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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
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
Service-Oriented Architecture -- Simplified: IBM WebSphere Vice-President Sandy Carter talks with IBM's David Poole about the power of Service-Oriented Architecture SOA. Discover how it can help your business reduce costs, gain greater flexibility, uncover new business value, and become more competitive.; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, IBM Corp.; Webcasts

Patni Enables BSS for Fast-Track Launch of the First US MVNO: The client, a joint venture between Sprint PCS and the client's UK based group, is the first Mobile Virtual Network Operator MVNO in the US cell phone industry. The client decided to build a state-of-the art OSS/BSS platform, that is not only a business and operational enabler, but also a...; Tags: BSS, Patni Computer Systems Ltd., OSS, content management, SOA, mobile, messaging, CRM, asset, cell phone, industry; Case studies
SOA Needs BPM: BPM is becoming a comprehensive solution that automatically models, monitors, simulates, and redesigns processes to provide competitive advantage. Today's BPM suites enable an operational environment of integrated human and automated workflows that can adapt to events and operational outcomes. The end result increases the flexibility in business operations. The business...; Tags: Business process automation, Operational planning, Strategy, Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Enterprise software, BPM, SOA, competitive advantage, monitor, environment, information technology; White papers
Building SOA Work Flows With BPM: SOA in conjunction with Business Process Management BPM makes it possible for enterprises to utilize core processing applications that offer best-of-breed services to create a completely automated system for managing the firm's business. This is accomplished by using the SOA to represent business functions as simple, generic interfaces based on...; Tags: Operational planning, Business process automation, Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Strategy, Enterprise software, BPM, business function, business process, SOA; White papers
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
Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Compliance for Major U.S. Energy Provider: Protiviti assisted the company with Phases I and II of their SOA 404 project, which included setting the foundation, defining the scope, and documenting and evaluating the financial reporting risks and controls. Protiviti was engaged to assist the project management team and provide a number of risk and control specialists...; Tags: Protiviti, financial reporting, project management, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOA, financial; 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
IT Controls Impact Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Efforts: Information Technology IT is, incontrovertibly, a central business process element in most organizations. Leaving IT out of the picture is no longer an option. The same can be said of the widespread initiatives businesses are undertaking related to Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOA compliance. With this in mind, many organizations have come...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Strategy, Protiviti, SOA, information technology, financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, business process, compliance, financial; White papers
Coping With New Document Retention Rules: During the course of an average day, a worker may produce hundreds of words on dozens of pages, both electronically and on paper. Once done; however, he or she may keep a couple of items on the desk or hard drive, but otherwise may never think of those documents again....; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Protiviti, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Section 404, USA PATRIOT Act, HIPAA, health insurance, SOA, worker, health care, hard drive, industry; White papers
Pre-IPOs Seek Sarbanes Compliance: As the once-comatose IPO market wakes up, companies with dreams of going public are under heavy pressure to get their governance ducks in a row. The paper reveals that following the widely watched example of Internet search engine giant Google, private companies are beginning to adopt Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOA governance...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, SEARCH, Protiviti, pre-IPO, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, Internet search engine, Internet search, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, IPO, SOA, Internet; White papers
Technology Critical to Sarbanes-Oxley Efforts: The paper depicts that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOA raises the stakes for Chief Information Officers and information technology departments by requiring certification on the performance of systemic internal controls that contribute to the accuracy and integrity of financial reporting. The proverbial 'IT curtain' is now being pulled back to drive...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Financial accounting, Protiviti, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, financial reporting, accountability, SOA, information technology, financial, performance; White papers
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
Sarbanes-Oxley and Private Companies: Operating in a New Environment: Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOA calls for extensive changes in financial reporting and disclosure systems, and restricts how public companies and their auditors work together. Many private organizations already have implemented some of these requirements in their financial reporting and in their dealings with their lenders, stakeholders and auditors. This article provides...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Financial Planning, Regulations, Protiviti, financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, financial, SOA, environment; 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
Strategic Planning for Sarbanes-Oxley 2005-2007 - Ongoing Aspect of Law Means We Must Always Look Ahead: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOA may have become law in 2002, but public companies are only now feeling its full impact, and they will for years to come. The paper outlines that the management of public companies this year must issue the first of what will be annual reports on the...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Protiviti, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, annual reports, financial reporting, Strategic Planning, SOA, 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