There is no question that the successful implementation of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) relies on a careful and holistic approach to business planning. One of the most important tools in the evaluation, purchase, and ongoing use of SOA is this body of best practices that vendors, consultants, and customers have compiled. 

Join Brian Walker as he discusses emerging trends within B2B eCommerce for you to use in evolving your own B2B online experience. 

In this white paper, we take a look at how strong authentication can benefit eCommerce and online services. We will evaluate the risks that identity fraud, phishing and cybercrime pose for online service providers and discuss how strong user authentication can alleviate these risks. 

This whitepaper examines the business implications of the SaaS movement, the escalating performance and security expectations, and how a growing number of companies are safeguarding and accelerating these ondemand applications with proxy-based wide-area network (WAN) application delivery solutions. 

Blue Coat Reporter gives managers powerful visibility into all web-related user activity. Beyond URL filtering, Reporter provides customizable, at-a-glance dashboards and reports along with intuitive drill-down capabilities making it an invaluable part of security, compliance, bandwidth management, and other business critical efforts. 

This white paper is an excerpt from the book "Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises", and describes the iteration pattern and activities that a team engages in to create tested, value-delivered code in a short time box. 

Join us at this live webcast and learn how you can: Use RFM analysis to quickly rank customers for high-return marketing; Use advanced visualization techniques to uncover segments and patterns in your data; Apply these insights to growth, acquisition, and retention planning; And more. 

Healthcare regulations for IT security - such as HIPAA and the new HITECH provisions of HIPAA - are now broader than ever. This paper provides a quick overview of what you need to know about the latest security, privacy and data breach regulations for the healthcare industry. 

System i provides a wealth of data to help analyze performance and storage usage, but System i administration tools make this information cumbersome to access. This white paper offers best practices for selecting third-party system management tools to take full advantage of this information. 

The intrepid data miner runs many risks, including being buried under mountains of data or disappearing along with the "mysterious disappearing terabyte." Myths and misconceptions create their own risks and need to be debunked. This article outlines some risks, debunks some myths, and provides some protective "hard hats" for data miners. 

An effective governance program will determine what kinds of data are inputs, outputs or byproducts, and will enable the company to quickly distinguish and process data elements accordingly. Read this paper to learn more. 

This paper will show you how to navigate around the usual hurdles and deliver collaborative BI that works. 

Requirements management is critical to the successful development of today's modern products. Read this Analyst Report from the Aberdeen Group, including a case study on Intrapace's use of Jama Contour, to find out how requirements management helps companies accelerate development cycles, improve profit margins and design great products.