WHITE PAPER - Embedded software development teams in the medical device sector are striving to meet growing market demands while dealing with increased software complexity across global teams, business and engineering challenges with limited engineering resources and increased code complexity. Read this paper to learn how to optimize productivity challenges.
Posted: February 22, 2010 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Code Management | FDA Compliance | Medical Devices | Quality Control | Quality Control Standards | Regulatory Compliance | Software Development Methodologies | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing | Source Code Control

WHITE PAPER - LEAN Manufacturing is a powerful approach used by manufacturing companies to drastically improve manufacturing processes. In the business world, it is appropriate to ask how LEAN and ERP interact - if at all. This white paper clarifies the situations where ERP supports LEAN, the benefits of this support and why it only applies to some situations.
Posted: February 15, 2010 | Published: February 15, 2010


Topics:  ERP | Inventory Management | Just-In-Time | Kaizen | Lean Production | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Systems | Procurement | Quality Control | Shop Floor Control | Warehouse Management

PODCAST - In this 12 minute podcast, get expert advice for successfully leading data quality management initiatives. Find out more about data quality program planning, required skill sets and common challenges.
Posted: January 25, 2010 | Premiered: January 25, 2010


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Data Entry | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Quality Control | Training

WHITE PAPER - According to Forrester’s new report, 75% of a typical IT budget is spent on maintaining existing systems. By automating routine IT tasks, progressive firms become leaner and more responsive to business conditions. Download this free Forrester report to learn more about the benefits of IT automation.
Posted: January 21, 2010 | Published: January 21, 2010


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Data Center Management | IT Best Practices | IT Management | ITIL | Quality Control | Server Management | Server Virtualization | VMware | Workload Automation

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses five steps for protecting Windows Server applications from downtime, offering established best practices to reduce potential single points of failure and ensure rapid recovery or continued operations in the event of failure.
Posted: January 13, 2010 | Published: January 13, 2010


Topics:  Applications Management | Best Practices | Continuous Data Protection | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Replication | Downtime | High Availability | Network Management | Quality Control | RAID | Storage Management | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn about the IBM Rational Jazz project, which encapsulates three distinct but related initiatives in an effort to enable collaborative Application Lifecycle Management.
Posted: December 30, 2009 | Published: July 25, 2009


Topics:  Application Integration | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Life-Cycle Management Software | Applications Management | Collaboration | Collaborative Applications Software | Project Management | Quality Control | Web 2.0

PODCAST - In this expert podcast, industry analyst Simon Jacobson discusses the best starting point for a quality improvement initiative within a manufacturing plant, explores what types of software and technology can be used for support, explains why the IT team plays a key role in its success, offers tips on how to reduce error rates, and more.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Premiered: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Reengineering | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Software | Quality Control | Supply Chain Management

WEBCAST - Rapid bottleneck identification (RBI) is a new testing methodology that allows quality assurance (QA) professionals to very quickly uncover Web application performance limitations and determine the impact of those limitations on the end user experience.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Premiered: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Quality Control | Quality Control Staff | Quality Control Standards | Testing | Testing Laboratories

WHITE PAPER - Manufacturers are feeling new pressure on their operations from many directions. Dynamic market needs, increased compliance requirements, more distributed manufacturing operations, rapid product innovation, lean manufacturing, and the transition to new IT technology all manifest themselves on the plant floor and throughout the enterprise.
Posted: January 26, 2009 | Published: January 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Systems | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Management | Databases | ERP | Manufacturing | Quality Control | Real-time Analytics | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - In this guide you will learn the most commonly used business analysis and project management terms and it helps you better communicate with business analysis and project management professionals.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: December 10, 2008


Topics:  Databases | Enterprise | Project Management | QOS | Quality Control | Strategic Planning | Time Management

WHITE PAPER - QoS can be used in converged networks to provide voice packets priority access to resources, or it can be used to differentiate data packets from different application stream and provide access to resources according to policy.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: December 10, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | FTP | QOS | Quality Control | SLA | VoIP | WAN

PODCAST - In this podcast, virtualization expert Anil Desai talks with WhatIs.com's Alex Howard about the many ways virtualization can be used to improve software testing and development.
Posted: December 4, 2008 | Premiered: December 3, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Best Practices | Quality Control | Security | Software Migration | Software Testing | Software Upgrades | Software Virtualization | Virtual Machine Monitor

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

SOFTWARE DEMO - Infor ERP LN is an advanced, easy-to-use ERP solution that brings together a wide range of business functions to serve the needs of leading discrete and project-based manufacturers in industrial industries. Check out this demo for more details.
Posted: September 4, 2008 | Published: September 4, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Management | ERP | Financial Services | Manufacturing | Product Development | Quality Control | SOA | Supply Chains | User Interfaces | Warehouse Management | Web-Based Self-Service

WEBCAST - With BlackBerry wireless technology and the development of ATSG's wireless workflow applications, we have simplified collecting and managing information to save you money.
Posted: August 25, 2008 | Premiered: August 25, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Handheld Devices | PDA Operating Systems | PDA Software | Quality Control | Wireless Services