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SOA, Cloud and the Rise of the IT services-based Economy An IT services-based economy offers consumers many alternatives and keeps prices low due to competition. In general, individual consumers benefit greatly from services-based economies. Consequently, SOA (services orientated architecture) and Cloud computing have been identified as IT innovations that will foster new markets and give rise to an IT services-based economy. But, when it comes to business, an IT services-based economy has some significant deterrents; the most critical being adherence to service level agreements (SLA) and security.
Webcast: Best Practices for Improving Software Delivery November 12, 2009 (2 p.m. EDT, 11 a.m. PDT) Speakers: Nitin Sharma Mark Strawmyer, Technology Leader, Crowe Horwath LLP and Contributing Columnist, CodeGuru.com Businesses of all sizes face the need for developers to deliver quality software in a timely manner. This Internet.com Webcast will look at some of the methods software developers can use to streamline the management of software development projects and allow them to create software in an efficient manner without sacrificing security and functionality in the end product.
Building a brand through greener IT Enhancing its reputation as an eco-friendly furniture retailer, kika/Leiner built a green data center with the help of IBM. The resulting IT infrastructure helped reduce its energy usage by 40% and support its green brand strategy.
The role of IT in sustainability Most organizations today are seeking ways to cut energy consumption and carbon emissions while lowering costs. Learn how to establish data center efficiencies that reduce the environmental impact of your business.
Lowering carbon in the information age Whether you agree or disagree with the environmental impact of reducing carbon emissions, the business impact cannot be denied. Smarter use of technology could reduce emissions by 15% worldwide and save global industry over $946.5 billion in annual energy costs.
Collaborate with stakeholders to work smarter In this white paper, you will learn about the changing focus of the requirements space and how requirements definition differs from requirements management.
Environmentally Aware Software Investment Yields Smarter Products and Business Operations Simple changes in software investments and practices can have the dual effect of reduced energy consumption and improved team productivity. IBM Rational Software provide an opportunity to make day-by-day shifts toward this goal.
The Building Blocks for a Smarter Planet Businesses are delivering a new generation of smarter products that are increasingly instrumented, interconnected and intelligent-enabled through software.
Smarter ways to make smarter products Smarter Products is about creating products that integrate into our lives, to work in a more personal way, and to adapt to our individual needs.
SOA for Dummies 2nd IBM Limited Edition Mini eBook In this ebook, you'll learn how to work smarter and optimize cost using the IBM Smart SOA approach.
IBM WebSphere Cloudburst Appliance Demo Watch this demo to see how this new SOA appliance deploys and manages SOA in a private cloud.
Driving Business Agility through SOA Connectivity & Integration Whitepaper from IBM In this whitepaper, you will learn how to work smarter so you can solve the problems of today and seize the opportunities of tomorrow.
Integrating IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Mashup Center software This white paper outlines the potential integration options between IBM WebSphere® Portal and IBM Mashup Center software. Organizations can imple-ment these integration options to achieve greater flexibility while lowering costs.
Making your portal and mashup decisions IBM's portal strategy is founded on open standards based, best of breed middleware and time to value.
IBM's Dynamic Infrastructure - Removing Barriers Between Business And IT Find out how you can maintain effective security practices while coping with the economic downturn.
Improving IT service delivery through an integrated approach to software asset management white paper This white paper describes the challenges of managing software rights in increasingly complex environments and discusses how SAM can make the entire process more efficient.
EMA Analyst Report: Enabling Real-World Business Transformation through IBM Service Management The outlook for 2009 and beyond is that businesses and organizations will need to find better ways to account for costs, optimize infrastructure, streamline operational processses, and accelerate time to value for critical products and services.
Adding Business Value With Cross-Platform Solutions: Linux running on IBM Servers IBM has successfully executed a Linux and open source strategy that allows it to leverage the capabilities of its IBM Power Systems and IBM System z mainframes with modern software solutions.
Services for Virtualization IDC's white paper reviews finds that virtualization can have significant benefits to an organization, like increased utilization, simplified management and reduced energy costs, but it can be a complex undertaking if not planned correctly.
Virtualization for a Dynamic infrastructure This IBM white paper describes how Virtualization is an important element of a dynamic infrastructure and expands on the areas of server, storage, application, network, and client virtualization and the IBM technology and benefits from each.
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