Technical Standards White Papers

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Seven Steps to Achieving Better Requirements Engineering in Your Organization sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Requirements engineering is about more than just analyzing documenting requirements. It is an important and multifaceted part of systems engineering that broadens the product development process. Companies that successfully introduce a new requirements engineering process don't just change their process and technology; they change their thinking. Posted: 13 May 2009 \| Published: 31 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Collaborative Product Development \| Communications Software \| Product Design \| Product Development \| Product Life Cycles \| Standards

SOA Platforms - Evolving to Meet Stringent Market Realities sponsored by Fiorano Software, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the evolution of SOA platforms from point products to second-generation architectures such as the enterprise service grid. Posted: 13 Jun 2007 \| Published: 01 Jun 2007 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Process Management \| Computer Hardware \| Operating Systems \| Project Management \| SOA \| Standards

Demystifying IT Network Cabling Specifications from 5e to 7A sponsored by Siemon Company WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the current state of copper-based network cabling standards as defined by ISO and TIA. Learn the difference between category 5e, 6, 6A, 7 and 7A and Class D, E, EA, F and FA. Posted: 20 Aug 2007 \| Published: 01 Aug 2007 TOPICS: Category 3 Cable \| Category 4 Cable \| Category 5 Cable \| Category 6 Cable \| Standards \| Thick Ethernet Cable \| Thin Ethernet Cable

Holistic Master Data Management Solutions and Services: Establishing the Foundation for Increasing Business Value sponsored by Accenture WHITE PAPER: Master data management solutions helps organizations maximize the value of postmerger integrations, manage the product lifecycle, meet regulatory requirements and improve the effectiveness of transactional and reporting systems. Posted: 26 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Quality \| IT Management Services \| Master Data Management \| SAP (Product) \| Standards

SOA Best Practices: The BPEL Cookbook sponsored by Oracle Corporation 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 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Integration \| Best Practices \| BPEL \| SOA \| Standards \| Web Services

Getting Started with ITIL's CMDB: Best-Practice Tips for Enterprise IT Professionals sponsored by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) WHITE PAPER: Gain insight into ITIL's CMDB, the drivers for adoption, potential pitfalls on the road to CMDB success, and best-practices guidance to organizations undertaking a CMDB initiative. Posted: 09 Oct 2006 \| Published: 01 Feb 2007 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Service Management \| Change Management \| CMDB \| Configuration Management \| Enterprise Systems \| IT Service Management \| ITIL \| Service Level Management \| Standards

Addressing Compliance Initiatives with Center for Internet Security Benchmarks sponsored by Tripwire, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper details the background you need to build an effective compliance program by understanding benchmarks, the basic building blocks of compliance initiatives. You'll learn about the benchmarks specified by the Center for Internet Security (CIS), which are often used as a starting point for creating a compliance initiative. Posted: 30 Mar 2009 \| Published: 01 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Compliance (Finance) \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Audits \| Compliance Best Practices \| HIPAA \| HIPAA Compliance \| Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 \| Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance \| Security Audits \| Security Policies \| Security Standards

PCI Compliance Made Simple sponsored by Alert Logic 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 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Compliance (Finance) \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Log Management \| Payment Card Industry \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance \| Security \| Security Event Management \| Security Standards

The Impact of Messaging and Web Threats sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This Osterman Research white paper discusses how messaging threats are evolving, both as independent threats and as a delivery mechanism for web-based attacks. Posted: 09 May 2008 \| Published: 01 Apr 2008 TOPICS: Managed Services \| Messaging Protocols \| Messaging Security \| Risk Management \| Security Threats \| Spyware \| Virus Detection Software \| Virus Protection \| Web Threats

Mobile Social Networking and the Next Generation of Handheld Devices sponsored by BlackBerry WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how social networking and the next generation of handheld devices will improve business decision-making through efficient, unified communications and location awareness. Posted: 25 Feb 2009 \| Published: 25 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Handheld Devices \| Messaging Protocols \| Messaging Software \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Device Management Software \| Mobile Workers \| Remote Access Software \| Remote Computing \| Remote Network Management \| Social Networking