IT Governance

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Hitachi and Symantec: Build Your Archiving and Discovery Strategy Today by Continental Resources
the Hitachi Content Archive Platform with Symantec™ Enterprise Vault™ can simplify the job for you. In one powerful solution it gives you a flexible, scalable, intelligent and easy-to-manage solution that delivers performance and
Effective SharePoint Governance: Meeting Business Objectives Through Top-Down SharePoint Administration by AvePoint, Inc.
This document is intended to aid IT administrators and other stakeholders responsible for managing SharePoint deployments, in planning
Data Governance Strategies: Helping Your Organization Comply, Transform, and Integrate by SAS Institute Inc.
into the business initiatives, technical implementations, and cross-functional organizational structures with which data governance intersects. Anytime data crosses an organizational boundary, it should be governed, whether you're sharing
Five Steps To Effective Corporate Governance by Wipro Technologies
This whitepaper takes a look at the importance of corporate governance in today's context, some best practices that companies can adopt in this area for effective corporate
Nine Ways to Cut Costs While Keeping the Lights On by Wipro Technologies
more. The following paper represents the top set of cost-reduction initiatives that Wipro clients have effectively implemented. "It's no surprise a lot of clients want to rapidly and dramatically reduce their cost by 25 percent or more
Oracle Enterprise Repository and Oracle Service Registry for SOA Governance by Oracle Corporation
this data sheet to learn how together, Oracle Enterprise Repository and Oracle Service Registry create a solid foundation for SOA governance. Any successful SOA initiative demands governance spanning its lifecycle, uniting resources from across
The Oracle SOA Governance Solution by Oracle Corporation
adoption of service oriented architecture (SOA) as an IT strategy does not in of itself guarantee business results. Effective SOA governance is essential to achieving measurable, sustainable business value. This data sheet showcases key features
Wipro Consulting Services (WCS): Redefining the Consulting DNA by Wipro Technologies
Read this white paper to learn about the evolution of Wipro Consulting Services (WCS) as well as the methods critical to it's success. Explore the difficulties management faced in achieving an optimal organizational design, key
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Management: Realizing the Value Of Cross-Enterprise Solutions by SAP America Inc
the benefits it can provide, defines key terms, and discusses what to look for when evaluating GRC software options. Governance, risk and compliance issues are hot topics today, due to many high-profile stories about companies
Right from the Start: SOA Lifecycle Governance by Oracle Corporation
presents an overview of strategies and practices for governing the transformation to, and the evolution of, SOA. In particular, it explores the role of governance throughout the SOA lifecycle as well as the technology enablers that help
Managing Risk through Financial Processes: Embedding Governance, Risk and Compliance by SAP America Inc
law and with corporate policy.

Adding this kind of value to financial processes stands at the heart of a broader initiative known as governance, risk and compliance (GRC). Governance is the collection of board and C-suite approved policies that guide the
Populating a Data Quality Scorecard with Relevant Metrics by DataFlux Corporation
Too often, data governance teams rely on existing measurements as the metrics used to populate a data quality scorecard. But without a
The Four Imperatives of Data Governance Maturity by DataFlux Corporation
This monograph by Philip Russom of TDWI examines the four requirements to increasing the maturity of data governance initiatives - and how these efforts can help companies effectively maintain and manage their mission-
Second-Generation Collaborative Data Integration: Sustainable, Operational, and Governable by SAS Institute Inc.
for DI professionals to respond to a new set of trends related to sustainability, business transformation initiatives and data governance. It explains how new approaches to collaborative data integration can help make IT more sustainable. This
StoredIQ for Intelligent eDiscovery and Information Management by StoredIQ
include not only litigation-based eDiscovery, but also governance, risk and compliance management (GRC) and storage management for IT. The modern corporation risks serious financial loss as it struggles against the dizzying growth of data
Road map to a Center of Excellence by Hewlett-Packard Company
This paper will answer questions about what a Center of Excellence (CoE) is and how it could benefit your organization. It will provide answers to questions such as; where is the most effective
SharePoint E-Zine Volume 7: Who Is Allowed to Customize SharePoint? by SearchWinIT
Find out how to incorporate governance into SharePoint customization to empower users while setting boundaries. Users love to put their
Get the Facts on Information Availability: How to Solve Downtime Challenges to Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations by Vision Solutions
This white paper explores how the power of an information availability solution can unlock the latent potential of your IT environment and deliver new value for your organization. Every manufacturer--from heavy-duty industrial
Manage Your Metadata to Better Manage Your Business by Informatica
management. Metadata management is the foundation of data integration. While companies are embracing a data-centric approach to IT architecture and treating data as an asset, many fail to fully leverage their data integration
Reduce the Pain of ERP Upgrades with Better Planning by SAP America Inc
conflicting opinions about how they should be maintained and updated. This is no longer a technical decision that can be made by the IT department or dictated by the software vendor's release schedule. ERP upgrades are now important enough
IDC Report: Information Governance for the 21st Century by EMC Corporation
This IDC White Paper discusses an emerging information management architecture to address key cost, storage and compliance challenges, and specifically how the EMC SourceOne™ platform - in
Take the Maturity of Your Systems and Software Development Process to the Next Level with ALM by IBM
to build better systems and software, successfully innovate and respond to change, while meeting their business and governance objectives. The path to achieving these benefits can be broken into a succession of "maturity levels,"
Improving Organizational Decision-Making Through Pervasive Business Intelligence: The Five Key Factors That Lead to Business Intelligence Diffusion by JasperSoft
stakeholders. This point highlights the importance of defining pervasive BI as more than dissemination of information to all. It is quite possible that using BI with incorrectly specified models or misunderstood data is worse than not
Avoiding Data Quality Failure: Identifying Data Quality by Pitney Bowes Business Insight
that are seen during data quality implementation. Evan will discuss data quality versus perfection and also talk a bit about how it relies and relates to the data governance paradigm. He'll address challenges that one might have when
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taken in an "enterprise mashup space" that has, in Kapow's view, evolved to include SOA, BI/Web Intelligence, content migration and portal generation capabilities.

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Jun 24, 2009
Scott Hebner on Jazz and Eclipse (video) by SearchSOA.com staff
Jazz versus its predecessor, Eclipse.

"Where we are in terms of Jazz one year later-- in terms of adoption, the number of products, and the number of companies involved-- is actually ahead of where Eclipse was on the year after it was launched," said Scott Hebner, Marketing and Strategy Vice President for IBM's Rational Software, at a recent event in Orlando, Florida.

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Jun 24, 2009
Rosamilia says iterative SOA can improve BPM (video) by SearchSOA.com staff
Every step along the way has got to pay for itself," said IBM's Tom Rosamilia, General Manager, WebSphere, at a recent event in Orlando, Florida. "I can still have a strategic goal…but I'm probably going [achieve] it one project at a time and I'm going to reap the benefits one project at a time."

Building a business process in such an incremental way can also lead to greater More...
Jun 24, 2009
Micro Focus ups offer for Borland by SearchSOA.com Staff

In the wake of a reported competitive offer, Micro Focus increased its cash offer for Borland Software to about $88 million. In May, Micro Focus moved to buy Borland for about $75 million, at the same time it bought Compuware's Quality line of testing software.

The terms of the revised offer were approved by the boards of directors of both Micro Focus and Borland. The More...

Jun 18, 2009
SOA Resource Center
SOA Governance by Judith Hurwitz, Robin Bloor, Carol Baroudi, and Marcia Kaufman
Architecture for Dummies written by Judith Hurwitz, Robin Bloor, Carol Baroudi, and Marcia Kaufman and published by Wiley Publications. "SOA Governance" discusses how to keep the checks and balances between business and IT using SOA governance.


Book description:
Every company has a philosophy for conducting business and a set of rules for how employees within that More...

Jan 19, 2008
Governance bridges management, IT gap
experience of service-oriented design and development is driving one critical requirement to the top of the agenda: the need for strong governance over developers More...
Jun 7, 2005
Podcast: The essentials of SOA governance

SOA expert David Linthicum recently sat down to speak with SearchWebServices.com about the nuts and bolts of SOA governance. While the term "governance" gets tossed around somewhat freely in service-oriented architecture circles, it is important to remember it has a foundation in technology. Linthicum describes what governance should do More...

May 10, 2007
Can SOA governance wait?
Polling of IT departments suggests governance is not a priority in the early stages of service-oriented architecture (SOA) implementations, writes Joe McKendrick. Organizations are apparently waiting for the tipping point where the number of Web services grows More...
Feb 25, 2008
IDC: The Great Eight
Information governance, enterprise solutions platforms and dynamic IT infrastructure highlight IDC's list of eight industry-changing trends in software More...
Oct 18, 2005