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How to Save With BI Platform Consolidation

Challenging economic pressures has forced organizations to carefully reevaluate their IT strategies in an effort to reduce overall infrastructure cost. One particular area that is being scrutinized because of its significant licensing, maintenance and specialized support cost is that of business intelligence platforms. New with the release of Microsoft SQL...

Tags: Consolidation, Innovative Architects, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management

White papers 2009-03-01

Healthcare Provider Integration - Microsoft BizTalk Server Case Study

BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina BCBSNC was anticipating growing from 5,000 claims per day to 30,000 claims per day in 2008 and 2009 as it expanded existing lines of business and worked to forge partnership with new customers. BCBSNC realized they needed to strategically plan for their infrastructure to handle...

Tags: Microsoft BizTalk Server, Health Care, Server, Microsoft Corp., Claim, Integration, Innovative Architects, Hipaa, Business Structures, Regulatory Compliance, Web Services, Regulations, Application Servers, Middleware, Healthcare, Government, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-02-17

Business to Business Integration Strategy: A Microsoft BizTalk Server Customer Solution Case Study

Bunch needed to update all external interfaces due to a significant upgrade to their back-end systems and needed to lower the cost and lead time for on-boarding new external partners. The challenge was to increase the quality and accuracy of data, while easing the management of their partner interfaces. Bunch,...

Tags: Microsoft BizTalk Server, B2B Integration, Server, Microsoft Corp., Innovative Architects, B2B, Middleware, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-02-17

Additional Resources

Better together: Engineering Collaboration at the Heart of Breakthrough Capability with VMware software and Intel hardware

Intel has a well established rhythm of technology innovation - and a lot of really smart architects who know a thing or two about cpu design - but we get innovative ideas from the outside, too. Over the years of the VMware alliance, Intel has received many requests for small...

Tags: Software, Collaboration, VMware Inc., CPU, Intel Hardware, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2009-10-01

Innovative Software Architecture (Part II)

The purpose of information technology is to establish new business processes. By separating concerns, one can focus on the business functionality which is the true purpose of the information system. Ideally, architects would like to separate the distributed system issues into categories of design where the majority of components are...

Tags: Software, Information System, Distributed System, Object-oriented, iCMG, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Strategy, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management

White papers 2009-01-01

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Second Verse, Different Than the First

Industry Giants -the New Adults on the Block Most of these might not be surprising to you but they are to me. With maybe the exception of Sage...and NetSuite....and RightNow and.....ah well.  I guess they aren't really all that surprising.  But to some degree, IBM and Cisco are surprising. ...

Tags: Strategy, Application, NetSuite Inc., IBM Corp., CRM, Zach, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-16

Architectural Firm Reduces Time Spent on Routine IT Tasks by Up to 90 Percent

CollinsWoerman, known for its innovative and award-winning building designs, was due to replace its aging computers. For greater overall efficiency, it upgraded to the Windows Vista operating system. With its new software, the IT department has reduced time spent on routine administrative tasks by up to 90 percent, and architects,...

Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Management

Case studies 2008-06-01

Elastra emerges to make cloud computing more attainable for enterprises

Cloud computing as a concept has been gathering significant interest in the past months, but aside from developers, testers and startups, the ability to exploit the efficiencies and cost-benefits of cloud computing for average enterprises have remained hard to grasp. Startup Elastra unveiled its approach today to...

Tags: Cloud Computing, Cloud, Elastra, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-03-25

DWG Search 2.3 (Windows)

DWG Search for your Desktop and Network drives. DWG Search is a specialized search program for quickly locating AutoCAD dwg files based on their names and content. This allows you to easily manage projects and drawings, reuse components and AutoCAD blocks. This innovative and powerful tool greatly reduces the time...

Tags: AutoCAD, OfficeOptimum, DWG Search, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2007-12-05

DWG Search (for AutoCAD) 2.3 (Windows)

DWG Search for your Desktop and Network drives. DWG Search is a specialized search program for quickly locating AutoCAD dwg files based on their names and content. This allows you to easily manage projects and drawings, reuse components and AutoCAD blocks. This innovative and powerful tool greatly reduces the time...

Tags: AutoCAD, OfficeOptimum, DWG Search, CAD, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Software, Operating Systems

Software downloads 2007-11-05

Another option for BEA: Sell yourselves to a big, honking telco like AT&T

While the potboiler of the Oracle-solicits-BEA story simmers on the front burner, there could be another option for BEA's board. Rather than BEA -- which states it will be happily acquired for $21 per share -- awaiting another software vendor to rescue it from the flinty grips of Oracle, why...

Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Information Technology, AT&T Corp., Carrier, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-10-30

Autodesk CIO: Billy Hinners - Transcript

Dan Farber: Billy, thanks for joining me. Billy Hinners: I'm happy to be here Dan. Dan Farber: Autodesk is a large company, $1.5 billion in revenue last year, and certainly well known for its engineering and architectural software, but you're also...

Tags: CIO, Data Center, Autodesk Inc., Information Technology, Hinners, Data Centers, Storage, Product Development, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2007-10-23

Girl's guide to project failures

Elizabeth Harrin writes a great blog called, A Girl's Guide to Managing Projects, Trying to Stay OTOBOS... (on time, on budget, on scope). Elizabeth's perspective on project failures is practical and informative, making her blog interesting to read. Titles of several recent entries hint at her focus...

Tags: Project, Failure, Girl, Elizabeth Harrin, Elizabeth, Purchasing & Procurement, Blogging, Business Operations, Internet, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-10-22

More obvious misgivings about Microsoft and SOA

InfoWorld blogger and MuleSource CEO Dave Rosenberg has some thoughts on Microsoft and SOA in light of, and in advance of, the recent spate of BizTalk announcements and partnerships. Like myself, he takes exception to Microsoft's claims of SOA support and affinity. Here are some excerpts from...

Tags: Microsoft .NET, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-09-12

CAD/CIM and the SAB software selection

This is a guest column by frequent contributor Erik Engbrecht. It's part of the SAB software discussion and represents exactly what I'd hoped to spawn with this whole imaginary company business: an interesting dialogue. That said, here's Erik: Innovative information technology can be a critical means for...

Tags: Software, Core Competency, Information Technology, Competitive Advantage, Product, Manufacturing, SAB, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2007-09-06

Developing Rich Internet Applications for SAP With Adobe Flex

As IT architects, developers and others face the challenge to maximize the return on their SAP investments, they must provide sophisticated and appropriate front-end clients that overcome the limitations of traditional HTML browsers. This paper discusses the Adobe Flex features and architecture, providing an overview of how Flex employs service...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Rich Internet Application, SAP AG, Web Browsers, Internet

White papers 2007-09-01

Pioneering Billing System Improves Customer Service and Reduces Development Costs

A large part of Yorkshire Water's revenue is processed by the billing system. This was an Intel-based dual-node Trimetra Nova built using a 28-year-old COBOL code system. It produced annual bills for 1.5 million unmetered properties and billing throughout the year for 700,000 with meters, and was integrated with 13...

Tags: Customer Service, Billing, Billing System, Sales Channel, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2007-08-01

IT enters its most fertile development era ever

Information technology is now entering an unprecedented era of rapidly expanding development productivity. This is because of two unassailable facts: The number and types of people who can actively participate in software development are expanding, while -- at the same time -- we're seeing a rapid compression in the effort,...

Tags: Web Technology, Web Services, Virtualization, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SaaS, Open Source, Microsoft Live, Microsoft, Internet, Google, Enterprise 2.0, Eclipse, Developer Tools, Application Lifecycle Management, Agile Development, .NET

Blog posts 2007-07-15

One end-user's perspective: 'vendors don't get SOA'

One end-user's perspective: 'vendors don't get SOA'Why SOA Solutions... From Maneesh InnaniWhy SOA Solutions... Maneesh InnaniAny Business Sector can adopt a Process Driven Architecture PDA [a more process centric view of Service-Oriented Architecture SOA] approach to increasing efficiencies by aligning business processes with its IT infrastructure. You can systematically apply...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA

Discussion threads 2007-03-29

2007: The year enterprises open their SOAs to the Internet?

Those that follow the trends on the Internet and the trends within the enterprise have long noticed a very similar direction in both spaces for a while now; a push to move their software to a real services model. The reasons for this push seem straightforward: easier integration between...

Tags: ATOM, Enterprise Mashups, REST, Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA), RSS, SOAP, Orchestration, Enterprise Web 2.0, Global SOA, Web services, JSON, Governance, Convergence, Business Process Management, Lightweight Service Models, SOA, Mashups, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, Web 2.0, SaaS

Blog posts 2007-01-05