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The Evolution of the SQL Server DBA -- What Will You Be Doing 10 Years From Now? The Evolution of the SQL Server DBA -- What Will You Be Doing 10 Years From Now?
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Offshoring Risks: How Will You Stay in Control? Offshoring Risks: How Will You Stay in Control?
If you're a software executive thinking about offshoring .NET development work, it’s essential to know how to minimize your project risk. Download this white paper to read about the personal experiences of executives on the frontline of offshoring and explore the learning systems available to help you reduce risk, improve quality and get the best return from your offshoring investment.
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Many .NET Teams Are Underperforming … Is Yours? Many .NET Teams Are Underperforming … Is Yours?
An InnerWorkings Case Study: First Data
Application development is still a "dark art" and software projects continue to fail as often as they succeed. Why? This case study explores how First Data Corp invested in the success of their software teams by adopting a hands-on approach to .NET developer training.
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Transform Requirements Into Design -- and Make It Look Easy Transform Requirements Into Design -- and Make It Look Easy
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Green IT: Reducing your Carbon Footprint with Citrix Green IT: Reducing your Carbon Footprint with Citrix
Learn how Citrix® products can help bring environmental and organizational objectives into alignment by alleviating the energy impact of equipment needed to serve both the datacenter and the desktop. You'll discover how Citrix XenServer™, Citrix XenApp™ and Citrix XenDesktop™ work independently, and in concert, to dramatically reduce your carbon footprint as well as your power costs.
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Webcast: Leveraging Computational Features of Windows HPC Server 2008 using the IMSL Numerical Libraries Webcast: Leveraging Computational Features of Windows HPC Server 2008 using the IMSL Numerical Libraries
Our webcast on the IMSL® Numerical Libraries and Windows HPC Server 2008 (HPCS) is for analytical developers familiar with HPC, demonstrating: the availability of parallel programming environments; computational algorithm support for developing analytical applications using IMSL Libraries and HPCS; and a case study to scale parallel applications
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The Ultimate Virtualization Buyers Guide The Ultimate Virtualization Buyers Guide
Virtualization Review now presents the industry's first print guide to virtualization products in a handy PDF format. Featuring myriad products in over a dozen categories, this guide is a must-have for the IT professional.
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Math Libraries for Windows HPC Math Libraries for Windows HPC
Are you an analytical developer familiar with High Performance Computing? This white paper describes developing HPC applications on Windows HPC using math libraries with examples including a distributed application utilizing MPI and IMSL® Fortran library and parameter sweep distributed application utilizing IMSL C# Library for .NET Applications.
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Software Quality Management for SOA Software Quality Management for SOA
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This paper explores the challenges service-oriented architecture SOA presents to IT quality managers. And, it shows how they can apply a holistic approach to quality management to help their organization get SOA successfully underway.
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How Quality IT Managers Respond to SOA Change How Quality IT Managers Respond to SOA Change
This paper describes the challenges IT quality managers face when applying traditional test tools and processes to SOA, and it shows how HP has adapted HP Quality Center and HP Performance Center software to help IT meet the new needs of SOA.
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Designing an Update-Friendly MSI Installation Designing an Update-Friendly MSI Installation
This white paper shows you how to design an Windows Installer (MSI) installation to best prepare it for future upgrades. It also provides tips for designing upgrade packages to install later versions of your products.
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MSI Installation Design Issues and Best Practices MSI Installation Design Issues and Best Practices
Get an overview of several Windows Installer concepts related to the design of your installation project (including working with features and components, files, custom actions, and properties), which should help you avoid certain types of problems at build and deployment time.
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MSI Sequences and Standard Actions: An Introduction MSI Sequences and Standard Actions: An Introduction
Get an introduction to Windows Installer sequences and the built-in actions that make up a typical installation program. This white paper also highlights how InstallShield from Acresso Software makes it easier to work with sequences and standard actions.
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Oracle Database 11g High Availability Oracle Database 11g High Availability
This paper reviews the common causes of application downtime. It discusses how technologies available in the Oracle Database can help avoid costly downtime and enable rapid recovery from unavoidable failures.
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Database Security: Preventing Enterprise Data Leaks at the Source Database Security: Preventing Enterprise Data Leaks at the Source
This IDC white paper presents a pre-emptive approach to information protection and control (IPC). It discusses the growing internal threats to business information, the impact of government regulations on the protection of data and how enterprises must adopt database security best practices to protect sensitive customer data or company information.
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Oracle Database 11g for Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Oracle Database 11g for Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
This white paper provides an overview of Oracle Database 11g’s capabilities for data warehousing, and discusses the key features and technologies by which Oracle-based business intelligence and data warehouse system can integrate information, perform fast queries, scale to very large data volumes and analyze any data.
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Oracle Database 11g Architecture on Windows Oracle Database 11g Architecture on Windows
An Oracle Technical White Paper
Oracle Database 11g for Windows provides an optimized database solution for deployments that require enterprise scalability, reliability and high performance. Learn more about the architecture of the Oracle Database on Windows and how it differs from its counterparts on UNIX and Linux in this white paper.
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Innovate Faster with Oracle Database 11g Innovate Faster with Oracle Database 11g
Organizations are under increased pressure to lower costs and increase quality of service, often entailing bringing on technologies to aid in this process. Oracle Database 11g extends Oracle's unique ability to lower the cost of computing while improving quality of service with grid computing; and allows companies to innovate faster with Oracle Real Application Testing.
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How Service Providers Can Harvest Value from SOA Investments with BPM How Service Providers Can Harvest Value from SOA Investments with BPM
Read this paper to see how to capture the ROI from your SOA investments by using advanced Business Process Management (BPM) concepts such as collaborative process deployment, exception management and process governance. Vitria's M3O Suite provides the capabilities necessary to deliver on this vision.
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Visual Studio Magazine 2008 Readers Choice Awards and Buyers Guide Visual Studio Magazine 2008 Readers Choice Awards and Buyers Guide
This special annual issue lists an astounding number of third-party products available to developers who use Visual Studio. This year's list includes more than 400 products and services from nearly 250 vendors, across 22 categories, plus our 2008 Readers Choice Award and Editors Choice Award winners.
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Systems Management Buyer Systems Management Buyer's Guide For Medium Enterprises
Finding and deploying an effective and scalable systems management solution is becoming a top priority within the medium enterprise market. KACE has developed this Systems Management Buyer's Guide to help articulate that buyer's criteria via a comprehensive feature/function checklist.
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