EBOOK - The key to unlocking outsourcing potential lies in targeting the right projects, choosing your suppliers wisely and then managing them with an eye on economic conditions at that global site. Here's a step-by-step plan for optimizing savings.
Posted: May 4, 2009 | Published: May 4, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | CIOs | Contract Management | ERP | Outsourcing | Project Management | Strategic Planning | Supplier Relationship Management

WHITE PAPER - Common problems with interdepartmental handling of customer issues include a mismatch of priorities, no shared understanding of customer impact, and overall communication problems between teams. The solution is to create enterprise-wide workflow and visibility..
Posted: April 21, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Change Management | Collaboration | Compliance (Systems Operations) | CRM | Customer Loyalty | Customer Service | Customer Support Software | Knowledge Management | Reporting Software | Workflow Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper examines the importance of change management in the success of enterprise application implementations and upgrades. It also identifies the successful elements of change management as they relate to people, process, and technology.
Posted: April 7, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Integration | Business Integration | Business Intelligence | Change Management | Oracle (Product) | ROI

WHITE PAPER - Safeguarding personally identifiable information (PII) and remaining in compliance with government regulations is a difficult challenge made easier with database tools from Embarcadero Technologies.
Posted: March 27, 2009 | Published: March 27, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | Database Management | Database Management Software | Database Security | Documentation | Personal Information Management Software | Regulatory Compliance | Security Standards | SQL Server | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management Software

EZINE - This first issue of SearchSoftwareQuality.com's Software Testing E-zine covers two new technology areas - virtualization and rich Internet applications (RIAs) - that are changing software testing approaches and presenting new challenges.
Posted: March 16, 2009 | Published: March 16, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Process Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | SOA | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

WHITE PAPER - Data transformation and integration are key areas where specialized products can yield impressive time and cost efficiencies and The DataDirect Data Integration Suite is one of the leaders in this space. Read this paper for a detailed analysis of this product.
Posted: March 16, 2009 | Published: March 16, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Process Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | SOA | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

WHITE PAPER - This document describes how to deploy DataDirect XML Converters for .NET on Microsoft BizTalk to help control the input and output ports of BizTalk applications that need to convert data in native formats to XML.
Posted: March 16, 2009 | Published: March 16, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Process Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | SOA | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

WHITE PAPER - In this product review, Benefitfocus IT professionals discuss their experiences with DataDirect XML Converters 4.0. They rate the product using several criteria and detail how the implemented the product into their IT enterprise.
Posted: March 16, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Process Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | SOA | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

ANALYST BRIEF - SOA, governance and application development are paramount to the growing application performance validation market. Read this white paper and learn how performance validation solutions evolved from application load testing to currently include enterprise load testing and application performance lifecycle management.
Posted: March 4, 2009 | Published: March 4, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Process Management | Change Management | Load Testing | Performance Testing | Project Management | Software Configuration Management

ANALYST REPORT - In Forrester's 79-criteria evaluation of requirements management tools vendors, five standalone requirements management tools and four application life-cycle management (ALM) solutions that include requirements management capabilities went head-to-head. Read this research paper to see how each one fared.
Posted: March 4, 2009 | Published: March 4, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Process Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | Performance Testing | Project Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper details the Cast Iron Integration Solution, which dramatically simplifies application integration today. As a purpose-built solution designed exclusively for application integration, it eliminates complexity from an integration problem and enables companies to implement projects in days, rather than weeks or months.
Posted: February 23, 2009 | Published: February 23, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Intelligence | Change Management | Configuration Management | IT Service Management | ITIL

ANALYST BRIEF - ITIL is quickly becoming the global standard in IT service delivery, and for good reason - it offers IT leaders a robust, flexible, and transparent way to manage technology services and align with the business. Read this brief for advice on it's proper implementation.
Posted: February 19, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Configuration Management | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | IT Service Management | ITIL

WEBCAST - This webinar discusses the challenges in designing a change management process, defining approval workflows, and conforming to IT governances such as Sarbanes-Oxley and SAS70. It also shows you how quickly Numara FootPrints Change Management helps effectively change, ensure compliance in IT, as well as other functional areas of your business.
Posted: February 19, 2009 | Premiered: February 19, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | Compliance (Finance) | Configuration Management | Infrastructure Management | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance