Retail Designs - KnowledgeStorm

Application Integration Using the SID: A Practical Approach for Project Scoping and Design ...

Progress Software — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

This paper focuses on the creation of an information "exchange" between applications or services in the context of the business process ticketing systems in an enterprise eBonding example. In this paper you will learn about application integration using the SID; Read on to learn a practical approach for project scoping and design in five steps.

Data Center Construction and Renovation

Dell, Inc. and Intel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Watch this webcast to learn key considerations for building a new data center. Receive strategies for each step of your infrastructure construction, from the data center design to finding the right contractor to carry out the project.

Podcast: Data Center Construction and Renovation

Dell, Inc. and Intel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Listen to this podcast to learn key considerations for building a new data center. Receive strategies for each step of your infrastructure construction, from the data center design to finding the right contractor to carry out the project.

Just Enough Early Architecture to Guide Development

TheServerSide.com — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This session is designed to help you capture the best architecture/technical solutions and ensure that they are repeated by all developers.

Dell & trade; Reference Architecture Sizing and Best Practices for Microsoft & reg; ...

Dell, Inc. — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blueprint or a starting configuration, for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized server environment and provides guidelines for designing and sizing the storage for the same using Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage systems.

Designing, Building and Managing Data Center Networks

Siemon Company — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This eGuide will discuss physical considerations for data center network design, how best to build your network infrastructure, and how to monitor and manage your data center network.

IPS vs. IDS: Similar on the Surface, Polar Opposites Underneath

TippingPoint — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

A common notion is that an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) is nothing more than an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) deployed in-line with blocking capabilities. This paper explains why that notion is incorrect.

XenDesktop - Design Handbook

Citrix — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The XenDesktop Design Handbook contains a collection of the best practices for designing a XenDesktop solution. The handbook is meant to be used by consultants and architects in the designing of an appropriate XenDesktop solution.

Overcoming IP Telephony Performance Issues in a Converged Network

Global Knowledge — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this white paper, we are going to discuss the application of QoS to networks with media flows installed within them, such as voice and video. We'll see that it is very unnatural for voice to even exist on a data network, because it was never designed to do so.

Crystal Reports - The Affordable, Trusted Solution that Just Works

SAP BusinessObjects — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

With Crystal Reports - solve report design and information sharing issues through: powerful report and dashboard mashups, secure report sharing, management, scheduling and publishing - an affordable, cross-platform solution, that just works.

Key Considerations for Migration to Voice-Over-IP (VoIP)

Interactive Intelligence, Inc. — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this technical webinar you'll learn key things to consider as part of a business migration to voice-over-IP – designing your data network for QOS, traffic analysis and capacity planning, four possible architecture models, security requirements, and VoIP design components.

Podcast: Key Considerations for Migration to Voice-Over-IP (VoIP)

Interactive Intelligence, Inc. — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this technical podcast you'll learn key things to consider as part of a business migration to voice-over-IP - designing your data network for QOS, traffic analysis and capacity planning, four possible architecture models, security requirements, and VoIP design components.

The Virtual Presenter ' s Series: Start Right. Design Right. Present Right.

Citrix Online — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

View this on-demand Webinar series with Roger Courville, Webinar expert and author of the new book, The Virtual Presenter's Handbook, for a 3-part Webinar series on how to plan, design, and present your own Web events like a pro.

The Executive Guide to Data Loss Prevention

Websense, Inc. — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Data Loss Prevention is designed to protect information assets with minimal interference in business processes. It provides new insights into how information is used, and enforces protective controls to prevent unwanted incidents. Read on to learn how DLP can reduce risk, improve data management practices, and even lower certain compliance costs.

Data Center Facilities IT Handbook, Ch 4 - Data Center Design and Build Out

Dell, Inc. and Intel — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

A successful data center construction or renovation project requires managers to carefully follow each phase of the process - design, construction, review and acceptance. Read this eBook Chapter to learn more.

Guide to Deploying 802.11n Wireless LANs: Nine Key Recommendations for Success

Fluke Networks EMEA — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This comprehensive guide covers the fundamentals of 802.11n – what you need to know when planning or preparing for an 802.11n deployment or migration. Download the guide now and learn the nine key recommendations for successful 802.11n deployment.

Designing Artificial Intelligence for Games - Part 3

Intel — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this 3rd part of the Designing Artificial Intelligence for Games series, you'll learn how to give your agents higher orders of intelligence. The agents can already deal with the immediate situation they find themselves in; now you are working toward artificial intelligence (AI) that deals with broader goals and the bigger picture.

Solutions Guide: Business Ready Configurations for Data Center Virtualization

Dell and VMware — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization are pre-configured, easy to order, bundled solutions that include Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers, Dell EqualLogic™ SAN, and VMware vSphere™. This white paper provides a detailed reference architecture for the Business Ready Configurations.

Windows Server 2008 R2: Technical Overview

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This guide is designed to provide you with a technical overview of the new and improved features in Windows Server 2008 R2.

E-Guide: Best Practices for Data Center Design and Maintenance

Dell, Inc. and Intel — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and Dell, you will gain insight into best practices for data center design and maintenance in today's down economy.

Migrate from a Proprietary Server Architecture? - Open Systems Provide Way to Exit Money Pit

Dell, Inc. and Intel — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this down economy, now is the time to examine the total cost of ownership (TCO) of your proprietary server infrastructure and migrate to a more cost-effective open systems platform designed for tomorrow. If this hits home for you, please read on.

Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization with Dell™ Poweredge™ Blade Servers, Dell ...

Dell, Inc. and Intel — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper provides an overview of recommended servers, storage, software, and services. It can be used to plan, scope, and procure the required components to set up a virtualization infrastructure.

SEPATON Architecture: Designed for Data-Intensive Enterprises

SEPATON — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper describes the innovative architecture that SEPATON has designed specifically to meet the data protection challenges of data-intensive enterprises while achieving optimal cost savings and measurable ROI.

ER/Studio 8.0 & #45; Database management for the Enterprise

Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Database architects and administrators need to discover, document, and re-use data assets; reverse-engineer, analyze, and optimize existing databases; and design to comply with regulatory requirements and organizational standards.

Optimizing the Datacenter for Cost and Efficiency

Dell, Inc. and Intel — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The current state of the datacenter, demands a transformation that helps in improving space utilization and lowering power consumption while still providing the scale and availability the business requires. Today, lowering the energy and administration/management costs are two key focus areas of datacenter managers in the Asia/Pacific region.

Beyond Survival: Thriving Through the Turbulence: BI in the Retail Industry

SAP America Inc — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Find out how retail organizations are improving the bottom line, by focusing on key tactics designed to facilitate low cost, efficient, customer-centric operations, all of which require integrated enterprise information and analysis capabilities found in business intelligence (BI) environments.

Programmable Logic Controller Product Lines (PLCs)

AutomationDirect — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Starting with the DL05 at 8 inputs/ 6 outputs, all the way up to the fully expanded 100 I/O DL06 PLC, these PLCs are a standard that can grow with the changing needs of your machine or process control applications.

Human Machine Interface (HMI)

AutomationDirect — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

C-more touch panels provide a graphical interface designed to interchange and display graphics, animation and data to and from a PLC by merely touching the screen.

NEMA Electrical Enclosures & Industrial Cabinets

AutomationDirect — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

AutomationDirect offers hundreds of non-metallic fiberglass enclosures from Hubbell-Wiegmann. These electric enclosures are designed for harsh outdoor environments requiring NEMA 3R or 4X ratings.

Best Practices and State of the Art Tools for Modern GUI Creation

Instantiations — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

GUI building tools allow developers to spend less time and money creating Java GUIs, because they can focus on creating application-specific functionality rather than coding the low-level logic required for GUIs to run.

Data Center Projects: System Planning

APC — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

The planning sequence described in this paper covers the design of the data center's physical infrastructure layer, whose job it is to house, power, cool, and protect the data center's computing and network functions.

The Economics of Embedded Development, Testing, Deployment and Support

IBM — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

This paper is aimed at helping senior management address its product ROI in a manner that can be directly applied to their everyday management practices. In this report, EMF presents a methodology for calculating the ROI for a development based on the direct cost of development, associative costs, extrinsic costs and a process for estimating risk.

The New Microsoft IT Pro Certifications and Exams

Global Knowledge — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

The MCITP assures that anyone possessing Microsoft certification has a breadth of knowledge on various products and is concerned with the network architecture and design.

Voice Architectures and Deployment Models

Global Knowledge — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

Telephony design requires a solid understanding of the drivers for Voice over IP, corporate policies for infrastructure design, and telephone components.

Interact with, Visualize, Design, and Deploy Your Data

SAP AG — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

With Crystal Reports® software from the SAP® BusinessObjects™ portfolio of solutions, you can empower end users to explore reports interactively, create compelling reports with stunning visualizations, and develop powerful data "mashups."

Risk Management: Bridging Policies and Procedures & #45; Fundamental Security Concepts

Global Knowledge — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper discusses risk management as a key process in designing security architectures, including a better way for security managers to approach the security ROI issue.

Consultation, Design, and Implementation of Multiple IT Solutions: Global Forex Trading

CDW Corporation — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

GFT focuses on providing their customers an exceptional experience with a best-in-class online interface. GFT needs to stay more accessible, more reliable, and more secure than their competitors. To optimize their IT environment, GFT engaged CDW for consulting, design, and implementation of multiple IT solutions. Read on to learn more.

Working the Way Salespeople Work

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This paper explores how the right mobile CRM application, one designed with the sales staff in mind, can lead to greater sales productivity, reduced costs, shortened sales cycles and increased revenue.

Syberworks Learning Management System Product Suite

SyberWorks, Inc. — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This complete product suite is designed to facilitate the development, dissemination, measurement, and management of corporate knowledge to improve productivity and performance.

HEALTHsuite® - Claims Processing Software

RAM Technologies, Inc. — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

HEALTHsuite is an administrative claims processing system designed for health plans and other health care organizations. Rich in features and functions to support health plans of all sizes and types, HEALTHsuite supports all aspects of health care administration including HMO, Consumer Driven, Medicare, Medicaid and Federal Health Benefits.

Show Me: Automatic Presentation for Visual Analysis

Tableau Software — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

Learn about an integrated set of user interface commands and defaults that incorporate automatic presentation into a visual analysis system. Explore best practices for graphic design and visual analysis that will enhance the user experience.

Worst Practices in SOA Implementation: Why Service-Oriented Architectures Fail

Information Builders Inc. — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) enables different programs, applications, and tools to interact via self-contained services that do not depend on the context or state of the other service. This white paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for SOA integration, and how to avoid and/or overcome these worst practices.

Worst Practices in BI: Why Business Intelligence (BI) Applications Succeed Where BI Tools Fail

Information Builders Inc. — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Tthis paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for BI. It also provides guidance on how to avoid and/or overcome worst practices in order to tap into the true power of BI. By reading this paper, you will have a solid understanding of how to avoid BI failure and achieve success with your BI initiatives.

Geek-Speak Glossary: A Manager ' s Guide to IT Terminology

Global Knowledge — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST

This glossary is a guide to the most commonly used and confused IT terms, designed to help managers better communicate with (and understand) their IT staff.

Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Evaluation Guide

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

This evaluation guide is designed to give you a solid understanding of the design goals and feature set for Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and a familiarity with the product implementation.

Bitpipe Research Guide: Network Design and Management

Bitpipe — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

This research guide will help you select the best Network Design and Management solution for your company. It provides Network Design and Management information on Network Design and Management products.

Process-Driven Business Intelligence: Building Smarter Business Processes

Information Builders Inc. — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

Most organizations strive for efficiency because it ties to cost savings and better performance, while helping to anchor competitive advantages. However, improving efficiency requires organizations to continually seek new methods of managing increasingly complex business processes.

Process & #45;driven Business Intelligence: Building Smarter Business Processes

Information Builders — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

The concept of BAM revolved around the notion that data could be gathered at critical points and information produced that could give businesses the ability to make better decisions on a near-real-time basis.

Exchange Server 2007: What to Expect

Global Knowledge — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 has been designed to meet the tough challenges for a corporate communication solution and provides a rich feature set that users can access through a variety of different interfaces and devices.

WebFOCUS Operational Enterprise Business Intelligence

Information Builders Inc. — Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 EDT

WebFOCUS is a comprehensive and fully integrated enterprise business intelligence platform. It sets the standard for enterprise business intelligence by scaling to support every level of the global organization – executive, analytical, & operational – and make data available, accessible, and meaningful to every person or application that needs it.