WHITE PAPER - Extending ERP is the focus of this document, which encompasses utilizing more functionality, extending the footprint beyond the core ERP functionality and making decisions between ERP vendors and pure play or "Best of Breed" solutions.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: September 17, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | CIOs | ERP | Middleware | Product Life Cycles | SOA | Supply Chain Management | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - The goal of this paper is to paint the EIM landscape, noting its components but focusing on the importance of an overarching EIM strategy that focuses on corporate objectives while at the same time offering cross-functional support.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: September 5, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Governance | Data Quality | Information Management | Master Data Management | Metadata | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This paper reviews multiple compelling issues of establishing and maintaining connectivity to manufacturing operations to achieve the Perfect Plant through an existing ERP system.
Posted: September 10, 2008 | Published: September 10, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | ERP | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Software | Master Data Management | SAP (Product) | SOA

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: August 14, 2008 | Published: August 14, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Collaboration | Collaborative Applications Software | Enterprise | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains business strategies, trends, and issues related to enterprise resource planning, financial management, operations management, and human capital management that drive the consideration of ESA.
Posted: August 6, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2006


Topics:  Business Intelligence | ERP | ERP Software | Financial Management | Productivity | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This paper reviews the forces that affect the professional services market today, defines and explains the main pillars of service delivery innovation, and reviews the benefits firms derive from service delivery innovation.
Posted: August 6, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Globalization | Outsourcing | Professional Services Industries | SOA | Software as a Service

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - This E-Guide explains the changes in traditional network management and how Web 2.0, SOA, IMS and other application-heavy delivery platforms are changing the management requirements.
Posted: August 5, 2008 | Published: August 5, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Accounting | Hardware | IPTV | Network Management | Network Traffic Management | Networking | SOA | Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explains how Software Reuse and its underlying fundamentals have evolved dramatically. It also discusses the benefits of constructing critical enterprise software applications through reusable parts.
Posted: July 30, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Change Management | Collaboration | Configuration Management | SOA | Software | Software Configuration Management | Testing

WHITE PAPER - This white paper introduces the steps that organizations must take to improve their systems and software development processes, by implementing key best practices and uniting development teams with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Best Practices | Change Management | Collaboration | Embedded Systems Hardware | Infrastructure Management | SOA | Software | Software Configuration Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper is based on the results of an SAP Enterprise Services Community program project, in which a number of leading network and test solution vendors and SAP teamed up to build a production-like enterprise SOA-based application landscape.
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Bandwidth Management | Network Infrastructure | Network Performance | Network Performance Management Software | Network Security | SAP (Product) | SOA | WAN

WHITE PAPER - The concept of BAM revolved around the notion that data could be gathered at critical points and information produced that could give businesses the ability to make better decisions on a near-real-time basis.
Posted: November 30, 2006 | Published: November 1, 2006


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | Data Visualization | Middleware | Reporting Software | SOA

WHITE PAPER - Given the increasing importance of service-oriented architecture (SOA), this white paper cuts through the marketing hype surrounding SOA and focuses on the three most important facts you need to know about this groundbreaking technology.
Posted: June 7, 2006 | Published: June 1, 2006


Topics:  .NET | Application Integration | Change Management | Composite Applications Software | Content Integration Software | Enterprise Resource Management | Globalization | Network Best Practices | SOA | Web Services Architecture | Web Services Management