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- Turkcell Telecommunications Services A.S. Gains Flexibility and Decreases Time to Market
- Turkcell Telecommunications Services wanted to reduce time to market for new telecommunication services and increase the number of system architecture projects completed in a year. The challenge was to integrate unconnected data stores and achieve a unified view of customer data to improve data accuracy and customer service and consolidate...
- Tags: System Architecture, Telecommunications Service, Turkcell, Telephony, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Networking, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- Using Real Options to Select Stable Middleware - Induced Software Architectures
- The requirements that force decisions towards building distributed system architectures are usually of non-functional nature. Scalability, openness, heterogeneity, and fault-tolerance are examples of such non-functional requirements. The current trend is to build distributed systems with middleware, which provide the application developer with primitives for managing the complexity of distribution, system...
- Tags: System Architecture, Distributed System, Requirement, University College London, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-08-08
- ASE Turns to New System Architecture to Enhance Performance and Service Quality
- The ASE Group is the world's largest provider of independent semiconductor manufacturing test and assembly services. The ASE Kaohsiung plant ships product almost 365 days every year. However, the volume of data generated caused a range of problems, including deficiencies in the accuracy of data archiving and frequent performance issues...
- Tags: System Architecture, Oracle Corp., Performance, Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, ASE Group, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- Performance Review of COTS-Based System Architecture
- Commercial, Off-The-Shelf COTS software has gained considerable popularity as an approach that quickly and economically creates software systems that address business requirements. The saved development time and money will be wasted if the performance evaluation of the system is deferred, potentially leading to performance issues in the system. To save...
- Tags: System Architecture, Performance, Performance Review, COTS, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2008-06-01
- Sma Supermercati Gains Enterprise-Wide Visibility With Highly Available, Web-Based System Architecture
- Sma Supermercati wanted to create a secure, Web-based IT infrastructure with a high level of availability to align the company's IT foundation with new business needs in the competitive supermarket sector and centralize IT system management to improve availability and reduce costs. The challenge was to provide a flexible, scalable...
- Tags: Web, System Architecture, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2007-12-01
- Investigate how cascading failures occur across layers within your system architecture
- The standard system architecture for enterprise systems, including Web sites and Web services, comprises a collection of functionally distinct farms or clusters often referred to as layers that are interconnected through some form of load balancing. When system failures start, they usually begin with a crack that comes...
- Tags: System Architecture, Crack, Pragmatic Bookshelf
- Book chapters 2007-07-06
- Sun Fire X2100 M2 Server and Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server System Architecture
- Sun Fire x64 servers featuring AMD Opteron processors are more than just a family of servers. These systems provide the modular infrastructure organizations need to rapidly deploy new solutions and adjust to changing business demands. The Sun Fire X2100 and Sun Fire X2200 servers set a new standard for low...
- Tags: System Architecture, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Fire, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-04-01
- General-Purpose Blade Infrastructure for Configurable System Architectures
- Bladed servers are increasingly being adopted in high-density enterprise datacenters by virtue of the improved benefits they offer in form factor density, modularity, and more robust management for control and maintenance with respect to rack-optimized servers. In the future, such servers are likely to form the key foundational blocks for...
- Tags: System Architecture, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2007-03-21
- EDOS Distribution System: A P2P Architecture for Open-Source Content Dissemination
- The open-source software communities currently face an increasing complexity of managing the software content among theirs developers and contributors. This is mainly due to the continuously growing size of the software, the high frequency of the updates, and the heterogeneity of the participants. The paper proposes a distribution system that...
- Tags: Information System, System Architecture, Dissemination, P2P, Open-source Software, Tel Aviv University, Web Technology, Tools & Techniques, Peer To Peer (P2P), Content Management, Open Source, Management, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-02-28
- Middleware in Modern High Performance Computing System Architectures
- A recent trend in modern High Performance Computing HPC system architectures employs "Lean" compute nodes running a lightweight Operating System OS. Certain parts of the OS as well as other system software services are moved to service nodes in order to increase performance and scalability. This paper examines the impact...
- Tags: System Architecture, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Middleware, High-performance Computing, High-performance, System Software, Cloud Computing
- White papers 2007-02-07
- Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM System p: Virtual I/O Server Deployment Examples
- This paper provides a number of high-level system architecture designs using the Advanced POWER Virtualization feature available on IBM System p5 servers. These high-level architecture designs are referred to as scenarios and they show different configurations of the Virtual I/O Server and client partitions to meet the needs of various...
- Tags: System Architecture, Virtualization, I/O, IBM Corp., Advanced POWER Virtualization Feature
- White papers 2007-02-01
- System x3755 Technical Introduction
- Delivering an industry-leading, 64-bit framework for high performance computing and business computing, the IBM System x3755 is built for speed. The x3755 eliminates system architecture bottlenecks through the use of separate, high-speed links between the processors, main memory, and I/O. The AMD Direct Connect Architecture and HyperTransport technology combined with...
- Tags: System Architecture, High-performance Computing, High-performance, IBM Corp., X3755, Cloud Computing, Leadership, Management
- White papers 2007-01-03
- HP BladeSystem c-Class: System Architecture
- Have insight into everything across the infrastructure, with data securely at fingertips, and easy to use commands. Plus, more bays for more throughput and flexibility at every turn.
- Tags: System Architecture, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Understanding the System Architecture of SAS/ETL and SAS/EBI Server for Federal Enterprise Architecture Requirements
- This paper describes some of the key points learned through: many conversations with SAS Institute, and persistence to understand how the SAS Enterprise Business Intelligence Server and the Extraction, Transformation, and Loading Server work. These new Enterprise offerings of SAS Institute require planning to install and knowledge of the system...
- Tags: System Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, SAS Institute
- White papers 2006-02-28
- System Architectures for Integrating Web-Based User Interfaces Into (Legacy) Database Applications
- The Web has been increasingly used for the user interfaces of software applications. There are a range of technologies that can be used for integrating Web-based user interfaces into software applications. To make informed decisions, it is important for the software engineers to be aware of the range of alternatives...
- Tags: Software, Monash University, Web, System Architecture, Database, User Interface, Channel Management, Marketing
- White papers 2005-03-12
- The System Architecture Process
- The System Architecture Process is positioned in the business context. This process bridges the gap between the Policy and Planning Process and the Product Creation Process. The purpose of the System Architecture Process is to provide the Integral Technical overview and consistency, and to maintain the integrity over time. Subjective...
- Tags: System Architecture, Koninklijke Philips Electronics, System Architecture Process
- White papers 2003-11-01
- Enhancing System Architecture Through Improved Interfaces and Quality Control Systems
- Schlumberger Oilfield Services provides virtually every type of exploration and production service required during the life of an oil and gas reservoir. Schlumberger Oilfield Services is implementing SAP R/3 worldwide. When upgrading its SAP system, Schlumberger Oilfield Services looked to EMC Documentum Consulting for collaboration on the architectural design of...
- Tags: Schlumberger Ltd., System Architecture, Quality Control, EMC Corp., Schlumberger Oilfield Services, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies
- Jini Technology Keeps Orbitz Moving: Adaptive System Architecture Is Key to Company's Growth and Success
- Orbitz was formed by leading U.S. airlines to access the rapidly growing online travel industry, to address consumers' need for an unbiased, comprehensive display of fares and rates in a single location, and to establish a lower-cost distribution channel for suppliers. As a low-cost provider in an industry that has...
- Tags: System Architecture, Jini, Orbitz, Jini Technology, Java, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Case studies
- Healthcare Insurance Provider: System Architecture Baseline & Stabilization Plan
- An overtaxed IT system was causing daily network outages of a critical customer-facing application for a major insurance provider; these outages were resulting in lost time, reduced productivity, and an inability to meet customer service goals. The larger challenge was to create a more flexible IT environment that leveraged the...
- Tags: System Architecture, Customer Service, Insurance Company, Health Care, Outage, LiquidHub, Insurance, Manufacturing, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- MSDN Webcast: Service Orientation and Connected Systems Architecture (Level 300)
- This webcast explores the promise of service orientation as a means for developing more effective line-of-business applications. The presenter presents a model that places point solutions in the context of the organizational value chains they support, and uses a set of interaction patterns to offer insight into how to design...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, System Architecture, Webcast, Value Chain, Microsoft Corp., Connected Corp., Channel Management, Marketing
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