Enterprises have relied on mainframes to run their batch applications. These applications are computationally-intensive, operate on large data volumes and must be executed in a fixed time frame. Companies continue to invest significantly in purchasing...
and maintaining hardware and solutions to run their batch applications quickly and efficiently. In this white paper, Infosys’ experts focus on leveraging grid and workflow technologies, along with existing techniques like parallelization, to optimize the batch window. This approach increases Return On Investment, improves operational efficiency and enhances resource utilization.
This white paper is a bonus feature of SETLabs Briefings issue on 'Performance Engineering and Enhancement' (January 2009)
Virtualization has revolutionized the deployment of enterprise applications. It enables enterprises to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) through server consolidation. Virtualization, however, poses challenges in performance. In this white paper, Infosys'...
experts analyze virtualization. They discuss the factors to be considered in the event of virtualization being a key component of your IT road map.
This white paper is a bonus feature of SETLabs Briefings issue on 'Performance Engineering and Enhancement' (January 2009)
Companies rely on the successful execution of complex business processes. Multiple IT systems are part of these processes. The robustness, efficiency and success of these business processes impact customer satisfaction, business...
performance and enterprise agility. Consequently, companies must monitor the progress of business processes. In this white paper, Infosys’ experts present an SOA-based model to monitor a business process in a heterogeneous product environment.
This white paper is a bonus feature of SETLabs Briefings issue on 'Performance Engineering and Enhancement' (January 2009)
Binary Pattern Matcher is a versatile algorithm formulated for diverse applications such as string similarities, online duplicate detection, data mining of large data sets and plagiarism detection. The algorithm...
is convenient, fast and easy to implement. In addition, it provides superior recall and precision characteristics in varied situations compared to other commonly employed alternatives.
Enterprise adoption of Web 2.0 (also known as Enterprise 2.0) enables stakeholders of an enterprise to use Web 2.0 to communicate, collaborate, contribute and participate. Web 2.0 adoption, however, poses a challenge as it is in the formative stage. ...
Our white paper guides an enterprise to adopt Web 2.0 technologies. Our expert identifies the challenges of enterprise Web 2.0 adoption and recommends an iterative adoption model to address the challenges.
Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software creates software systems to address business requirements quickly and cost-effectively. The time and money saved on development is wasted if the evaluation of the...
system is deferred, which leads to performance issues. To manage these issues, experts from Infosys propose a review of the architecture from a performance perspective. It will identify and resolve performance issues early in the lifecycle. This white paper covers critical areas of COTS-based systems that must be reviewed in such an exercise.
This paper explores various business drivers for globalization and examines the nature of globalization requirements for software products and applications. It discusses typical globalization challenges that must be addressed before building global applications.
Organizations, often, view risks as threats and devise means to avoid risks instead of planning effective mitigation strategies. Risks provide opportunities for innovation. Managing risks well has a positive impact on business. This paper discusses...
the imperatives of holistic risk management and proposes a 360-degree Risk Management Model to identify risks and plan the right mitigation strategies.
One of the principal goals of IS organizations is to achieve system performance in a way that minimizes risk and improves cost-effectiveness and time-to-market for critical systems. It requires a holistic and quantitative approach to performance...
, without compromising on attributes such as flexibility, maintainability, reliability and usability. Infosys has put into practice such an approach by combining practices in performance engineering with client delivery experience. Adapted to ensure collaboration among globally distributed application development teams, it combines performance modeling with benchmarking, tuning and optimization to deliver high-performance systems.
Rich Internet Applications (RIA) represent the next transition in the evolution of web applications - they promise the richness, interactivity and usability lacking in many of today's web applications. As with any technological transition, this implies that...
there are new opportunities to be explored and new challenges to be negotiated.
Software Asset re-use has the potential to enhance the quality and reduce the time to market of software projects. However, there are many challenges on the road to successful asset re-use. The key to success is discipline.