MTechnology, Inc. (MTech) performed a quantitative reliability analysis of the APC Symmetra MW UPS. The study used techniques of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) to calculate the likelihood of over 680,000 potential failure modes. 

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) enables different programs, applications, and tools to interact via self-contained services that do not depend on the context or state of the other service. This white paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for SOA integration, and how to avoid and/or overcome these worst practices. 

To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged the importance of cost and efficiency.. 

This white paper discusses five steps for protecting Windows Server applications from downtime, offering established best practices to reduce potential single points of failure and ensure rapid recovery or continued operations in the event of failure. 

In this session Jeff explores the key characteristics of successful SOA projects. He covers some of the patterns, and anti-patterns, tool sets, and strategies that he himself learned the hard way - through his own trial and error experiences as an architect. 

The MMT initiative can help your company achieve this by enabling the integration of ERP, MES and other plant systems into a single source of company data. Read on to learn how Atos Origin has aligned with SAP's industry Business Units to jointly offer the MMT approach that will enable manufacturers to realize the vision of the Perfect Plant. 

This white paper discusses the significant impact of agile development techniques on the business analyst community. Gain insight into the skills required by analysts for effective agile development, as well as the steps for a transition to agile... 

Many organizations lack visibility into the physical and virtual infrastructure in their data center, preventing them from achieving effective infrastructure management. This webcast explores how dependency mapping addresses this issue by enabling you to track and control configurations, model and test proposed changes and execute failure analysis. 

This Report examines best practices for aligning IT investments with the product supply goals of compliance, agility, and right-first-time manufacturing. 

As the number of projects grow, so does the risk of failure as resources get stretched & oversight lags. It becomes increasingly important to define project management processes & develop metrics & best practices for keeping projects on time and within budget. Read this paper to find out if a Project Management Office (PMO) could be your solution. 

In this 12 minute podcast, get expert advice for successfully leading data quality management initiatives. Find out more about data quality program planning, required skill sets and common challenges. 

By marrying technology with vertical industry expertise, the Oracle Accelerate family of solutions is helping midsize companies become the nimble organizations they need to be today. 

This document describes some of the components and concepts involved in designing a highly available deployment of VMware vSphere on a SAN, in conjunction with the Cisco MDS 9000 and Emulex HBAs.