You are here: silicon.com > Resources > White Papers > IT Management > IT Infrastructure > Infrastructure Management

Momentum Webcast: Making the Transition to Integrated Software Configuration Management (Level 100)

Overview This webcast explains how to guide the organization's development team through the stages of being a cost center, to a more efficient cost center, to a business enabler, to a strategic asset. This transition can be greatly facilitated by implementing a comprehensive Software Configuration Management (SCM) solution that integrates version control with work items, reporting, builds, and other related activities. It also explains about the value of SCM, and what investments are needed to implement SCM in the organization.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft
Live Date	24th November 2006 01:00 GMT
Format	Webcast
Topics	Infrastructure Management, ITIL

Did you find this white paper useful?

IDC reports on Novell's Secure Desktop Solution: A Modern-Day Marriage of Business Benefit and Risk Reduction

Publisher:
Novell

Green IT: Reducing your Carbon Footprint with Citrix

Publisher:
Citrix Systems

Ovum Report: IBM Simplfies Service Management to facilitate business and IT

Publisher:
IBM

Protecting virtual macchines: the "best of Vmworld" approach

Publisher:
Citrix Systems

Security Beyond Corporate Boundaries: Using Citrix Application Delivery to Protect Corporate Information Anywhere Business Happens

Publisher:
Citrix Systems

Solaris 9 to make Sun more competitive

Solaris 9 integrates Sun's application server, resource manager and directory server as well as new capabilities such as firewall, volume manager and patch manager. With Solaris 9, Sun repositions the OS as a strategic asset in lowering TCO for...

Channel:
Servers

Devil's Advocate: How to make technology work

Might I be safer on this route if Network Rail, the successor to Railtrack, spends a lot of money to implement an asset register so that it can know the state of the track? An asset register might be the solution to this problem.

Channel:
Comment & Analysis

Retailers warned over £1.1bn fraud-busting scheme

At the supplier end the report said certification of products is time-consuming and also warned firms not to leave implementing the technology to the last minute to avoid a "bottleneck" of orders that cannot all be met by suppliers.

Channel:
Security Strategy

Through the fog... Software configuration management

To this end many SCM vendors provide the ability to enforce process during software development. In a simple process a programmer is assigned a change to make, they check out the code, which they can only access via the SCM system.

Channel:
Comment & Analysis

Analysis: Bringing IT in line with the business

Quick wins are important and the ITSMF's Lawes recommends three potential activities for initial investigation: change management; the service desk; and asset management. Asset management can save organisations money in many areas such as by...

Channel:
IT Governance

Is SOA testing tough enough?

For a full summary of the consultancy's activities, see www.quocirca.com. Almost three-fifths of respondents are implementing a large-scale SOA, including web-enabling existing applications. Among German organisations, 76 per cent are implementing...

Live Webcast: Telecoms 2.0 - Where is telecoms heading?

In this webcast, our panel of experts will review where we are with next generation telecoms in the UK, working through the concept of 'Telecoms 2.0': - Realising the potential of Next Generation Networks - why it isn't just about the technology? - What attributes should firms be looking for in their telco partner? - Is the relationship between telco provider and customer changing? - What things need to happen to make next generation services a reality? - You say you want the supplier to change. Do you want to change too? - What is Telecoms 2.0?

Publisher:
ZDNet UK

Telecom 2.0: Mind over matter

ntl:Telewest Business believes that the role of the telco is evolving. Gone are the days when it was enough to simply focus on circuits and minutes, customers now need a far higher degree of interaction and look for suppliers who will talk business solutions with them.

Publisher:
ntl:Telewest Business

IBM Information Server Change Data Capture

In today's fast-paced world, access to real-time data has never been more important. To be successful, organizations need to be able to report and analyze corporate data quickly and easily, regardless of what applications created the data, what platform they're running on, or what database they're stored in.

Publisher:
IBM

An examination of server consolidation: the trends that can drive efficiencies and help businesses gain a competitive edge

This white paper provides a starting point for organizations contemplating server consolidation. It includes an overview of server consolidation concepts and techniques and provides guidance on methodologies. It also looks at the potential cost savings associated with server consolidation and offers information on how organizations can sustain the advantage they have gained by consolidating their servers.

Publisher:
IBM

Also on silicon.com

Site Navigation:

Momentum Webcast: Making the Transition to Integrated Software Configuration Management (Level 100)

Quick Sitemap Links:

About Us

Search

Blogs

Verticals

Advertising Features

CNET Networks in Europe

CNET Networks in the United States

CNET Networks in Asia Pacific