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. 

Download this analyst report and discover how Blaze Advisor provides a high-performance runtime environment for .NET, Java, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), or legacy applications and features strong change management through its rules repository. 

In this mediacast, Exchange expert, Lee Benjamin, discusses how to make the transition from your current Exchange version or how to migrate from a different messaging platform to Exchange 2010. Learn about the new features of Exchange 2010 and which requirements you should keep in mind to ensure a successful transition. 

In this paper a veteran SAP consultant argues why now is the perfect time implement a Business Process Lifecycle Management (BPLM) enabled ERP system. 

Managing cloud services is a fundamental challenge in today's dynamic data center. Whether you are consuming or delivering cloud services, you've probably found that legacy management tools fall short. Zenoss is a single product that provides full stack coverage of networks, servers, applications, services, and virtualization. 

The APC InfraStruXure product line offers an alternative architecture to the central UPS. This paper summarizes the key findings of MTechnology's quantitative risk assessment and discusses their implications for facility managers and designers. 

Dell is planning to upgrade its 100,000 desktop and portable computers to the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system to help reduce desktop management costs and enhance data security. Read this case study to learn how upgrading to Microsoft Windows 7 helps Dell reduce desktop management costs and enhance data security. 

As companies face increasing pressure to deliver more business value from their IT spending and free up funding for new business initiatives, reducing mainframe costs and modernizing legacy applications have become top-of-mind. 

This Microsoft white paper will discuss in detail ten things you should probably know as you get familiar with the latest version of the Windows client; what's been improved, what to expect and how it differs, if much at all, to Vista. 

Frequently, organizations that operate contact centers are faced with the challenge of working with inadequate telephony equipment. Frustrations range from having to get a few more years out of telephone equipment to having disparate systems. Read this white paper to learn about how contact centers can resolve these telecommunications complexities. 

The goal of this study is to determine if a multi‐node Oracle RAC cluster can be replaced with a cluster consisting of fewer Dell PowerEdge 11G nodes (powered by Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 Series), and still process the OLTP workload faster with less power consumption and lower Oracle RAC licensing fees. Read this white paper to learn more. 

As the systems and hardware continue to be replaced and upgraded, the incremental effort is minimal, even when moving to new versions of the operating system. The wireless system readily manages remote desktops using InstallFree, which links both the PC and the User to the virtual application.