WHITE PAPER - Existing agile methods often focus on small, single-team projects, overlooking the broader impact of large programs. This paper outlines a distinct planning framework that has been successful in large-scale agile software development projects and relies..
Posted: June 19, 2007 | Published: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Application Development and Integration Services | Collaboration | Project Management | Project Management Software | ROI | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - It's hard to miss: the term Software as a Service (SaaS) is everywhere, garnering headlines in the technology press, leading to hot IPO's raved about in the financial press, and generally being described as the future of software technology.
Posted: March 31, 2009 | Published: March 31, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Backups | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Rapid Application Development | Shop Floor Control | Software as a Service | Software Development Tools | Software Implementation | Software Selection | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the Sun GlassFish™ Portfolio - an open platform for rapidly deploying Web applications throughout the enterprise - and explains how its use can help organizations to create cost-effective services solutions.
Posted: January 5, 2010 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Server Hardware | IT Managers | Open Source Software | Productivity | Software Development Tools | Web Applications Management | Web Applications Software | Web Services

WHITE PAPER - This white paper presents the key characteristics of successful agile managers as they introduce and scale agile methods. Learn what agile managers can do to help their teams and organizations adopt agile development practices to deliver real...
Posted: October 2, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | Productivity | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | Quality Control | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Quality Assurance

WHITE PAPER - In this paper we compare the major differences between three software deployment models: hardware appliances, virtual machine (VM) appliances and multitenant software‐as‐a‐service (Saas) – against a traditional software delivery model. The goal is to help independent software vendors (ISVs) make informed decisions about these deployment models.
Posted: February 17, 2010 | Published: February 17, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Infrastructure | Cloud Computing | Data Centers | Hardware | ISVs | Network Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | Software | Software as a Service | Systems Management | Virtual Appliance | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Virtual Machine

WHITE PAPER - Most projects involve data integration these days due to multiple applications and databases usage. It is necessary to plan and design the data integration parts of your projects to avoid a data integration tar pit. Read this paper to learn how Agile integration can help IT projects avoid this tangled mess of point-to point integrations.
Posted: January 7, 2010 | Published: January 6, 2010


Topics:  Data Integration | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Modeling | Data Quality | Metadata Standards | Rapid Application Development | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

RESOURCE CENTER - Don't think you're in the software business? Think again.
Posted: November 30, 2006 | Published: November 30, 2006


Topics:  Application Development | Application Development and Integration Services | Application Integration | Computer Software Industry | Software Architectures | Software Best Practices | Software Configuration Management | Software Development Tools | Software Implementation | Software Infrastructure | Software Licensing | Software Maintenance | Software Metrics | Software Project Management | Software Testing

WHITE PAPER - This white paper contains advice on improving application performance. It also gives 10 tips for building and managing a performance center of excellence.
Posted: February 9, 2010 | Published: February 9, 2010


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Quality Assurance

CASE STUDY - Facing pressure to deliver solutions quickly and meet rapidly changing priorities, investment banks are reluctant to change processes and adopt new tools. Learn how CollabNet enabled software development/change management process that would enable CMMI compliance while accommodating existing Agile development practices used by various teams.
Posted: January 6, 2010 | Published: January 6, 2010


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Life-Cycle Management Software | Change Management | CMM (Capability Maturity Model) | Collaborative Applications Software | Compliance (Finance) | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Software as a Service | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

TRIAL SOFTWARE - Distributed software development teams need tools to help them collaborate efficiently using Agile processes, while meeting regulatory requirements and business objectives.
Posted: January 4, 2010 | Published: January 4, 2010


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Life-Cycle Management Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Collaboration | Collaborative Applications Software | Collaborative Product Development | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses key issues surrounding configuration management and compliance, such as the IT department's need to lower costs, increase management flexibility and control, and increase responsiveness to business needs and requirements.
Posted: January 8, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Processes | Change Management | Configuration Management | Hardware | Infrastructure Management | IT Departments | ITIL | Risk Management | Software

WHITE PAPER - This document outlines step by step how to configure and access Lotus Sametime on a BlackBerry mobile device.
Posted: August 7, 2008 | Published: August 5, 2008


Topics:  Handheld Devices | Lotus Notes | Mobile Device Management | Software

TRIAL SOFTWARE - With Crystal Reports, you can: Empower end users to explore reports with on-report sorting and parameters, Minimize IT and developer effort with interactive reports.
Posted: April 30, 2009 | Published: April 30, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Modeling | Decision Support Databases | Decision Support Systems | Indexing (Information Management) | Indexing Software | Reporting Software | Software Development Tools | Web Development Tools

CASE STUDY - Dell is planning to upgrade its 100,000 desktop and portable computers to the Windows® 7 operating system to reduce desktop management costs and enhance data security. Read this case study to learn more about Dell's business needs as well as the features and benefits achieved from Microsoft's solutions.
Posted: November 25, 2009 | Published: November 25, 2009


Topics:  Operating Systems | PC Operating Systems | Productivity | Software | Software Implementation | Software Migration | Software Upgrades | Windows

DATA SHEET - Ensuring a consistent software build throughout an organization is one of the most expensive and time-consuming tasks facing any IT organization. Challenges include not only managing multiple client images for a range of hardware platforms and functional groups, but also meeting licensing and compliance requirements. ImageDirect can help.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | IT Management | Software | Software Implementation | Software Upgrades | TCO