Semantic Discord and Data (Dis)Integration
[ Source: expressor software corporation ]
February 2008-
As business requirements continue to accelerate, the ability of existing data integration technologies to solve those requirements lags appreciably behind. In an effort to address this issue, vendors have been frantically retooling their platforms and/or buying "complementary technologies" to help them stay afloat. Unfortunately, these incremental improvements and bolt-on solutions have not been successful in resolving the core problem. What is needed is a fundamental shift in the way that data integration projects are approached. ....
Underwriting Just Got Easier: Technology Integration at Unitrin Direct Enhances Customer Service
[ Source: Optical Image Technology - DocFinity ]
October 2007-
Unitrin Direct, an insurer that sells direct-to-consumer automobile insurance nationwide, had a vision to significantly expedite services and increase efficiency with integrated technologies. They began by automating the processing of returned mail, incomplete customer submissions, and collection of signatures required on underwriting documents. Integration of DocFinity document management and digital workflow software with their third-party automated call system, policy management software, third-party capture and indexing provider, claims management system, and data review criteria stored on ....
SOA Redefined: Simple. Open. Affordable.
[ Source: JBoss ]
December 2007-
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) enables enterprises to accelerate business execution while driving higher quality and customer satisfaction. The key to success in business is creating the ability to not only to respond to opportunities and threats, but to identify them as early as possible and drive your vision of your business to a successful delivery of product and service leadership. SOA allows enterprises to do this because it opens up the integration and automation of the ....
GAP Analysis: The Case for Data Services
[ Source: JBoss ]
May 2008-
Data services gather and integrate data from many different sources in real time, bridging gaps to create consolidated information views while hiding data source complexity from applications. A data service approach makes data access and integration scalable by streamlining development and maintenance, whether applications speak Web services, SQL, or both.
This white paper is a GAP Analysis for the case of Data Services. It reviews the need for data services, anatomy of a ....
Nucleus Research Analysis: NetSuite Helps Global Companies Cope
[ Source: NetSuite ]
May 2008-
This report reviews Nucleus Research's findings in a study of NetSuite OneWorld customers. Companies interviewed reported the ability to manage multiple currencies, languages, time zones, and accounting structures through a single interface. Learn more about the benefits offered to global companies.
Crazy John's: CRM Platform for Expansion
[ Source: ciboodle ]
June 2008-
With over 100 retail stores nationwide and an ambitious plan to launch Crazy John's as Australia's first large scale mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE), a greenfield CRM sales and service solution was required to provide high profile brand partners the ability to deliver new products to market. The solution would also need to leverage existing investments in billing, marketing and financial systems and have the capacity to scale in line with expansion plans.
Practical Advice for Leveraging CICS in an SOA
[ Source: Seagull Software ]
June 2008-
Exposing mainframe applications as Web services can be a daunting and time-consuming task. Yet CICS applications are the perfect way to make the mainframe an active participant in your SOA projects. This white paper features ways to improve time-to-market for mainframe Web services, and gives practical advice for leveraging CICS in your SOA projects.
Top 5 Myths of Screen Scraping
[ Source: Seagull Software ]
June 2008-
Many organizations with mainframe, System i or OpenVMS applications still ask their employees to use green-screen (or text-based) user interfaces to work with essential business information. Green-screens are a business problem and a technology problem. They're unappealing, hard to learn, intimidating, and accessible only with terminal emulation software. They’re also incompatible with modern application integration methods like Web services and SOA.
The appeal of screen-scraping is understandable — it's simple and inexpensive. But many ....
SOA for EAI
[ Source: Wipro Technologies ]
July 2008-
SOA with web services combination gives the agile power with flexibility to address the issues and challenges faced in the Enterprise application integration (EAI) world.
How to Resolve the Challenges of Biometric Technology Integration, Deployment, and Support
[ Source: M2SYS Technology ]
March 2008-
Biometric authentication components are emerging as an essential part of comprehensive business software applications and will play a central role in existing and future applications, networks, and information storage facilities. These biometric components utilize physical traits or behavioral characteristics for reliable identity authentication. Application developers, integrators and software solution providers are challenged with growing demand for biometric security features and functions. With a wide variety of biometric ....