Warnier-Orr Diagrams

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn about an advanced service integration and management (SIAM) model that can help reduce the costs and complexities of global multi-supplier IT environments. Discover key advice for becoming a successful IT service broker.

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 | Published: 28 Feb 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how CIOs can take advantage of a cloud-enabled, multi-vendor approach to IT service delivery, and offers guidance on how to buy and integrate these IT services to gain the most value for your business.

Posted: 08 May 2013 | Published: 31 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: The short-term gains of ad hoc cloud adoption can quickly lead to long-term service integration and management pains without a well-developed cloud deployment plan. Review this essential resource to help guide you when designing your cloud service strategy.

Posted: 01 May 2013 | Published: 01 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: In order for businesses to remain competitive, they have to deliver innovative applications and service that surpass their competitors and are often the representation of their business. View this resource to learn how you can streamline processes for both your development and operations teams.

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 | Published: 29 Nov 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive white paper to learn how to optimize your organization's enterprise applications and give your data center the boost in efficiency it needs to put you ahead of the curve.

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 | Published: 30 Nov 0002

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses four key benefits to virtualization – business continuity, simplified IT management, the ability to reallocate IT resources to strategic means, and enhanced business responsiveness.

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 | Published: 29 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers useful tips on auditing SharePoint across the enterprise. Learn about a centralized monitoring and reporting structure that every organization should put into place before getting hit with a compliance audit.

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 | Published: 04 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: This resource highlights the results of an electronic survey that gathered responses from 179 senior executives on how they plan to deal with the changes in lease accounting proposed by FASB and IASB. Additionally, hear from FedEx's Chief Accounting Officer, as he discusses the implications of this change.

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 | Published: 27 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper takes an uncommon look at how – thanks to mobile and cloud technologies – the world of work is changing and why. Specifically, it focuses on ways IT leaders can be proactive about building a work environment that's ready for the future.

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 | Published: 12 Nov 2012

WHITE PAPER: IT has long played a reactionary role in company analytics initiatives, but with new challenges that big data presents, CIOs can lead their company by implementing a strategic, business-enabling technology. Read this resource to learn how CIOs can implement a strategic big data analytics architecture that supports overall business initiatives.

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 | Published: 14 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the role of workload automation in today's IT environments. Find out where many existing tools fall short as well as why an end-to-end process is recommended.

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 | Published: 01 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: Today’s application has become the enterprise’s ‘‘new perimeter’’. With better network‐level security technology hardening the network perimeter, malicious attackers are now focusing their efforts to strike at the least defended points ‐ the application. Read on to learn about automating code review for greater application security.

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 | Published: 10 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: Continuous compliance can help you narrow the gap between identifying compliance vulnerabilities and repairing systems to an audit-passing state. Read this paper to learn more.

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 | Published: 03 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper identifies common pitfalls in choosing and implementing e-procurement software. Find out e-procurement software best practices that help companies save time, save money, and increase the likelihood of a successful implementation.

Posted: 05 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

WHITE PAPER: This exclusive resource presents a baseline discovery auditing solution to help you gain insight into key infrastructure and application dependencies in your environment, before embarking on cloud, automation, or proactive operations initiatives.

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 | Published: 29 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Learn how enterprise software platforms for CRM and other applications remove much of the complexity of software development, operation and maintenance -- enabling you to extend on-demand success across your entire enterprise.

Posted: 18 Oct 2006 | Published: 01 Mar 2006

WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to learn helpful tips on how to develop and program Java so you can bring its advanced capabilities to your organization. Review best practices on how to tackle various components of the platform and uncover the skills you need to become an expert Java developer.

Posted: 02 May 2012 | Published: 03 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, IDC explores example case studies of IBM’s internal evolution to a social business as a means to guide other large organisations considering making a similar transition.

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 | Published: 22 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Mobile technology has taken the business world by storm, and IT teams must deal with a flood of new challenges. Read this paper to learn how to effectively deal with a constantly changing, complex mobile market, extremely high user expectations for rapid delivery of high quality mobile apps, and data security issues across varied devices.

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 | Published: 29 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the approaches for managing intellectual property during component-based software development, detailing the seven best practices an organization should adhere by to facilitate the successful management of software IP.

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers guidelines and best practices for IT organizations that are in the midst of, or are planning a migration to a new service desk platform. Within, learn how you can effortlessly migrate your tickets, workflow, knowledge articles, and more.

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 | Published: 05 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper points out the challenges of selecting a lifecycle management tool and presents a comparison of various technologies on the market. Explore 45 key features across seven areas, including discovery, inventory, asset management, and more.

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 | Published: 01 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Every day, millions of files are exchanged all over the world by corporations, government entities and other organizations. Most file transfers use the popular protocol known as FTP. This paper will examine how FTP has become the standard for business-to-business file transfers and the key pitfalls that face management using this open protocol.

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 | Published: 15 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: Sound business intelligence (BI) reporting can be invaluable in helping your business peers make the best decisions for your company. Ensuring error-free, end-to-end integration of data between processes distributed throughout your organization, however, can be challenging. Learn how scheduling and process automation technologies can help.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: You must ensure that the processes that move data from source to target systems run smoothly and quickly and that any errors are identified and resolved rapidly. This white paper takes a closer look at five common BI and ETL process management challenges that companies must address to deliver accurate data in a timely manner.

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 | Published: 29 Jul 2010