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SAP Aims to Make Upgrades Easier; Rolls Out Enhancement Packages; Touts Analytics: Henning Kagermann, co-CEO of SAP, wants to do away with the upgrade-go-round with its upcoming Business Suite 7.0 with "enhancement packages," small optional updates designed to add functionality to enterprise resource planning applications. Enhancement packages are small SOA-enabled packs that can add new functionality to SAP's Business...; Tags: Analytics, SAP NetWeaver, SAP AG, Enhancement Package, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-06
SOA Best Practices and Design Patterns: Keys to Successful Service-Oriented Architecture Implementation: There is no question that the successful implementation of Service-Oriented Architecture SOA relies on a careful and holistic approach to business planning. One of the most important tools in the evaluation, purchase, and ongoing use of SOA is the body of best practices that vendors, consultants, and customers have compiled....; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Oracle Corp., SOA, best practice, design pattern, business planning, competitive advantage, customer service, tool; White papers 2008-04-03
SOA Centers of Excellence: Preserving Order Amid Change: When first entertaining the notion of a Service-Oriented Architecture SOA, most information technology IT professionals and business leaders rightly imagine the many benefits that their organizations will see in improved customer interaction, greater business agility, efficient asset reuse, and flexible growth options. Indeed, SOA is one of the bright lights...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Oracle Corp., SOA, business strategy, information technology, asset, benefit, Web; White papers 2008-03-21
Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Compliance at Fortune 1000 Energy Corporation: Protiviti was initially commissioned to assist in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOA documentation related to a refinery the company was looking to sell. They were so pleased with the approach that they asked Protiviti to take over the project for the corporation. The work involved all phases of SOA 404 compliance....; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Regulations, Protiviti, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOA, compliance; Case studies
Enable Or Disable Add-Ins In Office Programs: Generally speaking, an add-in is supplemental functionality that adds custom commands and specialized features to the 2007 Microsoft Office system programs. Examples of add-ins are: COM add-ins (COM add-in: A supplemental program that extends the capabilities of a Microsoft Office program by adding custom commands and specialized features. COM add-ins...; Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, COM, Microsoft Office, Smart Tags, XML, Microsoft Corp.; White papers

The Next Step: Extracting Value From Sarbanes-Oxley: Accompanying the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was a ruling by the Securities and Exchange Commission requiring that publicly traded companies expedite external financial reporting timelines. This ruling would have garnered greater attention if not for SOA, which has consumed finance resources. However, as SOA Year One is wrapping up for...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Financial accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley, Web services, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Protiviti, financial reporting, SOA, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, finance, financial; White papers
Understanding the Implications of SOX to SOA: While a Service-Oriented Architecture SOA conveniently allows applications built on Web services to access other applications without using human intermediates, such robust capabilities can complicate compliance with the identity and access controls mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 SOX. The financial controls and reporting required by section 404 of...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Web services, Layer 7 Technologies Inc., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOA, identity, SOX compliance, Section 404, access management, access control, on-demand, compliance, Web service, financ; Webcasts
Bell Canada: CGI and Project Omega Assist in Bell Sympatico's High-Speed Customer Handling: CGI felt that Project Omega would provide a platform upon which projects could leverage the Enterprise Application Integration EAI infrastructure to access Bell's legacy systems with mechanized order processing and data retrieval from non-integrated sales and service channels. With the first release of Omega, Bell sought to electronically submit service...; Tags: Scripting languages, Enterprise software, CGI Group Inc., Bell Canada, CGI, EAI, enterprise application, ordering system, data entry, legacy system, training, sales; Case studies
Case Study: WebSphere Product Center at Panasonic: In Europe's consumer electronics market, Panasonic Europe and its competitors are constantly updating product offerings due to changing technologies. With such fierce competition and short product lifecycles, Panasonic's level of success greatly depends on how quickly it can market new products. New product information must be quickly and accurately distributed...; Tags: Application servers, Panasonic, IBM WebSphere, product lifecycle, Europe, point-of-sale, consumer electronics, IBM Corp., marketing, advertisement, sales; Case studies
Citibank Taiwan: Citibank Taiwan wants to focus on core competence, to reduce the costs of Applications Management in Technology Service Group, and to leverage external professional resources on application management. Capgemini provided applications management services for Citibank GCB Taiwan in ATM, AVR & Internet Banking Authorization Front-End Systems, PC LAN application systems,...; Tags: Capgemini, Citigroup Inc., Internet banking, application management, data mining, application development, ATM, LAN, PC, Internet; Case studies
Practical Cryptography: Using .NET and RSA in a Performance Management System: The client described in this case study is a national health association with more than 147,000 members. The association takes the growth and development of its 400+ employees very seriously. This technical case study describes the technical challenges in using the .NET Cryptography Namespace System.Security.Cryptography) to protect sensitive data from...; Tags: .NET, Application servers, Microsoft .NET, cryptography, performance management, health care, performance; Case studies
Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Insurance: The challenges being faced by mid-market insurers today are no secret. Companies have to introduce new products quickly, improve their flexibility to make system changes faster, battle to retain existing customers, acquire new business, and overcome operational and organizational inefficiencies. But how can insurers achieve speed and agility...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), IBM Corp., insurance company, SOA, information technology, insurance; Webcasts
Reducing a Telecom Giant's IT Budget Through an Effective EAI Strategy: Australia's leading telecom service provider decided to base its future IT integration on EAI to ensure easy interoperability between its 2000 odd heterogeneous applications. It partnered with Infosys to revamp its Enterprise Application Integration EAI strategy. The client, through its partnership with Infosys, envisaged halving its $980 million annual IT...; Tags: Middleware, Enterprise software, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, EAI, Infosys Technologies Ltd., IT budget, telecommunications, enterprise application, information technology, partnership, strategy; Case studies
Rydex: Financial Services Firm Integrates Critical Business Systems in Minutes Not Weeks: Rockville, Maryland-based Rydex Funds offers more than 45 flexible investment products - including 18 sector funds and five inverse funds - to support investors in a variety of market conditions. It needed help integrating more than 30 separate system interfaces into its new Microsoft Windows-based transfer agency system. Rydex found...; Tags: Application servers, Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Microsoft BizTalk Server, financial service, agency, window, financial, Microsoft Corp., server; Case studies
Large Finance Conglomerate, A: Leading Financial Services Company Migrates to .NET for Improved Scalability, Integration: The customer company is a large finance conglomerate, whose business includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, equity and fixed-income sales and trading. The company operates its solution from three locations. All the three user groups were required to be integrated along with tracking Soft Dollar utilization. Online approval of the...; Tags: .NET, Financial accounting, Application servers, Middleware, Microsoft Corp., finance, Microsoft .NET, XML-Data, Java, M&A, equity, scalability, financial service, SOA, financial, sales; Case studies
Improving Service and Reducing Costs Through .NET Technology: A Groundbreaking Internet Banking Service Helps Transform the Bank of Queensland: Bank of Queensland BOQ wanted an Internet banking solution that could help them serve existing customers better, gain market share and integrate various parts of their enterprise. In less than three months, EDS implemented one of the first solutions based on .NET technology. It has been a resounding success and...; Tags: Banking, .NET, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Internet banking, Microsoft .NET, bank, Internet; Case studies
Health Alliance Medical Plans: Health Insurance Provider Migrates to Microsoft Integration Solution and Reduces TCO: Accredited as Excellent by the National Committee for Quality Assurance for 10 years running, Health Alliance Medical Plans administers a wide variety of health plans for more than 245,000 individuals. The cost and difficulty of maintaining its existing application integration engine limited the organization's ability to exchange data securely with...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Middleware, application integration, health care, regulatory compliance, QA, health insurance, HIPAA, TCO, Microsoft Corp.; Case studies
Industry Record 100 Days to MVNO Launch- New Revenue Stream for Global Telecom Carrier: The first company to offer a turnkey technology and services platform for creating Mobile Virtual Operators (MVNO's) in the United States wanted to define a new, hosted business model for launching and delivering MVNO services that needs to provide clear benefits over the traditional MVNO managed approach while complementing and...; Tags: ROI/TCO, Patni Computer Systems Ltd., BSS, OSS, TCO, SOA, ROI, mobile, benefit, industry, network; Case studies
net.com: Networking Company Improves Collaboration and Application Development Speed: Based in Fremont, California, net.com makes products that help companies manage innovative broadband services. The company needed a consistent strategy for deploying IT solutions quickly and cost-effectively. It also wanted to reduce inefficiency and enable collaboration. The company used the Microsoft Office System and Microsoft Windows Server System software to...; Tags: Software development, Development tools, Groupware, Middleware, Broadband Internet, application development, collaboration, broadband service, broadband, Microsoft Corp., strategy, information technology, network, software; Case studies
Setting the Business Integration Services Backbone for Global Launch of Emerging 3G Carrier: The client 3G operator brings media partners and wireless technology together for the delivery of wireless mobile data, voice, and video to a global. The client's requirements were to build a Tibco-based business integration platform for the client's OSS/BSS applications, full ownership for all the enterprise application developments, and post-production...; Tags: Enterprise software, Patni Computer Systems Ltd., enterprise application, EAI, BSS, 3G, OSS, wireless technology, wireless, video, mobile; Case studies