More and more organizations are looking to SOA as the basis of their future computer architecture. Recognizing that legacy application design and implementation approaches have led to applications that are costly to operate, hard to change, organizations are hoping that SOA provides a key component of the answer to these problems. 

The logistics function within the defence arena presents distinct and complex challenges which can be mitigated through the adoption of a SOA architecture. 

This white paper is a guide to the top ten causes of trouble in a Cisco network and how to address them, but is not intended to be a troubleshooting guide. 

This paper explores how you can optimize UPS availability by focusing on minimizing repair time and maximizing redundancy, both inside your UPSs and across your power protection initiatives. Also learn why modular UPS designs provide superior availability even though they typically contain more parts that could potentially fail. 

In enterprises that use a wide portfolio of telecom services, managing those services can consume substantial staff resources. This paper details a solution to free up time for other things by streamlining the management of networking services. 

This expert white paper establishes the ultimate IT security goal: the most reliable preventative and detective security system possible with the least amount of capital expenditure. From common sense solutions to revolutionary concepts, instructor James Michael Stewart challenges IT pros to explore his methods of saving money on company security. 

In this video, Joel Bomgar, Founder and CEO of Bomgar Corporation, explains how Bomgar fits into the ITIL framework, accelerating your ITIL initiatives through more efficient and effective Incident Management and Problem Management. 

Networked printers and multifunction peripherals often require a high level of support and manual intervention. Secure remote monitoring platforms reduce device downtime through automating service alerts, providing proactive toner replenishment and automatic meter reading. 

Windows 2003 Server, its workstation cousin Windows XP, and its predecessor, Windows 2000, all bring substantial advances in both reliability and security compared to Windows NT 4.0. This briefing lays out the main security features of the Windows 2003 operating system family, and put them together into a "big picture" context. 

This technical white paper discusses a drop-in implementation of Coherence running on Oracle's Sun servers utilizing Oracle Fusion Middleware components, most prominently WebLogic Suite. 

Read this white paper and trace the steps to a successful converged network infrastructure. By identifying today's most important IT trend - virtualization - you'll be on your way to implementing HP supported technologies to enhance your virtualized computer networks. 

Collaboration Oriented Architectures (COA) describes information architectures that comply with the COA framework, which in turn is described in the associated COA Framework paper1. 

Companies are successfully leveraging IBM's Smart SOA™ Approach based on IBM's experience of working with more than 6550 customers worldwide.