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White Papers

November, 2007

Open Source Data Integration Software >

By Jason Bloomberg

May, 2006

Making Connections: Harnessing the Business Potential of Service Oriented Architectures >

By John Hagel III, noted author of: Out of The Box

September, 2005

ROI Now, Agility Later >

Achieving Short-Term ROI While Paving the Road to Business Agility By Kirstan Vandersluis

October, 2004

XML and the Mainframe: Perfect Together-1 >

By Rohit Mital

November, 2004

XML and the Mainframe: Perfect Together - Part 2 >

Adopting and Using Industry-Specific XML Vocabularies and Schemas By Rohit Mital

Videos

Part 1: Service Oriented Architecture Introduction >
  • The Impact of Two Fundamental Forces
  • Market Trends
  • Friction between IT and Business Organizations
  • Service Oriented Architectures
Part 2: Service Oriented Architecture – Business Cases and Challenges >
  • Business Case for SOA
  • Challenges in Deploying SOAs
  • Summary of Challenges
  • XAware Business Services Factory
Part 3: Successful Approaches for Service Oriented Architectures >
  • Approach for Overcoming SOA Challenges
  • Focus the Organization
  • Accelerate Operational Initiatives
  • Strengthen Capabilities
  • Tie it together
  • Summary of Conclusions