http://www.whitepapersdb.com/ en-us White papers on WhitepapersDB.com Copyright 2010 - 2013 Janalta Interative Inc. noreply@whitepapersDB.com () Recently, the telecom industry has seen a surge of interest in Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions with companies extending the utility of such programs beyond simple operational efficiency initiatives. These operators have clearly defined their M2M strategies, set up dedicated M2M units and are even now focusing on partnerships to create an ecosystem. In the future, Wipro envisions the creation of an online M2M marketplace that will bring together suppliers and buyers creating a procurement ecosystem to catalyze M2M adoption. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13210/online-m2m-marketplace Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13210/online-m2m-marketplace noreply@whitepapersDB.com () Reflecting the importance of customer experience, Communication Service Provider (CSP) strategies focus on customer centricity, as opposed to the network and IT-centric approach adopted in the past. However, due to the lack of appropriate customer experience monitoring and improvement solutions, there is a huge gap between the Quality of Service (QoS) delivered and the actual Quality of Experience (QoE). While trying to improve QoS and QoE, CSPs also must reduce the cost of operations due to declining margins and a squeeze on budgets availability for investment in new technologies and services. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13206/striking-the-right-balance-between-customer-expectations-and-business-needs Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13206/striking-the-right-balance-between-customer-expectations-and-business-needs noreply@whitepapersDB.com () In this whitepaper, Wipro discusses the importance of IT security for enterprises especially as they deal with changing business conditions. Any breach of security or intrusion into data can be damaging for companies - leading to both financial losses as well as a diminished reputation. Therefore, most companies today require the implementation of a holistic security program. To this end, they require a partner who is aware of the most relevant technology and service for their kind of business to get the maximum returns. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13208/arming-your-security-operations-with-the-right-technology-and-services Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13208/arming-your-security-operations-with-the-right-technology-and-services noreply@whitepapersDB.com (Anu) Cloud adoption today has moved from Proofs of Concept and experiments to a legitimate, mainstream option. Most companies are moving their IT and business operations into the Cloud. The Cloud allows organizations to rationalize excess IT resources and meet sudden spikes in demands. As a result, it is little wonder that the cloud has become critical to businesses today. However, what is more difficult to handle, is the growing expectations from the cloud and the inordinately incisive demands these demands have begun to place on providers. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13205/cloud-first-not-just-transformation-but-innovation Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13205/cloud-first-not-just-transformation-but-innovation noreply@whitepapersDB.com () Most business pundits are hailing mobility and Enterprise Mobile Applications (EMAs) as the catalyst in the next wave of business transformation. While collaborative EMAs from third-party providers can offer incremental improvements in your business, it is still not transformational. To achieve the full potential of mobility, you must evolve your IT development process into one based on innovation and user insights. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13207/driving-innovation-for-transformation Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13207/driving-innovation-for-transformation noreply@whitepapersDB.com () Today, most people acknowledge that Big Data is more than a fad and is a proven model for leveraging existing information sources to make smarter, more immediate decisions that result in better business outcomes. Big Data has already been put in use by companies across vertical market segments to improve top- and bottom-line performance. As unstructured data becomes pervasive source of business intelligence, Big Data will continue to play a more strategic role in enterprise IT. Companies that recognize this reality - and that act on it in a technologically, operationally and economically optimized way - will gain sustainable competitive advantages. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13209/the-fast-path-to-big-data Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13209/the-fast-path-to-big-data noreply@whitepapersDB.com () Facing mounting financial and competitive pressures, operations and supply chain executives have to create and drive strategies that anticipate future challenges while addressing immediate issues. A successful strategic plan is a dynamic document of actions that are grounded in the true drivers of an organization's activities. The plan can reflect new goals and ideas, but it must align with existing processes and technology or, at a minimum, define paths toward alignment that can be realistically executed. The way to create such a plan is through a process called Strategy Alignment and Deployment, or SA&D, which is highlighted in this whitepaper. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13203/driving-strategy-to-execution Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13203/driving-strategy-to-execution noreply@whitepapersDB.com () Retailing has come a long way from the days when decision-making was based solely on human judgment. While retailers are struggling to understand their digitally savvy shopper, consumer goods companies are looking at next growth markets as demand accelerates in emerging economies. Today, retailers and consumer goods companies are cognizant of the importance of collaborative data sharing, big data, advanced analytics, BI and cloud computing. A rapid adoption of these technologies will bring efficiencies to supply chains, operations, manufacturing and marketing.<br /> <br /> This whitepaper is part of a "Future of Industry" series produced jointly by Knowledge@Wharton and Wipro Technologies to explore the challenges facing retail and consumer goods organizations, as they find new ways to collect and analyze data from consumers with a renewed focus on business intelligence. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13202/big-gains-await-retailers-consumer-goods-makers-in-a-digitally-savvy-analytics-driven-world Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13202/big-gains-await-retailers-consumer-goods-makers-in-a-digitally-savvy-analytics-driven-world noreply@whitepapersDB.com () Companies of all sizes and types are finding huge potential in data analytics to grow revenues and profits, and cut costs. Sharper analysis of rich data from an expanding range of sources enables cost-effective marketing and improves customer engagement. Accordingly, companies are investing in the attendant information management infrastructure to fully extract the gains of advanced analytics.<br /> <br /> This whitepaper is part of a "Future of Industry" series produced jointly by Knowledge@Wharton and Wipro Technologies to explore the opportunities and challenges ahead as businesses evolve in their use of data analytics. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13204/future-of-industry-series-technology-innovation Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13204/future-of-industry-series-technology-innovation noreply@whitepapersDB.com () The way we do business is changing rapidly, driven primarily by evolving customer preferences in an interconnected global village. Enterprises have accepted the fact that consumer driven technology is the way forward, and are attempting to be more sensitive to society's and individuals' needs. Faced with growing demands from the mobile employee, enterprises need to look at creating a mobile employee suite.<br /> <br /> The future is mobile and it is not about tomorrow as much as it is about today. As consumerization of IT shapes business demands, enterprises must overcome the challenges in this mobile-scape to reach the next rung of innovation. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13199/the-mobile-enterprise-employee-self-service Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13199/the-mobile-enterprise-employee-self-service noreply@whitepapersDB.com (purple mango 04) Businesses today are recognizing that data is an asset and proper analysis can help generate higher efficiencies, lower costs, improve customer service and define new products. There is sizable excitement around this, especially as new sources of data are being tapped every day. However, a successful data management requires investment in people, processes and technology. Most organizations fail because they lack the commitment required from management to create a holistic data-centric organization. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13201/leveraging-device-generated-data-for-business-growth Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13201/leveraging-device-generated-data-for-business-growth noreply@whitepapersDB.com (Administrator) Even after almost a decade of e-commerce evolution, the e-commerce experience still remains extremely impersonal. Mostly, it lacks the personal touch that shoppers crave. When shopping online, there is no one to answer queries, understand buyers' needs and interests, and offer suitable alternatives and options. However, technology is continually recharging B2C e-commerce, equipping retailers and customers with new, smart tools. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13198/harnessing-the-power-of-like-on-facebook Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13198/harnessing-the-power-of-like-on-facebook noreply@whitepapersDB.com (Wipro Technologies) From being gatekeepers of financial and accounting operations, CFOs are now expected to have a holistic view of the organization that goes far beyond shareholder value. In order to make the supply chain a strategic and competitive advantage, the CFO needs to drive the organization towards economic success. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13200/the-strategic-cfo-and-supply-chain-planning Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13200/the-strategic-cfo-and-supply-chain-planning noreply@whitepapersDB.com () Today as part of the relentless Consumerization of IT (C.IT), employees are bringing insights and experiences into the work place, sharing pioneering technology, and driving business innovation. This Wipro and TLG research report based on a survey of 100 global CXOs delves into various aspects of the 'consumer IT revolution'. It examines the 180-degree reversal of the traditional cycle of information technology, in particular, the future benefits and challenges it presents for businesses. Taking C-Suite executives as samples from the UK, USA, France and India, the data highlights the economic power of mobile and social technology - confirming that consumerization will continue to rapidly alter business models and sectors and concluding that mobile technology is unarguably the trend of the future.<br /> <br /> The study findings indicate that there is a positive impact for both business (employers) and internal consumers (employees) through C.IT. This points to a potentially more profound effect and implication than higher rates of collaboration, innovation and productivity. The Consumerization of IT can make the market work better. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13197/the-consumer-it-revolution Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13197/the-consumer-it-revolution noreply@whitepapersDB.com () Over the last decade, user experience has come to be defined by web pages. A number of technologies like Flash, Flex, Silverlight, Ajax and HTML5 have set new standards, making user experience rich, interactive and engaging. Today, an entire generation, weaned on mobile devices, that will never use the desktop or even perhaps a laptop, is on its way. Mobiles are forcing us to rethink many of the concepts that became popular on the web - user experience being one. Devising a mobile user experience should keep in mind several factors like form factor, social/collaboration, usability & functionality, context and input/output. <br /> <br /> Diverse factors impacting user experience coupled with lack of budgets and time make designing the perfect user experience a daunting task. The truth is that at the bottom of the Usability Revolution, an understanding of industry needs is just as important as the bells and whistles that technology provides. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13196/mobility-creating-the-usability-revolution Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13196/mobility-creating-the-usability-revolution noreply@whitepapersDB.com () Networks are evolving constantly. The number of subscribers is increasing and the new services require more network capacity. Higher capacity demands are tackled with network re-segmentation and node splitting, which in practice leads to laborious and costly on-site re-adjustment of network devices. Not only will it result in increased risk for human errors and network unreliability, but also higher operating costs.<br /> <br /> "Intelligent networks" introduces Teleste's Intelligent Networks concept, which enables operators to recognize, suppress and manage problems in cable networks. Intelligent Networks dramatically reduces the need for on-site maintenance and reduces network operating costs by even up to 50 percent. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13192/intelligent-networks-reducing-the-need-for-on-site-maintenance Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13192/intelligent-networks-reducing-the-need-for-on-site-maintenance noreply@whitepapersDB.com (purple mango 04) Technology has become such an integral part of our lives that homes now operate with a staggering array of electronics operating independently with little "awareness" of each other. Using the Internet, it is possible to enable a connected home by allowing these devices to "talk" to each other, allowing them to work in concert. With the advent of next generation networking technologies such as 4G and IPv6, the connected home market is poised for dramatic growth.<br /> <br /> While there is no dearth of opportunity, the journey to a connected home has challenges: digital rights management, fragmented device landscape, lack of unified standards and privacy and security concerns. The ability to seamlessly connect and integrate devices requires the use of a single unified network as the core communications layer - giving communication service providers (CSPs) the unique opportunity to capture revenue from the connected home market. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13194/connected-homes--enabling-anytime-anywhere-media Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13194/connected-homes--enabling-anytime-anywhere-media noreply@whitepapersDB.com () With the growing popularity of OTT video services and high definition video formats, broadband users will need significantly higher bandwidth in the future. Fibre to the Home would provide sufficient speeds, but bringing fibre connections to people's homes is far too expensive in a typical European apartment building.<br /> <br /> However, there is a simple solution. Data over Coax (DoC) provides a versatile and cost efficient alternative for bringing high-speed broadband connections to customers by using existing coaxial cabling - for under one-fi fth of the price compared to FttH. In this whitepaper, we discuss Data over Coax's architecture and the merits of different DoC technologies. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13191/data-over-coax Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13191/data-over-coax noreply@whitepapersDB.com (purple mango 04) Telecommunication services form the foundation of our connected lives today and Communication Service Providers (CSPs) have graduated from providing basic voice and telephony services to offering a host of entertainment and other value added services. Despite this demand, the telecom industry is grappling with multiple challenges, including falling voice revenues, rising network capital costs and a growing threat from Over-the-Top (OTT) players. This paper explores the telecom industry's customer experience in greater detail and concludes by presenting a value-driven approach to assess and prioritize customer experience improvement initiatives. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13193/a-value-based-approach-to-improve-customer-experience Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13193/a-value-based-approach-to-improve-customer-experience noreply@whitepapersDB.com (Wipro Technologies) The white paper examines the importance of IT risk management in banks using various frameworks to adhere to regulatory compliances. Typically, companies use pre-built frameworks that are deployed on leading industry platforms although IT risk management is at the bottom of the architecture. However, banks continue to expand across multiple geographies exposing them to a variety of risks. As a result IT risk management needs to align with overall enterprise risk management. Analytics is going to play an important role in assessment of risks and in understanding compliance requirements. This will also include emerging technologies such as cloud computing, mobility and social networks. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13195/capitalizing-on-it-infrastructure-services-for-an-effective-it-risk-management-in-banks Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13195/capitalizing-on-it-infrastructure-services-for-an-effective-it-risk-management-in-banks noreply@whitepapersDB.com (Unknown) The syslog-ng pattern database provides a powerful framework for classifying messages, but it is powerless without the message patterns that make it work. BalaBit, the developer of syslog-ng, has made a number of experimental pattern databases available including over 8000 patterns for better than 200 applications and devices, including Apache, Postfix, Snort, and various common firewall appliances. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13189/log-message-classification-with-syslog-ng Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13189/log-message-classification-with-syslog-ng noreply@whitepapersDB.com (purple mango 04) In business, growth is mostly enabled through new and innovative applications. This is important to keep the competitive edge and any delays in application releases often results in business loss. Further, application test environments rarely mimic a production or operations environment adding to overall costs and complicating the testing cycles. This is why most organizations find it close to impossible to reduce software development, testing and release cycle times. <br /> <br /> Automation can bridge the gap between Development and Operations and provide developers with a flexible, futuristic work environment that remains in sync with best practices in production. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13187/accelerate-application-development-through-devops-automation Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13187/accelerate-application-development-through-devops-automation noreply@whitepapersDB.com () The increasingly intense competition and pressure on growth require companies to harness the power of Business Intelligence (BI). A successful BI solution can use information from applications, infrastructure, tools, and best practices to provide executives with an analysis of critical decision-making information that will drive corporate performance. For companies, a superior BI facilitates successful decision-making, and can improve your organization's performance today and well into the future. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13186/how-benefits-led-business-intelligence-can-drive-value Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13186/how-benefits-led-business-intelligence-can-drive-value noreply@whitepapersDB.com (Anu) The rapid pace of technology development and adoption is changing social dynamics. The Internet, and through it, social media is leading major evolutionary trends both in society and business changing values, culture, norms, and behaviors. This paper discusses the rapid rise of social media in emerging markets and the factors responsible for its growth. It also details how businesses can use this phenomenon to connect better with their customers, employees and society. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13188/the-role-of-social-media-in-business Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13188/the-role-of-social-media-in-business noreply@whitepapersDB.com () Semiconductor manufacturing includes complex production processes and presents challenges to scaling, plant utilization, quality and yield. However, technological changes, shrinking product lifecycles, competitive pricing, and the demand for new generation wafers with tighter production uniformity, are creating unprecedented pressure in the industry. This has led companies to explore investments in data management and analytics for predicting process behavior, identifying defective tools and recipes, correlating parameters to help improve yield and providing better visibility across the plant. This paper examines some of the analytical techniques, predictive models and control charts that can be leveraged by the semiconductor industry for responding to emerging needs. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13185/driving-semiconductor-manufacturing-business-performance-through-analytics Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13185/driving-semiconductor-manufacturing-business-performance-through-analytics noreply@whitepapersDB.com () The prevalent internet protocol today is IPv4, which was developed almost three decades ago. However the unchecked growth of internet and proliferation of interconnected devices is leading to a scenario where IPv4 addresses may become exhausted. Although IPv4 allows for billions of addresses, IPv6, the next version of the protocol, has an inexhaustible provision for trillions of addresses. It is only a matter of time before migration to IPv6 will be inevitable for all enterprises. This paper addresses the challenges of using IPv4, benefits of migrating to IPv6, and the approach needed to counter the challenges and avoid the pitfalls typically faced during IPv6 migration. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13184/demystifying-ipv6-transition-what-does-it-mean-for-organizations Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13184/demystifying-ipv6-transition-what-does-it-mean-for-organizations noreply@whitepapersDB.com (purple mango 04) The increased competition and commoditization of networks mean that Communication Service Providers (CSPs) need to shift their strategy for customer experience from a technology-centric approach to a customer centred one. Currently, most solutions track customer experience passively, after an incident has already occurred. There are several strategies that improve customer experience such as real time probing of transactions on the network and troubleshooting. In this paper, Wipro explores the importance of a customer experience model that can form the foundation of a continuous tracking and improvement program. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13183/improving-customer-experience-through-selective-tracing-and-real-time-network-analytics Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13183/improving-customer-experience-through-selective-tracing-and-real-time-network-analytics noreply@whitepapersDB.com () Enterprises constantly strive to improve their competitiveness in a challenging 'do-more-with-less' environment. One option is to increase employee productivity through Enterprise Mobility Applications (EMAs). However, one of the difficulties in this approach is the existence of diverse offerings with differing capabilities which makes it challenging for an employee to make appropriate choices. This creates the need for an effective distribution and management platform in the form of an Enterprise Smart Store, on the lines of iTunes and Amazon, which is set to become a reality in the near future. This is a platform which will effectively function as a 'virtual personal shopper' for each employee by gathering intelligence about the user from multiple sources, analyze it and proactively suggest apps based on the user's role, location, work group, work style, job activities, interactions and travel schedule. The Enterprise Smart Store will create a repository of EMAs, collect ratings and comments from users and incorporate a recommendation engine based on algorithms and provide highly personalized advice to employees on the apps most appropriate for them. <br /> <br /> Executives, with an eye on the future, are already preparing for this trend. By assessing the current EMA portfolio of employees, a combined technology, marketing and HR team could predict growth and deployment of EMAs in the organization. The team could also assemble data on the abilities of different apps which will allow the organization to prepare for growth as the underlying technology for Smart Stores matures and becomes available. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13182/meet-the-enterprise-smart-store Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13182/meet-the-enterprise-smart-store noreply@whitepapersDB.com () The Cloud is a revolution, which is changing the way we think about business and commerce. It is increasingly being viewed as a transformative innovation, a game-changer and an integral part of corporate strategy, rather than an enhancement to existing IT infrastructure. This is driving its move from the back office into corporate board rooms. The cloud is impacting businesses across sectors, at a strategic and an operational level, and businesses are beginning to consider the cloud as a positive disruptive force that will result in significant economic benefits. Business leaders feel that a failure to invest in the cloud will result in loss of market share even while conceding that there are several barriers to its successful adoption, the main ones being security and the state of the global economy. Start-ups and small and medium enterprises will drive cloud adoption as it has the potential to create new business models. Though cloud adoption poses several challenges for big businesses, the rewards will outweigh the effort involved in overcoming them. Business leaders are united about the potential of the Cloud to significantly improve capacity and flexibility, generate greater efficiencies and economies, create competitive advantages, transform business prospects and generate economic value. http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13181/cloud-potential-the-opportunity-to-invent-and-reinvent-business Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13181/cloud-potential-the-opportunity-to-invent-and-reinvent-business noreply@whitepapersDB.com () When it comes to evaluating software investment decisions, such as on-premise vs. cloud-based solutions, many factors must be considered. In particular, pay attention to four key areas: support for business strategy, operations, security, and cost. In addition to these important considerations, there are other reasons companies choose to adopt cloud solutions: <ul> <li>Strategic agility and simplified product renewals</li> <li>Ease of adoption and improved security</li> <li>Time to value, operating expenses, and more</li></ul>How can you achieve your goals in the cloud? This complimentary white paper shows you http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13179/the-cloud-when--why Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whitepapersdb.com/white-paper/13179/the-cloud-when--why