Time for Distance Learning?
With an increasing likelihood of at least some disruption of school calendars worldwide in response to the H1N1 epidemic, the focus has turned to tools and strategies that deliver continuous learning. In such circumstances e‐learning methodologies and learning management systems become significant tools in the fight for learning continuity. What steps could schools take to deliver education smoothly and effectively?
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Fundamentals of Enterprise Systems
Organizations committed to enhancing their business processes to better serve their customers and partners must first understand the importance of complete enterprise systems versus enterprise applications. Whereas an enterprise application is focused primarily on solving a certain business problem, an enterprise system oversees and then integrates, streamlines, manages, and scales the many disparate enterprise applications within the organization. This white paper provides a primer on the fundamentals of enterprise systems for organizations that want to spend less time keeping their applications up and running, and more on getting ahead of the competition.
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Understanding Performance Testing
IT managers face a paradox trying to match maximum efficiency and productivity with optimum application performance. Will the improvements optimize the investment in hardware and software? Or will bugs and bottlenecks endanger the effectiveness of the ‘improved’ system? Failure is not an option. Haphazard assessment of applications and potential users is a recipe for disaster. Performance testing is the set of tests that ensure an application is in a healthy state under the desired load and the end-user is experiencing a good response under such load.
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Effective Trends and Techniques for Application Security
Statistics show that application security breaches are increasing at an alarming rate. Network World states that 75% of current attacks are happening at the application layer; "The battle between hackers and security professionals has moved from the network layer to the Web applications themselves." (Network World, 2004). According to Gartner research, since 2002, 70% of all successful attacks have exploited application vulnerabilities. These surprising statistics have shifted the interest away from network security to application security, and how best to fortify systems. It is not only the increasing rate of attacks that is worrisome, but the disastrous effect these attacks can have on a company. This white paper examines the importance of application security and the latest trends in securing applications.
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Improving your Business Intelligence Through Spend Visibility
Managing a company’s spend data is one of the toughest tasks for any company. The storage of spend data in disparate locations and the lack of a standard format and naming convention are some problems impeding proper analytical use of spend data. Spend management software has thus become vital for any company; the large amount of missed savings has encouraged more companies to commit additional resources to spend visibility programs. A good spend visibility program enables companies to improve its operational efficiency and performance. This white paper provides an overview on the importance of such programs, and discusses the different approaches used in their implementation.
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