Application Portfolio Management White Papers

WHITE PAPER: This ebook presents CIOs and IT executives with a modern approach to becoming change agents and drive innovation within their organizations

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 | Published: 27 Feb 2014

WHITE PAPER: View this helpful white paper to learn how modernizing and rationalizing your application portfolio -- consolidating, eliminating, and transferring applications -- can help you make the most of your existing applications and ready your organization for adopting new platforms such as the cloud and mobile.

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 | Published: 30 Nov 2013

WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to learn about going beyond Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to Management-as-a-Service (MaaS) for industrialized, utility-based support of core applications. Discover how MaaS can help you optimize your application portfolio, identify inefficiencies, and ultimately enable more agile applications and reduce costs.

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 | Published: 30 Nov 2013

WHITE PAPER: In this comprehensive Forrester report, examine the total economic impact and potential ROI of IBM Rational tools for application portfolio management. Read on to evaluate the potential financial impact of these tools on your organization, so you can decide if they're the right APM technologies for your strategy

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This resource offers an in-depth look at the rationale and requirements related to re-hosting legacy apps to distributed or mid-range computing systems. Discover what it to takes to achieve a successful re-hosting project, and determine if it's a reality for your business.

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: If you have an aging application portfolio, it's probably hindering your ability to address growing market and customer demands. Access this resource to get help identifying opportunities for application modernization, and learn how to define a road map to successful application transformation.

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 | Published: 30 Jun 2013

WHITE PAPER: Managing applications in your SAP landscape has never been more difficult or more important than in today's ever-changing business environment. Access this resource to discover a comprehensive SAP application management service that can enhance the performance and agility of your complex SAP systems without breaking the bank.

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 | Published: 31 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: In order to combat the challenges of burdening legacy systems, CIOs often look to outsourcing companies for the cost efficiencies they need. But without the right application portfolio management (APM) strategy, those cost savings could be useless.

Posted: 19 Sep 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: Application testing is a critical step in the software development lifecycle, especially as application complexity and demand for faster delivery increases. In this resource, discover how end-to-end testing services can provide you with the tools that you need to more efficiently and effectively test your applications.

Posted: 19 Sep 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: Learn about the IBM private cloud platform and the standards IBm puts in place in order to allow organizations freely deploy, manage and distribute their applications and services across geographical and vendor technology boundaries.

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 | Published: 11 Sep 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights a simple, yet effective, way to solidify the advantages of Agile development. Learn how this easy-to-use, collaboration hub and decision support system can streamline the process of organizing, planning, and delivering Agile projects.

Posted: 22 May 2013 | Published: 22 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: In this resource discover answers to top questions when planning an application transformation along with a 12-stage approach to modernization that can ensure successful optimization of your application portfolio today.

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 | Published: 20 Feb 2013

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper that presents the importance of application transformation, and the significant challenges IT can face from an aging application portfolio.

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 | Published: 31 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to discover useful modernization strategies that can help you tackle the complexities of trimming your existing application portfolio in the right places to make room for innovation and ensuring seamless integration between all the moving parts of your IT operation— both legacy and new.

Posted: 22 Jan 2013 | Published: 31 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to discover the strategy that many organizations have successfully leveraged to update and modernize their application portfolios to reduce costs and create business agility.

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 | Published: 31 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: How can you gain better application portfolio transparency while reducing the cost of daily operations so that more of your IT budget is available to fund strategic innovation? Read this paper to learn best practices for application portfolio management that can help you make a significant, immediate effect on your IT budget and business agility.

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 | Published: 31 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this Forrester Consulting study to examine the total economic impact of application portfolio management (APM), a comprehensive, context-driven, strategic approach to ensuring that your IT investments support your current and future business plans.

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to find an integrated approach to software change and configuration management. Learn how to effectively balance the need for change v. availability of resources and make rational business decisions without disrupting your audit trail.

Posted: 23 May 2012 | Published: 23 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides new insights into the root causes of IT project failures and misalignment with business unit expectations, illustrates the path to optimized project and portfolio management from four different starting points, and provides step‑by‑step advice to help you reach new milestones quickly.

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: This resource examines a new way of enabling the agility an organization needs through an enterprise application marketplace that minimizes administrative effort. Users get a consumer-like, self-service experience where they can find software via built in search tools, then run it with one click.

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 | Published: 13 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: An IT modernization project will be unique to your business, and to successfully manage it you'll need the appropriate tools, resources, and best practices throughout the process. Read this paper to get a framework for initiating your modernization efforts.

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 02 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn about a service management solution that's optimized for IBM's System z, but compatible with other distributed systems, that provides the end-to-end visibility, control and automation for optimum business service delivery and IT infrastructure management.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2008

WHITE PAPER: An IT modernization project will be unique to your business, and to successfully manage it you'll need the appropriate tools, resources, and best practices throughout the process. Read this paper to get a framework for initiating your modernization efforts.

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 | Published: 30 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to discover how to improve overall application functioning by identifying and remediating performance issues and hidden pain points throughout your SAP environment.

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 | Published: 31 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper presents a new, broad and all-encompassing multiplatform view of modernization in the context of applications, people and teams that will help you see where to begin, and where a comprehensive strategy might lead.

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 | Published: 10 Nov 2011