Douglas Miller, Director of Global Database Development and Operations at R.L. Polk, a leader in automotive intelligence and marketing solutions, discusses the benefits of Oracle Exadata’s efficient use of storage. 

Software developers write code to power applications that drive today's businesses. Whether you are looking at ubiquitous applications such as Microsoft Word or your own in-house software, chances are that they are not very WAN-friendly. The focus of this paper is to highlight the TCP protocol's shortcomings for WAN transmission purposes. 

This paper examines the types of verification services used in the escrow industry. It discusses why verification has become a best practice for both the users of software and the developers creating the applications, as well as a solid recommendation by the lawyers who advise them. 

In November 2008, Conficker A, the first of five variants of the malware, rapidly began infecting computers which had failed to install a Microsoft patch released just weeks earlier. In late December 2008, Conficker B added new mechanisms for distribution including USB storage devices. 

This paper examines recent security breaches such as Stuxnet, and offers best practice measures, especially for the Windows platform, that can help to safeguard private keys so that your company doesn't become tools of malicious hackers. 

The more you know about built-in functionality in the .NET framework and ASP.NET, the less code you have to write, which ultimately makes your applications more maintainable. This white paper outlines several different tips to enhance developer productivity and reduce the amount of code that needs to be written in many cases. 

This brief white paper focuses on the unique order management of B2B commerce, outlining the requirements for distributed order management as a new business requirement and sharing the experiences of Dal-Tile as they implement an end-to-end distributed order management solution from IBM. 

These days, janitorial supply company Edward Don & Company takes most of its orders online, making 24x7 customer availability for its ordering system extremely important. Read this paper to learn how the company integrated cloud-based disaster recovery (DR) with its SAP systems in order to ensure high availability of its online ordering. 

This paper examines an array of solutions for SAP customers to optimize the Order-to-Cash processes in ways that contain costs and achieve optimum organizational efficiency, high customer retention and successful cash management. 

Organizations are often turning to Master Data Management as a key enabler in improving the timeliness, quality and reliability of BI with the ultimate goal of improving business performance. This survey report presents recommendations on the "do and don't" of MDM as well as some findings on the use of open source and manual coding in MDM projects.