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. 

In this webcast featuring best-selling author, Len Silverston, learn how to implement universal patterns for data modeling to improve management flexibility. Gain insight into various modeling choices to meet your organization's needs. Discover how to improve quality and reduce management costs by re-using patterns. 

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. 

Read this paper to learn the ways in which new technologies are impacting power demand patterns, explores the consequences of having too much power capacity or too little and then provides concrete advice on strategies for right-sizing your power systems. 

The macro-market trends of Globalization and eCommerce are making it more important than ever for corporate executives and end users to access critical information to make effective business decisions. This paper will examine how a new generation of SaaS-based BI solutions is responding to the escalating challenges facing companies of all sizes. 

Tune in to this podcast now for expert insight on the connection between web performance testing and the bottom line, and pointers and best practices for ensuring the success of your critical eBusiness initiatives. 

Tune in to this webcast to hear from an industry expert as she discusses drivers and best practices for effective web performance testing and quality life-cycle management for today's rich and complex applications. 

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. 

This free white paper explores how education and policy enforcement can help prevent the threat posed by proxy anonymizers. This white paper looks at how to go beyond a basic URL-based filtering solution and block Anonymous Proxies including stopping HTTPS, blocking inappropriate images and proxy pattern blocking. 

Join William Jewell College and SPSS Inc. to learn how you can be incorporating data mining into your annual fund operations and focusing your limited resources on those most likely to give. This presentation is designed to give you a roadmap for getting started with data mining. 

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. 

This white paper explains how Software Reuse and its underlying fundamentals have evolved dramatically. It also discusses the benefits of constructing critical enterprise software applications through reusable parts. 

This session explores an integration challenge using Spring Integration. Spring Integration enables messaging among Spring components and adapters for integration with external systems.