Best Practices White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Information management is integral to successfully maintaining a competitive advantage. The value of all your data can increase or decrease over time depending on how you manage it. Read on to learn how to gain the insights into information management you need to succeed and gain that competitive edge that is now more important than ever.

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 | Published: 30 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: This Sun BluePrints™ article explains the process of moving an SAP environment from one system to another, and describes the resources and services available from Sun to assist users planning a migration.

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 | Published: 22 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Major data breaches have caused untold damage. These unfortunate events have led to the creation of a data security standard (PCI DSS) that all payment card industry members must comply to. This white paper helps to simplify and provide a deeper understanding of the PCI DSS v1.1 and discusses best practices to achieve PCI compliance.

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 | Published: 20 Feb 2008

WHITE PAPER: This document provides an overview of BlackBerry® Enterprise Server components and is intended to help administrators prepare for the design and delivery of disaster recovery procedures for the BlackBerry environment.

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 | Published: 18 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper analyzes the impact of the cloud on the IT Ecosystem and provides answers to what an organization needs to do in embracing a right cloud strategy.

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper will explore the impact agile development methodologies are having on the Project Management community, what new skills are required, and what the Project Manager can do to ease the transition.

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 08 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how the Dell™ Management Console Powered by Altiris™ from SymantecTM centralizes multiple aspects of systems management into a single easy-to-use tool.

Posted: 19 May 2009 | Published: 19 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: IT organizations are under increasing pressure to reduce costs while at the same time increase their ability to react to ongoing business demands. To achieve this they need to take advantage of the cost savings and flexibility of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Read this white paper to learn about more about SOA and its benefits.

Posted: 14 May 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: Profitability and cost management (PCM) is at the core of enterprise performance management, as it represents the bottom line for every company. However, there are multiple reasons why PCM is of particular relevance, especially today. Ready this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: By implementing loyalty programs that are integrated across sales, service, and marketing - across all channels of interaction - a firm can greatly enhance the customer experience, increase customer retention, and foster development of a community of people who serve as advocates for the business.

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 | Published: 27 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: The current economic downturn has resulted in contraction of IT Department budgets and a mandate to allocate resources to only the most critical projects, then execute it flawlessly. In these tough times, it is imperative for CIOs to deliver more value as IT budgets fall.

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 | Published: 03 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: ERP on the Shop Floor is as critical to the viability of the enterprise as any component in the execution of manufacturing. High performing manufacturers have found that full integration of real-time operational data collected from the shop floor to the top floor is key to reducing costs, streamlining operations and improving customer satisfaction.

Posted: 31 Mar 2009 | Published: 31 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: The Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) Cookbook highlights SOA best practices and challenges, detailing the importance of BPEL and other standards-based technologies in accelerating the adoption of an SOA.

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 | Published: 02 Aug 2007

WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines a framework and best practices for governance as it specifically relates to Service Orientated Architecture (SOA). It also introduces a Six Steps to Successful SOA Governance model.

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 | Published: 01 May 2007

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how CIOs can use governance best practices to mitigate the depth and duration of performance declines that often accompany periods of change and innovation. It will clarify what governance is - and isn't - and articulate how CIOs can begin to improve governance within their organizations.

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 | Published: 13 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn about the five best practices for deploying successful SOA and see rapid return on your investment.

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 | Published: 13 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper briefly describes PCI requirements, the benefits of compliance and the penalties for noncompliance.

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 | Published: 13 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: This document discusses how Network Appliance and VMware ESX Server 3.0 work together to provide an effective backup solution in the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) environment. The goal of the VMware/NetApp solution is to provide a crash-consistent process that takes advantage of snapshot-based backups.

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 | Published: 30 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: Metadata management is the foundation of data integration. This white paper examines the business advantages of effective metadata management.

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 | Published: 28 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business practices.

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 | Published: 23 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: With their rapid speed of deployment, integrated analytics and built-in best practices, on-demand CRM solutions can quickly vault a sales organization ahead of its rivals. And because of their flexible licensing structure, on-demand solutions can be deployed selectively, enabling businesses to deploy only as much CRM as they need.

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 | Published: 26 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper for the communications sector examines how inaccurate data can impact customer relationships and how implementing a multi-phase process can help feed cleaner customer data into enterprise solutions to maximize return on investment.

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 | Published: 20 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: In order to ensure the enterprise data warehouse will get the optimal performance and will scale as your data set grows you need to get three fundamental things correct, the hardware configuration, the data model and the data loading process.

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 | Published: 19 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: Procurement Outsourcing is defined as a process wherein organizations take a calculated approach of moving some of their processes around source to pay to a specialist.

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 | Published: 13 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: Here are four common mistakes an implementation leader and team can make, and suggestions on how to avoid them.

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 | Published: 12 Jan 2009