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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 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Business IT Alignment \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| CRM \| IT Best Practices \| IT Managers \| IT Systems \| SOA \| Web Applications Architectures \| Web Services Architecture \| Web Services Management

Integrating Corporate Travel, Procurement and Meetings Management: A Best Practices Roadmap to Strategic Meetings Management Success sponsored by StarCite WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, StarCite presents its latest industry research about where corporations stand when it comes to travel and meetings integration - and a roadmap for companies ready to reap the rewards of an integrated approach. Posted: 10 Mar 2009 \| Published: 09 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Cost Benefit Analysis \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Procurement \| Strategic Planning \| Teleconferencing Services \| Travel and Expense Management Software \| Videoconferencing Services \| Web Conferencing Services

The Business Case for Outsourcing to Vietnam sponsored by LogiGear Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides a business case for considering Vietnam as an offshore outsourcing destination, and offers specific examples from the IT and software industries, including a US software testing firm with a facility in Vietnam. Posted: 14 Jun 2011 \| Published: 14 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Business Process Outsourcing \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Economic Environment \| Governments \| Offshore Outsourcing \| Staffing \| Strategic Planning \| Workforce Planning

All you Need to Know About Oracle Siebel Application Testing sponsored by HP and Infosys WHITE PAPER: This paper discussed the origins of the solution and examines its key features which provide compelling benefits such as improving time-to-market by up to 30% and reducing testing costs by 40%. Posted: 09 Jun 2011 \| Published: 09 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| CRM \| Oracle (Product) \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing \| Testing

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 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Process Management \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Global Economy \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Pricing \| Product Management \| Productivity \| Revenue Projections \| SMBs

Lab Test: AppZero Turbo-Charges Server Consolidation sponsored by AppZero WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the impact of application virtualization technology on overall system performance. It documents a simple performance evaluation of application virtualization using AppZero virtual application appliance (VAA) compared to a VMware ESXbased system using virtual machines (VM). Posted: 04 Mar 2009 \| Published: 04 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Operating Systems \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Systems Management Services \| VMware

IBM System x Servers - The Right Choice. Open. Easy. Green sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: IBMSystemx is a portfolio of robust servers built on IBMX-Architecture's our blueprint for bringing innovation tox86systems. Innovation that helps set you apart from the competition. Learn more in this paper. Posted: 11 Sep 2008 \| Published: 11 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Cooling Equipment \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Center Management \| Power Supplies \| RAID \| Risk Assessment \| Scalability Testing \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software

How Pink OTC Markets Cuts Reporting Time and Operating Costs with a Market Data Warehouse Built on Vertica and Syncsort sponsored by Vertica Systems WHITE PAPER: Learn how Pink OTC Market Inc., the third largest U.S. equity trading marketing place, built a highly available and reliable (no downtime in a year of production use) data warehouse using Vertica's Analytic DBMS that cost-effectively stores billions of records and scales easily by simply adding CPUs without incurring additional licensing fees. Posted: 16 Jul 2010 \| Published: 16 Jul 2010 TOPICS: Analytic Applications Software \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Storage \| Data Warehouse Software \| Database Management Software \| Databases \| Query Tools \| Relational Database Management Software \| Reporting Software

Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Increasing energy efficiency with x86 servers. Robert Frances Group (RFG) explains why Intel/IBM is a winning combination. Posted: 23 Sep 2009 \| Published: 23 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Cost Benefit Analysis \| Energy Efficiency \| Green Data Center \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management

Managing Costs More Effectively sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This Ventana Research paper identifies the IT components that can be used to identify ways to improve cost management for success in today's recovering yet volatile market. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Budgeting \| CFOs \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Dashboards \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Financial Management \| Financial Reporting \| Forecasting, planning and budgeting software \| Lean Production