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ALSO CALLED: Wide Area Information Servers DEFINITION: WAIS (Wide Area Information Servers) is an Internet system in which specialized subject databases are created at multiple server locations, kept track of by a directory of servers at one location, and made accessible for searching by users with WAIS client programs. The user of WAIS is provided with or obtains a list of distributed database s. The user enters a search argument for a selected database … Definition continues below.
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Continuous Availability Suite: Neverfail Solution Architecture sponsored by Neverfail WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover a tool that provides high availability and disaster recovery through continuous data protection without the need for specialized hardware. Posted: 30 Oct 2012 \| Published: 29 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Hardware \| High Availability \| Software

Contract Management Buyer's Advice sponsored by Apttus WHITE PAPER: Selecting contract management software for your business is not always easy, as it can be lengthy and fraught with unforeseen pitfalls. Check out this helpful white paper for a guide on all you need to know about purchasing and implementing contract management software including helpful tips, buying decision strategies, and vendor evaluations. Posted: 29 Mar 2013 \| Published: 29 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Contract Management \| Contract Management Software \| Contracts \| CRM \| Enterprise Applications Software \| Human Resources Software \| Software \| Software Implementation \| Software Installation

CW+: IDC Report - How to manage documents in the enterprise sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: In recent years C-level executives in many of the world's largest and most successful organizations have been forced to introduce a wide range of cost-cutting measures as macroeconomic forces continue to create a challenging and uncertain trading environment. Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 06 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Business Service Management \| Business Service Management Software \| Software \| Software Asset Management \| Software Maintenance

CW+: Manage your work more effectively with The Power of Slow sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Borrowed from the Japanese term for “chatter,” pecha kuchahas been praised as the new way to communicate in business. Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 27 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Network Infrastructure \| Software

Database as a Service: Reference Architecture - An Overview sponsored by ORACLE APAC WHITE PAPER: This resource introduces and defines the concept of Database as a Service (DBaaS). Inside, discover how this approach to database delivery can help you reduce costs, improve service levels, and more. Posted: 28 Feb 2013 \| Published: 30 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Data Management \| Database Administration \| Database Architectures \| Database Management \| Database Management Software \| Database Performance Management \| Databases \| Information Management \| Oracle (Product) \| Service Level Management

DevOps to the 4th Power: An Analysis sponsored by OpenMake Software WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, explore the four levels of DevOps -- transparency, reuse, reporting, and review -- and discover how they can expand and improve upon your software development and production processes. Posted: 15 Mar 2013 \| Published: 15 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Software \| Software Best Practices \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Software Project Management

Drive More Value from Your IT Assets sponsored by ServiceNow WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to learn about a leading IT Asset Management solution that enables IT departments to consolidate legacy systems and automate asset lifecycles easily with a single system. Posted: 20 Nov 2012 \| Published: 20 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Asset Management Services \| IT Asset Management \| IT Asset Management Software \| IT Best Practices \| IT Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Systems \| Software \| Software Asset Management \| Software Infrastructure \| Software Project Management

Consider Oracle Standard Edition to Reduce Database Management System Costs sponsored by Quest Software, now a part of Dell WHITE PAPER: Is your company spending too much on Oracle database management licensing and maintenance solutions? Discover a way your organization can save money on database management and licensing. Read this Gartner report, compliments of Quest Software, today. Posted: 12 Oct 2010 \| Published: 12 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Database Administration \| Database Management Software \| Databases \| High Availability \| Oracle (Product) \| Scalability Testing \| Software Licensing

Customer Perspectives on the Benefits of a Collaborative Process to Deliver Software Quality sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This Hurwitz and Associates whitepaper shares the successes, challenges and future plans of three companies - Sogeti Group, Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), and Scotiabank. Posted: 11 Sep 2009 \| Published: 11 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Development \| Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Software \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Infrastructure \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Selection

Customer Relationship Management - Integration for a Customer Centric View sponsored by Sage (UK) Limited WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides a valuable list of factors for executive management, IT decision makers and sales professionals to consider when planning a successful CRM integration project. Posted: 14 Aug 2008 \| Published: 14 Aug 2008 TOPICS: CRM \| Customer Satisfaction \| Customer Service \| Manufacturing \| ROI \| Sales \| Software

Customers Achieve Extreme Performance at Lowest Cost with Oracle Exadata Database Machine sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper contains a sampling of real business results that organizations in a variety of industries worldwide have achieved by implementing Oracle Exadata. Read now to learn more. Posted: 26 Mar 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Hardware \| Oracle (Product) \| Private Cloud \| Private cloud computing \| Scalability Testing \| Software \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Dashboard Software Buyers Guide sponsored by LogiXML WHITE PAPER: This paper will guide you through the process of understanding organizational requirements, which will dictate which software is the best fit to meet your needs and accomplish your goals. Based on these organizational requirements, we provide an evaluation checklist to evaluate various solutions. Posted: 04 Nov 2011 \| Published: 04 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Dashboards \| Software

Data Mart Consolidation sponsored by Hexaware Technologies WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how Data Mart consolidation is an effective tool for saving money when dealing with large volumes of data. Posted: 12 Sep 2011 \| Published: 12 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Management \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Mart Architectures \| Data Marts \| Data Mirroring \| Data Quality \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| Data Warehouse Architectures \| Data Warehouse Software \| Data Warehouses \| Database Architectures \| Database Management Software

Data Quality Considerations in Master Data Management Structure sponsored by Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the challenges, solutions and importance of data management consolidation within an organization. Posted: 13 Sep 2011 \| Published: 13 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Quality \| Data Recovery \| Data Synchronization \| Data Visualization \| Data Warehouse Architectures \| Data Warehouse Software \| Database Management \| Database Management Software \| Database Performance Management \| Database Performance Management Software \| Databases

Data Quality: The Foundation of Operational Effectiveness sponsored by Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the importance of data quality operations and how to successfully implement a data quality strategy into your organization. Posted: 13 Sep 2011 \| Published: 13 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Data Governance \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| Data Warehouses \| Database Administration \| Database Management \| Database Management Software

Database Manageability and Productivity Cost Comparison Study: Oracle Database 11g Release 2 vs. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Release 2 sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Review this cost comparison study of Oracle Database 11g R2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and uncover which technology came out on top. Find out which solution offered a 49% higher time savings, 46% more in complexity savings, and whose time savings amounted to saving $58,800 per year per database administrator. Posted: 03 Jul 2012 \| Published: 25 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Cost Benefit Analysis \| Database Administrators \| Database Architectures \| Database Design \| Database Management \| Database Management Software \| Database Server Software \| Oracle (Product) \| SQL Server

Delivering Content That Makes a Difference: Local Control Facilitates Informed Decision-Making by Giving Users Access to Highly Relevant and Timely Information sponsored by Inmagic, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the key components of effective content management and provides relevant case studies to illustrate how companies have organized and managed content at the local level. Posted: 25 Feb 2004 \| Published: 01 Apr 2003 TOPICS: Content Management \| Content Management Software \| Corporate Portals \| Database Management \| Electronic Publishing Software \| Information Management \| Information Retrieval Software

Dell PowerVault MD3000 3000 Mailbox Single Copy Cluster Microsoft Exchange 2007 Storage Solution sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes a tested and validated storage solution for a 3000 mailbox Exchange 2007 environment with Single Copy Cluster in a high availability clustering mechanism based on the Microsoft Cluster Service shared storage. Posted: 27 Aug 2008 \| Published: 27 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Databases \| Hardware \| Microsoft Exchange \| RAID \| Software \| Testing \| Vendors

Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i 5000 Mailbox Single Copy Cluster Microsoft® Exchange 2007 Storage Solution sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This document provides information on Dell's PowerVault MD3000i Plus MD1000 storage solution for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, based on Microsoft Exchange Solution Reviewed Program (ESRP) Storage program. Posted: 27 Aug 2008 \| Published: 27 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Microsoft Exchange \| RAID \| Software \| Storage Capacity \| Testing \| Troubleshooting

Deploy Real-time Operational Detection and Prevention to Combat Various Threats and Fraud. sponsored by IBM Software Group WHITE PAPER: When you understand people and their names in context and in real time, you have an increased capability to preempt threats and fraud. Find out what you can do to help protect your business. Posted: 13 Mar 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Deployment \| Fraud \| Government Agencies (U.S.) \| Security \| Software \| Threats

Deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on Dell PowerEdge Servers and Dell Storage sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an architectural overview and configuration guidelines for deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 x64 SP2 with Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 x64 Enterprise or Standard Edition on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault. Posted: 27 Aug 2008 \| Published: 27 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Databases \| Fibre Channel \| Hardware \| Software \| SQL Server \| Testing \| Windows

Disaster Preparedness: Is there a hole in your disaster recovery plan? sponsored by Iron Mountain WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn how software escrow agreements can be a critical tool to help ensure application continuity within your business continuity plan. Posted: 04 Jan 2012 \| Published: 04 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Applications Management \| Business Continuity Planning \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Software \| Software Licensing

Document Management with Office SharePoint Server 2007 sponsored by Microsoft WHITE PAPER: The Office SharePoint Server 2007 document management solution is uniquely positioned to help your organization succeed with its document management goals. With Sharepoint you can extend document management capabilities to all employees, improving compliance with enterprise standards and delivering value to the business. Posted: 17 Apr 2009 \| Published: 01 Aug 2007 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Integration \| Applications Management \| Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| CIOs \| Software \| Software Best Practices \| Software Configuration Management

Driving Business Success with Software Reuse sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how Software Reuse and its underlying fundamentals have evolved dramatically. It also discusses the benefits of constructing critical enterprise software applications through reusable parts. Posted: 30 Jul 2008 \| Published: 01 Mar 2008 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Change Management \| Collaboration \| Configuration Management \| SOA \| Software \| Software Configuration Management \| Testing

Dynamic Initiators That Give You the Control You Need sponsored by MVS Solutions WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the initiator requirements, and how ThruPut Manager optimizes and automates batch job queuing and initiation. Posted: 21 Jan 2009 \| Published: 21 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Compliance Best Practices \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Load Balancing \| SLA \| Systems Software \| z/OS

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WAIS DEFINITION (continued): … and the client then accesses all the servers on which the database is distributed. The results provide a description of each text that meets the search requirements. The user can then retrieve the full text.WAIS (pronounced "ways") uses its own Internet protocol , an extension of the Z39.50 standard (Information Retrieval Service Definition and Protocol Specification for Library Applications) of the National Information Standards Organization. Web users can use WAIS by either downloading a WAIS client and a "gateway" to the Web browser or by using Telnet to connect to a public WAIS client.Because …
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