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DEFINITION: Software is a general term for the various kinds of programs used to operate computers and related devices. (The term hardware describes the physical aspects of computers and related devices.)

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The Need for Service-Driven Networks
sponsored by Ciena
WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines some of the benefits of the service-driven network in action.
Posted: 04 Dec 2008 | Published: 04 Dec 2008
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Improving Disaster Recovery with Virtualization
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: VMware virtualization software helps organizations to deliver practical disaster recovery solutions that deliver improved protection across a far greater set of IT services while reducing the cost and complexity of disaster recovery.
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 02 Dec 2008
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Testing Tools to Support Agile Software Delivery
sponsored by Borland Software Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper demonstrates how the implementation of automated testing using Borland SilkTest can provide speed, repeatability and accuracy.
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 02 Dec 2008
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TOPICS:  Enterprise | GUI | Java | Software | Testing

Sun Fire™ X4540 Server as Backup Server for Zmanda's Amanda Enterprise 2.6 Software
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This guide discusses how to quickly configure the Sun Fire X4540 server as a backup server for Amanda Enterprise Edition software.
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 27 Nov 2008
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Epicor ICE 2.0: Introducing Next-Generation Business Architecture
sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Epicor Internet Component Environment (ICE) 2.0 is a modern business architecture and application framework which utilizes a 100% service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web 2.0 technologies for a new breed of enterprise solution.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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The Architectural Advantages of Enea OSE in Telecom Applications
sponsored by Enea
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the OSE architecture and design philosophy, and how that benefits telecommunications oriented applications.
Posted: 20 Nov 2008 | Published: 20 Nov 2008
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High Availability Data Management
sponsored by Enea
WHITE PAPER: Integrated data management services are an integral part of any advanced network equipment software platform.
Posted: 20 Nov 2008 | Published: 20 Nov 2008
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Faster SQL Profiling for Better Database Performance
sponsored by Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses how DB Optimizer helps you profile your databases to find problematic SQL statements faster and easier.
Posted: 20 Nov 2008 | Published: 20 Nov 2008
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TOPICS:  Databases | ROI | Software | SQL | SQL Server

The Complete Network Assessment
sponsored by Dorado Software
WHITE PAPER: This paper gives a brief overview on how a complete network inventory assessment can improve the health & security of network.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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One Hour to a Complete Network Assessment
sponsored by Dorado Software
WHITE PAPER: This guide will walk you through a complete network assessment using Redcell Engineering Edition Pro.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Get Personal: Capitalize on Your Subscriber Data with a Unified User Profile
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This IDC white paper discusses the role of user profile management in the telecom industry. Service providers' (SPs) efforts to manage, capitalize on, and provision user information across multiple databases are critical to fuel applications-led services.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Why Archive Is Archive, Backup Is Backup and Backup Ain't Archive
sponsored by STORServer
WHITE PAPER: The differences between backup and archive are quite simple and the stumbling block to understanding the difference is the tools we've chosen to use.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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New Frontiers for Threat Processing
sponsored by LSI Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper focuses on unified threat management approach that takes care of information security, intrusion detection, and virus control.
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 | Published: 18 Nov 2008
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TOPICS:  DRAM | OEMs | PCI Bus | RAM | Software | SRAM

Selecting an ERP Solution: A Guide
sponsored by Infor
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides guidance on how to develop a good, simple strategy to evaluate and choose the right ERP software package for your company.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 14 Nov 2008
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Security Threat Report: July 2008
sponsored by Sophos Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This report gives a comprehensive insight into the events and trends that emerged during the first half of 2008, and helps businesses to stay ahead of today's increasingly covert threats.
Posted: 13 Nov 2008 | Published: 13 Nov 2008
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Software + Services in the Microsoft World
sponsored by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd
WHITE PAPER: What does the term "S+S" really mean? The first "S" stands for software, of course, but the second "S" also really stands for software, all that changes is where that software runs and who runs it.
Posted: 07 Nov 2008 | Published: 06 Nov 2008
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Desktop Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: This paper takes a look at the factors that are changing the world of the desktop and rendering traditional desktop lifecycle management obsolete.
Posted: 05 Nov 2008 | Published: 05 Nov 2008
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Forrester Consulting - Optimizing Users and Applications in a Mobile World
sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Discover in the Forrester report how companies are successfully deploying WAN optimization solutions that are specifically tuned for a mobile environment, delivering the acceleration needed to ensure consistent performance.
Posted: 31 Oct 2008 | Published: 31 Oct 2008
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Multi-Service Business Gateway (MSBG)
sponsored by LSI Corporation
WHITE PAPER: LSI's business gateway solutions enable OEMs to deliver service-aware solutions to carrier and enterprise providers at superior performance and cost points, the solutions integrate all critical functions into a single platform.
Posted: 30 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Oct 2008
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Virtual Call Center - Five Simple Strategies to Make Your Support Center Callers Smile
sponsored by Angel.com
WHITE PAPER: This paper highlights five simple strategies any organization should consider to cost-effectively increase the level of service of their support lines.
Posted: 29 Oct 2008 | Published: 29 Oct 2008
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Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Dell, HP, and IBM Blade Solutions
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the TCO of this blade solution at acquisition and at 1, 3, and 5 years. TCO includes hardware, support, management software, IO virtualization, power, cooling, network ports, and data center space.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Published: 23 Oct 2008
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SAP Solutions on VMware Infrastructure: Customer Use Cases
sponsored by VMware and Intel
WHITE PAPER: This document explores the ways real SAP customers have used VMware virtualization to: Optimize datacenter resources; Ease SAP upgrades, new implementations, and platform migrations; Better meet SLAs and Support service delivery to the business.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Published: 23 Oct 2008
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IBM Fall 2008 Green IT Catalog
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: In the IBM Software for a Greener World catalog you'll find stories of actual customers who reduced energy consumption and IT costs - by using IBM software to better manage their people, workloads and infrastructure.
Posted: 20 Oct 2008 | Published: 17 Oct 2008
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Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management
sponsored by RSA, The Security Division of EMC
WHITE PAPER: Read this report to learn how to find an optimal SIEM solution that will support the real-time log collection, is scalable, easy to deploy and will be easy to support and maintain.
Posted: 17 Oct 2008 | Published: 16 Oct 2008
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e-Book: Content Management Vs. Knowledge Management
sponsored by InQuira Inc
WHITE PAPER: This e-book reveals the critical differences between knowledge management systems and content management systems, and shows why true knowledge management capabilities are so vital to compete in today's markets.
Posted: 17 Oct 2008 | Published: 17 Oct 2008
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SOFTWARE DEFINITION (continued): …  hardware the invariable part. Software is often divided into application software (programs that do work users are directly interested in) and system software (which includes operating systems and any program that supports application software). The term middleware is sometimes used to describe programming that mediates between application and system software or between two different kinds of application software (for example, sending a remote … 
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