try to collect, analyze, and evaluate ideas to define the best solution requirements. The paper also provides information on the four critical areas to defining great requirements and how IBM Rational® solutions help teams address these areas.

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 | Published: 13 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: As the application lifecycle evolves, components that drive efficiency and quality become more crucial. Organizations building centers of excellence (CoE) around performance testing find that the CoE centralizes resources and utilizes the full capabilities of today's robust automation products. Read on to learn more about the benefits of CoE.

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 | Published: 27 Feb 2009