Projects: Application Management

Automating B2B Portal Interactions

Pitt Ohio automated its B2B portal interactions and boosted business performance along the way.

Buy vs. Build Software Applications: The Eternal Dilemma

A given piece of software application can range from being an unmodified, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software package to being a completely custom, written-from-scratch program. Between those two extremes you can find customized and/or configured COTS software, custom software built using commercial software frameworks and libraries, and complex application systems comprising all of the above. The question: which solution is best?

SaaS Takes Flight: Web Apps to Take Over the Desktop

Someday, all software will run online and clunky desktop applications will be a distant memory. See why.

Valero Pumped On SOA

The energy giant turned to service-oriented architecture to integrate its disparate applications and, ultimately, let business users build their own software.

Web Services Management: For Shared Apps, a Private Eye

Something's wrong with your Web services—and you probably don't know it yet. That's what can happen when businesses expose applications without deploying tools to manage and monitor their performance.

WebMethods: Staying the Course?

WebMethods provides comprehensive tools, but customers wonder about its strategy.

Amberpoint: An Eye Inside

AmberPoint gets applause for its easy-to-use monitoring tools.

Actional: People Power

Actional's blend of personnel and product performance gets high marks from customers.

How Web Services Pays Off at H & R Block

Thorough testing paid off for Scott Thompson, technical architect with H&R Block Financial Advisors.

SOA: At the Forefront of Integrating Applications

Companies are integrating applications and processes across their enterprises to better interact with customers, suppliers and partners—and fuel what can be significant cost savings.

Tibco Software: Message Moguls

Tibco's customer base moves beyond its financial services roots.

IBM's New Attitude

IBM is a favorite among customers looking to work with one vendor.

BEA Systems Reaches Out

BEA customers like its breadth, but one felt he was oversold.

Business Integration's Road Warrior

How Con-way's Praveen Sharabu integrated four accounts-receivable systems for the logistics company.

How Google Works

Google is more than just a leading search firm. It's a pioneer that may be defining information management for the next generation of Web-centric businesses.

 

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