Technology leaders in midsize businesses have a handful of integration approaches to choose from: wrestle with sophisticated enterprise application integration (EAI) tools, write custom code, or use the simple and rapid approach of pre-packaged integrations from WebSphere Cast Iron. 

In this 10-minute software demo, learn how WebSphere Cast Iron allows you to easily integrate cloud (both public and private) and on-premise applications in real-time using a "no-coding" approach. 

This brief paper outlines a solution that seamlessly synchronizes your customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) data to grant you timely access to the information you need to make pivotal and proper business decisions. 

This paper focuses on re-defining the job of project manager to better fit the self-managed team environment, one of the core Agile principles. Special emphasis is placed on the shift to servant leadership, with its focus on facilitation and collaboration 

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. 

The telecommunications industry was already in a redefining shift in consumer preferences, business models and infrastructure development prior to the  economic crisis. Faced with challenges in declining revenues, a maturing mobile industry and increased competition from new entrants, the industry finds itself in dire need of new models for growth. 

This is the first in an annual series of reports highlighting trends in the structural quality of business applications regarding characteristics such as robustness, performance, securit y, and changeability. 

This paper examines the primary data threats that currently concern chief security officers (CSOs) and IT security management within enterprises, and recommends best-practice techniques to minimize and overcome risks to data security. These best practices have been successfully implemented and deployed in organizations. 

In today's challenging economy, cutting costs while achieving more is critical to success. Discover how to easily connect your cloud-based applications with each other and with your on-premise applications – in just days, without burdening specialist resources or resorting to custom programming. 

If you purchase goods and services from third parties to support your business processes, developing a solid supplier management strategy is crucial to your success. Access this paper to learn 7 features that make up an effective policy, how to use the ITIL to help during your program's creation, and much more. 

The key to unlocking outsourcing potential lies in targeting the right projects, choosing your suppliers wisely and then managing them with an eye on economic conditions at that global site. Here's a step-by-step plan for optimizing savings. 

To meet the increasing demands of today's market, companies must implement collaborative supply chain solutions that streamline business processes with their trading partners. Read this white paper for expert advice for achieving that objective. 

This research from Freeform Dynamics, based on a survey of end users,  identifies the challenges faced by IT departments and suppliers on software licensing, and offers advice to organisations on dealing with software licensing.