Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) is defined as the uses of software and computer systems architectural principles to integrate a set of enterprise computer applications. EAI intends to transcend the simple goal of linking applications, and attempts to enable new and innovative ways of leveraging organizational knowledge to create further competitive advantages for the enterprise.
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Technical Report: NetApp Solutions Guide
published by NetApp on Mar 10, 2010
This document provides guidance on how to design and architect a scalable Microsoft applications mixed workload solution on highly available VMware vSphere 4 virtual infrastructure and NetApp unified storage. It highlights the flexibility of leveraging either a Fibre Channel (FC) protocol-based storage solutions or IP-based solutions (that is, iSCSI and NFS) for hosting virtual machines, and also describes the NetApp backup and recovery solution for the Microsoft applications.
Master Data Management Projects in Practice - An Information Difference Research Study
published by Talend on Feb 01, 2010
Master Data Management (MDM) has received growing attention recently as an essential component of information management alongside data governance and data quality. More and more, organizations are turning to Master Data Management as a key enabler in improving the timeliness, quality and reliability of business intelligence with the ultimate goal of improving business performance. Increasing regulatory requirements and the recent financial crisis have ensured that Master Data Management is increasingly finding its way onto the business agenda. Information Difference conducted a survey of both end-user organizations and systems integrators aimed at gaining deeper insight into MDM implementations and their success factors. This report summarizes and analyzes the results of that survey, and presents practical recommendations on the "do and don't" of MDM. It also contains some enlightening findings on the use of open source and manual coding in MDM projects.
How about Solving the Change Management Challenge with Discovery and Dependency Mapping?
published by ASG Software Solutions on Mar 10, 2010
Configuration Management is at the heart of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and forms the foundation for Business Service Management (BSM). In fact, it is safe to say that neither the ITIL IT Service Management (ITSM) processes nor the BSM functions that leverage ITSM can be efficiently carried out without accurate configuration and dependency information.
Secrets to BSM Success: End-to-End Visibility and Customer Focus
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 24, 2010
There are success stories of businesses that have implemented Business Service Management (BSM) with well-documented, bottom-line results. What do these organizations know that their discouraged counterparts don't?
Business-Critical Benefits of Workload Automation, by EMA
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 23, 2010
Effective workload automation that provides complete management level visibility into real-time events impacting the delivery of IT services is needed by the data center more than ever before. The traditional job scheduling approach, with an uncoordinated set of tools that often requires reactive manual intervention to minimize service disruptions, is failing more than ever due to todays complex world of IT with its multiple platforms, applications and virtualized resources.
Third-Party Product Brief by EMA: ASG-Discovery and Dependency Mapping (ASG-DDM)
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 23, 2010
Configuration Management is at the heart of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITILŪ) and forms the foundation for Business Service Management (BSM). In fact, it is safe to say that neither the ITIL IT Service Management (ITSM) processes nor the BSM functions that leverage ITSM can be efficiently carried out without accurate configuration and dependency information.
Third-Party White Paper by EMA: Managing Business Service Performance in a Virtual Environment
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
Business Service Management (BSM) is of growing importance in the IT world. By managing IT systems according to the business services they support - like order entry, online sales, shipping, or customer service - IT is able to deliver on real business goals like providing competitive advantage, improving customer satisfaction, driving revenue growth, and increasing shareholder value.
Beyond the Hypervisor: Optimizing Virtualization Management
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
Virtualization is now mainstream. Enterprises continue to heavily invest in virtualization projects and while short term hardware and cost saving benefits are being achieved, few enterprises achieve anywhere close to the full potential of virtualization as they struggle with new problems like assuring performance and availability, preventing VM sprawl, and maximizing resource utilization
Third-Party White Paper by EMA: Understanding Your CMDB Project's ROI
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
Targeted at IT executives responsible for both the financial and ultimate project oversight of an enterprise CMDB initiative, this white paper sets expectations for ROI calculations for CMDB initiatives, provides basic ROI best practices, and gives readers sufficient insight to move forward with their CMDB project.
Third-Party Analyst Report: Budget Adjustments For CIOs In Lean Economic Times
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
CIOs have faced lean economic times before, and they will inevitably face them again. Forrester advises CIOs to base budget cuts on the impact to the business and to IT productivity. This report examines a variety of cost-reduction techniques by budget category and impact.
Optimizing The End-User Experience Across Your Enterprise
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
End-user expectations and high levels of performance against Service Level Agreements (SLAs) must be achieved or organizations risk the loss of business. This paper details key capabilities needed for successful end-user monitoring and provides critical considerations for delivering a successful end-user experience.
Third-Party White Paper by EMA: How ASG's MetaCMDB Strategy Enables More Effective BSM
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
As IT evolves towards a more business-aligned position, it must seek out new ways of working that support more effective operations, service creation, and service delivery. These include technologies, processes, and a culture that supports higher levels of accountability, as well as more dynamic responsiveness to business needs.
ASG's BSP: Beyond Business Service Management
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
For more than a decade, true BSM has been a goal for businesses, as well as a promise from potential providers. In reality, a good BSM plan goes beyond the standards of typical IT management; it fuses the goals of IT and business. This white paper introduces the use of a Business Service Platform (BSP) as the foundation of an effective BSM solution.
Tech Horizons: ASG's metaCMDB, The Technology That Rocks
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
Improved business productivity often requires more efficient IT and more efficient IT cannot be achieved without a better understanding of the way business services are run and delivered. Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs) have emerged as a central component for Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and business service management (BSM).
Third-Party White Paper by EMA: SLM and BSM: The Future of IT Management. Are You Ready?
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
SLM helps ensure that committed levels of service quality are delivered - SLM is the process of setting, measuring, and ensuring the maintenance of IT service goals. BSM is an approach to IT service management that optimizes the performance of the business. BSM provides a mapping between business objectives and the IT services that support those objectives.
Strategies to Cut Application Costs and Increase Productivity Using Application Mining Tools
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
Application Portfolio Optimization (APO) provides executives with tools and information to assess the quality and condition of application assets as well as a means for understanding the impact of proposed application changes.
Third-Party White Paper by Yphise: Succeeding with Proactive IT with ASG's metaCMDB
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
To meet the challenges of intense competition and increasing customer demands, companies must tightly align their IT service management with business issues and priorities. This paper outlines the maturity steps involved in the progression towards proactive Business Service Management (BSM) and explains how ASG's metaCMDB helps secure its seamless adoption.
ASG: Distinctively Positioned to Optimize Web Application Performance
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
Application management requires visibility from multiple vantage points within the IT enterprise, combined with a centralized information store that pulls the technology pieces of the application puzzle into a coherent whole.
Achieving Better ROI from Composite Applications through Better Understanding, by EMA
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
Composite applications can provide multiple benefits, such as business agility, better utilization of business software assets through code reuse, development efficiencies, and cost optimization. Once companies are skilled at deploying them, many find that they roll out new applications and integrations faster, while maximizing the value of "tried and true" software components.
Driving Best Practices with BSM
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
ITIL provides a framework of customizable best practice initiatives that help organizations consistently deliver high-quality IT services. Effective ITIL implementation adds value to the IT infrastructure and improves business and service delivery.
IT2020: The New Performance Management Paradigm
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
Because business success is tightly fused with technology, IT costs are rising, and this trend is expected to continue. As a result, businesses are demanding that IT be more than a static resource. IT is expected to deliver business results with a measurable contribution to the organization's bottom line.
How to Populate Your CMDB in Four Steps
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
Generally, CMDBs populated by discovery tools alone simply aren't usable. They fail because they contain massive amounts of irrelevant information. You avoid this pitfall by correctly populating your CMDB in four simple steps.
Third-Party White Paper by EMA: ASG Service Dependency Mapping
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
Aligning IT and business perspectives requires the ability to create links between configuration information in the CMDB and the business service as experienced by the user. Service Dependency Mapping (SDM) products automate the process of creating and maintaining these links.
Third-Party White Paper by EMA: Increasing ROI and Reducing the Risks of Your Application Portfolio
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 19, 2010
Application Portfolio Management (APM) is all about minimizing risks and maximizing rewards of an organization's diverse assortment of applications. This white paper examines APM's ability to mitigate escalating risks while generating significant ROI opportunities.
The Critical Role of Content Management in Delivering Business Services
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 19, 2010
Business runs on content and that content must be managed holistically, across the entire business. However, managing content is, in itself, not enough to drive business. Enterprises must incorporate ECM with other IT management systems to provide complete Business Service Management (BSM).
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