System Development

WHITE PAPER: The list of features in medical devices is rapidly rising: Even the simplest of medical devices house more and more system components, which add greater functionality to the device at a low cost. But by adding components, device software becomes complex and burdens compliance testing and premarket certification activities.

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 | Published: 13 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Customer relationship management (CRM) deployments can be complex and difficult. This white paper provides a checklist of the ten critical success factors for organizations to follow to avoid common pitfalls as they design and deploy their CRM system.

Posted: 16 Jan 2007 | Published: 01 Aug 2006

WHITE PAPER: Discover how to manage the consequences of high density data centers with a technology that allows an administrator to maximize computing resources, improve flexibility and better manage power and cooling costs.

Posted: 29 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

WHITE PAPER: This article explains the utilization patterns in enterprise IT environments, and which type of Virtualization (Hardware or Service virtualization or both) should be applied to receive the greatest value. This paper discusses how to apply the principle of under and over-utilization to apply the right type of virtualization for business needs.

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 | Published: 20 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the use of the fault tree analysis (FTA) approach to safety analysis and the use of the UML® profiling mechanism to create a safety analysis profile, including the definition of its normative metamodel.

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 | Published: 13 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: While Agile development is designed to increase efficiency, it can also introduce risk as testing cycles get condensed and serious bugs can get overlooked. In this whitepaper, learn how Coverity can help you assure the quality, security and safety of your code in Agile or hybrid development environments. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 | Published: 27 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Following four years of research and development, IBM's Watson debuted on Jeopardy! last year, competing at the level of human experts in terms of precision, confidence and speed. This white paper details Watson's workload optimized system design, how it's a glimpse into the future of systems design and why it offers a new computing paradigm.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: A floor plan strongly affects the power density capability and electrical efficiency of a data center. This paper provides structured floor plan guidelines for defining room layouts and for establishing IT equipment layouts within existing rooms.

Posted: 22 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

WHITE PAPER: This white paper addresses the multidimensional challenges posed by verification management and offers a compelling solution known as enterprise verification management solution (EVMS) based on over a decade of development and in-house experience at IBM. 

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: The planning sequence described in this paper covers the design of the data center's physical infrastructure layer, whose job it is to house, power, cool, and protect the data center's computing and network functions.

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 | Published: 03 Feb 2009