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PeopleSoft Virtualization With Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Technology

This paper introduces and describes the benefits of PeopleSoft virtualization using the new Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V technology and how to effectively implement this new technology into a PeopleSoft environment. This paper discusses the architecture used, and describes various key scenarios including high availability, server consolidation, scaling, and testing. It...

Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Affiliated Computer Services Inc., Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Server Consolidation, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Storage

White papers 2009-02-23

Adding Value Through Automation: The Evolution of Remote Infrastructure Management

Remote Infrastructure Management RIM is not a new concept, but it's one that is transforming from basic labor arbitrage into something far more significant for business. Initially, this type of solution was deployed primarily to reduce costs. Today, that focus has shifted. In this just-in-time, 24x7 world, the costs related...

Tags: Affiliated Computer Services Inc., Infrastructure Management, Automation, Remote Infrastructure Management, Quality, It Services, It Management, Financial Services, Business Operations, It service Management

White papers 2009-02-23

Increased Control Through Outsourcing: Measuring the Effectiveness of Finance and Accounting Solutions

With the global economy in flux, consumer spending down, and an expected slow recovery in the offing, today's chief financial officers and controllers are faced with a significant challenge. They have to find a way to reduce operating costs and ensure adequate cash flow, all while positioning their companies to...

Tags: Affiliated Computer Services Inc., Accounting, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Finance

White papers 2009-02-18

Rewards and Relationships: Mitigating Risk Through Strategic Learning Outsourcing

Despite the focus on savings at the transactional level, ACS continues to encourage organizations to think more broadly and to view learning and development as a source of strategic advantage not merely as a target for reduction of expenditures. Properly planned, learning is a strategic lever that ensures new recruits,...

Tags: Affiliated Computer Services Inc., Business Process, Outsource, Operational Planning, Outsourcing, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

White papers 2009-01-13

ACS Increases the Efficiency of IT Services by Creating a Virtualized Environment With Intel Xeon Processors

Affiliated Computer Services ACS is a FORTUNE 500 company that delivers business process and IT services to a wide range of clients around the world. To enhance the efficiency of IT services provided to one particular customer, ACS is creating a virtualized environment with VMware virtualization software running on IBM...

Tags: Affiliated Computer Services Inc., Information Technology, Environment, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., ACS, It Services, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

Case studies 2008-09-01

ACS Technology Platform: Comparison of "Behind-the-Firewall" Vs. Hosted Learning Solutions

Web-based learning, as well as online access to learning administration and reporting services, requires a high-performance, scalable, and reliable platform to meet baseline user requirements. Users (learners, managers, and administrators) have come to expect a quality experience with any technology enabled learning solution and generally will reject slow or unreliable...

Tags: Affiliated Computer Services Inc., Solution, Application Service Providers (ASPs), Web Hosting, Workforce Management, Leadership, Internet, Human Resources, Management

White papers 2008-06-20

Additional Resources

Research: Small DIY botnets prevalent in enterprise networks

Does the size of a botnet really matter? It's all a matter of perspective. Contrary to the “common wisdom” that based on their size, big botnets are theoretically capable of infiltrating a huge percentage of enterprise networks, a recently presented study entitled "My Bots Are Not Yours!...

Tags: Enterprise Network, Espionage, Cyberthreats, Spam, Robots, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Emerging Technologies, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Cisco v Apple Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition Complaint

Following is the complaint filed by Cisco over Apples use of the iPhone name:COMPLAINT FOR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT, UNFAIR COMPETITION, FALSE DESCRIPTION, AND INJURY TO BUSINESS REPUTATION; CASE NO.FOLGER LEVIN & KAHN LLPMichael A. Kahn (SB# 057432, mkahn@flk.com)Gregory D. Call (SB# 120483, gcall@flk.com)Michael F. Kelleher (SB# 165493, mkelleher@flk.com)Beatrice B. Nguyen (SB#...

Tags: General, Legal, Apple, Cisco, iPhone, Cisco Systems Inc., U.S.C.

Blog posts 2007-01-10

Rodney Dangerfield & IT Services: The Invisible Third Choice

In the 90s, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal once dubbed me, “The Queen of Outsourcing.”  The outsourcing market has changed quite a bit since then.  Today with outsourcing’s reputation under fire by American workers and, well, Lou Dobbs, I’m not sure I’d want that title again. Yet, when...

Tags: outsourcing, General IT Services, HRO, F&, A Outsourcing, Systems Integration, IT Consulting, Management Consulting, Applications Development, Applications Maintenance, IT Outsourcing, Interactive Agency, Web Services, SaaS, Offshoring

Blog posts 2006-11-01

Dept. of Ed. site reveals 21,000 borrowers info

A software glitch caused a Dept. of Education website to expose personal information of 21,000 federal student loan recipients, the Boston Globe reports. Between Sunday night and Tuesday morning, users of the loan website were shown other borrowers' data when performing certain tasks. ...

Tags: Web site

Blog posts 2006-08-24

Sun CEO will announce thousands of layoffs this Thursday

Sun CEO will announce thousands of layoffs this ThursdayNo sh^t SherlockYa think?120 grand a pieceNo WONDER Sun is having problems! Maybe if they were located in Idaho instead of Silicon Valley, they wouldn't have to pay so much for workers.more money for lawyers>" Sun's lawyers stopped him at the...

Tags: UNIX, layoff, Sun Microsystems Inc., EFCA, open source, Agilent Technologies Inc., job, software

Discussion threads 2006-06-20

Anatomy of an implosion

The Washington Post offers a look inside Tier, the troubled company that specialized in processing child-support payments for state and local governments. Tier went public in 1997, grew steadily, moved to DC in 2004, and showed an ability to win contracts from government. It all came crashing down this year,...

Tags: Tier

Blog posts 2006-06-05

Google's Schmidt at World Economic Forum: 'We did an evil scale'

InfoWorld reporter Stacey Cowley writes: It took Google Inc. more than a year to make the decision that offering a censored version of its search services in China would be a lesser evil than boycotting business in the country altogether, according...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-01-30