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From Reporting to Performance Management – A Roadmap: How IT Can Drive Better Business Performance
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how IT decision makers can drive better business performance through strong strategic, tactical, and advanced reporting.
Posted: 17 Mar 2010 | Published: 25 Jul 2009

IBM

6 Tips to Get Started with Automated Testing
sponsored by SmartBear Software
WHITE PAPER: Automated testing will shorten your development cycles, avoid cumbersome repetitive tasks and help improve software quality but how do you get started? The best practices discussed in this white paper help ensure results and a successful foundation for improving your software quality.
Posted: 14 Sep 2010 | Published: 14 Sep 2010

SmartBear Software

Running IT as a Business: Seven Steps to Aligning IT with the Business
sponsored by SAS
WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the 7 steps to aligning IT with the business. Find out what they are and how they can help your business provide customer-driven results.
Posted: 27 Jun 2011 | Published: 27 Jun 2011

SAS

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.

Capacity Management Is Crucial in Virtualized Environments: Without the Right Tools, IT Service Optimization Is Tricky
sponsored by TeamQuest Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Virtualization offers a more flexible solution where resources can be redistributed in accordance with shifting demands. However, virtualization resources add a new abstraction layer to the infrastructure stack, which can complicate IT service optimization. Read on to learn best practices for optimizing IT services in complex virtual environments.
Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Oct 2011

TeamQuest Corporation

The Business Case for Outsourcing to Vietnam
sponsored by LogiGear Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides a business case for considering Vietnam as an offshore outsourcing destination, and offers specific examples from the IT and software industries, including a US software testing firm with a facility in Vietnam.
Posted: 14 Jun 2011 | Published: 14 Jun 2011

LogiGear Corporation

Why Data Domain
sponsored by FusionStorm
WHITE PAPER: This paper focuses on Data Domain technology leadership and differentiation and why it matters to you. The purpose of this paper is to explore the technical and financial reasons why Data Domain systems are ideal for backup and archiving in your environment.
Posted: 29 May 2013 | Published: 31 Mar 2013

FusionStorm

IONA Artix Registry/Repository
sponsored by IONA Technologies
WHITE PAPER: SOA is distributed by nature and enterprise SOA initiatives require a level of governance to succeed long-term. Read this white paper and learn how Artix Registry/Repository effectively addresses the challenges of deploying and managing a distribut...
Posted: 19 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

IONA Technologies

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

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd

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