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LTE Video - A look inside Motorola's LTE labs by Motorola, Inc.
Motorola is very excited about the work going on in its LTE laboratories. They are developing LTE field trials in order to better develop the technology and mature the standard. This will provide a stepping stone for their commercial release in the second half of 2009. Motorola is very excited about
Best Practices for Optimizing SAP Accounts Payable by Dolphin Corporation
based operations, has much to gain from automation. A variety of applications and tools make it possible, including image scanning, automated workflow management and process tracking, optical character recognition (OCR) systems, and electronic invoicing (e- Invoicing).

This whitepaper discusses Dolphin's Best Practice approach and solutions for automating and
Guardium Vulnerability Assessment: Comprehensive Automated Tests Based On Best Practices by Guardium
perform security assessments of your database environment. Read this quick little data sheet to learn about some of the advantages of using automated vulnerability assessments. This quick little data sheet highlights some of the advantages of using automated vulnerability assessments. One of the best ways to secure database infrastructures - plus comply with regulations
Best Practices for Implementing Automated Functional Testing by Hewlett-Packard Company
By automating functional testing, you can take major steps forward to improve automated business processes. Your development and QA teams can increase the speed and accuracy, and your IT department can achieve a higher ROI from software projects. Today's enterprises need to conduct thorough functional testing
Best Practices in Reconciliation: A Practical Guide for Asset Managers by Advent Software, Inc
This whitepaper explains why automated reconciliation is quickly evolving into a competitive necessity. The costs associated with manual reconciliation, the benefits from automation, and the best reconciliation workflow model will all be discussed. While the
Creating a Case for Accounts Payable Automation in SAP by Dolphin Corporation
business processes, Accounts Payable still remains a largely manual and disconnected business process. This whitepaper discusses best practices options and a solid approach to implementing solutions for automating and optimizing Accounts Payable in the SAP environment. As economic realities dictate companies tighten financial controls and automate business
Johns Hopkins University Lowers Total Cost of Ownership across the Entire Oracle Stack by Oracle Corporation
use from Oracle. In this video Raymond Payne, Principal Architect, Oracle Infrastructure for Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory explains how My Oracle Support helped them to lower their total cost of ownership of the applications and technologies that they use from Oracle. People from his staff responsible for maintaining and updating these
Thinking Outside the Checkbox: How Continuous Compliance Delivers Measureable Value by Tripwire, Inc.
mandates and industry regulations can be a year behind the threat curve. That's why even late-adopting organizations are opting for best practices in governance and risk management. Automated continuous compliance is the best method for ensuring security and meeting regulatory standards, even as those standards become more stringent.

In this webcast, attendees will
Application Quality Lifecycle: Security, Functional and Performance Testing by Hewlett-Packard Company
HP QAInspect delivers automated security information that QA professionals and software testers can access at any point in the application development process to identify and remediate potential security defects. Web applications must be built with
Thinking Outside the Checkbox, How Continuous Compliance Delivers Measurable Value by Tripwire, Inc.
mandates and industry regulations can be a year behind the threat curve. That's why even late-adopting organizations are opting for best practices in governance and risk management. Automated continuous compliance is the best method for ensuring security and meeting regulatory standards, even as those standards become more stringent.

Read this white paper to learn:

  • What
SMART, Modular, Cost-Effective Steps to Workload Automation by BMC Software, Inc
This paper proposes a high-level methodology for implementation of Workload Automation (WLA) - a mature evolution of job scheduling that automates complex IT processing and includes support for event-driven workloads, multiple platforms, Web services, composite applications, SOAs, virtual
Meeting Performance Management Challenges with CA Mainframe Performance Management Suite by CA
Increased datacenter complexity amplifies the difficulties in applying proactive performance management practices. This paper outlines how CA Mainframe Performance Management Suite helps datacenter professionals maintain the high levels of performance enterprises expect from their mainframe environments. The new reality of
Get More Virtual with Dell and VMware vSphere by Dell, Inc.
Learn how Dell has designed and integrated the Dell EqualLogic Virtual SAN with VMware® vSphere 4.0 with to help you save money and get more virtual. Virtualization is no longer only about consolidation. It has emerged as a key strategic driver for maximizing IT cost savings and enables you to
Empowerment as a Growth Strategy: How Empowering Customer-facing Employees Leads to Extraordinary Results by Oracle Corporation
key customer-facing employees is the new path to achieving extraordinary, sustainable results. Read this white paper to learn four best practices on how establish an employee empowerment strategy. CRM must empower users to work above and beyond the traditional application boundaries and do the right thing for customers. Implementing a strict set of policies and
A Comprehensive Approach to Practicing ITIL Change Management by BMC Software, Inc
penalties and more.
Batch processing is a foundation technology in the modern enterprise.

ITIL, IT Infrastructure Library, is a set of best practices for IT organizations to make sure that IT is able to deliver consistent business service.
Three key areas of ITIL apply to address the problem of effectively managing change:

  • Service Desk
  • Configuration Management
  • Change
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    BPM Technology Taxonomy: A Guided Tour to the Application of BPM by SAP America Inc
    This paper provides a survey of the practices and technology related to business process management (BPM). Basic concepts are explained, the transformational effect on the enterprise is examined, and the value that BPM can create is analyzed. The paper then presents a survey
    Making Quality a Deliverable in Eclipse-Based Java Development by Instantiations

    One option to meet your code quality analysis challenges across all levels of the organization is CodePro AnalytiX™, a powerful suite of automated software quality and testing tools for defect detection, repair and reporting. CodePro AnalytiX has helped thousands of Java development teams improve code quality and reduce development costs by adhering to best
    Oversight Systems: Risk-Based Segregation of Duties by Oversight Systems
    with its patented real-time transaction inspection. Preventive controls combine with real-time detective controls to provide best practices in corporate governance, compliance and risk management.

    Until Oversight, companies had to choose between controls software that either tested a single ERP system for SoD conflicts or analyzed historical transactions
    6 Best Practices for Preventing Enterprise Data Loss by RSA, The Security Division of EMC
    220 million electronic records have been breached since January 2005, according to Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. This paper outlines six best practices for corporations seeking to prevent enterprise data loss in order to protect revenue, limit customer attrition, and meet government regulatory requirements. Not only is the number of data thefts and losses due to security
    Quality in Action: Using Rational Quality Manager by IBM
    organizationally and globally distributed, fluid and dynamic. Join us as we lead a discussion about the integrations with and leading practices for our newest software quality offering, Rational Quality Manager - a web-based software test management environment that enables teams to deliver greater quality software, improve operational efficiency and
    Automated Business Intelligence: Delivering Real Business Value, Quickly, Easily, and Affordably by Birst
    This White Paper explores how traditional approaches fall short, what the automated solution and its benefits look like, how the on-demand delivery model best represents the integrated stack necessary for automation, and how the automated, on-demand model brings the benefits of BI to a far broader audience than
    Focus on Your Business, Not Your Backups by Iron Mountain Digital
    it was necessary to integrate the IT operations of Geokinetics' acquired businesses, implement IT controls conforming to COSO/COBIT best practices and merge control activities into single-instance corporate controls. It was also necessary to establish a corporatewide system to automate the backup of key files and to create a compliant email archive. Challenging
    Automating Virtualization Management: Critical Management Practices for the Next Generation Data Center by CA
    This analyst report will take a look at how x86 virtualization has evolved and become available to a much wider audience and how it can enhance enterprise operations. Until recently only mainframe and enterprise-class server users have been able to easily flex the IT resources so that their
    HEALTHsuite® - Claims Processing Software by RAM Technologies, Inc.
    HEALTHsuite is an administrative claims processing system designed for health plans and other health care organizations. Rich in features and functions to support health plans of all sizes and types, HEALTHsuite supports all aspects of health care administration including HMO, Consumer Driven
    An integrated approach to requirements and quality management. by IBM
    In this white paper, we'll outline the many benefits of an integrated approach to requirements and quality management, as well as offer best practices for effective requirements-driven testing. Requirements management plays a critical role at virtually every stage of project development. Development teams that can consistently design projects using precise, measurable
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