Service-Oriented Software Reengineering: SoSR
[ Source: University of Washington ]
January 2008-
Service-Oriented Computing (SOC) has emerged as a software development paradigm that enables the design of software systems as a set of services, i.e. Software as a Service (SAAS). The paper published by University of Washington describes about Service-Oriented Software Reengineering: SoSR. The purpose of this paper is to propose a Service-Oriented Software Reengineering (SoSR) methodology that can be applied to a legacy software system so that it can be reengineered into a service-oriented software system(s) ....
An Overview of HP Quality Center and HP Business Process Testing
[ Source: Hewlett-Packard ]
January 2008-
HP Business Process Testing is a web-based test design solution that bridges the quality chasm between subject matter experts and quality engineers. HP Quality Center is designed to address the wide-ranging challenges that the quality assurance professionals face. This paper provides an overview of Mercury Quality Center Test Management. The shows how Test Director gives full visibility into all of testing efforts. It also shows how QuickTest Professional can automate the testing process.
SOA Test Methodology
[ Source: Torry Harris Business Solutions ]
January 2008-
This paper published by Torry Harris Business Solutions, provides a comprehensive guidance on best practices for testing SOA Solutions. Service-Oriented Architecture, or SOA, enables IT departments to make the transition from an application-centric view of the world to a process-centric view. Today, IT departments have the freedom to combine business services from multiple applications to deliver true end-to-end support for business processes. And, because the integration mechanism of SOA (usually Web Services) enables loosely coupled ....
Ensuring Service Enablement From SOA
[ Source: AppLabs Technologies ]
January 2008-
If a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is implementing, or considering implementing, within organization, there are some simple questions one must ask. What does SOA mean? If SOA is implementing, how to know that the implementation is on track to deliver the promised business benefits, on time and on budget? SOA is not simply an enabling technology that solves myriad business problems, nor is SOA lead by the technologies used in its implementation. Fundamentally, SOA is ....
The Alternative to Citrix, Ericom's Complete Presentation Virtualization Solution
[ Source: Ericom Software ]
January 2008-
Server-based computing (SBC) is finally achieving an accepted status as the preferred method for managed access and delivery of applications and desktops. Despite this recognition, the reality is that only a small percentage of organizations that should be using SBC actually are using it. Moreover, most of those organizations are limiting the use of SBC to the departmental level, rather than applying it throughout the organization.
We estimate the utilization ....
Cost Effective Scaling with Virtualization
[ Source: Coyote Point ]
September 2007-
Virtualization is likely to be the single most significant technology of the decade. Leveraging it to reduce costs and attain greater efficiency isn’t double-talk – it is something that every company can easily verify themselves using empirical methods.
A critical component to achieving the goals of virtualization is ensuring that the distribution of work is indeed balanced across all of the servers in the compute farm. Coyote Point ....
Efficiently Isolating Contractors From Sensitive Data: The Many Advantages of Software-based Contractor Isolation
[ Source: Apani ]
March 2008-
For information security directors at large corporations, the growing reliance on contractors is a major concern. Local and offshore programmers provide businesses a competitive edge, but they also increase security risks. Often contractors are hired to rapidly solve problems while operating outside the security policies of employees. Once within the network, they have free access to confidential data and business systems. Even when access is restricted, these savvy individuals can easily jump to unauthorized systems-unknown ....
Managing Business Service Performance in a Virtual Environment
[ Source: ASG ]
April 2008-
Virtualization is proven to deliver many IT goals - such as server consolidation - but it is increasingly being used to deliver specific business service goals. By integrating virtualization into a Business Service Management (BSM) approach, that aligns the technology directly with business goals, enterprises can achieve competitive advantage, increase customer satisfaction, and drive both top line and bottom line revenues. However, such an approach demands rigorous management processes and methodologies to achieve key business ....
Data Domain Deduplication Storage Best Practices Guide
[ Source: Data Domain ]
June 2008-
VMware sites create more storage to manage and protect than their physical counterparts. By making it much simpler to multiply servers, it also becomes more likely that their storage footprints will multiply. This is significantly visible in backing them up. For example:
• Multiple similar VM environments, times multiple storage image versions for protection and DR, can
equal much larger storage than when servers were more expensive to clone.
• Restore requirements ....
How BladeSymphony Can Reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
[ Source: Hitachi ]
July 2008-
Gartner, a neutral third-party company in the IT industry, was the first to advocate the concept of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). This report is precisely categorized and tabulated based on system operation TCO components defined by Gartner. These TCO components are roughly divided into asset costs and staff costs to demonstrate how BladeSymphony can help reduce TCO.