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- Deploy Cisco Unity sustainably in your large or small enterprise
- Design and deploy a sustainable Cisco Unity system by employing the basic methodology described in this chapter download from Cisco Unity Deployment and Solutions Guide. The methodology is steeped in the Cisco PDIO deployment process and involves the following primary tasks: presales or decision making, planning, designing, implementation,...
- Tags: Cisco Unity, Methodology, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Book chapters 2007-11-08
- Energy-Efficient Performance on the Client: A Proposed Measurement Methodology
- It is clear that the industry needs to implement energy-efficient performance measurement tools that provide meaningful results to end users. Although there are industry organizations that have started to look at this, in the interim Intel is proposing a methodology for comparing Intel platforms. This methodology isn't intended to be...
- Tags: Methodology, Industry, Intel Corp., Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Control 2007 (exe)
- Vico Software Control 2007 is a schedule planning and production control system for construction projects that allows users to compress project schedules without increasing risk. Control 2007 is based on unique location-based scheduling methodology. This methodology facilitates planning of continuous resource flow which decreases subcontractor costs and productivity loss. Features...
- Tags: Methodology, Procurement, Vico Software Control 2007, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2007-07-13
- Methodology for Railway Demand Forecasting Using Data Mining
- After the organization to resolve its operational problems, comes the necessity for systems to support decision making. The research area data mining grows quickly to take care of these new necessities. However, the use of data mining techniques becomes difficult due to the lack of a complete and systematic methodology...
- Tags: Knowledge, Methodology, Forecasting, Research Area Data Mining, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management
- White papers 2007-05-14
- Application Architecture Essentials, Part 3: Getting Started With Application Development Methodologies
- In this installment in the series about the discipline of application architecture, one explores the skills, tools, techniques, and milestones related to application development methodology. A well-rounded application architect must be able to apply a number of methodologies to the development of an application. The choice of method may be...
- Tags: Application Development, Methodology, Software Development, Development Tools, Middleware, Productivity, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-04-03
- Using a Phased Methodology in Business Process Management: Stay on Target With a Logical Approach to Process Management
- Using a phased methodology in process management can drive a balanced view of the future for companies redesigning internal processes. Learn about the steps involved in typical process management phases and how to establish a phased methodology in the organization. Phases are process segments that logically follow one another. Methodology...
- Tags: Business Process, Process Management, BPM, Methodology, Analysis, Phases, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-01-16
- Integrating and Automating Composite Applications - BMC
- Asset Optimization management enables companies to share resources to meet the daily demands of business without investing the cost and maintenance overhead of traditional configurations. The methodology builds agility into companies by ensuring that resources are utilized correctly, and that services provided are cost-effective. Get the facts about Asset Optimization...
- Tags: Asset, BMC Software Inc., Methodology, Asset Optimization Management, Asset Management, It Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2006-11-15
- Finding Diversity in Remote Code Injection Exploits
- Remote code injection exploits inflict a significant societal cost, and an active underground economy has grown up around these continually evolving attacks. This paper presents a methodology for inferring the phylogeny, or evolutionary tree, of such exploits. The paper has applied this methodology to traffic captured at several vantage points,...
- Tags: Methodology, Association For Computing Machinery, Exploit
- White papers 2006-10-27
- A Major Food Market and Supplier of Dairy Products Wanted a Project Management Methodology to Manage Their Non-SAP Software Development Projects From Within the SAP Environment
- The company needed one single methodology for managing both SAP and non-SAP development projects. The company deployed an IT Project Book that provides a set of templates to incorporate the best practices of SAP's ASAP methodology and the PMBOK. This allowed the Company to focus on one methodology, while utilizing...
- Tags: Software, Food, Software Development, Environment, Methodology, SAP AG, Supplier, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- Case studies 2006-10-05
- Conceptual Methodology of Developing the User Interface
- This paper presents a proposal of a new methodology of constructing software, which gives an application characterized with high usability level and graphic design integrated with company's marketing image. Designed methodology is intended to fulfil requirements formulated by the new marketing trend described in Jensen's book "The Dream Society" and...
- Tags: Graphic Design, Methodology, Desktop Publishing, Tools & Techniques, Software, Management
- White papers 2006-07-19
- Hack your way to system security: Internet penetration testing
- Professional consultants hired to perform penetration testing need a well-defined methodology to systematically check for known vulnerabilities and identify potential security holes in a limited time frame. A single methodology also helps ensure a consistent level of reliability in results across multiple engagements. This sample chapter from Hack I.T.: Security...
- Tags: Methodology, Penetration, Internet, Security
- Download resources 2006-05-30
- Developing a Methodology for Road Network Vulnerability Analysis
- This paper will describe a new project at KTH concerning road network vulnerability, as well as present some early results. The aim of the project is to develop the methodology of vulnerability analysis for road networks and to illustrate how this methodology can be used for generating a basis for...
- Tags: Network, Methodology, Vulnerability, Analysis, Networking
- White papers 2006-05-13
- Identity Control: Realizing the Benefits of Roles Standardization & Cleanup
- In a world of big solutions for big compliance and efficiency headaches, Identity Control is a welcome relief. It is the authors' assertion that "cleaning up" existing identity related processes & role related information will greatly help with productivity, compliance, and normal reconciliation procedures of every organization. Many organizations have...
- Tags: Methodology, Compliance, Identity, Standardization, Benefits, Human Resources
- White papers 2006-04-09
- Processor Migration Capacity Analysis in a Production Environment
- Installations migrating to new processors often perform capacity assessments against workloads running on the migrated processor. These assessments are done to validate the expected capacity relationships and to ensure workloads running in the new environment are working as expected. The ability to do this analysis on a production system is...
- Tags: Environment, Methodology, Analysis, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2006-04-03
- Integrating Automated Test Generation Into the WYSIWYT Spreadsheet Testing Methodology
- This paper presents an automated test generation methodology for spreadsheet languages. The authors' methodology is driven by the end user's request, allowing the user to generate test inputs for a specific du-association or cell, or at the whole-spreadsheet-level. This methodology is tightly integrated with the highly interactive spreadsheet programming environment,...
- Tags: Methodology, Author, Spreadsheet, Productivity
- White papers 2006-04-01
- Selecting the Right Project Management Methodology
- Many professionals are not aware of the differences between project management methodologies and System Development LifeCycles SDLCs / product methodologies, or why it is important to use a consistent project management approach. The two types of methodologies are significantly different as they are designed to address different issues and achieve...
- Tags: Methodology, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- White papers 2006-03-06
- Project Management Using Event Chain Methodology
- Any projects are affected by a large number of events risks, which can significantly change the course of a project. These events may form groups of related events or event chains. The paper discusses a proposed methodology of modeling the software project using event chains. The event chains methodology can...
- Tags: Project Management, Event, Methodology, Modeling, Research & Development, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2006-01-23
- A Study of Software Methodology Analysis: "Great Taste or Less Filling"
- Software project management methodologies that have developed in the past couple of decades have done so to address the endemic problem of software project failures caused, in a large part, by lack of planning and poor execution. Methodologies like Waterfall, Sashimi, Spiral and Agile have all become key tools in...
- Tags: Software, Methodology, Analysis, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Productivity, Management, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2005-10-03
- Project Management & Software Development Methodology
- Aside from the commercially available methodologies such as Prince 2 and Rational Unified Process, there are many methodology developed to suit individual organisations. This white paper sets out to provide a better understanding of methodologies, and how they can be developed and implemented. It is important to differentiate between a...
- Tags: Methodology, Project Management Methodology, Software Development, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- White papers 2005-06-27
- Business Analysis Using "Method H"
- A workshop with users using a structured methodology is the best way to elicit requirements. There are many methodologies including functional decomposition, DFD, Workflows, Use Cases etc that can be used. A workshop however is not always feasible. "Method H" can provide a useful framework for gathering requirements if you...
- Tags: Methodology, Workshop, Analysis, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- White papers 2005-06-27
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