The property tax system for Marin County, California, was increasingly expensive to maintain; furthermore, it was not possible to integrate it with newer modern technologies. Read this case study to learn how they updated and modernized this critical application without losing valuable IT assets embedded in the current system. 

Learn how Robot/SCHEDULE, the job scheduling and batch management software for IBM AS/400, has helped companies pass their internal and external audits for over 25 years. You can monitor who changed what job, produce reports that prove you are monitoring the schedule, and demonstrate the basic security that prevents unauthorized editing of jobs. 

Over the past decade, a powerful new approach to development - open source software - has risen to prominence, dramatically increasing the opportunity to re-use existing software. This report describes a set of seven best practices whose objective is to encourage development based on component re-use and software assembly. 

Download a free trial of IBM Rational Requirements Composer V1.0.0.1, a requirements definition tool for organizations seeking easy to use elicitation and definition tools that enhance their ability to create the right requirements for their projects and drive improved quality, speed, and alignment across the IT lifecycle. 

This white paper considers the changing focus of the requirements space and how requirements definition differs from requirements management. A business analyst's struggles with defining requirements using common office software and tools are related. Finally, a requirements definition solution is introduced and discussed. 

Requirements definition and management is an activity that has the potential to deliver a high, fast ROI. This white paper explains the characteristics of a good requirement and presents ten steps to better requirements management. Read on to learn how better requirements translate into easier, higher quality projects. 

Following a Business Process Outsourcing agreement for the administration of Life and Pension products, HCL Insurance BPO Services, undertook a full analysis of the inherited infrastructure. A risk was identified with the third party mainframe used to host its CAPSIL insurance application. 

The best way to address Web 2.0 threats is to combine the best aspects of traditional security and control techniques with new technology designed to address the dynamic, real-time nature of Web 2.0. This paper describes how one such solution enables you to quickly implement a best practices approach to making Web 2.0 secure and effective. 

ITV.com’s IT management sought a future-proofed solution that would improve overall performance and future proof for High Definition editing without increasing the physical storage footprint requirements of their small datacenter. Nexsan was the only company that could deliver the solution they required. 

Because their IT department couldn’t guarantee prompt, efficient data restores, Kerzner International centralize backups by combining SyncSort with NetApp storage. The result was quicker and more efficient restores. 

This document describes concepts and definitions for governance, elements of governance, distinguishing myth from reality, approaches that go beyond "just good enough", control frameworks etc. 

VMware Enhanced VMotion coupled with Intel VT FlexMigration allows live migration across different generations of Intel Xeon processor-based servers, giving IT managers the freedom to move workloads whenever necessary, helping ensure business continuity during unforeseen spikes in data center resources.