All Research Sponsored By:IBM

Ten Steps to Better Requirements Management
WHITE PAPER: Requirements definition and management is an activity that has the potential to deliver a high, fast ROI. This white paper explains the characteristics of a good requirement and presents ten steps to better requirements management. Read on to learn how better requirements translate into easier, higher quality projects.
Posted: 02 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2008


Reversing the Requirement for Storage Growth -- IBM Consolidates and Simplifies Tier-2 Storage
WHITE PAPER: With the acquisition of Diligent Corporation, IBM has put itself in the rather unique position as the only vendor that can offer to the enterprise a complete backup/recovery solution with servers, disk, tape, software, and data deduplication technology, all rolled into one.
Posted: 01 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009


IBM System Storage TS7650 ProtecTIER Deduplication Appliance
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Deploying an IBM System Storage TS7650 ProtecTIER Deduplication Appliance can help organizations more efficiently protect their corporate data on disk-based storage while helping them manage the exponential growth of new data through reduction or elimination of duplicate data in their backups.
Posted: 01 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009


Guidelines for the Evaluation of Enterprise De-Duplication Solutions: How to Navigate the Pitfalls and Hyperbole
WHITE PAPER: This document is not intended to judge what is good or bad, right or wrong. The primary focus is educational, providing a background on the principles of de-duplication and recommendations to consider in planning an evaluation of de-duplication solutions.
Posted: 01 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009


Value-driven product management: Six keys to product success
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how assessment, alignment, achievability, accessibility, agility and accountability, the six key concepts of value-driven product management, can be applied to create a repeatable process for developing successful products.
Posted: 19 Mar 2009 | Published: 01 Jan 2009


Requirements Definition as the Foundation for Effective Software Delivery
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the challenges that impede teams as they try to collect, analyze, and evaluate ideas to define the best solution requirements. The paper also provides information on the four critical areas to defining great requirements and how IBM Rational® solutions help teams address these areas.
Posted: 16 Mar 2009 | Published: 13 Mar 2009


IBM Rational Asset Manager e-Kit
PRODUCT DEMO: Explore the benefits of Rational Asset Manager with this IBM e-Kit. The e-Kit includes demos, white papers and a webcast. Discover how to track and audit your assets to utilize them for reuse, especially within a service-oriented architecture.
Posted: 16 Mar 2009 | Premiered: 13 Mar 2009


Minimizing Code Defects to Improve Software Quality and Lower Development Costs
WHITE PAPER: This paper talks about why it's important to take a proactive approach to improving overall code quality using static and dynamic analysis. It then shows how IBM Rational Software Analyzer and IBM Rational PurifyPlus software can be used together to reduce the number of defects in your company's code.
Posted: 13 Mar 2009 | Published: 13 Mar 2009


EZ Insight Report: IBM Rational Jazz Strategy for Collaborative Application Lifecycle Management (Full report)
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


Nutra-Flo Drives Global Business with Robust Collaboration Platform
CASE STUDY: Read this case study to see how Nutra-Flo Company adopted Lotus Notes and Domino 8 to collect collaborative applications in a single customizable interface and conveniently group communications, helping to improve staff productivity.
Posted: 13 Mar 2009 | Published: 13 Mar 2009


IBM Lotus Sametime Software Integration with Microsoft Applications: Connecting, Conversing and Collaborating More Conveniently
WHITE PAPER: Check out this paper to learn about the many benefits of IBM Lotus Sametime software integration and how it can enhance the collaboration and unified communications capabilities of all your Microsoft Office applications.
Posted: 13 Mar 2009 | Published: 13 Mar 2009


IBM Lotus Complete Collaboration Express Starter Pack
SOFTWARE DEMO: Check out this software demo to see how the IBM Lotus Complete Collaboration Express Starter Pack works in conjunction with Lotus Domino and other applications to provide excellent collaboration capabilities and numerous other benefits.
Posted: 13 Mar 2009 | Premiered: 13 Mar 2009


Demo: Tivoli Identity Manager Express - Highlighting Security and Identity Management
SOFTWARE DEMO: This multi-part demonstration highlights the security and identity management functions, features, and value of IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Express, including how it can benefit your organization's endpoint security.
Posted: 13 Mar 2009 | Premiered: 13 Mar 2009


Celina Insurance Group Streamlines Collaborative Processes with Agents to Stay ahead of the Competition
CASE STUDY: Read this case study to see how Celina Insurance Group implemented a collaborative extranet based on IBM Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino to enhance their competitive edge.
Posted: 13 Mar 2009 | Published: 13 Mar 2009


Profiting from PCI Compliance
WHITE PAPER: This paper explores the efficiency gains of building a strategy designed around PCI compliance and discusses the value of obtaining outside support in your compliance efforts; it also examines potential vendor qualifications.
Posted: 13 Mar 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2007


IBM solidDB Universal Cache: Accelerating a Database Near You
WEBCAST: View this Webcast to explore the industry's first relational, in-memory caching software platform that accelerates a broad range of databases up to ten times.
Posted: 03 Mar 2009 | Premiered: Mar 17, 2009, 12:00 EDT (16:00 GMT)


Proven strategies for archiving complex relational data
WHITE PAPER: Maintaining only current active data in production environments improves service levels, increases availability and improves disaster recovery initiatives. Read this paper to learn how archiving allows organizations to reclaim valuable capacity, reduce risk and lower costs.
Posted: 24 Feb 2009 | Published: 24 Feb 2009


Aligning Business and IT through Connected Requirements: Unifying the Development Process
WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn how the connected-requirements approach serves as the framework for the use of products and technologies that are designed to allow you to optimize team performance, align the development process with your organization's business goals and meet auditing and regulatory compliance requirements.
Posted: 20 Feb 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2008


IBM System x Enterprise Servers in the New Enterprise Data Center
PRODUCT LITERATURE: IBM System x enterprise servers in the new emerging data center targets virtualization and consolidation, database, and enterprise applications, while focusing on performance, reliability, and manageability. This means better value for your IT dollar.
Posted: 19 Feb 2009 | Published: 19 Feb 2009


Go Green with IBM System x Servers and Intel Xeon Processors
PRODUCT LITERATURE: With energy prices on a steep climb, soon the cost to power and cool a server over its life span could equal its purchase price. By “going green” with energy-efficient IBM® System x™ servers featuring Intel® Xeon® processors, you can win back control of your IT budget--and win the battle with data center...
Posted: 19 Feb 2009 | Published: 19 Feb 2009


IC Intracom Consolidates Global ERP with IBM and SAP
CASE STUDY: In order for IC Intracom to gain an enterprise-wide view of business data, the organization needed to replace its aging ERP solutions. Working with IBM Global Business Services, IC Intracom implemented the IBM Express Wholesale Distribution Solution, a qualified SAP All-in-One partner solution, hosted by IBM Applications on Demand.
Posted: 18 Feb 2009 | Published: 18 Feb 2009


Security Appliances: New Strides in Preventing Intrusions
WHITE PAPER: According to the most recent FBI/CSI survey on computer crime, hackers were responsible for over $23 billion in losses in 2006. But security appliances, which incorporate an array of security functions, now give SMBs the ability to ward off security breaches without breaking the bank or hiring more IT staff.
Posted: 18 Feb 2009 | Published: 18 Feb 2009


IBM Security Event and Log Management Service
SERVICE LISTING: With Security Event and Log Management Service, you can assemble the collective mindshare of your organization's network applications and operating systems along with disparate security technologies into one platform. You can archive, analyze, correlate and trend security and network events, while managing response and remediation workflow.
Posted: 18 Feb 2009 | Published: 18 Feb 2009


Collaboration solutions: Solutions for small and medium business
RESOURCE CENTER: Check out this IBM resource center to identify collaboration software solutions specifically geared towards small and medium-sized businesses.
Posted: 18 Feb 2009 | Published: 18 Feb 2009


Software and Services Financing
WHITE PAPER: Financing information technology hardware is an accepted way of doing business. Clients are discovering the benefits of financing software and services and are making financing of software and services one of the fastest-growing segments of the IT financing industry. This paper explains the importance of aligning financing with IT transformation.
Posted: 18 Feb 2009 | Published: 18 Feb 2009