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Performance Management Applications Overview
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Hyperion performance management applications deliver a wide range of Business benefits as well as IT benefits; this overview outlines key benefits.
Posted: 12 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2008

Oracle Corporation

Introduction to XML Gateways: Best Practices, Benefits & Requirements
sponsored by Forum Systems
WHITE PAPER: This paper will give you an overview of enabling virtualization and control, enforcing data-level privacy and integrity and control and audit information flow. You'll learn the best practices, benefits and requirements of XML Gateways.
Posted: 11 Sep 2009 | Published: 09 Sep 2009

Forum Systems

How to Cut Overhead Costs Right Now: Connect Remote Workers, Using VPN Security
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Giving remote workers easy and secure access to your network with virtual private network (VPN) technology can result in big savings.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Published: 14 Aug 2009

Cisco Systems, Inc.

How to Get Ahead in a Challenging Economy
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Like their larger counterparts, small businesses are turning to innovative, network-based communication tools to work more efficiently for less. Cisco offers a number of unified communications solutions tailored specifically to small businesses.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Published: 14 Aug 2009

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Growth And Complexity: The Challenges Ahead For Midsize Manufacturers
sponsored by SAP AG
WHITE PAPER: This is the first in a series of six reports addressing the opportunities and challenges faced by midsize manufacturers.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

SAP AG

Web Monitoring for Employee Productivity Enhancement
sponsored by GFI Software
WHITE PAPER: Employees both want and don't want to have their Internet use restricted. The key to success in gaining productivity and employee acceptance of the problem is the perception of fairness, clear goals and self enforcement. Web monitoring is good for business.
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009

GFI Software

BMC Database Administration Solution for DB2 z/OS
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: BMC provides a set of tools and utilities that are designed to automate the complex processes involved in updating and managing DB2 environments with the aim of being easy to use, and fast and effective in their execution.
Posted: 18 Apr 2009 | Published: 17 Apr 2009

BMC Software, Inc.

Leaning IT : Applying the Principle of "Pull" to Scale Agile Teams
sponsored by Rally Software
WHITE PAPER: Is your organization ready for this Agile "means to an end" or is Agile adoption inadvertently creating a classic "fix that fails?" Can Agile truly work at the Program level? This white paper is based on actual experiences of professionals who helped steer many of the largest Agile implementations done over the last five years.
Posted: 03 Apr 2009 | Published: 03 Apr 2009

Rally Software

Making Web 2.0 Work for Your Enterprise: Internal Deployments
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Making knowledge more visible increases innovation and shortens turnaround times. Increased collaboration accelerates productivity. With Web 2.0, your company transforms into a more-socially connected organization that reacts faster and more effectively to the market.
Posted: 03 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2008

Oracle Corporation

Making Web 2.0 Work for Your Enterprise: External Deployments
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Discover how several innovative companies are using collaboration, blogging communities, social networks, and related forms of communication to enhance branding, increase reputation among customers and communicate with them, create public support, and increase team productivity and knowledge sharing.
Posted: 03 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2008

Oracle Corporation

Overall Labor Effectiveness (OLE): Achieving a Highly Effective Workforce
sponsored by Kronos Incorporated
WHITE PAPER: A sound measurement framework is something every manufacturer would like to have. Yet today, most measurement systems focus on machinery effectiveness or production output.
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 | Published: 25 Mar 2009

Kronos Incorporated

Flexing the Workforce: Using Overall Labor Effectiveness to Manage Fluctuating Demand
sponsored by Kronos Incorporated
WHITE PAPER: Flexing the workforce is an efficient way to maintain labor effectiveness when there is changing demand. But when it's used ineffectively, it can act as a buffer that masks inefficiency.
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 | Published: 25 Mar 2009

Kronos Incorporated

EZ Insight Report: IBM Rational Jazz Strategy for Collaborative Application Lifecycle Management (Full report)
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Analyst report which includes new or expanded discussion of Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration, Rational Requirements Manager, Quality Manager, Insight, and IBM Software Delivery Services for Cloud and Rational Asset Manager.
Posted: 13 Mar 2009 | Published: 13 Mar 2009

IBM

A Business Intelligence (BI) Agenda for Midsize Organizations: Six Strategies for Success White Paper
sponsored by IBM Cognos
WHITE PAPER: Success in business intelligence is all about facilitating sound, data-driven decisions at every level of the business. Read this white paper to learn six strategies for BI success, drawn from the experiences of actual IBM Cognos customers.
Posted: 02 Mar 2009 | Published: 02 Mar 2009

IBM Cognos

Accelerate Value Creation: The Virtuous Cycle of Using Technology to Maximize Business Value
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Understanding how IT can drive value and competitive advantage for your company is important for executives in all industries. This SAP Executive Insight paper explores the relationship between IT investment and performance and productivity gains.
Posted: 30 Jan 2009 | Published: 18 Oct 2008

SAP America, Inc.

BladeCenter E-Kit
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Download a complimentary copy of the IBM BladeCenter e-kit which contains white papers, videos and case studies featuring real-life success stories.
Posted: 16 Jan 2009 | Published: 16 Jan 2009

IBM

State of the Portal Market
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: The focus of this paper is to provide readers a comprehensive understanding of real-world deployment practices, trends and ROI anecdotes for enterprise portal technologies.
Posted: 14 Jan 2009 | Published: 14 Jan 2009

Oracle Corporation

Total Economic Impact Of VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure - Healthcare Industry
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Find out how a VMware healthcare customer used VMware View, formerly VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, to reduce costs, free up office space and increase worker productivity in its remote offices.
Posted: 11 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Dec 2008

VMware, Inc.

Windows Server 2008 "Starter" GPOs
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: An old Chinese proverb advises us to "preserve the old, but know the new." Microsoft's old template concept has been preserved in the Windows Server 2008 operating system, in the form of what Microsoft calls the starter GPO (Group Policy Object).
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008

Global Knowledge

Getting Started with LINQ to XML
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: LINQ is an acronym which stands for Language Integrated Query. This new technology comes built into the .NET Framework 3.5 and can be used with any of the different languages that run under .NET. This paper serves as an introduction.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008

Global Knowledge

CCNA Wireless Certification
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This paper will describe the growing need for CCNA Wireless certification, what the CCNA Wireless certification is, its benefits, and what pre-requisites, exams, and training are required to get certified.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008

Global Knowledge

Introduction to Requirements - The Critical Details That Make or Break a Project
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper will discuss the various kinds of information technology requirements, their importance, the different requirement types, the concept of requirements engineering and the process for gathering requirements.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008

Global Knowledge

Benefits of Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2007
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: Unified Messaging integrates different streams of communication (e-mail, fax, video, SMS, voice, etc.) into a single, or, unified message store, that is accessible from a wide range of different devices.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008

Global Knowledge

Windows Essential Business Server 2008: Deploying Windows Mobile 6 with Windows Essential Business Server 2008
sponsored by Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: This document provides step-by-step instructions for deploying devices powered with Windows Mobile 6 in an IT infrastructure that is based on the Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (Windows EBS 2008) server solution.
Posted: 05 Dec 2008 | Published: 05 Dec 2008

Microsoft

How to Start a Windows Vista Pilot Deployment
sponsored by Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: Thinking about deploying Windows Vista? This guide gives an overview of how to successfully manage a pilot program that provides the best experience for pilot users and helps to provide positive project justification to business decision makers.
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 | Published: 26 Nov 2008

Microsoft