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Software Consultancy Improves Development Lifecycle and Predictability

Info Support provides tools and expertise to improve software development. The Info Support software factory, called Endeavour, helps enterprise development teams accelerate software development and better manage the software development life cycle. Although Endeavour is widely deployed, Info Support nevertheless wanted to improve customer experience and enable IT departments to...

Tags: Software, Microsoft Visual Studio, Software Consultancy, Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Management

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IT Firm Virtualizes Databases: Trims Servers 85 Percent, Ups Performance 50 Percent

As its business grew rapidly, IT consultancy Avanade watched its data centers fill up with servers, which caused hardware, energy, and management costs to soar. To put a halt to runaway server growth and rising data center costs, Avanade deployed the Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise operating system with the...

Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Data Center, Information Technology, Server, Microsoft Corp., Avanade, Data Centers, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2010-01-27

dbTrends for Oracle AWR and Statspack 1.0.20 (Windows)

dbTrends for Oracle AWR/STATSPACK is a premier software product for Oracle database performance tuning and monitoring based on performance data gathered by such Oracle tools as STATSPACK and Automatic Workload Repository AWR. The dbTrends product provides cost-effective Oracle database monitoring and tuning solution based on free STATSPACK for companies which...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Microsoft Windows, Oracle Database, spViewer Software, dbTrends, Performance Data, dbTrends Product, Performance Management, Databases, Human Capital Management, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware

Software downloads 2010-01-20

SharePoint Statistics: The Real Reason Behind SharePoint's Price Tag

What would you say is the most expensive part of a SharePoint deployment? A recent study by InfoTrends, a consultancy, identified where the money is being spent on SharePoint and where it's not. The results may surprise you. So I was speaking the other day...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Java Generics and Collections 1.0 (Mobile)

By Maurice Naftalin, Philip WadlerPublished by O'Reilly Media (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527754/)This comprehensive guide shows you how to master the most importantchanges to Java since it was first released. Generics and the greatlyexpanded collection libraries have tremendously increased the power ofJava 5 and Java 6. But they have also confused many developers whohaven't...

Tags: Mobile, Generic, O'Reilly Media Inc., Stanza Bookbinder, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-07

Windows SMB2 exploit now public; Expect in-the-wild attacks soon

Another "researcher" makes a name for himself.So, just why was it necessary for for this Bozo to actually "create and release the code" for the exploit? Let me guess. His company makes money by hyping up the level of fear. See their web page where they say...

Tags: Firewalls, SECURITY, Network security, Patches, Microsoft Windows, Windows SMB2, attack, firewall, antivirus

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Spigit Curbs Sharepoint Waste

How many Sharepoint sites did your company start in the past year? Now, how many are actively being used? If you're organization is like many, Sharepoint adoption isn't the same as Sharepoint usage. In a new study by Infotrends Inc. a market consultancy, researchers found that...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Spigit, SAAS Software, Spigit Software, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-09-17

The Productive Programmer 1.0 (Mobile)

By Neal FordPublished by O'Reilly Media (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596519780/)Anyone who develops software for a living needs a proven way to produce it better, faster, and cheaper. The Productive Programmer offers critical timesaving and productivity tools that you can adopt right away, no matter what platform you use. Master developer Neal Ford not...

Tags: Mobile, O'Reilly Media Inc., Programmer, Stanza Bookbinder, E-books & E-Readers, Productivity, Software Development, Business Structures, Personal Technology, Software/Web Development, Finance

Software downloads 2009-09-09

ISV Reduces Sales and Deployment Cycle From Months to Five Minutes With Web-Based Service

Octave wanted to deliver its retail accounting and sales solution as an online service. It partnered with YouSAAS - a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner specialising in technical and marketing consultancy for Independent Software Vendors ISVs - to fully automate provisioning and deployment. Following the transition, the delivery cycle decreased from...

Tags: Web, ISV, Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales

Case studies 2009-09-01

When Consultancies Feel the Pain of Recession

Phil Fersht, an AMR analyst and blogger, wrote yesterday about the bad year that major outsourcing consultancy TPI is having. He went further and checked with other consultancies about how they are doing. In short, he found that some firms were doing more outsourcing consulting and some less. But, he...

Tags: Recession, Consultancy, Phil Fersht, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-08-13

A buy side response to the enterprise buyer's Bill of Rights (and a partial solution)

My first post of today pointed towards an all too familiar enterprise project 'fail' and the documented experiences of one project person trying to reach completion on a now two year implementation. Coincidentally (I didn't know this was in the pipe), Mike Krigsman provides a critique of Forrester's Enterprise Software...

Tags: Consultant, SAP AG, Bill, Principle Reason, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Software Consultancy Helps London Borough Improve Citizen Service

Asidua delivers world-class integration, software, and consultancy services to government and corporate clients worldwide. The Microsoft Gold Certified Partner specializes in Application and Data Integration ADI, and focuses on helping clients improve both their business bottom line and their service to customers. Asidua was hired by the London Borough of...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Service, Asidua, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Government, Operational Planning, Tools & Techniques, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business Operations, Management, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-06-26

Marketing Consultancy Reaps Rewards From Genuine Software

Dynamic, Creative & Resourceful Marketing DCR Marketing is a marketing management and fulfilment agency based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. DCR Marketing wanted to ensure that it met copyright laws by acquiring licensed software, as well as improving productivity and work processes by deploying a comprehensive office productivity suite. DCR Marketing...

Tags: Software, Microsoft Corp., File-sharing, Marketing Consultancy, Tools & Techniques, Marketing Research, Peer To Peer (P2P), Management, Marketing, Internet

Case studies 2009-06-15

The CIO is dead (long live the CIO)

TechRepublic's Patrick Gray takes on the changing role of the CIO, writing that a C-level position for IT will no longer be warranted unless it evolves beyond the operational, shared-service mentality. You can find more posts like this on TechRepublic's IT Leadership blog. With the...

Tags: CIO, Role, Information Technology, Technology, Service, C-level, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Financial Services Consultancy Boosts Bottom Line Using Software Integration

The Goetzman Group provides financial and accounting consulting services. The Woodland Hills, California - based firm sought to increase efficiencies, boost market outreach, and reduce IT costs. The Goetzman Group, a financial and accounting consultancy, used the software integration in Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 to help automate the core...

Tags: Software, Accounting, Financial Service, Accounts Receivable, Microsoft Corp., IT Cost, Integration, Goetzman Group, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance

Case studies 2009-06-01

IBM's Devil's Triangle: An enterprise software soap opera

IBM's Devil's Triangle: An enterprise software soap operaWhere's the architect?Who is the person that modeled the today and future capacity - and thought that 256Gb tables were adequate? Obviously in 2006 the tables were not this big and things ran fine until 2008 when the tables started exceeding this threshold.Nothing...

Tags: IBM Corp., Triangle, enterprise software

Discussion threads 2009-05-30

egoFITNESS 1.3 (Mobile)

egoFITNESS is 3.0 full compatible. The third great update for egoFITNESS has come! Read below for a complete list of news! Happy training to all! :-)---Here's egoFITNESS the #1 fitness top app in Italy!Some translated comments from Italian users: "Perfectly realized, explained in a easy style with good videoclips." 5...

Tags: Mobile, Training, Gianluca Musumeci, egoFITNESS, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-05-06

Forrester's U.S. IT spending forecast cut: Will 2010 show a rebound?

Forrester Research is now projecting 2009 IT spending to fall 3.1 percent, compared to the 1.6 percent decline the research firm had projected.  Forrester Research---along with Gartner---is the latest to cut its projections for 2009 following bleak fourth and first quarters see full report. In many respects,...

Tags: Information Technology, Forrester Research Inc., Strategy, Operational Planning, Operational Accounting, Management, Business Operations, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-01

Cisco launches bid to capture the data center

Cisco Systems has just launched what it considers a "critical step" in its Data Center 3.0 strategy, promising an ecosystem of partners which include chipmaker Intel, tech consultancy Accenture, virtualization software provider VMWare, Microsoft, the labs unit of enterprise software firm SAP, storage maker EMC and...

Tags: Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-03-16

SOA adoption trends -- what the data tells us

In response to a recent post that talked about corporate success rates with SOA, a reader issued a challenge to show the numbers behind SOA adoption. So, here is a summary of significant surveys -- a recap from previous posts -- on SOA adoption that have been conducted over the...

Tags: SOA, Survey, Loraine, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-03-12