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whitepaper Grid Computing Update - Cycle IV2007-01-12 01:00:27 Quocirca Ltd
  Grid Computing Update Pilots move to Mainstream. The fourth update to Quocirca's Grid Index shows how initial pilots of Grid computing are now moving towards full implementations. However, large-scale Grid implementations, covering an enterprise's total IT infrastructure, are still rare. Organisations are going for discrete cluster Grids in specific areas.   
whitepaper SOA - Something or Anything2007-01-12 01:00:27 Quocirca Ltd
  Just how aware are businesses of Service Oriented Architectures, and how much benefit do people see from being able to have such an environment? Quocirca research shows that those companies that have gone down the SOA route are gaining real, tangible benefits.   
whitepaper Defining SOA as an Architectural Style: Align Your Business Model With Technology2007-01-09 IBM
  There is a lot of talk about SOA, yet very little agreement on what this popular three-letter acronym actually means. With many competing definitions, it's hard to decipher its true essence. SearchWebServices.com announced a contest for the best definition and received a slew of submissions. There was little chance of selecting a single "Best" definition because SOA means different things to different people. A more holistic definition of the architectural style, provided in Convergent architecture: Building model-driven J2EE systems with UML, states that "An architectural style is a family of architectures related by common principles and attributes."

Tags: Service-Oriented Architecture		   
whitepaper Innovations for Grid Security From Trusted Computing - Protocol Solutions to Sharing of Security Resource2007-01-07 01:00:31 Hewlett-Packard
  A central problem for Grid (or web) services is how to gain confidence that a remote principal (user or system) will behave as expected. In Grid security practice at present, issues of confidentiality and data integrity rely on weak social trust mechanisms of "Reputation maintenance": a principal who is introduced by a reputable party should hopefully behave in "Best effort" to maintain the reputation of the introducer. As will be discussed in this paper, this gentleman's notion of trust is insufficient for a large class of problems in Grid services. The TC initiative developed by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) takes a distributed-system-wide approach to the provisions of integrity protection for systems, resources and services.   
whitepaper Developing Adapters for Web Services Integration2007-01-07 01:00:31 Hewlett-Packard
  The push toward business process automation has generated the need for integrating different enterprise applications involved in such processes. The typical approach to integration and to process automation is based on the use of adapters and message brokers. The need for adapters in Web services mainly comes from two sources: one is the heterogeneity at the higher levels of the interoperability stack, and the other is the high number of clients, each of which can support different interfaces and protocols, thereby generating the need for providing multiple interfaces to the same service. This paper characterizes the problem of adaptation of web services by identifying and classifying different kinds of adaptation requirements.   
whitepaper Chinwag Live: Xmas Futures, Crystal Balls2007-01-04 Chinwag
  The future shape of digital marketing, advertising, user experience, planning and digital agencies in 2012 was explored in this panel debate on 5th December 2007. Bringing together leading experts and practitioners from Agency.com, CIMEX, Agenda 21, the Interactive Advertising Bureau and Lateral, it provided a fun and inspiring fix of festive futurology   
whitepaper Renault UK Gains 120,000 New Leads From Upgraded Microsites and Integrated Database2007-01-01 01:00:30 Microsoft
  Renault UK wanted to make better use of e-commerce in selling motor cars through its dealer network and to offer more services to its existing and prospective customers. After successfully implementing an online system for booking customer test drives, Renault UK worked with Microsoft Certified Partner Fortline to upgrade its U.K. Microsites by adding an integrated database solution. Fortline chose Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and used Web services making the existing Linux-based Web servers redundant. The dealers' Customer Relationship Management (CRM) activities integrate with SQL Server 2000 and are bringing about an important change in the way Renault cars are sold in the U.K. as well as delivering innovative services to customers.   
whitepaper NAK Prepares for the Future With Service-Oriented Architecture2006-12-23 01:00:25 Oracle
  Nederlandse Algemene Keuringsdienst (NAK) provides inspection services for agricultural seed and seed potatoes on behalf of the Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. NAK wanted to streamline applications and eliminate unnecessary overlaps, as each crop type has its own applications despite many similarities. They wanted to improve speed and efficiency of application maintenance to stay compliant with constantly changing government regulations and update Oracle software and ensure that obsolete versions are no longer in use. NAK implemented a service-oriented architecture based on Oracle 10g technology, making it easier to make changes as well as establish connections with other parties and applications and used Oracle BPEL to streamline processes and make information accessible in new ways.   
whitepaper National Health Service Shared Business Services Set to Cut Costs by 20%2006-12-23 01:00:25 Oracle
  National Health Service Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) provides high quality finance and accounting, payroll and procurement services to NHS organizations, enabling them to focus their expenditure and expertise on improving the quality and value of healthcare services to patients in England. NHS SBS uses Oracle's service-oriented architecture and Web-enabled applications to share information, pool resources, and support the organizations with high-quality, cost-effective business services. The NHS estimates that organizations using the services will initially cut costs by 20%, and 2% annually in succeeding years.   
whitepaper Helvetia Patria Turns to HP and SOA to Build and Manage eBusiness Center for Supporting Insurance Business Across Europe2006-12-20 01:00:25 Hewlett-Packard
  Helvetia Patria Versicherungen (HPV) is a multi-line insurance company based in Switzerland and doing business across six European countries. Helvetia Patria needed to expand its business in the face of increased competition in a deregulated European insurance market. The company also needed to control costs and increase data accessibility by streamlining and simplifying its sales processes. The challenge was to do this while accommodating the needs of multiple national organizations - each operating autonomously, and each with its own IT infrastructure and data, different business cultures and practices, and different languages. HPV turned to HP to help build and manage the center using a highly collaborative, modular, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach.