standards
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News Similarly Nicholas Bellenberg, IT director at publisher Hachette Filipacchi, said: "Oracle and Microsoft are old-world software giants, who grew their businesses and profitability by having products that became de facto... [03 Nov 2009]
Escaping PCI purgatory. Compliance roadblocks and stories of real-world successes
White Paper By now, any companies driving high volumes of credit card transactions that are not compliant with the payment card industry (PCI) data security standards (DSS) faces steep penalties. This white paper deals with the PCI... [02 Nov 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News For the 'power user', tied to corporate standards, Microsoft Outlook is de facto," he said. It's a question many CIOs are wrestling with: can open source help make your IT budget stretch a little further in these tough... [28 Oct 2009]
Going green: A guide for CIOs
Comment For example, someone could be assigned to checking new projects comply with green standards and ensure green IT is embedded in all existing projects. Stuart Roberts explains how to get it right. Before the downturn,... [21 Oct 2009]
Put ITIL best practices to work for your business
White Paper What do the new ITILĀ® standards mean for a small business? This view into ITIL best practices in service management shows how you can maximize the business value of your technology. With an adaptable approach, aligning... [20 Oct 2009]
Outsourcing - how to make sure it's reliable
Comment The other important principle is to specify reliability in terms of standards and outputs rather than inputs. An emerging practice of collaborative 'plug testing' helps to ensure that systems work to common... [19 Oct 2009]
Composite Application Management: Bridging the IT Visibility Gap in Complex Composite Applications
White Paper Typically, these benefits are delivered to application developers by the framework vendors, using proprietary or standards-based protocols. As more and more IT shops deploy multitier middleware platforms and frameworks... [15 Oct 2009]
Lower Total Cost of Ownership for Mission Critical Applications
White Paper As a member of the hot-pluggable Oracle Middleware family, Tuxedo embraces open standards for maximum flexibility and interoperability while delivering unmatched performance and scalability. As companies seek to lower... [15 Oct 2009]
Mission-Critical Java
White Paper Customers can now reap the benefits of a standard Java-based infrastructure, including higher developer productivity, fewer defects, a rock-solid proven kernel, and adherence to standards. Technology barriers have... [15 Oct 2009]
Agile Foundation for Competitive Advantage: Oracle Tuxedo Enables Speed, Innovation, and Efficiency in Financial Services
White Paper Whereas other vendors lock you into costly proprietary technology, Tuxedo, now a key part of hot-pluggable Oracle Middleware, embraces open standards for maximum flexibility and interoperability, while continuing to... [15 Oct 2009]
Next-Generation, Low-Latency Front-Office Computing for Capital Markets
White Paper Read this white paper to learn how financial organizations can embrace a portable, standards-based architecture to create a predictable, sustainable millisecond response time environment that will increase revenue... [15 Oct 2009]
Sainsbury's tech shopping spree revealed
News We have made huge progress over the last five years," he said at a roundtable event organised by supply chain standards organisation GS1. Technology has helped Sainsbury's keep the tills ringing throughout the recession. [09 Oct 2009]
The Tripwire HIPAA Solution: Meeting the Security Standards Set Forth in Section 164
White Paper The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, was enacted to safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI) by mandating procedures and controls to assure the public that critical and private information is... [05 Oct 2009]
Dynamic Data Center Compliance With Tripwire and Microsoft
White Paper For IT, gaining and maintaining compliance with one or more regulations or security standards is challenging, but necessary. In fact, most regulations and security standards just ensure that businesses... [05 Oct 2009]
Gene Kim's Practical Steps to Achieve and Maintain NERC Compliance
White Paper As the federally designated Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) in North America, NERC maintains comprehensive reliability standards that define requirements for planning and operating the collective bulk power system. [05 Oct 2009]