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Smarter system development: a systems engineering trade study to support green initiatives with model-driven development
sponsored by IBM
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

IBM

Making Business Relevant Information Instantly Available to More Users
sponsored by SAP
WHITE PAPER: Executives, managers, and business users need the ability to quickly discover, collect, analyze, and share relevant information and they need to be able to answer their own questions as they have them. Read this quick report to learn more about a solution that addresses just these needs.
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 19 Jun 2009

SAP

Leveraging Integration to Weather the Economic Storm
sponsored by Information Builders
WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights four primary ways to use integration to make your business better during a down economy. You'll discover how, with the right integration plan and supporting software in place, your company can increase efficiency, minimize expenses, and streamline and accelerate core processes.
Posted: 22 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009

Information Builders

Business Intelligence: The Strategic Imperative for CIOs
sponsored by Information Builders
WHITE PAPER: Business intelligence (BI) allows organizations to integrate applications and databases essential to users and enables analysis of information to optimize decision-making.
Posted: 18 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

Information Builders

Control IT With Configuration Audit and Control
sponsored by Tripwire, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Learn how establishing a change policy that enforces all changes are auditable and authorized, and all unauthorized changes are investigated, can enable IT organizations to reach compliance, security, and availability goals
Posted: 01 Mar 2007 | Published: 01 Feb 2007

Tripwire, Inc.

AT&T Business Continuity Survey: 2008
sponsored by AT&T Corp
WHITE PAPER: The goal of this business continuity survey was to learn what these executives were doing about business continuity, and how it figured in their overall IT strategy.
Posted: 06 Oct 2008 | Published: 04 Oct 2008

AT&T Corp

Enterprise Backup and Recovery Considerations: How to Maintain Your Restore-Readiness
sponsored by Sirius Computer Solutions
WHITE PAPER: IT systems are vulnerable to a variety of disruptions. This paper will focus on common processes and procedures that should be part of any effective enterprise backup/restore system.
Posted: 08 Jul 2009 | Published: 26 Jun 2009

Sirius Computer Solutions

Enterprise Portal Rationalization: Using a Service-Oriented Architecture to Stop Web Asset Sprawl
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of the problem of Web sprawl, and an account of the rationalization strategies organizations are adopting to gain the upper hand on sprawl. Adopting a service-oriented architecture based on integrated application platform infrastructure emerges as the key to rationalizing sprawl.
Posted: 03 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009

Oracle Corporation

Business Intelligence: The Definitive Guide for Midsize Organizations
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Business intelligence (BI) allows organizations to better understand, analyze, and even predict what's occurring in their company.
Posted: 09 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

SAP America, Inc.

Leadership Makes the Difference during Times of Global Financial Crisis: Optimizing Business Cycles through Technology Investment
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Investing in the right IT platform and end-to-end business processes enables companies to simplify the IT landscape and reduce total it cost.
Posted: 26 Jan 2009 | Published: 23 Jan 2009

SAP America, Inc.