In October 2011, IBM commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying IBM Rational tools and IBM professional Services to drive improvements in the application portfolio management (APM) process. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of IBM tools and services on their organizations.

Discover, via the virtual office, how this organization is extending their quality investments across their software application lifecycle, driving quality investments to the next level by using IBM Rational solutions. Download assets that are helping their employees achieve greater efficiencies and productivity.

Collaborative design management helps you address complexity both at the team level and at the individual developer level. It enables integration of Architecture, Design and Development disciplines with the rest of the lifecycle and supports the ALM imperatives. Read the white paper to learn the details. Design and Construction capabilities to help organizations be more productive delivering applications leveraging the latest in emerging runtimes, technologies and standards.

Industries of all varieties have begun to realize that the target audiences for their business applications have shifted in massive numbers from the use of traditional personal computers, such as desktops and laptops, to using mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets for accessing the internet and for obtaining the information they seek. This applies if the intended audience for the application is a direct customer of the enterprise (Business-to-Consumer apps, or "B2C"). Across the globe, more people are now using mobile devices that they can carry with them wherever they go, and which are more user-friendly and intuitive to use, as their primary means of obtaining information and requesting services over the internet.

A new, exciting reality exists in which software is the driver of innovation and you as developers are critical to your organization and to the way in which business value is delivered. To thrive, you will need to embrace three key themes; integrate, collaborate and optimize; or be left behind.

As today's big data challenges increase, the demands on data systems have never been greater. Pure Data System is the newest member of the PureSystems family and is optimized exclusively for delivery data services to today's demanding applications with simplicity, speed and lower cost. Registering for this online event will provide you detailed information about each model and allow you to further your knowledge and understanding about the value of the PureData System.

Simplified graphical design tools-make it easier for every team member, including nontechnical users, to collaborate on process design and analysis. Download this whitepaper and learn how to: Increase efficiency, Increase collaboration and Visibility into process performance.

Read this whitepaper to learn how businesses take advantage of the power of the cloud to build strong analytically oriented teams, adopt new ways to use information and jump ahead of their competition.

Read this whitepaper to learn how Big analytics can improve your business decision making and enhance business innovation. Most of all what does it provide in terms of business value for big data.

See what's new and exciting in Cognos Enterprise. The overview is an animated video about the Cognos family and others are demonstrations of enhanced features.

Business Analytics/Intelligence have earned reputations as "difficult" and risky to implement. Applications of this sort classically required complex integration across numerous working systems and data repositories AND a (usually long) period of customization. Learn how and why your colleagues are focusing efforts to access and analyze data in new, lighter, more agile, web-oriented ways that enable self-service by experienced analysts and end users.

Ziff Davis explains why organizations don't need to move their entire data holdings in-memory in order to provide faster performance to their users. A platform that allows flexibility in how much memory to use - and what to put in-memory-is a viable and cost-effective alternative.