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whitepaper Software-as-a-Service; A Comprehensive Look at the Total Cost of Ownership of Software Applications2006-12-07 01:00:20 Business Objects
  Gartner estimates that the annual cost to own and manage traditional "on-premise" software applications can be up to four times the initial purchase price. This is due to a company's need to acquire and maintain the resources needed to support a large scale in-house software deployment; including: hardware, software upgrades and maintenance, user education, and technical support. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) eliminates many of these costs, by taking responsibility for the day-to-day operations, upgrades, and infrastructure rather than placing it on the end user. The result is a much more economic solution that allows a company to devote precious resources to its core activities that impact their top and bottom line. Download this Zip file, with a 31-page Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) white paper (in PDF format) that explores this concept of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for on-premise software versus Software-as-a-Service, and discover your own cost savings with the included SaaS ROI calculator (in Excel format), too!   
whitepaper Banrisul Uses IBM Rational Software to Achieve Significant Cost Savings by Reducing the Number of Labor Hours Required to Complete IT Projects2006-09-01 IBM
  The official bank for the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, Banrisul is dedicated to promoting the social and economic development of the state. To maintain business-critical systems, Banrisul had been relying on an outdated project methodology that ran on an IBM z/OS platform in distributed environments, leading to high labor costs and unpredictable project results. The bank wanted to boost its resource utilization capabilities by optimizing its oversight of numerous Information Technology (IT) projects and personnel resources. Leveraging IBM Rational software, Banrisul implemented a Project Management Office (PMO) solution that provides the access to internal processes and real-time visibility that it needs to fully utilize its IT resources and maintain the predictability of its projects.

Tags: Resources Mgmt., Methodology		   
whitepaper The Root of the Problem: Poor Requirements - Three Strategies for Addressing Three Types of Requirements Problems2006-09-01 Forrester Research
  The quality of software requirements is a limiting factor on the success of software development projects. And it's the rare IT organization that couldn't improve its requirements practices. When it comes to getting requirements right, companies struggle on two primary fronts: requirements definition and requirements management. But the market places a disproportionate emphasis on tools for requirements management. The real opportunity for improvement lies in requirements definition and in how different development methodologies treat changing requirements.

Tags: Methodology		   
whitepaper Download Savvion's Free Business Process Modeling Software2006-08-31 08:49:59 Savvion
  The first step in improving your business processes is to articulate precisely where bottlenecks exist, and the most efficient way to do that is by simulating your existing processes using business process modeling software.

To help you get started, Savvion offers its Process Modeler, a component of Savvion BusinessManager, as a freely downloadable, stand-alone application. Process Modeler enables you to map out your existing business processes—in drag-and-drop, code-free fashion—and run simulations of any prospective changes that could potentially improve those processes. It's a must-have tool for business analysts and IT developers who need the ability to quickly move from process discovery to production. Best of all, Process Modeler is FREE, so be sure to download your copy today!

  
whitepaper Python Powers Journyx Timesheet2006-08-23 01:00:12 Python Software Foundation
  Journyx Timesheet is a commercial application that provides time, expense, and project tracking. In 1996, Journyx CEO and founder was working in the staffing industry when he saw an opportunity to use the web to accurately collect and store employee timesheet information. The first version of Timesheet focused on collecting accurate cost information, with an eye towards applying that data in the formulation of new project cost projections. Since then, Timesheet has expanded considerably to facilitate tracking of time, mileage, and expenses, not just for project management but also for billing and payroll purposes. Journyx Timesheet has been using Python from the beginning.   
whitepaper The Changing Face of Application Lifecycle Management2006-09-13 01:00:18 SERENA Software
  IT organizations spend billions of dollars a year on development life-cycle tools that don't play well together. The result? For most shops, application life-cycle management (ALM) -- the coordination of development life-cycle activities -- is still largely a manual process. Today's ALM suites don't offer much support for ALM beyond what can be accomplished through brittle tool-to-tool integrations. But tomorrow's ALM platforms will do much better by providing common services to practitioner tools. These solutions will be easier to implement, maintain, and employ. And at the end of the day, they'll enable development organizations to build better software.   
whitepaper Eliminate the Testing Bottleneck with Requirements-Based Testing2007-02-27 14:30:56 Borland Software
  The key to successful software testing is to test what matters. Aligning the testing process tightly to well-defined business requirements of an application assures the most important functionality is being tested and, therefore, developed. In this whitepaper, you'll learn how to align your teams, integrate every stage of the testing process with requirements, and ultimately give your business a competitive edge through your software development.   
whitepaper Real-World Business Service Management: Managing IT Operations for Business Results2006-09-12 01:00:16 Mercury Interactive
  As information technology (IT) becomes more critical to business success, companies are struggling to align IT efforts with business goals. This white paper discusses how Mercury's Business Service Management (BSM) solution fosters collaboration and alignment between the business and IT.   
whitepaper Faster, Cheaper, Safer: Improving Agility, TCO, and Security with Agentless Job Scheduling2006-08-01 BMC Software
  Job scheduling architectures involve deploying agent software on every system and these agents may be more expensive to install and maintain. This Enterprise Management Associates white paper discusses how BMC Software is addressing these potential issues with a revolutionary solution. Agentless job scheduling with BMC CONTROL-M offers agentless and agent-based capabilities, providing users with the best of both worlds.

Tags: Monitoring Systems, Infrastructure Management		   
whitepaper On-Demand Webcast: Web Services with PHP2006-09-30 01:00:13 Zend Technologies
  With PHP 5, PHP has reached new levels of support for Web Services, XML, and Service-Oriented Architectures. Integrate and expose Web Services with a few lines of code and drop-in existing Web Services with the Zend Framework. View this Webcast to see how you can create and consume Web Services--quickly and easily.