
Learn why true High Availability and Disaster Recovery protection are now within reach of even the smallest of businesses.
Until recently, high availability solutions for the IBM System i (iSeries) platform were reserved for larger enterprises. But the picture has changed now that solutions are significantly easier to manage and less expensive to own. Learn what has brought about these dramatic changes and why small and mid-sized companies can now justify the luxury” of rapid and complete data protection and recovery.
This white paper will provide a review of the core causes and costs of both planned and unplanned downtime and will then provide a detailed discussion of current options for High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions.”
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Learn how to choose the right SaaS vendor for your organisation.
Business efficiency is more important than ever. The travel booking and expense claim process is one area in which a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, like Concur® Travel & Expense, can help businesses:
- Dramatically reduce expense processing costs by more than 60 percent, and cut online booking costs by 40 percent.
- Save money by decreasing TMC management fees by as much as 35 percent.
- Reduce operating costs by up to 37 percent, in as little as 90 days.
This paper is also available in German and French. Register now to receive your free copy!
Prepared by IDC; Sponsored by Concur Technologies.
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Try Oracle’s Technology Solutions (software and tools) for Midsize companies for FREE today!
Oracle’s solutions will give you everything you need to GET STARTED today:
The latest release of the world’s leading database packaged and priced for Midsize companies – Oracle Database 11g Standard Edition One.
Software to easily transform business insights into high-level reports and interactive dashboards – Oracle Business Intelligence Standard Edition One.
Software to share data instantly and securely with customers, employees, and partners – Oracle Application Server Standard Edition One.
An excellent browser tool to easily develop and deploy secure Web applications – Oracle Application Express.
A development tool to simplify programming cycles and migrate databases to Oracle – Oracle SQL Developer.
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If you want your software team to stay abreast of the latest software technologies while also developing new applications and supporting an existing code base, you cannot afford to rely on outmoded training methods.
This white paper explores the limitations of conventional training methods for developers, and presents 6 elements of a truly effective learning program for your development organization.
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See how Activision made huge savings on licensing costs, and prevented vendor lock-in.
Join Alfresco Software and their System Integration partner, Cignex, as they show you how Cignex’s work on Activision.com earned them the Web Content Management solution of the Year award. This multi-regional and multi-language roll-out, involving dozens of web sites, is a text book implementation that you’re sure to learn a thing or two from.
Published by Cignex Technologies, Inc.
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Read about eight leading (but very different) SaaS providers telling their stories and explaining how they can help your company achieve its goals.
The three main drivers of SaaS adoption—low initial cost of ownership, speed of deployment, and low internal IT resource profile—make SaaS solutions attractive at any time, but even more so in times of recession, provided there is a bona fide business need and the initiative can reliably be expected to create additional revenue or save money.
Produced by CRM Media; Sponsored by Oracle
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What to ask before you buy Enterprise Resource Planning software.
The Inside-ERP To-Do Checklist is the one decision tool you’ll need to cover all your bases including:
- What ERP modules to buy first and which ones can wait
- Validating who should be involved in the purchase and implementation decision
- Roles different departments and project stakeholders play
- Pre-implementation decisions that must be made that will affect the whole project
- SOA considerations and future needs such as training and software updates
Published by Tippit, Inc.; Sponsored by Inside-ERP
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If you’re a software executive thinking about offshoring .NET development work, it’s essential to know how to minimize your project risk.
Cultural, communication, and organizational challenges need careful consideration if your offshoring objectives are to be met. However, the often-overlooked issue of code quality should also form a critical part of your risk management strategy to maximize the chances of success. Download this white paper to read about the personal experiences of executives on the frontline of offshoring and explore the learning systems available to help you reduce risk, improve quality, and get the best return from your offshoring investment.
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Learn how to be an accomplished Ruby programmer in no time!
Simply Rails 2 is an easy-to-follow, practical and fun guide to Ruby on Rails for beginners. It covers all you need to get up and running, from installing Ruby, Rails and SQLite to building and deploying a fully featured web application. Unlike other Rails books, this book doesn’t assume that you are an experienced web developer, or that you’ve used Ruby before. An entire chapter is devoted to learning Ruby in a fun way, using the interactive Ruby console, so you can follow along at home.
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This white paper shares knowledge and insight gathered by Actuate over a decade of helping software, hardware and SaaS OEMs integrate reporting in to their application.
By taking the right approach, software application providers can avoid some of the delays and cost implications associated with many implementations. This white paper will help you avoid the common pitfalls and will help application providers be successful, speed time-to-market and turn reporting in to a revenue driver rather than a cost center.
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