In this white paper, Dan Moore, the senior vice president of professional services at IBM, Cast Iron reviews the current application environment in light of emerging trends, describes an ideal complete integration solution and discusses common sense best practices as well as pitfalls. 

Here five things about Windows Server 2008 that are the less obvious, more esoteric, yet useful features or quirks. The following is a brief list of some things that I tend to assume that many people know, and I am constantly amazed by clients and students who really don't know them. How many do you already know? 

View this webcast to explore how to gain a deeper level of network visibility to thwart emerging threats and reduce risk with an interactive threat analysis application. Explore how NetWitness Investigator works, its benefits and how you can take advantage of them with this complimentary training session. 

This expert e-guide outlines the evolution of application lifecycle management (ALM) and explains the limitless possibilities of this growing process. Read this now and discover advice for successful ALM implementations, including what it can and can't do for your business, as well as common pitfalls to avoid and how to overcome them. 

This edition of BI Trends and Strategies opens with a piece by Lou Agosta on the need for data warehouses to adapt to new data types, innovation and big data. Alan R. Earls also offers advice for incorporating spreadsheets into your BI programs without problems and Richard Herschel calls for universities to step up their BI and analytics programs. 

This video describes how to deliver unified communications (UC) quickly, easily, and to virtually any users in any location with a comprehensive, hosted, fully managed UC solution. 

Data integration is changing, no longer relying solely on manual SQL scripts or stored procedures. Read this expert e-brief and learn how automation, real-time complex event processing, data virtualization and more are altering the process forever. 

This paper discusses the security challenges associated with web applications, the importance of a comprehensive web application security strategy, and how IBM Rational solutions use IBMs virtually unmatched insight and experience to help companies create security-rich web applications. 

Josko Grljevic, IS Director of thetrainline.com, explains how he cut its IT costs dramatically by virtualising its data centre and moving IT services into the cloud. 

The SAP Portal Site Management app allows you to run multiple portals within an integrated Web content management (WCM) system. Watch this step-by-step demonstration to see just how easy it is to edit an existing Web page using the tool. Learn how SAP Portal Site Management can enhance your portal environment and improve your overall experience. 

Your company’s success relies heavily on the quality of its core  business applications. Watch this webcast to see how Levi Strauss & Company cut costs and improved their operational efficiency with SAP’s application life cycle management solution (ALM). <br /><br /> 

This paper outlines a case study on headwear and handbag company Dorfman Pacific and how they improved their image management system.