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Leverage ERP for Sales & Operations Planning
sponsored by IFS
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to use your ERP to facilitate Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), which helps manufacturers rapidly adjust to changes in the market.
Posted: 12 Jan 2009 | Published: 12 Jan 2009

IFS

The Superstar CFO - Optimizing an Increasingly Complex Role
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this CFO Research study to understand how CFOs should prioritize the external and company-wide mandates, as well as how they should manage the finance function itself.
Posted: 01 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 May 2007

SAP America, Inc.

The SOA Competitive Landscape Redefined: A Manager's Guide to SOA Platforms
sponsored by Fiorano Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes an approach to evaluating an SOA platform, that is aimed at creating a system based upon a service-oriented application composition and a peer-to-peer distributed infrastructure architecture.
Posted: 13 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

Fiorano Software, Inc.

Management Excellence: The Metrics Reloaded
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: In performance management, consistency is king. The simple sounding steps-identify and focus on value drivers, and align the organization to drive results - beg the question: What's the best performance management framework? Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2008

Oracle Corporation

SOA Governance: Framework and Best Practices
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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

Oracle Corporation

Transforming Storage Operations from Entrepreneurial to Predictive
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Some organizations continue to operate without documented processes, procedures and polices. Learn how to avoid risks to services levels, business continuity - and a new approach to IT - one that moves from a reactive to a more predictive model.
Posted: 13 Dec 2004 | Published: 01 Dec 2004

EMC Corporation

SOA Implementation with an Offshore Partner
sponsored by Torry Harris Business Solutions
WHITE PAPER: Learn how to overcome the cost and time of service-oriented architecture (SOA) development by collaborating with an experienced offshore partner.
Posted: 31 Oct 2006 | Published: 01 Oct 2006

Torry Harris Business Solutions

Scaling Enterprise SOA Deployments: Benefits of a Service-Grid Architecture Powering Next-Generation SOA Deployments
sponsored by Fiorano Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper reviews modern enterprise service grids and how their brokered peer-to-peer architecture offer ease of use for a wide array of distributed computing projects including the SOA market.
Posted: 13 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

Fiorano Software, Inc.

Protection on demand: information security that works for you - instead of putting you to work.
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn more about the new approach to information security, protection on demand, which simplifies security and produces cost savings.
Posted: 18 Feb 2009 | Published: 18 Feb 2009

IBM

SOA: The Missing Link between Enterprise Architecture and Solution Architecture
sponsored by Infosys Technologies Limited
WHITE PAPER: Service-oriented architecture (SOA) and enterprise architecture (EA) strive to tighten the business and IT alignment. Learn about the dependencies between an EA framework and an SOA strategy and how services impact the way applications are developed.
Posted: 14 May 2007 | Published: 01 Mar 2007

Infosys Technologies Limited