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Principles of Agile Architecture sponsored by Rally Software WHITE PAPER: The benefits of Agile methods are becoming more obvious and compelling. While the most popular practices were developed and proven in small team environments, the interest and need for using Agile in the enterprise is growing rapidly... Posted: 14 Aug 2008 \| Published: 14 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Collaboration \| Collaborative Applications Software \| Enterprise \| Enterprise Systems \| SOA \| Software Architectures \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| SSO

Requirements Definition as the Foundation for Effective Software Delivery sponsored by IBM 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 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Collaboration \| Information Management \| Software \| Software Architectures \| Software Asset Management \| Software Best Practices \| Software Configuration Management \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Project Management \| Software Quality Assurance

Getting your Requirements Right: Collaborate with Stakeholders to Work Smarter sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper considers the changing focus of the requirements space and how requirements definition differs from requirements management. A business analyst's struggles with defining requirements using common office software and tools are related. Finally, a requirements definition solution is introduced and discussed. Posted: 26 May 2009 \| Published: 26 May 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Functional Requirements \| Software Architectures \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Software Project Management

Performance Center of Excellence sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise WHITE PAPER: As the application lifecycle evolves, components that drive efficiency and quality become more crucial. Organizations building centers of excellence (CoE) around performance testing find that the CoE centralizes resources and utilizes the full capabilities of today's robust automation products. Read on to learn more about the benefits of CoE. Posted: 27 Feb 2009 \| Published: 27 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Applications Management \| Software \| Software Architectures \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

Advancing Integration of Microsoft Hyper-V and Dell EqualLogic Virtualized SANs sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This paper will discuss the importance of an enterprise-class storage infrastructure as you migrate to a virtualized data center. Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area network (SAN) arrays enable advanced integration with the robust server virtualization. Posted: 09 Jun 2009 \| Published: 09 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Enterprise Architectures \| Enterprise Resource Management \| High Availability \| iSCSI SAN \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

Service Orientation and Its Role in Your Connected Systems Strategy: Building Distributed Applications sponsored by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents the Microsoft Corporation vision for service orientation and service-oriented architecture in enterprise computing. Posted: 20 Oct 2008 \| Published: 18 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Business Processes \| Enterprise \| Enterprise Computing \| Enterprise Systems \| SOA \| Strategic Planning \| Systems Integration \| Systems Management \| Web Services

Business Management in the Age of Enterprise 2.0: Why Business Model 1.0 Will Obsolete You sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we advocate a new definition for Enterprise 2.0. We explain the business drivers and demographic changes that are forcing new, collaborative business models. We identify the technological capabilities required for an Enterprise 2.0 platform, and highlight the transformational abilities of such a platform. Posted: 05 May 2009 \| Published: 01 Dec 2008 TOPICS: CIOs \| Data Center Management \| Data Management \| Demographic Profiles \| Enterprise \| Enterprise Architectures \| Enterprise Computing \| Enterprise Content Management \| Enterprise Systems \| ERP \| Oracle (Product)

Integrating Data in the Information System, an Open Source Approach sponsored by Talend WHITE PAPER: This White Paper describes a number of real-life applications and databases interoperability scenarios and explains how an Open Source approach helps in solving interoperability challenges. Read this paper to learn more about successfully connecting new technology deployments with existing infrastructure. Posted: 28 Jul 2009 \| Published: 28 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Synchronization \| Database Administration \| Database Architectures \| Interoperability \| Model Driven Architecture \| Open Source \| Open Source Software

Using Virtualization and Digital Control Technologies to Increase Data Center Operating Efficiency sponsored by Emerson Network Power WHITE PAPER: In this paper, learn about tools being developed to balance workload and improve thermal management in the data center. Access now to discover predictive information - combined with server virtualization, a service-oriented architecture and digital power and operating system controls - can optimize operating efficiencies and reduce costs by 20-30%. Posted: 07 Jul 2009 \| Published: 07 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Digital Asset Management \| Energy Efficiency \| Network Capacity \| Operating Equipment Efficiency or Effectiveness (OEE) \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| Server Virtualization \| SOA \| Storage Capacity \| Workload Automation

IBM WebSphere Application Server family: Flexible infrastructure for today's business world sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how to create a flexible infrastructure through the implementation of an SOA and alignment of business processes with strategic goals to overcome the challenges associated with the rapidly changing business world. Posted: 10 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Oct 2007 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Development \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Processes \| SOA