Fiorano Vs. Oracle - Integration Server Comparison
[ Source: Fiorano Software ]
October 2009-
This whitepaper compares the performance and ease-of-use of the Fiorano and Oracle SOA platforms in the deployment of one of the most popular patterns in integration: The Database Consistency Integration Pattern. In this pattern, an update to a table in a source database (DB1) results in an update to another table in a target database (DB2) running on a different machine. Information flow is one-way, from source to target, and asynchronous.
To ensure ....
Cloud Computing Implementation Frameworks and SOA
[ Source: Fiorano Software ]
November 2009-
Today's enterprise environment is rapidly changing. The disparate mix of operating systems, applications and databases for businesses and organizations increasingly characterizes the IT system landscape, exacerbated by consolidation across nearly all industry sectors. Service-agnostic cloud computing and frameworks to efficiently harness, provision, launch, debug, and manage distributed services virtualized across the enterprise poses both, a great challenge and an opportunity to streamline business operations.
As enterprise applications and technologies grow in complexity and ....
Modeling the Virtual Data Center
[ Source: Elastra ]
November 2009-
The transition to cloud computing is not simply about outsourcing or applying old technology to new IT processes, it signals a shift in how IT is designed and delivered. The ultimate value of cloud computing is realized by significantly reducing lead times needed to deliver critical business services. And, to realize this value, a new approach to modeling the new “virtual” data center should be considered.
The quickest path to model-driven automation within the ....
Application Infrastructure Automation: Tools for fast and cost-effective application deployment
[ Source: Elastra ]
December 2009-
By automating IT service delivery many IT organizations are significantly reducing lead times needed to deliver business change. At the same time, application development has become more agile by using design patterns, service-oriented architectures, and new capabilities in development and testing tools.
Despite this progress, managing the application infrastructure—the varied layers between servers, operating systems, and applications—remains very complex. In most business-critical applications, intricate relationships exist between applications, servers, networks, and storage infrastructures. These ....
Migrating to the Cloud: An Alternative for SAP Customers
[ Source: NetSuite ]
September 2009-
SAP R/3 customers face a major decision in the next few months as the extended maintenance contracts for old SAP releases end.
In one scenario, many customers have customized their SAP systems extensively and therefore have not kept pace with new releases. These customers now face the frightening prospect of upgrading their instances of SAP across the entire company, which is an expensive and high-risk undertaking. The cost of such an upgrade threatens to ....
Web Based Software and Savings: Customers Give you the Real Story
[ Source: NetSuite ]
September 2009-
Four global companies were able to reduce operational costs, eliminate WAN and improve customer shipping times.
This whitepaper explains how web-based software helped these companies drive greater productivity and profitability.
Deliver power and expandability at a price growing innovators such as yourself can afford. Download this whitepaper to find out how.
Best Practices for Migrating from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint
[ Source: Quest Software ]
September 2008-
Is your business planning a migration from IBM Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint? Many companies are for a number of reasons: Microsoft’s rich and varied features, the business value of becoming a Microsoft partner and the high availability of IT staff trained on Microsoft technology. However, it’s one of the most complex, labor-intensive projects your enterprise can undertake. If not properly planned and executed, it can lead to disaster.
In the ....
Perspectives from the Cloud: Now and Tomorrow
[ Source: Capgemini ]
November 2009-
Discover the benefits of some of the top cloud computing applications by Microsoft and Oracle, and get the 6 critical steps to having a successful cloud computing initiative.
The Basics On Handling E-mail Attachments In e-Discovery
[ Source: Fios, Inc. ]
October 2009-
In the last few years, courts have become more familiar with the underlying technology of e-mail attachments. Arguments courts accepted only three years ago for mishandling attachments –- vendor errors during collection or processing, mistakes with e-mail archiving systems –- will not hold water in many courts today. Other than document review, nothing in e-discovery is as costly or time-consuming as an order to re-produce a bad production. It is imperative for the producing and ....
IDC Complex Event Processing Excerpt
[ Source: Progress Software ]
August 2009-
We all have an intuitive idea of what an event is. However, when it comes to the use of the term “event” within a business context then it is easy to get confused, and this isn’t helped by the various terms and acronyms used by software vendors and the market.
Nor is it immediately obvious (outside specific environments such as process and manufacturing systems control where the concept of shop floor events are ....