Choosing sourcing and procurement software can be overwhelming. Should you go with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) or best-of-breed vendor? Is the cloud or on-premise the best place to run your app? What functionality should the software provide? Read this expert e-guide to learn how to select a useful, cost-effective procurement system. 

This eight-page Buyer's Guide on Business Intelligence analyses the factors CIOs and senior IT professionals will need to consider as they plan their BI strategies. 

<p>Object-based file systems offer performance improvements in HPC environments, but many companies are unsure which market options are worth evaluating. This expert e-guide examines several notable offerings and explains how they can eliminate I/O bottlenecks in HPC architectures.</p> 

The definition of a mobile payment is often open to interpretation and can differ from source to source.    Juniper Research has a simple definition of a mobile payment as “payment for goods or services with a mobile device such as a phone, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), or other such device.” 

This white paper looks at the pros and cons of open-source software and helps organizations understand how to build a business case that is based on cost, schedule, performance and risks across the entire program lifecycle not just up-front program inception costs and considerations. 

Managers in small and medium sized businesses used to treat IT as a luxur y they could only just af ford. 

According to Enterprise Integration Patterns author Gregor Hohpe, a new set of architectural techniques could help designers to better understand the elaborate conversation, workflow and event patterns that are seen more often these days. Read this e-guide to discover software that visually connects components in Apache Camel-based integrations. 

Every business rules management system (BRMS) migration project requires detailed planning to ensure success. When you are ready to embark on your BRMS migration, read this technical white paper to arm yourself with the necessary information and tools for planning and implementing your move successfully. 

Business intelligence (BI) allows organizations to better understand, analyze, and even predict what's occurring in their company. 

Metadata often contains hidden sensitive information about documents that can be easily extracted. But many users aren’t aware of these risks and how to ensure the information they release does not carry any hidden, sensitive payload. This e-guide explores metadata security issues and uncovers two ways to reduce the threat they pose. 

In the Fall 2011 issue of IT in Europe, Manek Dubash explores how open-source storage could be the key to breaking the chains of vendor lock-in. 

Today’s organizations have managed to improve their IT performance at dramatic cost savings. Learn how this open source technology can give your business the freedom to cost-effectively and efficiently respond to today’s increasing business demands while avoiding vendor-lock in.