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IBM WebSphere Application Server family: Flexible infrastructure for today's business world
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how to create a flexible infrastructure through the implementation of an SOA and alignment of business processes with strategic goals to overcome the challenges associated with the rapidly changing business world.
Posted: 10 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2007

IBM

Gartner Magic Quadrant: Selecting a vendor
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: The demand for greater ecommerce capabilities is growing leading CIOs and IT professionals concerned with choosing the perfect vendor. Through this in-depth vendor analysis by Gartner, uncover the top 6 questions you should ask and the strengths and weaknesses of the top 20 e-commerce vendors.
Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 03 Nov 2011

IBM

Digital Transformation: Creating New Business Models Where Digital Meets Physical
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to discover what makes up an enterprise-grade digital transformation strategy. Gain insight into the 3 transformation paths available, 4 factors to consider before choosing a transformation policy, and 5 critical components an effective strategy must contain.
Posted: 22 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

IBM

Leadership Makes the Difference during Times of Global Financial Crisis: Optimizing Business Cycles through Technology Investment
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Investing in the right IT platform and end-to-end business processes enables companies to simplify the IT landscape and reduce total it cost.
Posted: 26 Jan 2009 | Published: 23 Jan 2009

SAP America, Inc.

The Power of Real-time Continuous Intelligence™ with ESP
sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the inherent challenges of dealing with "big data": overwhelming information that seems to come from everywhere and everything. Continue reading to discover strategies for overcoming these challenges by processing "big data" and providing impressive, real-time decision making.
Posted: 12 Jul 2011 | Published: 12 Jul 2011

Sybase, an SAP company

Managing the Extended Enterprise for Profitable Growth
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: When today's modern, extended enterprises make the move to standardize on a single business software solution, they often find that very few vendors offer products with the necessary scope and flexibility. Read this paper to discover the required elements of successful, unified business software for the extended enterprise.
Posted: 02 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2010

SAP America, Inc.

Eleven habits for highly successful BPM programs
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Using the framework of Stephen R. Covey’s best-selling book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, this resource describes 11 habits IT organizations must develop to foster business process management (BPM) success, including building a complete BPM while also forcing collaboration across the enterprise.
Posted: 06 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2010

IBM

Identify and Leverage Your Existing Service Life Cycles
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This executive brief will illustrate the progression of service management since the 1990s, illuminate the hidden service life cycles and discuss how, once they are visible, we can start to make them work — to improve services and better align IT with business objectives.
Posted: 22 Jul 2010 | Published: 22 Jul 2010

IBM

Enhancing Your Infrastructure in an Uncertain Economy to Support Your SOA Business Initiatives
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper defines the challenges facing today's IT executives and steps you can take now to support your organization’s SOA-based initiatives by cutting costs, leveraging your existing IT infrastructure and improving productivity.
Posted: 11 Nov 2009 | Published: 15 Jan 2009

IBM

Optimizing PC Performance with Simple Benchmarking Processes
sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Check out this paper to learn how to enhance PC performance and overall IT efficiency by utilizing Intel's unique new platform performance benchmarking process.
Posted: 02 Apr 2009 | Published: 03 Nov 2008

Intel Corporation