WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses how cloud financial solutions provides a much needed benefit for small to midsize companies. Continue reading to discover the many benefits cloud financial solutions can have for your company.
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Published: March 17, 2010


Topics:  Accounting Software | Application Hosting | Cloud Computing | Financial Management | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Grid Computing | ROI | Software as a Service | Vendor Selection

WHITE PAPER - Choosing a cloud computing solution can seem like a daunting task. Where do you start? What questions do you ask? What do you specifically need to look out for? This paper answers these questions and more. Continue reading to learn the best practices for choosing a cloud computing solution.
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Published: March 17, 2010


Topics:  Accounting Software | Application Hosting | Cloud Computing | Financial Management | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Grid Computing | ROI | Software as a Service | Vendor Selection

PODCAST - In this podcast, learn how Software as a Service (SaaS) business intelligence (BI) tools can be less expensive, easier to deploy and more user-friendly than on-premise BI products, but why many businesses have been reluctant to embrace SaaS BI.
Posted: March 16, 2010 | Premiered: March 16, 2010


Topics:  Application Hosting | Business Intelligence | Cloud Computing | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Security | Real-time Analytics | SaaS ERP | Software as a Service | Software Selection | Vendor Selection

PODCAST - In this podcast, Rick Sherman shares his expert insights on the pros and cons of different approaches to Software as a Service (SaaS) and on-premise data integration, comparing on-premise vs. hosted middleware and internal integration vs. hiring a services provider.
Posted: March 15, 2010 | Premiered: March 15, 2010


Topics:  Application Hosting | Application Integration | Cloud Computing | Data Integration | Data Management | Hosting Services | Integration Testing | Middleware | Outsourcing | Software as a Service | Vendor Selection

ANALYST BRIEF - In this document, we analyze the lifetime cost of ownership for a typical on-premises SME business management system and compare it to the cost of an equivalent SAP Business ByDesign implementation.
Posted: March 12, 2010 | Published: March 12, 2010


Topics:  Application Hosting | Business Management | Business Process Management | Cloud Computing | CRM | Hosting Services | SAP (Product) | Software as a Service | TCO

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Read this transcript and learn about the enterprise integration triangle and how the world's favorite international airline has mastered the code and key tools for integration platforms.
Posted: March 10, 2010 | Published: March 10, 2010


Topics:  Application Development | Application Hosting | Applications Software | Business Integration | Business Process Automation Software | Data Integration | Integrated Development Environments | SOA | Software Infrastructure | Software Installation

WEBCAST - This webcast discusses how on-premises call centers are outdated and inhibit the delivery of first-rate customer experience. Tune in and learn how your company can improve and simplify contact center operations while dramatically lowering costs via the Software as a Service (SaaS) model.
Posted: March 8, 2010 | Premiered: March 8, 2010


Topics:  Application Hosting | Call Center Software | Call Centers | Contact Centers | Customer Service | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - This series of best practice papers explores application performance management (APM) with an eye towards problem and incident management, two of the core information technology infrastructure library (ITIL) processes facilitated by APM.
Posted: February 26, 2010 | Published: February 26, 2010


Topics:  Application Hosting | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Best Practices | Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | ITIL | Network Management | Platform as a service

PODCAST - Ron Wilson, product strategy director for Compuware’s cloud computing solutions, discusses some of the application performance challenges that virtualization presents to IT organizations, how successful organizations are addressing those challenges, and how virtualization can be used as a stepping stone to cloud computing.
Posted: February 26, 2010 | Premiered: February 26, 2010


Topics:  Application Hosting | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Cloud Computing | Grid Computing | Platform as a service | SOA | Software as a Service

WEBCAST - Watch this webcast to learn how to determine which applications are best suited for cloud deployments, a game plan for cloud adoption for the next 90 days and beyond, how to use PaaS and IaaS delivery models, techniques to improve your lifecycle management of cloud based applications and more.
Posted: February 26, 2010 | Premiered: February 26, 2010


Topics:  Application Hosting | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Applications Management Services | Cloud Computing | Platform as a service | SOA | Software as a Service

WEBCAST - What role does APM play in the migration to cloud computing? Why is that role growing in importance? How can you take full advantage of APM and cloud computing? Watch this webcast to learn those answers and learn how to reduce costs, decrease complexity, and optimize performance in your organization.
Posted: February 26, 2010 | Premiered: February 26, 2010


Topics:  Application Hosting | Application Infrastructure | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Applications Management Services | Cloud Computing | Grid Computing | IT Service Management | ITIL | Platform as a service | SOA | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - Crystal Reports 2008 software enables your end users to consume reports that include stunning visualizations while they conduct on-report business modeling and execute decisions instantly from the report itself – reducing dependency on IT and developers. This latest version delivers actionable data for your organization.
Posted: February 24, 2010 | Published: February 24, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Development | Application Development and Integration Services | Application Hosting | Application Infrastructure | Application Infrastructure Providers | Application Integration | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Life-Cycle Management Software | Business Models

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes the issues to consider when comparing a dedicated manufacturing operations platform with an ERP supplier's operations management extension. It’s based on interviews with two sources. One uses the dedicated platform approach and one uses an ERP application.
Posted: February 23, 2010 | Published: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Application Hosting | Business Management | Business Process Management | Enterprise Applications Software | Enterprise Asset Management Software | ERP | ERP Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper analyzes Compuware's acquisition of Gomez Inc. to extend the reach of APM across the enterprise and the Internet. Read on to learn how Gomez brings comprehensive SaaS-based monitoring and testing solutions that focus on optimizing the delivery of Web-based application services to end users.
Posted: February 19, 2010 | Published: February 19, 2010


Topics:  Application Hosting | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Life-Cycle Management Software | Application Monitoring | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Applications Management Software | Cloud Computing | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - Oracle is aggressively recruiting partners that have expertise in specific industries and markets, and will work with them to define standard solution bundles, prices and implementation times that reflect SMBs' typical resource constraints, and lower risk tolerance compared to large enterprises.
Posted: February 12, 2010 | Published: April 16, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Development | Application Development and Integration Services | Application Hosting | Application Infrastructure | Application Infrastructure Providers | Application Integration | Application Life-Cycle Management