BriefingsDirect Podcasts

BriefingsDirect Analysts Discuss Business Commerce Clouds: Wave of the Future or Old Wine in a New Bottle?

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:16:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Vol. 46. This periodic discussion and dissection of IT infrastructure related news and events, with a panel of industry analysts and...

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Here's Why Text-Based Content Access and Management Play Crucial Roles in Real-Time BI

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:42:00 GMT

Text-based content and information from across the Web are growing in importance to businesses. The need to analyze web-based text in real-time is rising to where structured data was in importance ...

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Business and Technical Cases Build for Data Center Consolidation and Modernization

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:54:00 GMT

Data-center consolidation and modernization of IT systems helps enterprises reduce cost, cut labor, slash energy use, and become more agile. But to gain the benefits of these large and strategic...

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Separating Core from Context Brings High Returns in Legacy Application Transformation

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:08:00 GMT

This podcast forms the second in the series of three to examine Application Transformation: Getting to the Bottom Line. A panel of experts discusses the rationale and likely returns of assessing the...

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Linthicum's Latest Book: How SOA and Cloud Intersect for Enterprise Productivity Benefits

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:25:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Volume 45. This periodic discussion and dissection of IT infrastructure related news and events with industry analysts and guests,...

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Application Transformation Case Study Targets Enterprise Bottom Line with Eye-Popping ROI

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:21:00 GMT

This podcast is the first in the series of three to examine Application Transformation: Getting to the Bottom Line. We'll discuss the rationale and likely returns of assessing the true role and...

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Making the Leap from Virtualization to Cloud Computing: A Roadmap and Guide

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:20:00 GMT

This sponsored podcast discussion focuses on enterprise IT architects making a leap from virtualization to cloud computing. How should IT leaders scale virtualized environments so that they can be...

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Executive Interview: Workdayâs Aneel Bhusri on Advancement of SaaS and Cloud Models for Improved ERP

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:08:00 GMT

Today's sponsored podcast is an executive interview with software-as-a-service (SaaS) upstart Workday, a human capital management (HCM), financial management, payroll, worker spend management, and...

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IT Architects Seek to Bridge Gap Between Cloud Vision and Reality

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:51:00 GMT

The popularity of the concepts around cloud computing have caught many IT departments off-guard. While business and financial leaders have become enamored of the expected economic and agility...

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Long-Overdue Network Transformation Must Support Successful Data Center Modernization

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:05:00 GMT

Most enterprise networks are the result of a patchwork effect of bringing in equipment as needed over the years to fight the fire of the day, with little emphasis on strategy and the anticipation of...

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HP Roadmap Dramatically Reduces Energy Consumption Across Data Centers

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 6 Oct 2009 00:35:00 GMT

The latest BriefingsDirect podcast discussion targets significantly reducing energy consumption across data centers. Producing meaningful, long-term energy savings in IT operations depends on a...

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Web Data Services Extend Data Access and Distribution Beyond the RDB-BI Straightjacket

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 5 Oct 2009 19:57:00 GMT

This sponsored podcast discussion centers on making the most of web data services for business intelligence (BI). As enterprises seek to gain better insights into their markets, processes, and...

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Cloud Computing by Industry: Novel Ways to Collaborate Via Extended Business Processes

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 1 Oct 2009 19:44:00 GMT

Welcome to a podcast discussion on how to make the most of cloud computing for innovative solving of industry-level problems. As enterprises seek to exploit cloud computing, business leaders are...

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Doing Nothing Can Be Costliest IT Course When Legacy Systems and Applications Are Involved

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:46:00 GMT

This latest BriefingsDirect podcast discussion tackles the high -- and often under-appreciated -- cost for many enterprises of doing nothing about aging, monolithic applications. Not making a choice...

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Web Data Services Extend Business Intelligence Depth and Breadth Across Social, Mobile, Web Domains

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:46:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect podcast discussion on the future of business intelligence (BI) -- on bringing more information from more sources into an analytic process, thereby getting more...

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Caught Between Peak and Valley -- How CIOs Can Survive Today, While Positioning for Tomorrow

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:23:00 GMT

Welcome to a podcast discussion on helping CIOs make the right decisions and adjustments in both strategy and execution as we face a new era in IT priorities. The combination of the down economy,...

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Jericho Forum Aims to Guide Enterprises Through Risk Mitigation Landscape for Cloud Adoption

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:44:00 GMT

The latest BriefingsDirect podcast discussion comes to you from The Open Groupâs 23rd Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference and associated 3rd Security Practitioners Conference in...

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Economic and Climate Imperatives Combine to Elevate Green IT as Cost-Productive Priority

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:11:00 GMT

Welcome to a podcast discussion on Green IT and the many ways to help reduce energy use, stem carbon dioxide creation, and reduce total IT costs -- all at the same time. We're also focusing on how IT...

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Cloud and Security Join Boundaryless Information as Top-of-Mind Issues for The Open Group

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:57:00 GMT

Welcome to a podcast interview coming to you from The Open Groupâs 23rd Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference in Toronto. Our topic for this podcast, part of a series from the summer...

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Harnessing Enterprise Clouds: Many Technical Underpinnings Already in Today's Data Centers

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 8 Sep 2009 18:58:00 GMT

This latest BriefingsDirect podcast uncovers how to quickly harness the technical benefits of cloud computing approaches. We examine how enterprises are increasingly focused on delivery and...

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Proper Cloud Adoption Requires a Governance Support Spectrum of Technology, Services, Best Practices

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:27:00 GMT

Welcome to a sponsored BriefingsDirect podcast discussion on the importance of performance monitoring and governance in any move to cloud computing. Most analysts expect cloud computing to become a...

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XDAS Standard Aims to Empower IT Audit Trails from Across Complex Events

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 1 Sep 2009 14:58:00 GMT

Our next BriefingsDirect podcast discussion comes from The Open Groupâs 23rd Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference and the associated 3rd Security Practitioners Conference in...

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Cloud Adoption: Security is Key as Enterprises Contemplate Moves to Cloud Computing Models

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:10:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect podcast discussion on caution, overcoming fear, and the need for risk reduction on the road to successful cloud computing. In order to ramp up cloud-computing...

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Harnessing 'Virtualization Sprawl' Requires Managing Your Ecosystem of Technologies

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:12:00 GMT

Welcome to a sponsored podcast discussion on better managing server virtualization expansion across enterprises. Weâll look at ways that IT organizations can adopt virtualization at deeper levels, or...

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Nimble Business Process Management Helps Enterprises Gain Rapid Productivity Returns

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:30:00 GMT

Welcome to a sponsored podcast discussion on the importance of business process management (BPM), especially for use across a variety of existing systems, in complex IT landscapes, and for building...

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New Era Enterprise Architects Need Sweeping Skills to Straddle the IT-Business Alignment Chasm

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:41:00 GMT

Welcome to a sponsored podcast discussion coming from The Open Groupâs 23rd Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference in Toronto. This podcast, part of a series from the July 2009 event,...

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Cloud Computing Uniquely Enables Specific Business Solutions to Meet New Industry Needs

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:08:00 GMT

Welcome to a sponsored podcast discussion on the implications cloud computing has on companies in the manufacturing industry. We'll look at how to best define cloud options and how specific...

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IT and Log Search as SaaS Gains Operators Fast, Affordable and Deep Access to System Behaviors

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:47:00 GMT

Complexity of data centers escalates, managed service providers face daunting performance obligations, and the budget to support the operations of these critical endeavors suffers downward pressure....

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ITIL 3 Leads Way in Helping IT Transform into Mature Business Units Via the 'Reset Economy'

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:45:00 GMT

Welcome to a sponsored podcast discussion on how to better understand the standards and methods around ITIL Version 3. We'll unlock the secrets behind ITIL 3, and debunk some common misunderstandings...

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Portfolio Management Techniques Help Rationalize IT Budgets in Tough Economy

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:50:00 GMT

The current economic downturn has highlighted how drastically businesses and their IT operations need to change, whether in growth, reductions, or transformation (or all three). As IT budgets react...

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BriefingsDirect Analysts Discuss Software AG-IDS Scheer Acquisition and Prospects for Google Chrome OS

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:07:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Vol. 44. Our latest topic centers on Software AG's bid to acquire IDS Scheer for about $320 million. We'll look into why this could be...

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Panel Discussion: Is Cloud Computing More or Less Secure than On-Premises IT?

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:31:00 GMT

Welcome to a special sponsored podcast discussion coming from The Open Groupâs 23rd Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference in Toronto. This podcast, part of a series from the July 2009...

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Cloud Computing Proves a Natural for Offloading Time-Consuming Test and Development Processes

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:56:00 GMT

This sponsored podcast discussion centers on using cloud computing technologies and models to improve the test and development stages of applications' creation and refinement. One area of cloud...

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Cloud Pushes Enterprise Architects' Scope Beyond IT into Business Process Optimization Role

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:42:00 GMT

Welcome to a special sponsored podcast discussion coming from The Open Groupâs 23rd Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference in Toronto. This podcast, part of a series from the July 20, 2009...

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Information Management Targets E-Discovery, Compliance, Legal Risks While Delivering Long-term BI and Governance Benefits

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:16:00 GMT

Losing control over information sprawl at enterprises can cause long-term inefficiencies. But it's the short-term legal headaches of not being prepared for E-discovery requests that have caught many...

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Enterprises Seek Better Ways to Discover, Manage and Master their Information Explosion Headaches

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:24:00 GMT

Businesses of all stripes need better means of access, governance, and data lifecycle best practices, given the vast ocean of new information coming from many different directions. By getting a...

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Panda's SaaS-Based PC Security Manages Client Risks, Adds Efficiency for SMBs and Providers

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:09:00 GMT

PC security has proven a thorny and expensive problem for users, small businesses, enterprises and providers alike. But PC security can be enhanced and delivered as services. New offerings around...

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Rethinking Virtualization: Why Enterprises Need a Sustainable Virtualization Strategy Over Hodge-Podge Approaches

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:33:00 GMT

Three important considerations are needed when moving to enterprise virtualization adoption, and they often amount to a rethinking of virtualization. How do enterprises manage and control how network...

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Consolidation, Modernization, and Virtualization: A Triple-Play for Long-Term Enterprise IT Cost Reduction

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 18:06:00 GMT

The global economic downturn has accelerated the need to reduce total IT costs. IT consolidation, modernization, and virtualization play self-supporting roles alone and in combination for enterprises...

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T-Mobile Ramps Up Quality-Based Business Rewards from Applications Testing Improvements

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:11:00 GMT

Welcome to a special BriefingsDirect podcast series from the Hewlett-Packard Software Universe 2009 Conference in Las Vegas the week of June 15, 2009. Quality early sounds nice, but making it happen...

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IT Financial Management Provides Required Visibility into Operations to Reduce Total IT Costs

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:07:00 GMT

The global economic downturn has accelerated the need to reduce total IT cost through identification and elimination of wasteful operations and practices. At the same time, IT departments need to...

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In 'Everything as a Service' Era, Quality of Services and Processes Grows Paramount, Says HP's Purohit

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:09:00 GMT

Welcome to a special BriefingsDirect podcast series from the Hewlett-Packard Software Universe 2009 Conference in Las Vegas the week of June 15, 2009. As services pervade how and what IT delivers,...

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Consulting Insights Poised to Help IT Operators Exploit SaaS Delivery of IT Lifecycle, Quality and Management Functions

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:41:00 GMT

Welcome to a special BriefingsDirect podcast series from the Hewlett-Packard Software Universe 2009 Conference in Las Vegas the week of June 15, 2009. When people think of Software as a Service...

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HP's Andy Isherwood on Running IT Like a Business With an Eye to Transformation of IT's Role

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:20:00 GMT

Welcome to a special BriefingsDirect podcast series from the Hewlett-Packard Software Universe 2009 Conference in Las Vegas the week of June 15, 2009. In many companies, IT departments remain in a...

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Winning the Quality War, HP Customers Offer Case Studies on Managing Application Performance

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:34:00 GMT

EDS's David Gee Explains the Spectrum of Cloud and Outsourcing Options Unfolding Before IT Architects

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:25:00 GMT

Welcome to a special BriefingsDirect podcast series from the Hewlett-Packard Software Universe 2009 Conference in Las Vegas the week of June 15, 2009. HP's purchase last year of EDS came just as talk...

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HP Software Marketing Head Anton Knolmar on New IT Economies of Performance

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:10:00 GMT

Welcome to a special BriefingsDirect podcast series from the Hewlett-Packard Software Universe 2009 Conference in Las Vegas the week of June 15, 2009. IT departments are nowadays having to do more...

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Analysts Define Growing Requirements for Governance to Support Wide Adoption of Cloud Computing

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:26:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Vol. 42. Our latest topic centers on governance as a requirement and an enabler for cloud computing. We discuss more than IT...

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Mainframes Provide Fast-Track Access to Private Cloud Benefits for Enterprises, Process Ecosystems

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 2 Jun 2009 14:59:00 GMT

Enterprises are seeking cloud computing efficiency benefits, lower total costs, and a heightened ability to deliver services that support agile business processes. So-called private clouds, or those...

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Dana Gardner Interviews Forrester's Frank Gillett on Future of Mission-Critical Cloud Computing

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 1 Jun 2009 17:45:00 GMT

The impact of cloud computing is most often analyzed through its expected disruption of IT vendors, or the media, or as an economic balm for developers and Web 2.0 start-ups. Yet cloud computing is...

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BriefingsDirect Analysts Take Pulse of New Era in IT: Flat Line Stasis or Next Renaissance?

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:21:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Vol. 41. Our latest topic centers on the next era of information technology (IT). Suddenly, cloud computing is the dominant buzzword of...

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Rise of WebKit Advances Mobile Web's Role, Opens Huge Opportunity for Enterprise Developers on Devices

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:26:00 GMT

Bringing enterprise applications effectively out to mobile devices has required some harsh trade-offs for developers. To gain access to devices, you lose functionality and portability, for example....

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Role and Perception of Enterprise Architects Needs to Align Better with Business Goals, Panel Discovers

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:44:00 GMT

The Open Group, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium, held its 22nd annual Enterprise Architecture Practitioner's Conference in London, England in April 22. This panel discussion podcast,...

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BriefingsDirect Analysts Unpack Platform as a Service and Measure Future Impact on Enterprises

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 3 May 2009 20:34:00 GMT

Our topic on BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Vol. 40, centers on platform as a service (PaaS), part of the cloud computing taxonomy that pertains to software and services development over...

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Open Source and Cloud: A Curse or Blessing During Recession? BriefingsDirect Analysts Weigh In.

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:31:00 GMT

The productivity and perils of open source software has been a topic pretty much beaten to death. Yet the landscape in IT, as always, is shifting -- because of the recession and because of a white...

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HCM SaaS Provider Workday's Advanced Architecture Brings New Business Agility Benefits to Enterprises

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 7 Apr 2009 13:19:00 GMT

The paybacks from designing a strong IT architecture can now be enjoyed by more than the enterprises that build them. Increasingly, enterprises are reaping the fruits of good IT architectures that...

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HP Advises Strategic View of Virtualization to Dramatically Cut Costs, Gain Efficiency and Usher in Cloud Benefits

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:16:00 GMT

Virtualization has become imperative to enterprises as they better manage resources, cut total costs, reduce energy use, and improve IT agility. But virtualization is more than just installing...

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BriefingsDirect Analysts List Top 5 Ways to Cut Enterprise IT Costs During Economic Downturn

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:08:00 GMT

Doing more for less in IT? Sure, easier said than done. But who said it couldn't be done? BriefingsDirect took the question of how to cut IT costs in the downturn to five analysts and consultants,...

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Webinar: Modernization Derives New Value From Legacy and Client-Server Enterprise Applications

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:55:00 GMT

Welcome to a special BriefingsDirect presentation, a podcast created from a recent Nexaweb Technologies Webinar on application modernization. Learn how enterprises are gaining economic and...

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BriefingsDirect Analysts Discuss Solutions for Bringing Human Interactions into Business Process Workflows

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:24:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Vol. 37, a periodic discussion and dissection of software, services, SOA and compute cloud-related news and events with a panel of IT...

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Cloud Computing, Enterprise Architecture Align to Make Each More Useful to Other, Say Experts

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:46:00 GMT

The Open Group, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium, in February held an Enterprise Cloud Computing Conference in San Diego. A panel of experts was assembled at the conference to examine how...

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Effective Enterprise Security Begins and Ends With Architectural Best Practices Approach

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:05:00 GMT

The Open Group, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium, in February held its first Security Practitioners Conference in San Diego. A panel of experts was assembled at the conference to examine...

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Interview: Guillaume Nodet and Adrian Trenaman on Apache ServiceMix and Role of ESBs in OSS Clouds

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:50:00 GMT

Apache Software Foundation open source projects, OSGi, service-oriented architecture (SOA) developments, and cloud computing trends are converging. In this podcast we talk with some thought leaders...

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TOGAF 9 Advances IT Maturity While Offering More Paths to Architecture-Level IT Improvement

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:29:00 GMT

The Open Group, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium, in February delivered TOGAF 9, an enterprise architecture framework. TOGAF 9 represents a departure for enterprise architecture frameworks...

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Strong IT Architecture Doubly Important in Tough Economic Times, Says Open Group Panel

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:05:00 GMT

The Open Group, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium, in February delivered TOGAF 9, an enterprise architecture framework. As part of the festive opening ceremony for TOGAF 9's arrival, a...

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Interview: The Open Group's CEO Allen Brown on Advancing the Value of Enterprise IT Through Architecture

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 9 Feb 2009 19:27:00 GMT

The Open Group, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium, in February delivered TOGAF 9 at the organization's 21st Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference. At the juncture of this new,...

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Visibility and Control Over API Use and Volume is Crucial as Enterprises Ramp to SaaS and Cloud

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:32:00 GMT

As established enterprise IT expectations meet up with cutting-edge cloud delivery models, there's a clear need for additional trust and maturity in order for enterprises to further adopt cloud-based...

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BriefingsDirect Analysts Discuss Service Oriented Communications, Debate How Dead SOA Really Is

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:33:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Vol. 36, a periodic discussion and dissection of software, services, SOA and compute cloud-related news and events with a panel of IT...

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Case Study: IT Repositories Help Wachovia Manage Change Amid Complex Banking Consolidation

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:18:00 GMT

When large businesses need to change fast, the IT systems need to do more than keep up with change -- they need to manage, define and secure it. Multiple enterprise systems of record that must...

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Enterprises Seek to Package and Deliver Applications and Data Easily to Mobile Devices

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:03:00 GMT

Bringing more enterprise data to the mobile tier has been a thorny problem for many years now. This podcast examines innovative ways to extract and make enterprise data ready to be accessed and...

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A Technical Look at How Parallel Processing Brings Vast New Capabilities to Large-Scale BI and Data Analysis

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:51:00 GMT

Internet-scale data gathering, swarms of sensors outputs, and content signals from the mobile device fabric -- as well as enterprises piling up ever more kinds of metadata to analyze -- have...

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BriefingsDirect Analysts Make 2009 Predictions for Enterprise IT, SOA, Cloud and Business Intelligence

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:27:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Vol. 35, a periodic discussion and dissection of software, services, SOA and compute cloud-related news and events with a panel of IT...

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MapReduce-scale Analytics Change BI Landscape as Enterprises Mine Ever-Expanding Data Sets

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:06:00 GMT

Internet-scale data sets and Web-scale analytics have placed a different set of requirements on software infrastructure and data processing techniques. More types of companies and organizations are...

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IT Systems Analytics Become More Crucial as Cloud and SaaS Adoption Raises Complexity Bar

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:22:00 GMT

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud computing are changing the nature of IT systems' performance requirements and heightening expectations for end users of applications and myriad services....

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BriefingsDirect Analysts Handicap Large IT Vendors on How Cloud Trend Impacts Them

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:26:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Vol. 34, a periodic discussion and dissection of software, services, SOA and compute cloud-related news and events, with a panel of IT...

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Cloud Computing Means More Than Cost Savings: New Models Will Transform Business, Say HP and Capgemini

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:01:00 GMT

Many enterprises and service providers are now grappling with how cloud models and economics will impact them. The specter of a challenging business climate may well hasten the need to seek IT...

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Remote Support Offers Enterprises Avenue to Cut Operations Costs While Improving IT Systems Reliability

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 9 Dec 2008 17:02:00 GMT

The trend around using remote support software for monitoring, remediation, and maintenance automation is gaining steam in the global IT market. We expect that as companies become even more cost...

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Interview: HPâs Tim Hall on Heightened Role of Governance in SOA, Cloud and Dynamic Business

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 1 Dec 2008 20:14:00 GMT

As enterprises scale up of their use of service oriented architecture (SOA), proper governance is providing an insurance effect. Governance helps ensure that SOA will grow without stumbling --...

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Enterprises Can Leverage Cloud Benefits and Manage Risks Using Service Governance, Say HP Executives

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:23:00 GMT

Much has been said about cloud computing in 2008, and still many knowledgeable IT people scratch their heads over what it really means. They want to know, How can enterprises best prepare to take...

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Identity and Access Management Key to Security Best Practices in Changing Business Landscape

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:51:00 GMT

In an age of significant layoffs and corporate restructuring, the burgeoning problem of identity and access management for IT operations and data centers has escalated into a critical security issue....

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BriefingsDirect Analysts Review New SOA Governance Book, Propose Scope for U.S. Tech Czar

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:32:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Vol. 33, a periodic discussion and dissection of software, services, SOA and compute cloud-related news and events, with a panel of IT...

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rPathâs Billy Marshall on How Enterprises Can Follow a Practical Path to Virtualized Applications

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:13:00 GMT

Many enterprises are factoring how to bring more applications into a virtual development and deployment environment to save on operating costs and to take advantage of service oriented architectures...

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IDC Research Shows Enterprise SOA Adoption Deepens Based on Certain Critical Practices

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:03:00 GMT

Fresh research from IDC on service oriented architecture (SOA) adoption patterns shows what users of SOA identify as essential success factors. The perceptions are critical as more companies cross...

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Solving IT Energy Use Issues Requires Holistic Approach to Efficiency Planning and Management

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:44:00 GMT

The critical and global problem of energy management for IT operations and data centers has emerged as both a cost and capacity issue. The goal is to find innovative means to conservation so that...

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Implementing ITIL Requires Log Management and Analytics to Help IT Operations Gain Efficiency and Accountability

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 6 Nov 2008 18:41:00 GMT

Implementing best practices from the the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is becoming popular in IT departments. As managers improve IT operations with an eye to process...

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BriefingsDirect Analysts Take Microsoft's Pulse: Will the Software Giant Peak in Next Few Years?

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:45:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Insights Edition, Vol. 32, a periodic discussion and dissection of software, services, SOA and compute cloud-related news and events, with a panel of IT...

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Identity Governance Becomes Must-Do Item on Personnel Management and Security Checklist

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:44:00 GMT

Security and risk aversion around personnel, applications, and IT systems access have never been more urgent. Properly managed identity information and access rules for the users of applications and...

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BriefingsDirect Analysts Discuss IT Winners and Losers in an Era of Global Economic Downturn

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:55:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Insights Edition, Vol. 31, a periodic discussion and dissection of software, services, SOA and compute cloud-related news and events, with a panel of IT...

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BriefingsDirect Insights Analysts Examine HP-Oracle Exadata, Extreme BI, Virtualization and Cloud Computing

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:06:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Insights Edition, Vol. 30, a periodic discussion and dissection of software, services, SOA and compute cloud-related news and events, with a panel of IT...

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Improved Insights and Analysis From IT Systems Logs Reduce Complexity Risks From Virtualization

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:28:00 GMT

Virtualization has certainly taken off, but less attention gets directed to how to better manage virtualization, to gain better security using virtualization techniques, and also to find methods for...

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Oracle and HP Explain History, Role and Future for New Exadata Server and Database Machine

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:02:00 GMT

The sidewalks were still jammed around San Francisco's Moscone Center and the wonderment of an Oracle hardware announcement was still palpable across the IT infrastructure universe late last week....

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Interview: From Oracle OpenWorld, HP's John Santaferraro on Latest BI Modernization Strategies

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:26:00 GMT

Leading up to HP and Oracle's blockbuster announcement Sept. 24 of record-breaking data warehouse appliance performance, the business value of these infrastructure breakthroughs was the topic of a...

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From OpenWorld, Oracle and HP Align Forces to Modernize Legacy Apps and Spur IT Transformation

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:21:00 GMT

The avenues to IT transformation are many, but the end result must include modernization of data, applications, systems, and operational best practices. It's no surprise then that the partnership of...

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Amid Finance Turmoil, Combined HP-EDS Solutions Uniquely Span Public-Private Divide

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:27:00 GMT

As Wall Street faces some its most turbulent times, HP and the newly acquired EDS unit are combining forces in unique ways. Between them, EDS and HP have been servicing the financial and government...

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iTKO's SOA Testing and Validation Role Supports Increasingly Complex Integration Lifecycles

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:25:00 GMT

The real value of IT comes not from the systems, but from agile business processes in actual use. Growing complexity, and the need to support a process orchestration of the old applications and the...

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Systems Log Analytics Offers Operators Performance Insights That Set Stage for IT Transformation

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:44:00 GMT

Despite growing complexity, IT organizations need to reduce operations costs, increase security and provide more insight, clarity, and transparency across multiple IT systems -- even virtualized...

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Interview: HP's Virtualization Services Honcho John Bennett on 'Rethinking Virtualization'

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:05:00 GMT

Hewlett-Packard announced a series of wide-ranging virtualization products, services and initiatives on Sept. 2. The drive indicates a global and long-term surge by HP on managing solutions for...

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HP Experts Portray IT Transformation Vision, Explain New Wave of Virtualization Products and Services

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Virtualization has been gaining attention and adherents faster than ever, but the context of virtualization to business outcomes has been sketchy. Hewlett-Packard on Sept. 2 announced a series of...

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Pulse Provides Novel Training and Tools Configuration Resource to Aid in Developer Education, Preparedness

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:14:00 GMT

Java training and education has never been easy. Not only is the language and its third-party and community offerings constantly moving targets, each developer has his or her own preferences and...

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Borland's Own âJourney' to Agile Forms Foundation for New Software Delivery Management Solutions

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:17:00 GMT

Borland Software has been in the developer productivity field for decades, but when it came time to build out a new software delivery management suite for application lifecycle management, Agile...

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Data Services Provide Catalyst for SOA, Set Stage for Cloud-Based Data Hosting Models

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:43:00 GMT

In the past, data was secure and controlled. The bad news is that the data was limited by the firewall of personnel, technologies, and rigidity. Today, however, the demand is for just-in-time and...

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SOA Demands Broad Skills and Experience for Enterprise Architects Across Technology and Politics, Says Open Group Panel

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 4 Aug 2008 16:47:00 GMT

Defining the role of enterprise architects (EAs) in the context of services-oriented architecture (SOA) is more than an esoteric exercise. It helps also define the major shifts under way with SOA in...

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ITIL's Influence Extends Beyond IT Operations to Enhance SOA, Portfolio Management and Change Management

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:31:00 GMT

Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) advances have helped IT departments recast themselves as mature and process-oriented. But the role and influence of ITIL, especially version 3, is...

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HP SOA Products Director Tim Hall on New Business Drivers and Efficiency Benefits From SOA

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:53:00 GMT

Service oriented architecture (SOA) is at a crossroads, moving from pilot to enterprise status for many companies. As the trends and economics landscapes shift, SOA's benefits and pay-offs are...

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HP Information Management Maven Rod Walker Describes How BI Helps Business Leaders Innovate

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:16:00 GMT

Business intelligence (BI) has been a top investment for corporations in the past several years, but the ability for BI to generate value and strategic direction guidance is merely in adolescence. In...

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Dan Rueckert of HP Consulting Digs into ITIL's Role in Accelerating SOA, IT Service Management

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:19:00 GMT

More enterprise IT departments are working toward Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) principles and reference models for running their organizations. Yet ITIL can provide more...

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HP Software's David Gee On Next Generation Data Center Trends and Opportunities

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:45:00 GMT

Enterprise CIOs face mounting challenges that are hard and getting harder. HP says it has a lifeline for these IT departments and leaders over the next five years by helping them to dramatically cut...

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HP's BTO Chief Ben Horowitz On How Application Lifecycle Optimization Enhances Next Generation Data Centers

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:47:00 GMT

Ben Horowitz, vice president and general manager of HPâs BTO software unit, explains in this podcast from HP's Software Universe event the collaborative roles that business, security, operations and...

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From HP Software Universe, Adaptive Infrastructure Head Duncan Campbell on Datacenter Energy Efficiency

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:34:00 GMT

Enterprises are now energized to save energy, and HP's Adaptive Infrastructure program leader, Duncan Campbell, believes the path to automation and efficiency -- plus the need for modernization and...

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Live TIBCO Panel Examines Role and Impact of Service Performance Management in Enterprise SOA Deployments

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:17:00 GMT

Myriad unpredictable demands are being placed on enterprise application services as Service Oriented Architecture (SOS) grows in use. How will the far-flung deployment infrastructure adapt and how...

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Apache CXF: Where it's Been and What the Future Holds for Web Services Frameworks

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:22:00 GMT

More open source componentry and frameworks continue to emerge from developer communities and the major open source foundations. One of the latest, Apache CXF, an open-source Web services framework,...

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BriefingsDirect Insights Analysts Probe the Future of Online Advertising and Find Transactional Lucre Lurking

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:03:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Insights Edition, Vol. 29, a periodic discussion and dissection of software, services, SOA and compute cloud-related news and events, with a panel of IT...

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HP Creates Security Reference Model to Better Manage Enterprise Information Risk

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:27:00 GMT

We live in an age where there is so much exposure to networks and the World Wide Web that when something goes wrong, and the data gets out -- it gets out in a big way. Security breaches are becoming...

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BriefingsDirect Insights Analysts Examine WOA-SOA Continuum With Keen Eye on Cloud Computing

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:47:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Insights Edition, Vol. 28, a periodic discussion and dissection of software, services, SOA and compute cloud-related news and events, with a panel of IT...

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XML-Empowered Documents Extend SOAâs Connection to People and Processes

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:02:00 GMT

Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) should dramatically improve the relationship between people, processes, and IT. Yet the potential for SOA remains clouded due to a gulf between worker knowledge...

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'Platform as Service' Enables Cloud-Based Software Development and Deployment Lifecycle

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 6 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT

On demand applications and cloud computing often mean different things to different people. For developers, software as a service (SaaS) is quickly evolving not only as a means to deliver...

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New Eclipse-Based Tools Offer Developers More Choices, Migrations and Paths to Latest IBM WebSphere

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 8 Feb 2008 17:10:00 GMT

The arrival of the IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1 presents Eclipse-oriented developers with some big decisions. The newest version of this popular runtime will depend largely on Rational...

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Integrien Alive Improves IT Operational Performance While Heading Off Future Datacenter Reliability Problems

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:24:00 GMT

Complexity in today's IT systems makes previous error prevention approaches for operators inefficient and costly. IT staffs are expensive to retain, and are increasingly hard to find. There is also...

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IBM and Kapow on How Enterprises Exploit Application Mashups and Lightweight Data Access

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:02:00 GMT

The choices among enterprise application development and deployment technologies has never been greater. But what's truly different about today's applications is that line of business people can have...

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Holiday Peak Season Hits for Retailers Alibris and QVC -- A Logistics and Shipping Carol

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:37:00 GMT

Listen as innovative retailers Alibris and QVC deal with huge demands on their systems and processes to meet the holiday peak season fulfillment. With the help of global shipping services providers...

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Wind River's John Bruggeman on Google Android and the Advent of Mobile Internet Devices

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:19:00 GMT

The Android open source mobile platform made a splash in October when Google announced it, along with the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). The impact of such a platform on cell phones has been debated,...

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BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Analysts Examine Microsoft SOA and Evaluate Green IT

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:43:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 27, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts....

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UPS Debuts Customs Clearance and International Returns Solutions for Small Businesses

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 1 Nov 2007 21:00:00 GMT

Listen as global trade experts and UPS executives explore how small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs) can better market their goods internationally. UPS is helping to change the face of global...

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BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Analysts on IBM's Information On Demand, SAP's Business Objects Grab, and WOA Meets Guerilla SOA

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:47:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 26, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts....

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BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Analysts on Virtualization Trends and Role of IT Operations Efficiency for SOA

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:44:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 24, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts....

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Analysts Debate Role of Management in Era of SOA

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:57:00 GMT

Listen as SOA experts explore how IT management will evolve in the world of service-based applications. The discussion delves into issues of new standards, how SOA demands that performance management...

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Integration Infrastructure Approaches Adjust to New World of SaaS and Shared Services

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:23:00 GMT

Change is afoot for the role and requirements of integration for modern software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers and enterprises adopting shared services models. Reuse is becoming an important issue,...

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Probabilistic Analysis Predicts IT Systems Problems Before Costly Applications Outages

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:39:00 GMT

Rather than losing control to ever-increasing complexity -- and gaining less and less insight into the root causes of problematic applications and services -- enterprises and on-demand application...

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Survey Uncovers Heightening Reliance on Search Across Business Purchasing

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:47:00 GMT

It seems that businesses, whether they're small or global 2000 concerns, are buying more supplies using search at some point in the procurement process. Some people begin and end a procurement...

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Book Review Discussion: 'Total Architecture' Elevates SOA to its Business Benefits Potential

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:57:00 GMT

The impact that Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) has on an organization is deep and wide. The changes required to bring SOA to fruition and make it as productive as possible affect the way both...

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BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Analysts on RIAs, Microsoft Silverlight and Enterprise 2.0 Trends

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 7 Sep 2007 21:01:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 18, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts....

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SaaS Providers Increasingly Require 'Ecology' Solutions from Infrastructure Vendors

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:38:00 GMT

There is an entire universe of suppliers and vendors that support the delivery of applications as services. Indeed, the Software as a Service (SaaS) model is attracting more than end users who...

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Apache Camel Addresses Need for Discrete Infrastructure for Services Mediation and Routing

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:21:00 GMT

One size fits all has its limits. Most developers prefer to cherry-pick their infrastructure resources, keep them lightweight, and remain as agile as they can. Taking a clue from this philosophy the...

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SOA Insights Analysts Discuss Likely Future of SOA at Open Group Conference

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:45:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 23, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts....

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SOA Insights Analysts on SOA Appliances, BPEL4People and GPL v3

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 9 Aug 2007 15:17:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 21, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts....

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SOA Insights Analysts on Semantic Web, Adobe and Open Source Flex, and Future of UDDI

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:27:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 17, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts....

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Sam Whitmore Helps Parse Search Marketing, the 'Content Pyramid,' and RSS Strategies

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:12:00 GMT

In my work covering enterprise application development and deployment strategies, I often also find myself witnessing a sea-change in how software companies and providers market their values....

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Explore How SOA and SaaS Convergence Produces New Integration-as-a-Service Benefits

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:02:00 GMT

As the use of mashups sweeps the IT industry, the concept of converging Web services has expanded to a deeper role. Why not extend SOA itself by embracing more integration services that help vendors,...

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SOA Insights Analysts on Software AG's webMethods Buy, Web 2.0-SOA Mashups, and SOA Hype Curves

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 6 Jul 2007 14:22:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 16, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts....

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UPS Uses SMS to Extend Retail Goods Tracking to Mobile Generations

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:58:00 GMT

As wireless communications technology becomes embedded in the lifestyles of consumers -- led by the younger generations that have always known it -- small businesses are seeking ways to catch the...

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WSO2 Expands ESB Market With Apache Synapse-Based, Open Source SOA Offering

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:45:00 GMT

WSO2 has entered the open source SOA field with a slate of veterans from Web services specifications, application server and lightweight framework development. The latest offering to the market came...

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SOA Insights Analysts Join The Open Group to Define New Role of 'SOA Architect'

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 8 Jun 2007 14:44:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 15, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts....

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SOA Insights Analysts Delve into SOA Consortium's Goals with OMG CEO Richard Soley

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 25 May 2007 17:01:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 14, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts....

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UPS Visibility Solutions Help Businesses Drive Customer Service Via Managed Supply Chains

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 21 May 2007 10:09:00 GMT

Effective information-sharing across the distribution of goods -- visibility into transportation supply chains and distribution networks -- is a part of the information revolution and the knowledge...

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A Sneak Peek at IBM's Jazz Collaborative ALM Framework and Community

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 21 May 2007 00:43:00 GMT

IBM helped the Eclipse Foundation score a huge hit with the Eclipse development framework and community. Now the software engineering target is even higher, but the methods are similar. IBM will in...

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Open Source Projects Empower SOA Infrastructure Definition and Development

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 4 May 2007 15:44:00 GMT

Unlike earlier open source initiatives, which often trailed commercial development of crucial software infrastructure, today's many community-based services oriented architecture (SOA) projects are...

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Borland's Open ALM Ushers Application Development into a Managed Business Process

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 1 May 2007 19:20:00 GMT

Many people have defined software development as more art than science -- sometimes even a dark art. That's why the business side of an enterprise is often perplexed by the Application Lifecycle...

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BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Analysts on SOA Mashups and the Oracle-Hyperion Deal

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:41:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 13, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts....

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BriefingsDirect SOA Analysts Explore Converged Governance and the New SOA Consortium

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Fri, 6 Apr 2007 16:44:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 12, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts....

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BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Analysts Explore SOA's Role Through Failure, Governance, Policy and Politics

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:16:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 11, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts....

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ZoomInfo Semantic Search Brings New Depth, Targeted Reach to B2B Buyers and Sellers

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:19:00 GMT

What is the state of B2B search marketing? What are the business and technology drivers that make online search an emerging tool for business discovery and procurement? We put these questions to...

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BlueNote's SOA Approach Eases Seaport Hotel's Development of Innovative In-Room Communications/Web Portal

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:31:00 GMT

Welcome to a special BriefingsDirect presentation, a podcast created from a recent webinar on how BlueNote Networks and the Seaport Hotel in Boston uniquely integrated Web services and voice-over-IP...

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BriefingsDirect SOA Analysts Examine Best-of-Breed vs. SOA Suites, Master Data Management, and the New Enterprise Architect

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:35:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition Vol. 10, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts. In...

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IT Service Management Enters New Productivity Chapter for Enterprises With Arrival of ITIL v3

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:36:00 GMT

Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) -- how IT is delivered inside an enterprise as a service -- and a related area, the quickly evolving Information Technology Infrastructure Library...

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BriefingsDirect SOA Analysts Examine TIBCO's SOA Tools News, ESBs as Platform, webMethods Fabric 7, IBM Earnings, HP's BI Foray

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:57:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition Vol. 9, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts. In...

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Music Search Project Could Redefine How Listeners Find Their Favorites

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:08:00 GMT

The Search Inside the Music project within Sun Microsystems Laboratories digs into the actual characteristics of music, identifying patterns and traits, and then associating that with other like...

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Businesses Gain Powerful New Tools With Emergence of Semantic Search

dgardner@interarbor-solutions.com (Dana Gardner) — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:23:00 GMT

Internet search has been around for years, while seeking out new business partners is as old as business itself. Can finding the right relationships through the burgeoning "Business Web" effectively...

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