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Middle East's Largest Automotive Distributor Improves IT Application Development Efficiency and Effectiveness
With the discontinuance of the existing development solution being used, IT leadership was compelled to take action on finding a new, more effective solution for ALJ's application development platform. While they received several partner recommendations on a potential solution, ALJ desired to remain a Microsoft-only shop and felt that Microsoft Enterprise Services offered the most comprehensive approach to identifying and implementing the best solution for their needs. In order to enable a truly 360-degree solution, Microsoft Enterprise Services kicked-off the engagement by performing an in-depth as-is assessment of ALJ's current application development process. From the assessment, a detailed gap analysis and current to future state roadmap were developed and reviewed with ALJ's key stakeholders.
34 days ago by MicrosoftThe Importance of Choosing the Right Workload Migration Tools
IT decision-makers should be wary of too-good-to-be-true product offers that lack automation capabilities and that, in terms of total cost of ownership, are far more expensive than PlateSpin products even if, at least initially, they are free.
41 days ago by NovellSybase MEAP Report Featuring Research From Gartner. Get Yours Now.
NEW REPORT: STRATEGIC MOBILE DEPLOYMENTS: MOBILITY PLATFORMS POSITION YOUR BUSINESS FOR 2010-AND BEYOND. If your organization is deploying mobile applications, or supporting multiple mobile devices and operating systems, a mobile platform should be part of your IT strategy.
Deploying a single enterprise platform that will mobilize your entire workforce can deliver new business value while protecting current IT investments. A mobile enterprise platform also enhances the value of existing platforms by making them accessible to users anywhere anytime.
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Open Source Software: The Value of 'Free'
Free can be hard to pass up, particularly for software developers under pressure to do more with less. Developers of all stripes, including those working on proprietary and other "Closed source" solutions, have discovered the wealth of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) circulating on the Internet. It's not just Linux and MySQL and the other famous examples; it's the incredible variety of utilities and programs published at no cost for the benefit of all comers. Why would anyone spend time and money to reinvent the proverbial wheel when the FOSS community has rolled it to the doorstep and invited one to take it?
61 days ago by Pepper HamiltonIntroducing a Capacity Management Maturity Model
The recent adoption of virtualization technologies lowers the amount of hardware required and reduces power consumption to some extent. But it also raises management complexity since there is no longer a permanent and exclusive relationship between physical resources and the software that runs on it. If one then chooses to implement a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) on top of that, the increase in complexity multiplies. Bridging the gap between service demands and IT capabilities requires a higher level of performance management for IT resources. Moving to mature Capacity Management tools and processes lowers costs, improves service quality and increases IT productivity since staff can focus on the most important duties rather than fighting fires.
62 days ago by TeamQuestHealthcare ISV Passes Volume Licensing Savings on to Customers
Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions (Allscripts) offers one of the broadest choices of innovative healthcare software from a single company. Its solutions, ranging from electronic health records to homecare automation, run on the Windows operating system and interoperate with other Microsoft programs. To reduce the cost and complexity of deploying and maintaining its offerings, Allscripts wanted to provide unified solutions preconfigured with the underlying Microsoft software. After joining the Microsoft Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Royalty Licensing Program, Allscripts now provides customers with complete solutions that include Microsoft software licenses and embedded maintenance. Allscripts benefits from reduced licensing costs and simplified deployment and administration, which makes it possible to deliver optimized solutions to customers at a more competitive price.
75 days ago by MicrosoftAchieve Faster Deployments With GlassFish ESB
The attendee will learn how to achieve faster deployments with GlassFish ESB. Sun GlassFish ESB offers an agile, lean, modular, pluggable, open-source integration platform that improves developer productivity, and time-to-market. With GlassFish ESB one can achieve faster and more cost-efficient deployments than expensive, complex proprietary software. GlassFish ESB's fit to purpose, lightweight design accelerates development and time to market with minimal customization. The supported runtime, binding components, adapters, and the design environment are unified with a simple installer with a simple installer.
80 days ago by Sun MicrosystemsWhat Can a Software Development Company Do for Your Business?
Off late many people are taking the advantage of the opportunity of earning easy money online while sitting at their home. Whether it is an offline company or online company everyone today needs a website to promote it and publicize it. The main advantage of online business is that one can earn through it 24 by 7. Now one does not have to shut down the office after 6 pm in the evening but can make money even when one is not working. An online marketing business is entirely dependent upon customers. Without a good number of customer flow towards the website one cannot think of making huge profit. An online website is similar to an offline organization. People see the website as their company.
80 days ago by Broadway InfotechPerformance Testing Now Standardized; Four Times as Many Load Tests Run, Lowering Risk of Post-Production Issues
For major corporations, decentralized technology can be troublesome technology. At one major U.S. department store chain, for instance, independent development teams had long purchased and managed their own applications testing software and processes. The company wanted a more standardized approach to ensure its performance testing met unified standards. It decided, therefore, to create a Performance Center of Excellence, using HP Performance Center software as the center's software foundation.
80 days ago by Hewlett-Packard (HP)Department Store Chain Centralizes Testing: Performance Testing Now Standardized; Four Times as Many Load Tests Run, Lowering Risk of Post-Production Issues
At one major U.S. department store chain, for instance, independent development teams had long purchased and managed their own applications testing software and processes. The company wanted a more standardized approach to ensure its performance testing met unified standards. It decided, therefore, to create a Performance Center of Excellence, using HP Performance Center software as the center's software foundation.
80 days ago by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
