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Building a Robust Business Case for High Quality Master Data
sponsored by Melissa
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the key elements for building a proper, quantified business case. It presents the measures that are favored by corporate finance departments, and helps develop a strong business case for data quality and MDM projects. A number of real-life examples with quantifiable benefits are also included.
Posted: 19 Apr 2010 | Published: 01 Feb 2010

Melissa

Release Management: Closing the Gap in Application Lifecycle Management
sponsored by SERENA Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Businesses are struggling to keep up with the massive amount of change to their software applications. By strategically automating release management, companies can create a crisp, accurate Release Management function that dramatically boosts the competitive edge gained from application change. Control application change or let it control you.
Posted: 18 Jan 2011 | Published: 18 Jan 2011

SERENA Software, Inc.

Jumping on the Cloud-Wagon? AppZero's Virtual Application Appliance Approach
sponsored by AppZero
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains the attributes of AppZero's VAA approach to server-side application virtualization and conveys various advantages in the cloud environment.
Posted: 04 Mar 2009 | Published: 04 Mar 2009

AppZero

Enterprise Portal Rationalization: Using a Service-Oriented Architecture to Stop Web Asset Sprawl
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of the problem of Web sprawl, and an account of the rationalization strategies organizations are adopting to gain the upper hand on sprawl. Adopting a service-oriented architecture based on integrated application platform infrastructure emerges as the key to rationalizing sprawl.
Posted: 03 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009

Oracle Corporation

FlexNet and FDA 21 CFR Part 11
sponsored by Apriso Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Manufacturers regulated by the FDA 21 CFR Part 11 regulations understand that the integrity of manufacturing processes must be achieved and maintained in order to sustain compliance. The purpose of this document is to demonstrate that Apriso FlexNet platform and application suite can support the intent of the 21 CFR Part 11 regulatory guidelines.
Posted: 09 Mar 2011 | Published: 09 Mar 2011

Apriso Corporation

IBM PureFlex/SmartCloud vs. the VCE Vblock Cloud
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access this analyst report to learn why IBM's PureFlex represent a more compelling mainstream cloud alternative when compared with VCE's Vblock cloud offerings.
Posted: 20 May 2014 | Published: 13 Jun 2013

IBM

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

The Total Economic Impact™ of Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Management Pack, and Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Learn how Oracle's comprehensive industry leading configuration management and provisioning automation solutions help you reduce application management costs while delivering greater control and compliance.
Posted: 15 May 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009

Oracle Corporation

Platform HPC Workgroup Manager: Simplified Management of High-Performance Computing Clusters
sponsored by Platform Computing Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of Platform HPC Workgroup Manager (HPC-WM). HPC-WM dramatically simplifies both the installation and ongoing management of Linux clusters, making them accessible to even the smallest organizations.
Posted: 26 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

Platform Computing Corporation

What CFOs Should Ask their Software Development Leaders
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper illustrates a new way of thinking about the funding of IT software projects, one that considers funding in terms of investment, and value as an expansive, longitudinal variable.
Posted: 20 Sep 2011 | Published: 20 Sep 2011

IBM