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Case Study: Advanced Business Intelligence Capability

sourabhhajela — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:06:54 GMT

This paper describes an advanced business intelligence capabilty, its implementation and evolution and discusses ways in which others can implement similar capability for business results.

A Practical Guide to Virtualization

sourabhhajela — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:10:35 GMT

This whitepaper discusses the drivers compelling organizations to pursue virtualization as a solution, describes the benefits of virtualization, and demonstrates network virtualization in action.

Virtualization 2.0

sourabhhajela — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:09:12 GMT

This whitepaper makes the case for manageability as a cornerstone of Virtualization. The authors contend that Virtualization 1.0 - that is how the story started! - was about maximizing functionality of shared infrastructure. Virtualization 2.0 is about performance i.e. squeezing the last drop out of virtual infrastructure so the focus should be on monitoring and management solutions.

Virtualization Challenges

sourabhhajela — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:37:26 GMT

This whitepaper discusses the things to consider before taking the plunge into virtualization - because "Collapsing multiple physical devices into software affects the
people and processes supporting the data center. Therefore, enterprises should thoroughly evaluate how business processes, administrative rights, capacity planning, performance monitoring tools and security strategies will need to change."

Four Stages of Application Modernization

sourabhhajela — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This presentation describes the four stages of the application modernization process.

Application Modernization Strategy

sourabhhajela — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This white paper discusses four strategic options available for legacy application, modernization and using service oriented architecture (SOA), and the five steps in re-engineering to modernize legacy applications.

Strategy for Application Modernization

sourabhhajela — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This paper discusses the key factors driving the application modernization decision and proposes an approach to legacy application modernization - "establishing and executing a realistic strategic roadmap that starts from the current state environment, captures existing and new business and IT goals, budgets and skills, establishes the future strategic architecture and charts a path through a custom strategic transition roadmap."

Legacy Application Modernization Best Practices Framework

sourabhhajela — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This research study provides insights into the best practices for SOA migration and discusses a capability framework to assess an organization's maturity in SOA enablement.

Legacy Modernization Alternatives Selection

sourabhhajela — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This whitepaper discusses the rationale for legacy modernization and presents options for implementation - good discussion but requires stepping over some vendor self-promotion.

Mainframe Modernization

sourabhhajela — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This paper aims to provide "a clear illustration of the process of Mainframe modernization, and why this has an immediate and long term positive effect on both shareholder value and competitive position."