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- Business Process Modeling and Simulation With UML Part I: Defining a UML Transaction Model That Maps to RUP Business Models
- Business modeling is an important activity in software development: For software to be useful, it must directly support the business. Once a sound business model is developed, it is possible to explore different business improvement options such as eliminating redundant tasks, and automating repetitive and mundane tasks or those prone...
- Tags: RUP, Business Process, Business Process Modeling, Business Model, IBM Corp., Business Modeling, UML, Programming Languages, Strategy, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management
- White papers 2004-02-09
- Business Process Modeling and Simulation With UML - Part II: Executing a UML Transaction Model With Rational Rose
- Business modeling is an important activity in software development, and the Rational Unified Process RUP provides a systematic approach to visually representing a business mode. It does not, however, provide a way to derive simulation models that support quantitative comparisons between various improvement options. This paper overviews how to execute...
- Tags: Business Process, Business Process Modeling, IBM Rational Rose, IBM Corp., Business Modeling, UML, Development Tools, Programming Languages, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2004-01-22
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- MySQL Workbench OSS 5.2.8b1 (Mac)
- MySQL Workbench enables a DBA, developer, or data architect to visually design, generate, and manage all types of databases including Web, OLTP, and data warehouse databases. It includes everything a data modeler needs for creating complex ER models, and also delivers key features for performing difficult change management and documentation...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, MySQL, Database Design, OSS, MySQL Workbench, Databases, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Altova MissionKit for Enterprise Software Architects 2010 (Windows)
- The Altova MissionKit 2010 for Enterprise Software Architects is an integrated suite of XML, database, and UML tools from the developers of XMLSpy. It delivers eight tools for less than the price of two! The Altova MissionKit for Enterprise Software Architects includes Enterprise Editions of Altova XMLSpy, MapForce, StyleVision, UModel,...
- Tags: Altova, Database, Enterprise Software, Microsoft Windows, Tool, Altova XMLSpy, MapForce, StyleVision, UModel, DiffDog, DatabaseSpy, SemanticWorks, XML, UML, Productivity, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- The role of data governance in the enterprise
- According to analyst reports, the volume of enterprise data doubles every 18 months - and a lot information is inaccurate, duplicated or out-of-date and needs to be managed. Commentary - Every corporate decision and operation relies on the quality of the organization?s underlying data. ...
- Tags: Data Quality, Data Governance, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, data management, Navin Sharma Pitney Bowes Business Insight, Special to ZDNet News, Navin Sharma Pitney Bowes Business Insight, Special to ZDNet News
- News items 2009-11-12
- Strategic Secret Weapon for Tightening Business & IT Alignment: Modeling!
- Achieving alignment between an organization's core goals and the IT infrastructure that supports an enterprise's strategic direction is an ongoing challenge. Learn how aligning business processes with data from information systems enables the development of a model-driven approach that will ultimately lead to heightened agility and greater productivity across the...
- Tags: Business Process, Information Technology, Sybase Inc., Modeling, Operational Planning, Strategy, Databases, Business Operations, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-11-01
- SAP regaining its mojo?
- Earlier today at SAP TechEd Vienna, Jim Hageman Snabe, SAP senior vice president in charge of products said: "Business ByDesign will be multi-tenant." It was almost a throw away line in a broad conversation discussing SAP's slow conversion to all things SaaS and cloud computing. I...
- Tags: Blade, SAP AG, Operational Planning, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Roi/Tco, Servers, Business Operations, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- HP's Hurd: Cloud computing has its limits (especially when you face 1,000 attacks a day)
- HP CEO Mark Hurd is big on cloud computing, but acknowledges its limits. For instance, HP "wouldn't put anything material in nature outside the firewall." The message: The cloud has its place, but there's a vast difference between private and public computing. [caption id="attachment_26254" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Credit:...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Attack, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Virtualization, Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Pitch of the day: Analytics PR spiel annoys Phillies fan
- This just in: Information Builders has predicted the World Series winner and the Los Angeles Dodgers will defeat the Anaheim Angels. But before pitching someone the PR teams should at least check a locale or two. I'm a tweener between New York and Philly. Do you honestly...
- Tags: Information Builders, Team, Analytics, Phillies, Team Management, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- LifeSize PassPort: The First Skype-Compatible Telepresence System
- Cisco's $3 billion offer to buy Tandberg yesterday may bring Cisco a more economical telepresence solution than its own not saying much, but that's only part of the challenge of bringing the technology to the small business and our homes. On Monday, LifeSize will take a big step towards solving...
- Tags: Video Call, Skype Technologies S.A., Video, Cisco Systems Inc., HD, Passport, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- Active Endpoints debuts ActiveVOS 7.0 with BPMN 2 support, improved RIA interfaces
- ActiveVOS 7.0 has a new design canvas that uses the Business Process Modeling Notation BPMN 2.0 specification to create executable BPEL processes. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Rich Internet Application, ActiveVOS 7.0, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Web Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- Tabulus 2010 B3 (Windows)
- Tabulus is a business modeling software program that combines the flexibility of a spreadsheet, structure of a database, modeling of financial software, and presentation ability of a reporting program, all with a state of the art intuitive graphical user interface. The table oriented business modeling software provides customers with a...
- Tags: Financial, Microsoft Windows, Modeling, Diehl Technology, Tabulus, Research & Development, Sales Strategy, Business Operations, Sales
- Software downloads 2009-09-02
- News to know: MySpace-iLike; Gmail; Twitter; Sony Ericsson; Secure smartphones
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: MySpace to acquire social music service iLike for $20 million Matthew Miller: Push Gmail comes to the...
- Tags: Google Gmail, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Dana Blankenhorn, Smart Phone, Andrew Nusca, Matthew Miller, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), E-mail Providers, E-mail, Research & Development, Cloud Computing, Smart Phones, Hardware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Online Communications, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- SOA services: stop worrying about protocols, worry about the business
- Richard Watson says there is too much hand wringing over service protocols and standards (REST, WS-*, etc.), and not enough thought given to why a service may be needed by the business in the first place. In a new post, he states that while "debates about whether to use REST...
- Tags: Watson Co., SOA, Service, Service Modeling, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Research & Development, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Placing blame for the XTent failure
- Science, Research, and Data Are Not To Blamefor these rest on the scientific method. Instead, other social factors are to blame:The irresponsibility of our public media in chronically sensationalizing news for the sake of entertaining rather than informing the public;The caution practicing physicians must exercise to avoid liability in...
- Tags: comparative effectiveness, Paxil, XTent, stent
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- Measuring the ROI of PR
- Measuring the ROI of PRWhat is the REAL ROI of PR?What is the business owner/stakeholder's goal in spending money on Public Relations. What value measures are real at predicting or correlating with Value?These questions are not easy to answer. But there is a way.My collaboration partner and I have developed...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, Sales force management, public relations, REAL ROI, ROI
- Discussion threads 2009-07-30
- Software engineers move over - the era of the media engineer
- Software engineers move over - the era of the media engineerI don't see this happeninggood engineers are good engineers; perhaps shoddy media engineers will be washed out of the process more quickly than shoddy programmers so perhaps you'll see this situation influence salary spreads since "bad aesthetics" speak louder...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Development tools, media engineer, Software Engineers, job
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- IBM goes deeply predictive, announces acquisition of SPSS
- IBM dropped a big bombshell at the start of any already action-packed day for the analyst community. At this moment, I’m sitting, along with several dozen of my peers from Forrester and other firms, at the IBM Smart Analytics System launch event in Hawthorne NY. I’ll blog on IBM’s other...
- Tags: Acquisition, Analytics, SPSS Inc., IBM Corp., PA/DM, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Planning, Corporate Law, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, James Kobielus
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- IBM buys SPSS in move to bolster analytics portfolio
- IBM is paying $1.2 billion in cash for SPSS, a company with technology that will bolster Big Blue's business analytics line-up. SPSS makes predictive analytics and data mining software that models customer interactions. IBM said the deal, which values SPSS at $50 a share, is expected to close...
- Tags: Analytics, SPSS Inc., IBM Corp., Financial Planning, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- IBM launches business analytics system
- IBM on Tuesday unveiled a business analytics system---a bundle of preconfigured and optimized hardware and software---designed to cut deployment time. The system is designed to complement and enhance IBM's existing business analytics service. The system will also have optional business intelligence and data mining software. The IBM...
- Tags: Analytics, Business Analytics, IBM Corp., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
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