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<description><![CDATA[Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) is defined as the uses of software and computer systems architectural principles to integrate a set of enterprise computer applications. EAI intends to transcend the simple goal of linking applications, and attempts to enable new and innovative ways of leveraging organizational knowledge to create further competitive advantages for the enterprise.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Service Virtualization: Key to Managing Change in SOA]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper545/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 13:15:06</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Load balancers, name servers (e.g. DNS), even stock brokerage services are existing examples of virtual services in the worlds of networking and financial services. This paper will introduce the concept of virtual services for SOAs and provide details of the characteristics of virtual services that enable SOA success.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Realizing the Business Value of Converged Applications]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper648/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:33:10</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This IBM white paper posits that most enterprises have yet to realize the full value of convergence and explains why the real promise of IP networks lies in converged applications. It goes on to explain how IP convergence can build real business value for today&#39;s busy contact centers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Points to Consider in a Business Integration Vendor]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper659/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 15:37:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Selecting the right business integration vendor is a challenge. While it is essential to focus on what is critical for your company, it is also important to evaluate vendors using a common set of metrics. This document uses customer feedback taken from a broad portfolio of evaluations to offer key factors and considerations to use when selecting an integration software vendor.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IT Challenges in the Business Continuity Market]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper669/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-13 13:11:41</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper address the challenges that IT professionals face when implementing a geographically distributed data configuration and the features that a comprehensive replication solution must provide to answer these challenges.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[On Demand IP Communications at IBM]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper692/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:32:33</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Download this paper to learn why IBM believes that the real business value of IPC voice systems is reflected in improved employee productivity, enhanced business processes, and the ability to deliver more responsive services and offerings.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Delivering on the Enterprise Business Intelligence Mandate]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper708/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-27 13:51:26</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper discusses the specific business and architectural success factors to consider when selecting one Enterprise Business Intelligence Suite (EBIS) to serve as the enterprise standard.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Achieving Compliance- Meeting Today's Reporting Requirements With Business Intelligence Technology]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper710/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-20 12:32:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn about the challenges and solutions for meeting the reporting requirements faced by today&rsquo;s organizations, with attention to formal government legislation, industry-specific regulations, and internal corporate governance.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Butler Group on iWay Service Manager]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper714/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-10 10:29:46</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[iWay Service Manager is a complete integrated design environment. From an end-user perspective, it is simply a complete management solution that can be used with the graphical interface to design process-centric applications, without the need for developers to understand or map to the underlying infrastructure.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Role of ESB in SOA: Creating a Loosely Coupled Integration Architecture]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper715/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-16 16:12:12</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper discusses the relationship between ESB, loose coupling, and the effort needed to align IT with business process owners in order to ensure a successful SOA implementation in any organization.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Agile Framework for Fast, Flexible, Low-Risk Service Deployments]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper716/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-10 10:29:35</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Can service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles untangle the complexity of today&#39;s business integration requirements? This paper provides an overview of the promises and realities of collaborative SOA environments, and describes how iWay SOA Middleware solutions make the benefits of an SOA achievable, while protecting investments in already-in-place applications, middleware, and information systems.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Easy Integration of Excel with SAP Solutions for Financial Data]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper773/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 09:09:34</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper describes how to easily integrate Excel data with SAP solutions and the resulting benefits from such integration &ndash; reduction in financial closing time, reduction in data entry resources, and availability of timely data for reporting.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Converging Text and BI: The Case for a Content Mining Platform]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper790/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-16 22:10:11</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper describes how the Clarabridge Content Mining Platform avoids the pitfalls of previous approaches to unstructured analysis, and capitalizes on lessons learned from solving similar problems in the structured domain.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WebSphere Customer Center Product Positioning Paper]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper804/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:34:30</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper gives the reader an overview of the functionality of IBM&#39;s WebSphere Customer Center, and explains why IBM is the strategic partner that more Fortune 500 companies select as their strategic platform for Customer Data Integration. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Controlling Excel Chaos With Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper822/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-16 16:10:40</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper describes how to leverage WebFOCUS business intelligence software to generate Excel spreadsheets directly from enterprise data sources, consolidating large amounts of data, performing complex calculations, and creating advanced structures like PivotTables.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Performance at the Application Layer Requires Flexibility]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper831/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-23 15:05:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today&#39;s business drives application use, but it is how these applications are deployed and managed that can deliver differentiation value to the business. Whether your challenge is one of scale, optimization, heterogeneity or complexity &ndash; learn how flexibility can be built in at the application layer.&nbsp; Download this analyst bulletin today!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Intelligence for Mid-Size Organizations: It's Not Just for Industry Giants]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper843/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:24:41</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Download this step by step guide to learning how mid-size companies can benefit from Business Intelligence. You&#39;ll learn the benefits of BI and why mid-size companies need it for effective decision-making and improved results.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How IBM Positioned for Business Growth Using Integrated Business Communications]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper909/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:32:17</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper describes IBM&#39;s experience with and the benefits achieved from basic network convergence and IP telephony, the convergence of applications, and the ability to transform the enterprise business model.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paving the Way for Business Innovation with Integrated Business Communications Solutions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper910/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:32:51</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper provides an overview of opportunities and benefits of business communications integration and includes two &quot;before and after&quot; scenarios - one in financial services and one in healthcare - that demonstrate how IBM clients have benefited from integrated business communications.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mashups: Understanding Mashup Building Platforms for Business Applications]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1142/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper explores trends past, current, and future in the mashup space and surveys the types of tools used to build and distribute mashups. The goal is to develop a set of criteria for the reader to use when evaluating mashup platforms for the development of business applications. Where appropriate, analogies to existing technologies and methodologies are employed.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Dynamics Case Study: Best Buy for Business]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1184/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Saddled with a home-grown business-management tool originally designed for its retail business, the Best Buy for Business sought a solution that would support its extensive outside sales force and would provide a commercial CRM solution it could sell to business customers. Best Buy for Business found both in Microsoft Dynamics CRM.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Dynamics Case Study: J.D. Byrider]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1186/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-09 17:18:36</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[J.D. Byrider&#39;s franchisees experienced a high level of frustration due to an old system running on Linux using dBase files. Byrider made the decision to switch their development environment to Intel-based servers in a Microsoft SQL Server and ASP development environment. Download this paper to read about their results.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Supply Chain Event Management: Proactive Supply Chain Visibility]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1271/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-30 09:09:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When companies adopted Just-In-Time (JIT) tactics, they did so primarily to reduce inventory costs. For the most part, this strategy worked. Reducing stocks of raw materials, parts, assemblies and finished goods reduces carrying costs, allowing companies to invest the freed-up funds in more productive assets and projects.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Ensure That Your Employees Will Want to Use CRM]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1715/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-24 15:49:13</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this paper, learn how with the right CRM solution, information workers can increase productivity, improve customer service, and boost collaboration, while the business simplifies complex processes, increases sales, and reduces costs.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Deliver Application Integration Projects in Days]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper2056/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-14 13:10:49</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discover how to complete more application integration projects by delivering in days what used to take months of custom programming.&nbsp; Find out how an appliance-based approach to application integration uses &ldquo;configuration, not coding&rdquo; to dramatically simplify and accelerate integration projects, while cutting costs by up to 80%.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Integration Appliances: Simplify Software as a Service (SaaS) Integration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper2057/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-14 13:11:15</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discover why traditional software and custom coding solutions are obsolete when solving integration problems in a SaaS environment and how they&rsquo;re rapidly being replaced by Integration Appliances that use &ldquo;configuration, not coding&rdquo; to quickly integrate your SaaS applications with your business-critical data.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Integration Appliances: Finally an Integration Solution for Midsized Companies]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper2058/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-14 13:11:05</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Midsized companies face the challenge of integrating key applications while keeping risks low, costs down, and schedules short.&nbsp; Explore three approaches to application integration and discover a quick and cost-effective way to get your critical applications to work together without custom code or burdening specialist resources, ensuring rapid ROI for your application investment.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Reasons to Switch from Custom Code to Appliances for Integration Projects]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper2059/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-14 13:10:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Traditionally companies had just two choices for their integration needs, complex and expensive platforms like EAI or write custom code. Learn about the &quot;hidden costs&quot; of custom code and discover five reasons why companies are switching to Integration Appliances that use a simple &ldquo;configuration, not coding&rdquo; approach to integration.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Simplify Integration with Your SAP Solutions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper2060/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-14 13:10:56</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Traditionally companies had only two choices for integrating SAP solutions, complex and expensive platforms like EAI or write custom code. Integration Appliances offer companies a third option, one that dramatically simplifies and accelerates SAP integration by using a &ldquo;configuration, not coding&rdquo; approach to rapidly connect SAP applications with a wide variety of applications, without burdening specialist resources.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HyperOffice vs. Microsoft Sharepoint]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper2457/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-21 12:22:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This document presents a convincing argument why HyperOffice is better suited to the needs of a growing business as opposed to SharePoint. A point-to-point comparison is presented, proving how HyperOffice outdoes SharePoint in terms of feature-set, while costing substantially less and requiring less implementation efforts.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Powerful, Flexible Solution to Optimize SharePoint 2007]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper2880/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SchemaLogic Enterprise Suite for Microsoft SharePoint 2007 (SES) resolves SharePoint issues by providing a framework that enables companies to model and connect the structures and relationships of the metadata across the entire SharePoint environment. SES continuously updates and synchronizes metadata across SharePoint site collections, Web applications and farms by leveraging and extending SharePoint&rsquo;s native capabilities.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Graphic Packaging International Transformed Its Business With SAP]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper3299/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-25 15:29:34</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Examine how GPI built a solid infrastructure based on the SAP ERP application, positioning the company for significant growth. GPI can now reach strategic corporate objectives &ndash; including improved visibility into business processes and decreased production costs through better order scheduling and reduced inventory.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Sauder Woodworking Transformed Its Business With SAP]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper3300/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn how this furniture manufacturer used the SAP xApp Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence composite application to integrate data from multiple sources, build team-leader and operator dashboards, and streamline production flow and efficiency on the shop floor.]]></description>
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