This exclusive whitepaper discusses helpful strategies for effective and efficient application migration from legacy UNIX and RISC-based systems to x86-compatible platforms, such as Linux. Read on to learn how to make your transition smooth and simple. 

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. 

Successful execution of an SOA strategy, combined with the release of the business value contained in legacy systems, can bring five proven benefits to the enterprise. Functioning as both a software development environment and a delivery framework, SOA provides a mechanism for defining business services and operating models. 

This paper examines how health care CIOs are burdened by small data centers that are difficult to expand, yet they need to accommodate growing amounts of data. Virtualization may be the answer. 

By simplifying and making system refresh execution consistent, automation can decrease the potential for errors inherent in standard approaches. Read this paper to discover an automation solution that can be used for traditional SAP systems as well as SAP’s Business Warehouse (BW). 

Thinking about deploying Windows Vista? This guide gives an overview of how to successfully manage a pilot program that provides the best experience for pilot users and helps to provide positive project justification to business decision makers. 

Overhaul of legacy contact center technology is often extremely costly and time-consuming, but it doesn't have to be. This expert e-guide offers advice on deciding when it's time to upgrade your contact center technology, making the business case for an overhaul, and important change management considerations. 

Inside, learn more about a larger x86 platform designed for Linux and enterprise applications that can help address many of your top IT challenges including high availability and scalability demands, the reliability to handle high-density virtualization, lower operating costs, and reduced server sprawl. 

Legacy applications damage business operations in a number of ways, from incurring maintenance fees to complicating processes to contaminating data quality. In this white paper, discover a blueprint for your enterprise to retire legacy applications without losing mission-critical data or functions. 

This e-guide, expertly compiled by ebizQ.com, reveals the true value of modernizing legacy applications. Inside, learn how using a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to migrate and modernize legacy applications can enable organizations to stay competitive and productive. 

Legacy messaging technologies lack the performance and flexibility necessary to support today’s computing environments. Attend this webinar to learn how Informatica’s Ultra Messaging technology can help realize up to 10x performance improvements over legacy messaging solutions while dramatically reducing costs and improving deployment flexibility. 

Read this presentation transcript of the webcast "Reduce IT Costs by Rationalizing Your Application Portfolio" to learn the best practices of application retirement and how to effectively retire legacy applications and reduce IT costs while still having the ability to simply and efficiently access the retired data.