ANALYST REPORT - 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.
Posted: May 13, 2009 | Published: December 30, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Cost Benefit Analysis | Embedded Systems Software | IT Asset Management | IT Spending | Model Driven Architecture | Risk Management | Systems Software

EZINE - In this issue of SearchSoftwareQuality.com's Software Testing eZine, we'll discuss a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as a new testing environment as well as an Agile software development (ASD) methodology.
Posted: May 6, 2009 | Published: May 6, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Authentication | Authorization | Capacity Planning | Collaborative Product Development | IT Spending | Load Balancing | SOA | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Testing | Testing

WEBCAST - Inefficient DB2 applications can waste MIPS and cost an organization thousands while mainframe application demand continually grows. Learn how BMC's SQL Performance solution for DB2 can reduce CPU MIPS, improve DB2 application performance, correct problems before they occur, and enable staff to work on more productive tasks.
Posted: April 24, 2009 | Premiered: April 24, 2009


Topics:  Application Monitoring Software | Application Performance Management | Database Performance Management | Database Performance Management Software | IT Spending | Mainframe Computers | Mainframe Operating Systems | MIPS | Reporting Software | Server Accelerators | SQL | z/OS

WHITE PAPER - The current economic downturn has resulted in contraction of IT Department budgets and a mandate to allocate resources to only the most critical projects, then execute flawlessly. In these tough times, it is imperative for CIOs to deliver more value from as IT budgets fall..
Posted: April 3, 2009 | Published: April 3, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Process Management | CIOs | IT Best Practices | IT Management | IT Spending | Manufacturing | Project Management | ROI | Software Development Methodologies

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization provides powerful, tangible ways to streamline many traditionally time-consuming processes and minimize the resources needed to deploy and manage IT resources. This white paper examines how Microsoft® customers are using virtualization technology to simplify their IT infrastructure, IT processes, and save money.
Posted: March 19, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2008


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | IT Asset Management | IT Auditing | IT Best Practices | IT Governance | IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | IT Service Management | IT Spending | IT Systems | ITIL | Operating Systems

BROCHURE - The current economic downturn requires a strategic approach to cutting IT costs, high-performance businesses successfully reduce overall costs sharply and for the long term, shifting spend toward IT capability and business growth.
Posted: February 18, 2009 | Published: February 18, 2009


Topics:  Business Service Management | IT Spending | Knowledge Management | Server Virtualization