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whitepaper Integrated Change & Release Management2008-06-17 IBM
  Short deadlines and constant change epitomize the challenges of software and systems development. Routine change increases the propensity for error, and tight timelines can magnify issues.

This report looks shows that to control your software and systems development, you need to know why a change was made, who requested the change and whether the change is complete.

Tags: Software Project Management, 		  
whitepaper SAP Transaction Banking: IBM System z DB Server Using DB2 V9.1 for z/OS Large Database Measurements2008-05-23 IBM
  The SAP TRansaction BanKing (TRBK) application has evolved significantly over time. Not only does it provide significantly more function for banks, it now exploits functions such as Unicode and SAP's NetWeaver. These measurements, as well as the previous TRBK measurements, show that both the posting and balancing workloads can exploit Parallel Sysplex well. However, there are distinct differences between the two workloads. Posting has much higher data base I/Os. It also has a lower Parallel Sysplex coupling efficiency. Balancing, due to its update nature, has a high logging rate. These general distinctions and characteristics existed even in previous versions of the application. Both workloads' efficiency can be improved by tuning - especially with respect to DB2.   
whitepaper Maximizing Revenues in Troubled Times: Proven Methods of Extracting Water From a Stone2008-04-17 Kaulkin Ginsberg
  In the current health care environment, everyone is facing decreased payor reimbursements as the market is generally at Medicare or some comparable rate based on that governmental agency. Everyone is also seeing increased payor claim edits and controls as well as more complicated payment and authorization processing. This has led many health care economists to the conclusion that the billing cycles in physicians' offices are the most complicated revenue cycles in American business today. Like any other small business, it is vital that a medical practice understands the importance of cash. Practices with a reliable cash flow are healthy ones.   
whitepaper Service Management Companies: Will You Grow With or Outgrow QuickBooks?2008-04-14 High 5 Software
  Service companies that are expanding need to look at solutions to improve operations and accounting functions. Many of these companies start out with QuickBooks and wonder if they can find a solution to improve operations. At some point they wonder if they will outgrow QuickBooks. This paper shows that by separating Operations and Accounting, they can continue to use QuickBooks much longer throughout their growth cycle. This paper explains solutions and options available and when service companies need to consider solutions beyond QuickBooks.

Tags: Accounting Applications		   
whitepaper Eight Best Practices in Dashboard Design2008-04-10 Investcorp
  In today's world where people are inundated with more data than they can process, dashboard design plays a very important role as it is the central conduit through which information flows to the decision-maker. If the right metrics is not presented in the right form at the right time, the business users can end up making the wrong decisions, impacting the business process. Many customers, at some point in time, want to know if the metrics they are measuring are the right metrics to monitor. Many at times customers have found that the metrics they are tracking are not the right ones to track. Doing a gap assessment with industry benchmarks aligns people with industry best practices.

Tags: Best Practices		   
whitepaper Staying Ahead of the Curve: Oracle Database 11g vs. Microsoft SQL Server 20052008-04-01 Oracle
  This document will show how Microsoft has been slow to adapt to changing, real-world information needs and how SQL Server 2005 lacks critical capabilities that are needed to both adapt to, and prepare for, changes related to database manageability, security, high availability, risk reduction and scalability.

Tags: Database Management, Data Recovery - Security, IT Reliability, Database Applications		   
whitepaper Curses or Cures: State Regulations, Hospital Creditors, and the ARM Industry2008-03-01 Kaulkin Ginsberg
  With less than a year until the 2008 presidential election, polls show that healthcare has become the most pressing domestic concern for many Americans. Consumers' rising out-of-pocket healthcare expenses and the more than 40 million uninsured citizens in the United States almost certainly have contributed to predictions that for-profit hospitals' bad debt expense could grow to $12.5 billion in 2007. Although federal legislation such as the embattled SCHIP expansion bill receives much of the national media attention, several states have enacted laws in 2007 that directly impact how hospital creditors and their partners in the Accounts Receivable Management (ARM) industry collect delinquent medical debt.

Tags: Accounting Applications		   
whitepaper The Instantly Responsive Enterprise: The Marriage of Business Process Management and Complex Event Processing2008-03-01 BEA Systems
  The BPM-CEP synergy discussed here is characterized as the optimal processing of business events, but be sure not to be misled: The "Complex processing" part is critical. In a world where large enterprises are bombarded with a million events per second, CEP is the only technology able to filter out unnecessary data, recognize patterns, and aggregate, process, and derive composite events that matter to business processes. According to David Luckham's write-up "SOA, EDA, BPM and CEP Are All Complementary," the easiest way to build a (new) event-driven process is to use Event-Driven SOA, which offers event-driven services that new processes need.

Tags: Data Mining - Analysis, SLA		   
whitepaper Business Mashups: Build and deploy applications without the need for professional developers2007-09-01 Serena Software
  Keeping your business running like a well-oiled machine can be a herculean task. Serena Business Mashups make it simple to coordinate the activities of different people and systems. In three simple steps you can go from business idea to Business Mashup.

Tags: HR, Application Development		   
whitepaper Introduction to Business Rules: Taking Advantage of Business Rules Management Systems2008-02-05 IBM
  Business rules have existed since companies started automating business processes using software applications. Traditionally, they have been buried deep inside the application in some procedural programming language. As business rules matured, business users tried to control and manage these rules without directly having to deal with IT, which hasn't always been successful. Using an example from the insurance industry, this paper provides an introduction to business rules and the importance of Business Rules Management Systems (BRMS) in bridging the gap between business and IT.

Tags: Programming Languages