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SOA ...Now What
The paper looks at the history of systems integration, workflow and BPM applications and the benefits possible from coupling SOA and BPM in todays contemporary IT landscape. It also discusses...

Tags: call center - contact, soa, systems integration, landscape

44% found useful
04/11/08

Build your own consulting contract using this sample form
Both independent consultants and their clients benefit when they're working with a solid contract. Download this sample contract from TechRepublic member and IT consultant Randy Barger as a guide for...

Tags: services, clients, benefit, contract

52% found useful
30/01/06

Say 'no thanks' the right way with this sample rejection letter
It's a good practice to let job candidates know when they haven't gotten the job. Use this sample thanks-but-no-thanks letter to build goodwill with people who may be a better...

Tags: career development, job, details, candidates

48% found useful
29/09/05

11 things to consider for File Virtualization
As organizations struggle to cope with the exponential growth of data, especially in the unstructured and decentralized file space, the urgency to gain better control, visibility and transparency of file...

Tags: data visualization, space, file, struggle

50% found useful
10/09/08

High Level Best Practices in Software Configuration Management
When deploying new software configuration management (SCM) tools, implementers sometimes focus on perfecting fine-grained activities, while unwittingly carrying forward poor, large-scale practices from their previous jobs or tools. The result...

Tags: software project management, software configuration management, authors, carrying

46% found useful
27/10/08

Data Governance for Master Data Management and Beyond
There is growing interest on behalf of both data management professionals and senior business managers to understand the motivations, mechanics, and benefits of instituting data governance within an organization. This...

Tags: knowledge and data management, david, compliance, regulatory compliance

48% found useful
09/05/08

BPM Done Right: 15 Ways To Succeed Where Others Have Failed
Business Process Management (BPM) promises are real, but the path to success is littered with pitfalls and shortcuts to failure. Adopting best practices gained from Software AG's wealth of experience...

Tags: infrastructure management, wealth, mike, gained

40% found useful
14/03/08

Microsoft Office System Webcast: Tips and Tricks for Using OneNote and Groove in the 2007 Version of Office Enterprise (Level 100)
This webcast shows how Microsoft Office Groove 2007 and Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 add capabilities beyond those of the 2007 version of Microsoft Office Professional Plus to create a solution...

Tags: collaboration tools

43% found useful
27/06/06

Step by step: Configure a Windows Server 2003 VPN—Server side
Set up a Windows Server 2003-based PPTP virtual private network (VPN) with this step-by-step installation and configuration guide. No matter how small or large your network may be it is a...

Tags: vpns, administrator, authentication, configuration

94% found useful
26/07/05

Download this sample IT due diligence report template
Performing a technology due diligence is a good way to understand your client's technology and assess the financial implications of its technology plans. Here is a template you can use...

Tags: services, implications, assess, organize

44% found useful
25/01/02

POS Buyers Guide or How to Stay Away From Common Mistakes
This paper discusses some of the factors one should consider before investing in a POS system. For the up front investment for hardware, software and networking, one must add the...

Tags: point of sale devices, vendors, house, maintenance

60% found useful
04/05/06

A Taxonomy of the Linux Network Stack
This paper tries to give readers not familiar with the Linux network stack a gentle introduction to the fundamental concepts, data types and functions. The goal is not so much...

Tags: tcp - ip

32% found useful
17/06/08

ITIL - Service Approach for Siemens Enterprise Communications
The structure of ITIL is evolving from Version 2 to Version 3; understand how the adoption and application of the ITIL framework can add value to your enterprise, and how...

Tags: outsourcing, service delivery, adoption, itil framework

52% found useful
08/10/08

802.11n Access Points and Power over Ethernet: Key Considerations
In this 5 page report, you'll discover more about the key technical considerations when making the move to 802.11n.The report provides:? An overview of PoE ? Information on verifying power...

Tags: switching, poe, considerations, discover

34% found useful
08/10/08

A Pragmatic Approach to Server and Data Center Consolidation
This whitepaper provides an overview of the factors driving consolidation initiatives and considers best practices for ensuring a successful consolidation initiative and a maximum return on investment. It also...
77% found useful
03/09/08

Guide to Creating and Configuring a Server Cluster under Windows Server 2003
A server cluster is a group of independent servers working collectively and running the Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS). Server clusters provide high availability, failback, scalability, and manageability for resources and...

Tags: server consolidation, microsoft windows, device, edition

86% found useful
30/05/03

Creating a Value Driven Change Capability for Executing Organisational Strategy
Investment in change is in an attempt to create a 'better tomorrow' for the organisation. This free article looks at how organisations enhance their capability for executing the business strategy....

Tags: finance, emphasis, enhance, article

32% found useful
13/10/08

Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS to Achieve Highly Available, Load-Balanced Clusters
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS operating system integrates Cluster Manager and IP Load Balancing, the features that improve cluster functionality. This white paper describes how these features can be...

Tags: linux server os, manager, clients, linux

56% found useful
01/11/03

Choosing the Right Hardware for Server Virtualization
Currently, virtualization is one of the most talked about new technologies in IT infrastructure. The ability to virtualize servers and reclaim, up until now, excess capacity has caught the interest...

Tags: processors, cooling, vendor, datacenter

34% found useful
22/10/08

Vmware-Disaster Recovery Solutions from Vmware
VMware Infrastructure transforms disaster recovery byproviding you rapid, reliable and cost-effective disasterrecovery:? Makes disaster recovery affordable through consolidationsavings and re-use of existing servers for your disasterrecovery site? Provides rapid recovery...

Tags: disaster recovery, reliability, disaster recovery, provisioning

67% found useful
05/11/08

Define project expectations with this criteria acceptance form
Establishing acceptance criteria at the beginning of a project helps ensure that the results are well received. This sample form will make those criteria clear from the project outset. Detailing acceptance...

Tags: services, front end, acceptance, usability

74% found useful
17/11/05

Defining IT Portfolio Management
Business cases for IT investments are now the norm rather than the exception. However, projects are still considered individually as discrete investments. Likewise, there is often a segmentation between new...

Tags: software project management, cases, concepts, maintenance

76% found useful
29/09/04

Next Generation Networks and the migration towards convergence
The benefits of converged data and voice networks have been on the horizon for some time, but it is only now that they have become a viable option for the...

Tags: ethernet, viable, firms, converged

40% found useful
31/10/08

The Five Pitfalls of Implementing Project & Workflow Management Software
The benefits of implementing an end-to-end project and workflow management system may seem like a panacea to executives and senior managers. Operational efficiencies and increased collaboration among employees may result,...

Tags: groupware - workflow

54% found useful
01/05/07

Building a Real-World Model to Assess Virtualization Platforms
To drive business decisions in the data center, Intel IT created a performance-driven methodology to compare the operating costs of virtualization platforms. We approximate the total cost of ownership (TCO)...

Tags: processors, intel, workload, consumption

44% found useful
22/10/08



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