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Alfresco Web Content Management Implementation of the Year – Activision.com

Join Alfresco Software and their system integration partner, Cignex, as they show you how Cignex's work on Activision.com earned them the Web Content Management Solution of the Year award while delivering huge savings on licensing costs and preventing vendor lock-in.

You're sure to learn a few useful pointers from this textbook-perfect implementation of a multi-regional and multi-language roll-out involving dozens of web sites.

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Avoiding the 10 Most Common Mistakes in Selecting and Implementing e-Procurement Solutions

The benefits of e-procurement software have been well documented. In the 20 years since these solutions first appeared on the market, studies have repeatedly shown that e-procurement systems not only yield a high return on investment, they also reinforce good corporate governance.

A new generation of solutions has led to a surge in demand for e-procurement software, particularly among small and medium-sized companies that were previously priced out of the market. Unfortunately, while e-procurement technologies have improved dramatically in recent years, companies' implementation practices have not. According to a 2005 KPMG study, 49% of participants experienced at least one project failure within the most recent 12 months, while a recent Gartner Group study suggests that three-quarters of new IT projects will fail due to fundamental flaws in project planning.

Discover the top ten common mistakes companies make over and over again in selecting and implementing e-procurement software and learn best practices on how not to make these same mistakes.

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Five Reasons Why Smaller Organizations Should Consider System i (AS/400) High Availability

Until recently, high availability solutions for the IBM System i (iSeries) platform were reserved for larger enterprises. But the picture has changed now that solutions are significantly easier to manage and less expensive to own. Learn what has brought about these dramatic changes and why small and mid-sized companies can now justify the "luxury" of rapid and complete data protection and recovery.

This white paper will provide a review of the core causes and costs of both planned and unplanned downtime and provide a detailed discussion of current options for High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions.

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An SMB's Guide to ECM Software

While budget constraints commonly make SMBs late adopters of technology, recent developments in Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software design and pricing have made these solutions ripe for SMB consumption. This white paper is designed to provide you with an understanding of the factors driving ECM adoption in the SMB community, tips for selecting the right ECM software solution for your business environment, and an overview of key benefits that illustrate the value proposition of ECM for an SMB.

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The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, 2nd Edition - Free 207 Page Preview!

The PHP Anthology will save you time--and eliminate the frustration of completing PHP tasks--with a comprehensive collection of ready-to-use solutions. If you're building web applications with PHP you'll never let this book out of your site!

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The Alignment-Focused Organization: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution

Most companies have a well-defined strategy that is intended to align the actions of all individuals, teams, and business units to achieve corporate goals. But when it comes time to execute, they can run into trouble. To close the gap between strategy and execution, companies need to align business strategy with actual initiatives, projects, and daily activities across the organization.

Best practices include:

  • Define strategy & align initiatives with corporate goals
  • Clearly communicate strategies and plans
  • Use incentives to drive employee behaviors needed to meet objectives
  • Measure performance using key performance indicators

Explore how businesses can implement best practices using strategy management software.

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Improving Customer Support and HelpDesk Efficiencies with On-Demand Remote Support

Now you can sit at your desk and solve the toughest support problems remotely. Why visit all your employees or customers and solve their support issues at their desks when you can save time and solve them all from your desk?

NTRsupport puts the power of remote screen-sharing at your fingertips. With just a few clicks of your mouse, you can take control of employees' or customers' PCs or Macs, quickly diagnose their problems, and solve them, all without leaving your desk.

But don't take NTR Global's word for it, try a fully-functional 15-day free trial and find out first-hand how remote support can make your life a lot easier!

With NTRsupport, you'll provide instant, easy-to-use, remote support to all your customers and employees – no matter where they are, no matter what platform or device they are using.

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Are You Wasting Your .NET Developer Training Budget?

If you want your software team to stay abreast of the latest software technologies while also developing new applications and supporting an existing code base, you cannot afford to rely on outmoded training methods.

This white paper explores the limitations of conventional training methods for developers, and presents 6 elements of a truly effective learning program for your development organization.

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Do's and Don'ts of Search Engine Optimization

The world of Search Engine Optimization has a colorful past, including both good techniques and poor techniques, known as search engine spam. Search Engine Optimizers are frequently categorized as White Hat or Black Hat. White Hat techniques embrace a "Best Practices" approach to SEO, working for both the good of the Web site and the good of the Search Engines, while Black Hat techniques can actually harm results and devalue a web site.

This white paper examines the proper techniques of Search Engine Optimization, as well as which ones to avoid.

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Smart SOA: Best Practices for Agile Innovation and Optimization

SOA is a business-driven IT architectural approach that supports agile business innovation and optimization. SOA enables you to integrate your business as linked, repeatable business tasks or services. But pursuing SOA on an ad hoc basis can drastically reduce its benefits.

This white paper outlines IBM's approach to SOA, garnered from best practices and lessons learned from experiences with clients to help extend the value of SOA deployments in a set of guiding principles.

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InfoWorld's Java IDE Comparison Strategy Guide

If you're looking for a Java IDE, you want one based on Eclipse. But which offering do you want? Download the Infoworld Java IDE Comparison Strategy Guide and go deep into the details, comparing Technology of the Year winner JBuilder 2007, IBM's IRAD, MyEclipse and the free open-source Eclipse platform.

This Java IDE Strategy Guide closes with a look at an advanced concept in Java development: Application Factories. This innovative development metaphor and associated collection of tools allows developers to focus more on the nature and purpose of the application, and less on the underlying platform, framework, and technologies being used.

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Prospecting Guide: What Every VAR Should Expect From a Software Vendor

Almost any solution provider will tell you the same story: prospecting for new clients is one of the top impediments to serious success. So, ask yourself this: What is my software supplier doing to help make prospecting easier and less painful? This guide tells you what Sage Software believes every solution provider should expect from their supplier.

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The Top 3 Right Ways to Go Green

Going green isn't just about saving the planet or hopping on the latest bandwagon, it's about the bottom line: saving the environment while saving money.

Eco-conscious companies are tasked with the challenge of finding solutions that control and manage information created from disparate sources and stored in many different forms. These forms often include paper files, archived information, document images, digital application files, computer print files, emails, faxes, Web site input, and many others. Download this free overview to learn the top three right ways to get started with your green initiative.

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The 5 Essentials of Effective Software Development Metrics

Software development projects have a long and storied history of failure. Why? In large part, it's because of a profound lack of visibility and transparency into development processes, and this lack of visibility only increases with the complexity of projects and physical distribution of teams. This means that projects that are sent offshore are even more challenged when it comes to visibility, transparency and control.

This white paper discusses the five essential elements of software development metrics success, providing a framework for planning a metrics-driven software development program within your organization.

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Better Software

Better Software is the magazine for software professionals who care about quality. Each issue brings you relevant, timely information to help you build better software. Delivering in-depth articles on testing, tools, defect tracking, metrics, and management, as well as techniques for improving results throughout software development, Better Software magazine is exclusively dedicated to software professionals.

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