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whitepaper G&D's Smart Cards Get Even Smarter Thanks to Improved Project Management2008-04-03 CA (Computer Associates)
  Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a leading supplier of smart card and banknote solutions. For G&D to meet its customer's needs, the company must ensure its cards are absolutely secure and reliable, while still making use of the cutting-edge technology that customers demand. After evaluating more than 30 products over an eight-month period, the only solution that fully met G&D's requirements was one from CA. Its Project & Portfolio Management solution offered a much broader feature set and more powerful functionality than any of the other tools they looked at.

Tags: Methodology		   
whitepaper IT Consultancy Breaks Down Barriers to Global Collaboration With Productivity Tool2008-04-03 Microsoft
  When a global retailer turned to the IT consultants at Avanade to redesign its e-commerce Web site, Avanade assembled an international team of experts - designers and project managers in the United States and application developers in India. The 11.5 hour time difference and network latency issues introduced a unique set of collaboration challenges. To address these challenges, Avanade deployed Microsoft Office Groove 2007 software to the project team. The India team used the offline capabilities to maintain productivity even when network latency issues prevented them from accessing other Web-based resources. The U.S. team used the transparent discussion threads to quickly respond to developer queries.

Tags: Collaboration Tools, Application Development		   
whitepaper Increased Online Revenues With Secure and User-Friendly e-Commerce Shopping Site for the Largest Retail Network in the UK2008-01-24 MindTree Consulting
  MindTree Consulting built a robust online shopping basket and an integrated Travel Money Card product for the largest post office network in Europe. Leveraging its competency in building e-commerce applications, MindTree designed a shopping basket with a range of features and capabilities for hundreds of products and government services. The application is intricately integrated with multiple payment gateways, fraud detection and prevention systems, and third party applications. This solution has increased customer satisfaction and online revenues for the client by providing a secure and user-friendly e-commerce environment.

Tags: Gateways - Hubs, Application Development		   
whitepaper New Solution Helps City Strengthen IT Security, Automate Software Distribution2008-01-01 Microsoft
  As part of an ongoing effort to operate more efficiently, the City of Tampere wants to make more information and services available online while strengthening IT security. Additionally, the city wants to better manage its systems using limited IT resources. In 2007, Tampere made plans to upgrade 6,500 client computers to the Windows Vista operating system, and it began deploying the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise operating system on test servers. The city also decided to implement a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to help protect information that is exchanged across applications, internal networks, and the Internet.

Tags: Windows Server 2008		   
whitepaper Building a Secure Environment for Deploying Remote Application Services2007-01-05 01:00:23 Symantec
  If a company's vital Web applications are not instantly available and consistently reliable, clients will quickly take their business elsewhere. UK based Attenda Ltd., IT managed service provider to companies such as EasyCar, Harrods, Avis, Reed, Microsoft, Mercedes-Benz, and Sun Microsystems, is well aware of this. Attenda was founded in 1997 with the vision to manage business-critical Web applications, providing a level of service which was previously unavailable in the marketplace. Initially clients depended on Attenda to provide Web-hosting services, but when the company began to market application hosting services, it needed to offer the strongest network security available. So Attenda turned to VeriSign for digital certificates, which protect sites and data via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption.   
whitepaper WHSmith Sets Up Shop on the Net2006-11-29 01:00:19 Microsoft
  WH Smith launched its first branded web site in January 1998. During that year a number of other UK booksellers including Heffers, Blackwells and Waterstone's also launched transactional web sites. WH Smith knew that it had to act quickly to take full advantage of the internet phenomenon. In April of that year it acquired The Internet Bookshop, a small independent online bookseller for £9.4m.The next step was to add suitable content to the site. The company's ambition was to create an online portal - a location on the internet that would provide its customers with a huge variety of services ranging from free email to the latest news and sports information. The resulting product, called WH Smith Online, was launched in April 1999.   
whitepaper Microsoft Technology Center Helps WeightWatchers.com Ensure Success for New Site Launch2006-11-29 01:00:19 Microsoft
  Preparing for the launch of a brand new Web site, WeightWatchers.com needed an intensive test environment. Any instability would frustrate customers and undermine the product's market potential. Working with expert staff at the Microsoft Technology Center, WeightWatchers.com was able to perform a transactional cost analysis, conduct load testing, and substantially increase the architecture's performance.   
whitepaper Hooking "Phishing" Emails Before They Reach Customers With Online Fraud Management Service From Symantec2006-08-26 01:00:10 Symantec
  Financial services provider First Horizon National Corporation is aggressively using e-commerce to move into new markets and gain market share. However, its ability to win customer confidence for its online business was threatened because fraudulent "Phishing" email attacks against the company were multiplying. To detect and block these attacks, First Horizon chose the Symantec Online Fraud Management Service. Attacks numbering in the millions of email messages are now successfully reduced to a few hundred that actually get through to customers. In addition to minimizing the loss of customer funds and confidence, First Horizon is saving $160,000 in annual security staff time.   
whitepaper Ignite for Oracle Helps E-commerce Platform Provider Meet its Stringent SLAs2006-08-23 14:31:08 Confio Software
  GSI Commerce is a leading provider of e-commerce solutions that enable retailers, branded manufacturers, entertainment companies and professional sports organizations to operate e-commerce businesses. On an outsourced basis, GSI Commerce provides a comprehensive, integrated and centralized e-commerce platform which includes technology, logistics, customer care and marketing services. Before Thanksgiving 2005, GSI Commerce noticed that a nightly process it used to update its merchandise databases was not performing as needed. To get to the answer, GSI Commerce turned to Ignite™ for Oracle. Within 24 hours, the DBA team had installed, monitored, identified, and fixed the issue. Ignite identified the specific SQLs and the I/O bottlenecks causing the delays.   
whitepaper BEA WebLogic Workshop at Work Supporting Real Business Initiatives2006-07-04 05:22:05 BEA Systems
  HP is a leading global provider of technology products, solutions, and services to consumers and businesses. Facing fierce competition from its rivals, HP understands that providing superior service is critical to building and maintaining customer loyalty. HP prides itself on the expertise and professionalism of its consultants, customer service representatives, and sales people. Customers must feel comfortable and confident interacting with HP via the Internet or any other channel. The challenge was to develop reusable components that can be shared by multiple e-commerce applications. After deciding to build in a J2EE environment, HP brought in BEA WebLogic Workshop from trusted technology partner BEA.