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Why Software Projects Fail: A New Assessment of Risk - Practical Methods to Mitigate Project Failure

whitepaper If anyones organization does not do a risk assessment during the project lifecycle, consider adding it at one or more places. Pay attention to the risk aspects previously discussed to anticipate some of the factors that create roadblocks to project...

Tags: business management

[16 May 2008]

The new collaboration: Enabling innovation, changing the workplace

whitepaper While companies see the value of innovation, they frequently fail to put the right tools in place to support those goals. The new collaboration will be built on technologies that enable easy knowledge sharing outside the firewall.Read this white...

Tags: data center, innovation, firewall, fail

[16 May 2008]

Number of Processes and Process ID Values on HP-UX

whitepaper Such applications can fail on configurations that exceed the old limits. Effective in HP-UX 11i version 3, the maximum number of allowed processes is greater than in prior versions. The value range for Process IDentifiers (PIDs) is also increased...

Tags: programming languages

[16 May 2008]

SAP liveCache 7.5 and MaxDB 7.5 on IBM TotalStorage DS 8000 / ESS / SVC

whitepaper In an SAP SCM environment, liveCache is becoming an increasingly mission critical component.liveCache, like any other database technology, can be provided with a fail-over solution using traditional cluster implementations.

Tags: storage management

[15 May 2008]

The Eco-Friendly Data Center

whitepaper With eco-friendly demands coming in the form of economic issues, government directives and public pressure, companies that fail to adapt their operations to address environmental issues face the prospect of incurring additional costs, losing...

Tags: data center

[15 May 2008]

Wireless Sensor Network Solutions for Data Center Applications

whitepaper Many of the adverse environmental conditions that can cause equipment to fail remain invisible to the data center staff responsible for ensuring continuous availability of business-critical resources.

Tags: high availability

[14 May 2008]

Show and Tell: Combining Pictures and Words to Create Full Project Management Capability

whitepaper It is quite alarming that significant numbers of IT projects still fail to deliver key benefits on time and to target cost and specification. Requirements Definition (RD) and Requirements Management (RM) are at the center of successful project...

Tags: methodology

[09 May 2008]

You Sure You Want to Charge That?: Is the PCI DSS Protecting You?

whitepaper Credit card vendors enforce the PCI DSS and penalties are harsh for merchants who fail to comply. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, or PCI DSS, was established to create a unified security standard whose implications have grown due...

Tags: security standards

[07 May 2008]

Automated System and Service Monitoring With openQRM and Nagios

whitepaper The combination of the enhanced monitoring utility Nagios and the automated error-handling, high-availability and fail-over features of the openQRM data center management platform creates a powerful and dynamic environment which reduces down-time...

Tags: data center

[06 May 2008]

Study reveals the ABCs of successful biopharmaceutical partnerships

whitepaper Recently, the IBM Institute of Business Value and Silico Research conducted a study that uncovered a disturbing trend--more than half of all joint bio tech ventures fail. Learn how to make sure yours doesn't.

Tags: infrastructure management, framework, fail, tech

[03 May 2008]

Dell, HP, Lenovo openly pledge Linux driver support

News According to Smith, drivers often fail to work after a change to the kernel. Dell, HP and Lenovo have promised to push chipset vendors to make open-source drivers for Linux. Representatives from Dell, HP and Lenovo made the commitment at a Linux...

Tags: lenovo, linux, dell, open source

[02 May 2008]

The Challenge to Achieve Perfect Order Management

whitepaper It outlines the various points at which the order process can fail and explains how companies can sidestep those pitfalls and, in the process, build stronger customer relationships. This SAP white paper explains why customer-centric, end-to-end...

Tags: fail, paper explains, management solutions, sap

[30 Apr 2008]

Data Migration: A White Paper by Bloor Research

whitepaper In this Bloor Research white paper, author Philip Howard argues that the data migration function has historically been under-valued, and that's the reason many projects involving data migration fail. The remedy is to consider data migration in...

Tags: data center, migration, projects, data migration

[16 Apr 2008]

Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?

Comment Customers are liable for losses on their accounts if they fail to act with reasonable care. What the code has to say about online customers paying for fraudulent transactions on their accounts is worth reading carefully, says lawyer Duncan Pithouse.

Tags: online banking, fraud, e-crime

[15 Apr 2008]

Managing Growth and Cash Flow and Small and Mid-Sized Companies

whitepaper According to the Small Business Administration, 80 percent of small businesses fail in the first year. Sadly, the problem is often cash flow, not lack of sales. Companies in growth mode are especially vulnerable to this problem.

Tags: business management

[14 Apr 2008]

Why Offshore Outsourcing Projects Fail

whitepaper Information Technology (IT) projects can fail for any number of reasons and in most cases identifying one reason, or even a small group of reasons, for failure is impossible. Offshore outsourcing IT projects can fail for many of the same reasons as...

Tags: project management, projects, outsourcing, objectives

[11 Apr 2008]

Integrating Automated Tools Into a Secure Software Development Process

whitepaper Unfortunately, due to a variety of reasons, many development organizations fail to get the maximum benefit from the tools. Automated security tools are often used in software development, from static source code analysis tools to penetration...

Tags: security management

[11 Apr 2008]

How will your deal weather a downturn?

Comment Customers can get annoyed when suppliers fail to respond to changing requirements. A careful look at key aspects of existing contracts would not go amiss, suggests lawyer Margaret Harvey. Economic forecasts by consultancy Capital Economics suggest...

Tags: contracts, downturn, suppliers, outsourcing

[10 Apr 2008]

10 Reasons Why Your Disaster Recovery Plan May Fail

whitepaper This paper contains a 10-item list to use as a guide when developing or evaluating a Disaster Recovery (DR) plan. Each item provides a helpful hint in formulating or fine-tuning a DR Plan. The list of 10 items is somewhat arbitrary, in that it is...

Tags: infrastructure management, disaster recovery, dr, disaster

[10 Apr 2008]

DR Checklist: 10 Reasons Why Your DR Plan May Fail

whitepaper The Disaster Recovery (DR) vision is a scenario in which all disasters are withstood; using a well-crafted plan, operations are transferred to a remote facility to get the organization back online within Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery...

Tags: disaster recovery, recovery, scenario, targeted

[10 Apr 2008]

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