Peningo Systems has recently been selected to provide Tivoli Access Manager Consultants to one of the largest IT Organizations in Saudi Arabia. Peningo Systems will be providing TAM Consultants to assist their client’s Professional Services in implementation, upgrade planning and technical support of Tivoli Access Manager.
We at Peningo Systems always insure that we provide the end client with the best available resources within their respective areas of expertise. These deliveries of services are at rates that below the rates of the Software Vendor’s Professional Services organizations that utilize resources that that are not as experienced and seasoned as the Peningo Systems Consultant.
If you are an “End Client” looking for IT Consulting Service providers to support your Applications, Peningo Systems provides Consultants with expertise in many areas including:
IBM has recently release a Redbook publication “Deployment Guide Series: IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On 8.0”. This book introduces IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On 8.0, which provides single sign-on to many applications without a lengthy and complex implementation effort.
This book introduces IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On 8.0 (TAM E-SSO), which provides single sign-on to many applications without a lengthy and complex implementation effort. Whether you are deploying strong authentication, implementing an enterprise-wide identity management initiative, or simply focusing on the sign-on challenges of a specific group of users, this solution can deliver the efficiencies and security that come with a well-crafted and comprehensive single sign-on solution.
We at Peningo Systems recommend this Redbook as a valuable resource to security officers, administrators, and architects who want to understand and implement an identity management solution in a medium scale environment.
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On Highlights:
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On automates sign-on and access to your enterprise applications.
Eliminate the need to remember and manage user names and passwords with this single sign-on software from Tivoli.
Simplify, strengthen and track access to Microsoft Windows, Web, Java, mainframe and teletype applications, over all major network access points with this single sign-on solution.
Enhance security by reducing poor end-user password behavior and reduce the number of password reset calls to your service desk.
Take advantage of comprehensive session management of kiosk machines to improve security
Enhance security with a wide choice of strong authentication factors.
Use centralized audit and reporting capabilities to facilitate compliance with privacy and security regulations.
Enable end-to-end identity and access management by integrating the centralized identity management functions of IBM Tivoli Identity Manager with enterprise single sign-on, password management software and access automation
Operating systems supported: Windows
TAM E-SSO relieves password headaches with a proven single sign-on solution across all network access points. The complexity and number of logons employees must manage on a daily basis are increasing, resulting in frustration and lost productivity. In most organizations, employees must remember between 5 and 30 passwords and are required to change them every 30 days. The time wasted entering, changing, writing down, forgetting and resetting passwords represents a significant loss in productivity and a significant cost of IT help-desk operations. With IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On—the market-leading enterprise single sign-on solution—employees authenticate once, and the software then detects and automates all password-related events for the employee, including:
Logon.
Password selection.
Password change.
Password reset.
Logoff.
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Peningo Systems and it founders have been involved in IT Consulting for over 30 years. Peningo Systems provides IT Consultants at the Professional Service level on a nationwide basis supporting many areas including:
Peningo Systems has recently been selected to provide Software development services for a Cisco CallManager / Cisco Unified Communications Manager based VOIP application.
Peningo Systems will be providing Cisco CallManager / Cisco Unified Communications Manager VOIP / JTAPI (Java Telephony API) expertise to deploy the VOIP application. Peningo Systems will also be extending features for of the VOIP system, as well as, provide System and Stress Testing. These services will be provided by a team of Senior VOIP Consultants with expertise in Cisco Unified Communications Manager - CallManager Architecture and Implementation, JTAPI development, Java / J2EE, JBOSS and WebSphere Portal.
While many of the Professional Service organizations look to optimize their profits by reducing the cost of labor, many times these organizations cut their resources with the expertise and seniority needed for successful implementations, in lieu of less experienced and cheaper resources. Though the cost of labor has decreased for the Professional Services, many times their rates increase to the client. Many of the end clients are not aware of this, and assume that going to a Software Vendor’s Professional Service organization will yield the best available resources for their project.
For these reasons above, the quality of services from these Professional Services Organizations has declined drastically. The founders of Peningo Systems have thrived for years in providing Consulting Services with the Senior Level Experts at rates that are below the rates of the Software Vendor’s Professional Services Organizations with their sub-par to mediocre talent.
We at Peningo Systems always insure that we provide the end client with the best available resources within their respective areas of expertise. These deliveries of services are at rates that below the rates of the Software Vendor’s Professional Services organizations that utilize resources that that are not as experienced and seasoned as the Peningo Systems Consultant.
If you are an “End Client” looking for IT Consulting Service providers to support your Applications, Peningo Systems provides Consultants with expertise in many areas including:
Peningo Systems will be providing TSM implementation , upgrade planning and Technical Support Consulting Services. These services will be provided by a team of Senior Consultants with expertise in Tivoli Storage Manager Architecture and Implementation. The level of the TSM expertise found in these Peningo Systems Consultants, arguably make theses TSM Resources the best available TSM resources found in the country.
While many of the Professional Service organizations look to optimize their profits by reducing the cost of labor, many times these organizations cut their resources with the expertise and seniority needed for successful implementations, in lieu of less experienced and cheaper resources. Though the cost of labor has decreased for the Professional Services, many times their rates increase to the client. Many of the end clients are not aware of this, and assume that going to a Software Vendor’s Professional Service organization will yield the best available resources for their project.
For these reasons above, the quality of services from these Professional Services Organizations has declined drastically. The founders of Peningo Systems have thrived for years in providing Consulting Services with the Senior Level Experts at rates that are below the rates of the Software Vendor’s Professional Services Organizations with their sub-par to mediocre talent.
We at Peningo Systems always insure that we provide the end client with the best available resources within their respective areas of expertise. These deliveries of services are at rates that below the rates of the Software Vendor’s Professional Services organizations that utilize resources that that are not as experienced and seasoned as the Peningo Systems Consultant.
If you are an “End Client” looking for IT Consulting Service providers to support your Applications, Peningo Systems provides Consultants with expertise in many areas including:
IBM has recently release a Redbook publication “Maximo Asset Management Essentials V7.1 Implementer’s Guide”. This guide to implementing Maximo Asset Management Essentials provides general product information and covers the planning, installation, and initial configuration processes.
Within the IBM Maximo Asset Management product family, Essentials is an ideal Asset Management Solution for smaller organizations that require a subset of the extensive range of features in the IBM Maximo Asset Management product. Essentials enables smaller organizations and departments to organize, track, and manage their asset and work management processes, and to implement a maintenance regimen based on industry leading technology and best practices.
We at Peningo Systems recommend this Redbook to any Asset Management Consultant who will be involved in the implementation of Maximo Asset Management Essentials.
About IBM Tivoli Maximo Asset Management Essentials:
IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials is an asset management system that provides asset management, maintenance management, inventory management, and purchasing capabilities that help corporations maximize productivity and increase the life of assets.
This solution is targeted toward small-to-medium businesses that do not have multiple sites and simply need a subset of the core functionality of Maximo Asset Management. The enterprise edition of Maximo Asset Management has been a leader in enterprise asset management for many years. IBM Maximo is the only solution to have been recognized in the EAM Leader’s Quadrant 11 times since 1998.
Smaller businesses can benefit from the core functionality of Maximo Asset Management Essentials and do not need an enterprise-level solution for asset management. Thus, Maximo Asset Management Essentials is a lighter, less complex version of Maximo Asset Management V7.1. The differences in functionality are discussed in subsequent sections of this book.
Maximo enables companies to manage assets by providing information and real-time data, thereby enabling the creation of a strategy for maintenance management through information-based decision making capabilities and predicting the impact on productivity of asset downtime for all categories of assets.
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Peningo Systems and it founders have been involved in IT Consulting for over 30 years. Peningo Systems provides IT Consultants at the Professional Service level on a nationwide basis supporting many areas including:
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Oracle has recently release a white paper titled “Security and Provisioning Best Practices”. This whitepaper provides strategies and tips on setting up the security environment for Hyperion System 9 products. It presents a checklist to help you configure external user directories and a list of best practices to ensure good performance. We at Peningo Systems strongly recommend this “White Paper” for any Hyperion Consultant with a strong knowledge of configuring User directories who will be involved in the implementation of the security environment for Hyperion System 9 products by configuring user directories.
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Aside from Hyperion Consulting, Peningo Systems provided Consulting expertise in many areas including:
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BMC as recently released a White Paper titled “Scalability and Remedy Action Request System” which discusses how BMC Remedy Action Request System (AR System) can scale within an enterprise environment and how, by combining additional hardware resources with some of the scaling features of BMC Remedy AR System, you can create a truly worldwide enterprise application. We at Peningo Systems recommend this White Paper to any Remedy Consultant that is involved in a Remedy Action Request System implementation.
BMC Remedy AR System has been designed to scale to the limits of its central processing unit (CPU), memory, and disk sub-system configurations. This paper focuses on those features that can help make BMC Remedy AR System scale as application demand, or breadth of applications, increases in an organization. It presents adjustments that can be made from a hardware perspective to help make the system scale, as well as features built into BMC Remedy AR System to allow it to scale with system hardware.
BMC Remedy AR System has been designed to make it easy to adapt and scale to the limitsof hardware resources. With features such as Server Groups, Load Balancing, BMC Remedy Distributed Server Option, and multiple database support, BMC Remedy AR System is able to scale with your worldwide system resources. As a result, it will never be considered the cause of a system degradation. No matter how many resources are given to a particular implementation, if the system is not tuned to allow the software and hardware to best utilize each other’s resources, it will never be able to perform at its highest levels. BMC Remedy AR System will adjust to any hardware configuration and best utilize the resources to which it has been assigned.
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Peningo Systems has recently been selected to provide WebSphere Commerce Enterprise Implementation and Support Services to one of the largest Motorcycle dealerships in United States.
Peningo Systems will be implementing B2B and B2C sites, as well as, launch an international B2C site, all utilizing WebSphere Commerce Enterprise Edition. Peningo Systems will implement these sites with a team of Senior Consultants with expertise in WebSphere Commerce implementation, development and system administration. The level of WebSphere Commerce expertise of these Peningo Systems consultants is arguably the best available resources in the country.
While many of the Professional Service organizations look to optimize their profits by reducing the cost of labor, many times these organizations cut their resources with the expertise and seniority needed for successful implementations, in lieu of less experienced and cheaper resources. Though the cost of labor has decreased for the Professional Services, many times their rates increase to the client. Many of the end clients are not aware of this, and assume that going to a Software Vendor’s Professional Service organization will yield the best available resources for their project.
For these reasons above, the quality of services from these Professional Services Organizations has declined drastically. The founders of Peningo Systems have thrived for years in providing Consulting Services with the Senior Level Experts at rates that are below the rates of the Software Vendor’s Professional Services Organizations with their sub-par to mediocre talent.
We at Peningo Systems always insure that we provide the end client with the best available resources within their respective areas of expertise. This delivery of services are at rates that below the rates of the Software Vendor’s Professional Services organizations that utilize resources that that are not as experienced and seasoned as the Peningo Systems Consultant.
If you are an “End Client” looking for IT Consulting Service providers to support your Applications, Peningo Systems provides Consultants with expertise in many areas including:
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Oracle has recently release a white paper titled “Introduction to Hyperion System 9 Security and User Management”. This paper provides an overview of the Hyperion® System™ 9 security model. It also explains, in general terms, how Hyperion System 9 manages users. We at Peningo Systems strongly recommend this “White Paper” for any Hyperion Consultant that will be involved Security and User Management of Hyperion System 9.
One of the key design objective for Hyperion System 9 was to make the software easy to use, not only for business users, but for administrators as well. Part of this effort was building a common security layer spanning all modules of Hyperion System 9, accessed through a single interface—the Hyperion System 9 Shared Services™ User Management Console™. The implementation of an overarching Hyperion System 9 security model is an important component in meeting this objective. Business users are issued a single user id and password that will grant them access to any or all of the applications they need within Hyperion System 9. Administrators are able to leverage their organization’s existing security repository, and manage all Hyperion System 9 users from one interface.
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If you are an “End Client” looking for a Hyperion Consulting Service provider to support your Hyperion Applications, Peningo Systems provides Consultants with Hyperion implementation expertise. For more information on Peningo Systems Hyperion Consultant support, please go to “The Peningo Hyperion Consultants” page.
Aside from Hyperion Consulting, Peningo Systems provided Consulting expertise in many areas including:
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For most organizations today, there is in place some sort of IT Asset Management systems and/or policies. The key to an effective Asset Management implementation is the accuracy of the Asset Data that is inputted into the CMDB (Configuration Management Database). Many Asset Management systems rely exclusively on Auto-discovery as the method to identify assets. The problem with this is that many assets may not be in the network and will not be included into the CMDB.
The accuracy of an organization’s CMDB is truly become a daunting task. There are many non-networked assets of value that need to be included into an organization CMDB for Asset Management to be effective. These non-networked assets may include, PDAs, cell phones, Blackberry phones, notebook / laptop computers, scanners, printers, supplies, spare parts, as well as, mobile computing resources that are used by telecommuting employees. Many of these items above fall outside of the auto-discovery reach, thus are not included in the CMDB.
Since non-discoverable and mobile assets can be over 20% of an organization’s total asset population, a regular physical inventory is required to ensure the integrity of the CMDB. This is extremely labor intensive and prone to human error. For an effective Asset Management system to be in place, Auto-discovery tools are not enough. A successful asset management process must include all assets, not just those connected to a network, especially the mobile computing assets.
Barcode scanning provides a reliable method of ensuring database integrity, especially among mobile assets and assets that are not easily discoverable. Today, barcodes are on just about everything manufactured and are used for asset tracking and identification in most businesses. Bar-coding should be used whenever there is a need to accurately identify or track something. With barcode scanning an organization can receive or verify inventory by scanning the applicable asset barcode and physically entering the location into the barcode scanner. Then inventory, location, and client data can be uploaded to store and synchronize with the CMDB for automatic inventory and asset reconciliation. Communication with the mobile barcode scanners is achieved via wireless local area networks, or by direct connection to the network via Scanner Cradles. The use of barcode scanning integrated into an organization Asset Management Systems will reduce the time required to verify and reconcile inventory.
Once the barcode scanning has been integrated into an organization’s CMDB, after the intial scanning effort is done, the CMDB could be 100% accurate. In order for the CMDB to remain accurate, a Barcode Strategy must be in place. Strategies may include an annual wall to wall inventory, to monthly inventory checks with new and out of service items, to daily scans of all new assets, with decommissioned asset being removed from the CMDB.
Peningo Systems Consultants have designed solutions and integrated custom barcode scanning systems with BMC Remedy Asset Management systems. Should your organization be looking to improve your existing Asset Management Systems with Barcode Scanning, please consider Peningo Systems as a resource for your Remedy Asset Management / Barcode Scanning system integration. Peningo Systems has the resources with the expertise in integrating barcode scanning with Asset Management, as well as, expertise in developing Barcode Scanning policies for continued accuracy of a CMDB.
If you are looking to implement a Best Practice approach for Asset Management and ITIL Configuration Management, please click the link for a white paper published by BMC. This is an excellent resource for any IT Manager looking to improve their Asset Management and Configuration Management procedures:
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IBM has released the Redbook, “IBM Tivoli Storage Management Concepts”. The book introduces storage management software by explaining the concepts, architecture, and systems management features of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and showing available complementary products. It will help you design solutions to protect data holdings from losses ranging from those caused by user error to complete site disasters. This easy-to-follow guide gives a broad understanding of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager software, the key technologies to know, and the solutions available to protect your business. It offers a broad understanding of how IBM Tivoli Storage Manager will work in heterogeneous environments including Windows, UNIX/Linux, OS/400, and z/OS platforms, and with mission-critical applications such as DB/2, Oracle, Lotus Domino, Exchange, SAP, and many more.
We at Peningo Systems strongly recommend this Redbook for any Storage Consultant / Storage Architect who are involved in the evaluation of a Storage Management solution.
The Table of Contents of this Redbook is as follows:
Part 1. Storage management concepts
Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Chapter 2. Business requirements
Chapter 3. Architectural concepts
Chapter 4. Planning concepts
Part 2. Client architecture
Chapter 5. Client data movement methods
Chapter 6. Backup-archive client
Chapter 7. API client
Chapter 8. HSM solutions
Chapter 18. IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files
Chapter 19. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases
Chapter 20. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail
Chapter 21. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager solutions for mySAP
Chapter 22. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Applications
Chapter 23. Complementary products
Part 5. Appendixes
Appendix A. Planning and sizing worksheets
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NetWeaver is SAP’s integrated technology platform and is the technical foundation for all SAP applications since the SAP Business Suite. SAP NetWeaver is marketed as a service-oriented application and integration platform. SAP NetWeaver provides the development and runtime environment for SAP applications and can be used for custom development and integration with other applications and systems. SAP NetWeaver is built using open standards and industry de facto standards and can be extended with, and interoperate with, technologies such as Microsoft .NET, Sun Java EE, and IBM WebSphere.
SAP NetWeaver’s release is considered as a strategic move by SAP for driving enterprises to run their business on a single, integrated platform that includes both applications and technology. Industry analysts refer to this type of integrated platform offering as an “applistructure” (applications + infrastructure). It is widely held that this approach is driven by industry’s need to lower IT costs through an enterprise architecture that is at once (1) more flexible; (2) better integrated with applications; (3) built on open standards to ensure future interoperability and broad integration; and, (4) provided by a vendor that is financially viable for the long term.
SAP is fostering relationships with system integrators and independent software vendors, many of the latter becoming “Powered by SAP NetWeaver”.
SAP NetWeaver is part of SAP’s plan to transition to a more open, service-oriented architecture and to deliver the technical foundation of its applications on a single, integrated platform and common release cycle.
NetWeaver is essentially the integrated stack of SAP technology products. The SAP Web Application Server (sometimes referred to as WebAS) is the runtime environment for the SAP applications — all of the mySAP Business Suite solutions (SRM, CRM SCM, PLM, ERP) run on SAP WebAS.
The core products that make up SAP NetWeaver include:
· SAP NetWeaver Application Server - SAP NetWeaver Application server is a component of the NetWeaver solution which works as a web application server to SAP solutions. From the SAP point of view the Web AS is the foundation on which most of their product range runs.
· SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (PI) - SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP NetWeaver PI), based on SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure (SAP NetWeaver XI), is SAP’s platform for process integration using the exchange of XML messages. SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI) is SAP’s enterprise application integration (EAI) software, a component of the NetWeaver product group used to facilitate the exchange of information among a company’s internal software and systems and those of external parties. Like other NetWeaver components, SAP XI is compatible with software products of other companies.
· SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal (EP) - SAP Enterprise Portal (EP, aka. SAP Netweaver Portal) offers users role-specific, Web-based and secure access to all relevant information, applications and services. Employees only need a desktop and a Web Browser, and can begin work once they have been authenticated in the portal. SAP Enterprise Portal contains the NetWeaver components Portal, Knowledge Management, and Collaboration.
SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (MDM) - SAP Master Data Management (SAP MDM) is a component of SAP’s NetWeaver product group and is used as a platform to consolidate, cleanse and synchronize a single version of the truth for master data within a heterogeneous application landscape. It has the ability to distribute internally and externally to SAP and non-SAP applications. SAP MDM is a key enabler of SAP Enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture. Standard system architecture would consist of a single central MDM server connected to client systems through SAP Exchange Infrastructure using XML documents, although connectivity without SAP XI can also be achieved.
SAP NetWeaver Mobile - SAP NetWeaver Mobile is SAP’s, a component of the NetWeaver product group used mobilizing business processes. Like other NetWeaver components, SAP NetWeaver Mobile is compatible with software products of other companies.
SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence - SAP Business Information Warehouse BY SAP AG (SAP BW) is the name of the Business Intelligence, analytical, reporting and Data Warehousing (DW) solution which is one of the major enterprise software applications produced by SAP AG. It was originally named SAP BIW, (Business Information Warehouse), but is now known as “SAP NetWeaver BI”. SAP BW consists among other things of components for data management (Data Warehousing Workbench), extensive data modeling capabilities, an embedded analytical engine, a suite of rich front-end analytical tools referred to as Business Explorer (BEx), and operational tools used for importing the most current transactional data into the system.
SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (CE) - SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (CE) is a product of SAP AG that is intended to develop “composites”, which means applications that are built through the use of already existing SOA services. The product includes SAP NetWeaver Application Server and SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio with additional tools for the development of service based applications.
SAP has also teamed with hardware vendors like HP, IBM, Fujitsu-Siemens, and Sun to deliver appliances (i.e., hardware + software) to simplify and enhance the deployment of NetWeaver components. Examples of these appliances include:
BI Accelerator
Enterprise Search
Development tools for SAP Netweaver includes:
ABAP Workbench (SE80) - ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming, originally Allgemeiner Berichts-Aufbereitungs-Prozessor = general report creation processor) is a high level programming language created by the German software company SAP. It is currently positioned, alongside the more recently introduced Java, as the language for programming SAP’s Web Application Server, part of its NetWeaver platform for building business applications. Its syntax is somewhat similar to COBOL.
SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio (NWDS) based on Eclipse for most of the Java part of the technology (Web Dynpro for Java, JEE, Java Dictionary, Portal Applications etc.) - The SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for most of the Java part of SAP technology, mainly building business web applications, but also creating SAP Enterprise Portal projects and SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe. The official abbreviation Developer Studio is used seldom whereas NWDS is common, but unofficial. The Developer Studio is based on Eclipse, contains several plug-ins and provides a range of toolsets for SAP technology
SAP Netweaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI) - The SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure (short: NWDI) combines the characteristics and advantages of local development environments – as usually provided in a Java environment – with a server-based development landscape that centrally provides a consistent development environment to development teams and supports the software development through the entire lifecycle of a product. The Developer Infrastructure mimics the functionality of ABAP Change and Transport System (CTS). The aim is to control deployment of components in the system landscape in a standardized manner. NWDI can be used to import Business Packages from SAP and enables development teams to modify standard applications. SAP NWDI is also known as SAP JDI (Java Development Infrastructure).
Visual Composer - Visual Composer is SAP’s graphical software modeling tool. This web-based application enables business process experts and developers to quickly create business application components, without coding.Visual Composer produces applications in a declarative form, thereby enabling completely code-free execution mode for multiple runtime environments. It provides full application lifecycle support by maintaining the connection between an application and its model throughout its lifecycle. Visual Composer is designed with an open architecture, which enables developers to extend its design-time environment and modeling language, as well as to integrate external data services.
Web Dynpro (WD) is a proprietary web application user interface technology developed by SAP AG and exists in a Java (Web Dynpro for Java, WDJ or WD4J) and an ABAP (Web Dynpro ABAP, WDA) flavor. Both have in general the same functionality, but usually one flavor is improved after the other, so temporary one flavor is more advanced than the other. Hence, the decision for one of the two flavors shall be based on organizational and business circumstances, but not on functionality.
IT Practicies with SAP NetWeaver
With the SAP NetWeaver platform, your organization can implement crucial IT practices in a flexible, step-by-step approach at low cost. You can address your immediate IT needs first and, since the platform components are tightly integrated, you can expand your practice projects over time within a sustainable cost structure.
SAP NetWeaver enables the following IT practices. For each practice, SAP NetWeaver supports a variety of key IT activities – all of which are easy to perform using the platform’s integrated components.
User productivity enablement – Help users and groups improve their productivity through enhanced collaboration, optimized knowledge management, and personalized access to critical applications and data.
Data unification – Consolidate, rationalize, synchronize, and manage all master data for improved business processes.
Business information management – Increase the visibility, reach, and usefulness of structured and unstructured enterprise data.
Business event management – Ensure that business events from multiple systems are distributed to the appropriate decision makers in the context of the relevant business processes.
End-to-end process integration – Make disparate applications and systems work together consistently to perform business processes.
Custom development – Rapidly create new enterprise-scale applications that drive your company’s differential advantage.
Unified life-cycle management – Automate application management processes and optimize all facets of an application’s life cycle.
Application governance and security management – Maintain an appropriate level of security and quality in your intellectual property and information assets.
Consolidation – Deploy a consolidated technology platform with the ability to allocate computing power according to changing business needs.
Service-oriented architecture design and deployment – Consolidate and standardize your basic processes and leverage existing investments to compose new, distinctive business processes.
SAP has put together a report, “IT Practices Overview”, which helps organizations explore how you can tap into SAP NetWeaver to solve business problems.
In case study, learn how Nordzucker AG improved communication and productivity with SAP NetWeaver Portal. Nordzucker AG is the second-largest sugar producer in the European Union (EU). With sugar production of approximately 1.9 million tons and 3,300 employees, Nordzucker generated revenues of approximately €1.2 billion in the 2004–2005 fiscal year).
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The Peningo Opinion Blog - Rye, New York - Peningo Systems has recently been selected to provide an Information Architect with expertise Human Computer Interaction Design and Heuristics evaluationto support an established sporting goods web site to improve site performance, increase potential sales and improve overall usability.
While pricing will always be a factor in the selection process by the “End Clients”, Peningo Systems was selected to provide Human Computer Interaction Design and Heuristics evaluation Consulting Services base on the combination of price and high level of quality and expertise in the Consultants that will be providing the services.
For many companies who rely heavily on the performance of their e-commerce web site, it’s very important that the web site design and layout have been reviewed by a trained Information Architect with Human Computer Interaction (HCI) training and expertise. Simple things like color schemes and layout for one type of web site clientele, may not work for another site clientele. The Information Architect with expertise in HCI will help guide the web site designer in creating a site that would have the best usability for their specific clientele.
If you are an “End Client” looking for a Consulting Service provider to support your Applications, Peningo Systems provides Consultants with expertise in many areas including:
A White Paper has been released by The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. title “Services-Oriented Architecture and Federated Identity Management” which addresses the need that SOA has for Federated Identity Management (FIM). This paper also addresses how the needs for Federated Identity Management can be addressed with IBM Federated Identity Manager. IBM Tivoli FIM can act as a federated identity middleware bridge between external business partners and SOA security domains. In this role, Tivoli FIM, centralizes operations, enables rapid user provisioning, identity propagation, customizes business rules, and acts as a hub for token mediation, identity mapping, logging and reporting.
We at Peningo Systems strongly recommend this White Paper for any Tivoli Security Consultant / Security Architect who are involved the decision process of selecting and deploying a Federated Identity Management solution in an SOA environment.
The Table of Contents of this White Paper is as follows:
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IBM has recently released the Redbook, “Identity Management Design Guide with IBM Tivoli Identity Manager ”. This IBM Redbook provides a methodology for designing an Identity Management solution with IBM Tivoli Identity Manager 4.6. Starting from the high-level, organizational viewpoint IBM shows how to define user registration and maintenance processes using the self-registration and self-care interfaces as well as the delegated administration capabilities.
Identity Management is the concept of providing a unifying interface to manage all aspects related to individuals and their interactions with the business. It is the process that enables business initiatives by efficiently managing the user lifecycle (including identity/resource provisioning for people (users)), and by integrating into the required business processes. Identity management encompasses all the data and processes related to the representation of an individual involved in electronic transactions.
We at Peningo Systems strongly recommend this Redbook for any Tivoli Security Consultant / Security Architect who are involved in deploying an Identity Management solution using IBM Tivoli Identity Manager.
The Table of Contents of this Redbook is as follows:
Part 1. Architecture and design
Chapter 1. Business context for Identity and Credential Management
Chapter 2. Architecting Identity and Credential Management Solution
Chapter 3. Identity Manager component structure
Chapter 4. Detailed component design
Chapter 5. Operational solution design
Chapter 6. Tivoli Access Manager integration
Part 2. Customer environment
Chapter 7. Tivoli Austin Airlines, Inc.
Chapter 8. Identity Management design
Chapter 9. Technical implementation: Phase I
Chapter 10. Technical implementation: Phase II
Chapter 11. Technical implementation: Phase III
Chapter 12. Technical implementation: Phase IV
Part 3. Appendixes
Appendix A. Corporate policy and standards
Appendix B. Organization chart design
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IBM hasrecently released the Redbook, “Deployment Guide Series: IBM Tivoli Identity Manager 5.0”. This IBM Redbook takes a step-by-step approach to implementing an identity management solution based on IBM Tivoli Identity Manager v5.0. Part 1 introduces the general business context for identity management in general and discusses a typical deployment approach for an identity management project. Part 2 takes you through an example company profile with existing business policies and guidelines and builds an identity management solution design for this particular environment.
We at Peningo Systems strongly recommend this Redbook for any Tivoli Security Consultant / Security Architect who are involved in deploying IBM Tivoli Identity Manager 5.0.
This book consists of 2 parts:
Part 1. Planning and deploying
Chapter 1. Business context for Identity and Credential Management
Chapter 2. Planning for customer engagement
Part 2. Customer environment
Chapter 3. Company profile
Chapter 4. Solution design
Chapter 5. Installing the components
Chapter 6. Configuring Identity Manager
Chapter 7. Identifying initial tasks
Appendix A. Troubleshooting
Appendix B. Rapid Installer Option
Appendix C. Import/export
Appendix D. Self-service
Appendix E. Statement of work
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The newest version of IBM’s Tivoli Provisioning Manager (TPM) helps clients reduce manual steps to better automate the changing demands for IT resources. This is a key to IBM’s version of cloud computing, which is called Blue Cloud. The technologies developed as part of this initiative enable clients to build large-scale, distributed, globally accessible datacenters.
As a foundation for datacenter automation, TPM plays an important role in helping IT organizations manage power consumption by switching servers to standby mode when not in use, which saves energy, and automatically restores them to active mode when needed.
Blue Cloud is based on an updated version of IBM’s Tivoli Provisioning Manager product that includes new automation features that remove much of the manual graft in data center management.
TPM is used to deploy, configure and manage data center IT infrastructure including software applications, virtualization, storage, network devices, routers and firewalls.
IBM is positioning TPM at the forefront of its “Blue Cloud” cloud computing initiative. Cloud computing refers to a new type of distributed IT architecture that pools computer resources together rather than managing individual PCs or servers.
TPM dynamically provisions and allocates resources to compensate for workload fluctuations in changing business environments. It’s these fluctuations that strain IT resources while other systems run at less efficiently. In concept this is a problem cloud computing can resolve.
The idea is that users of the Blue Cloud need only be concerned with computing services requested, and not the underlying resources that are being accessed. Cloud Computing increases efficiencies of systems resources because it ensures that underutilized systems aren’t sitting idle. It also removes the IT administrator burden of installing and setting up software manually.
From the IBM website, I was able to get the following information regarding the newest version of TPM:
TPM 5.1.1 includes a variety of enhancements to expand the capabilities and benefits of automating common datacenter tasks while providing interoperability to support diverse IT environments and varying levels of IT maturity. The new capabilities help simplify software installation and improve distribution, monitor IT resources across an enterprise, and create reusable automation packages to perform complex tasks that can be used again later.
Specifically, TPM automates the discovery, deployment, configuration and management of operating systems, patches, middleware, and applications on physical and virtual servers. It can manage virtualization technologies, SAN- and NAS-based storage resources, and network devices acting as routers, switches, firewalls and load balancers. TPM also allows a company to automate its own datacenter procedures and processes either by modifying automation packages or creating new packages that match a company’s best practices.
TPM lowers the cost of managing infrastructure resources by automating tasks to execute change in the enterprise. Provisioning, maintaining and re-purposing IT resources is made easier, while systems are made more secure and stable through software and security configuration compliance and remediation, freeing up resources to focus on business issues and innovation.
Specific new enhancements include:
Web Replay — Web Replay works by enabling experts to share knowledge with others. With Web Replay, a user can “record” the mouse clicks, data insertion and other processes involved in any complex task. Afterwards, any user with the appropriate access can run the recorded scenario. Operations that may require a series of screen interactions can be condensed down to a single push of a button. Consequently, experts on a subject can develop and record the actions needed to execute very complex tasks. These “recordings” can then be used and altered as needed by others. This ensures that tasks are executed correctly and completely.
Cross-platform patch support — TPM helps customers automate many steps involved in compliance efforts. For example, the software gives customers an integrated way to manage patches on Windows, Linux, Solaris and AIX. This helps staff be more efficient and avoid errors.
TADDM integration — TPM 5.1.1 delivers improved integration with the Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM). TADDM provides complete visibility into application complexity by automatically creating and maintaining application infrastructure maps. The information can be used to improve compliance and remediation, speed up problem solving, and simplify day-to-day resource management.
Dynamic Content Delivery — TPM Dynamic Content Delivery enables the efficient delivery of large data payloads such as high-resolution video, computer-aided design data and online learning content across an enterprise. It decreases hardware and administrative costs associated with application software delivery and life cycle management, and provides high-performance, optimized delivery of emergency fixes or complete software suites.
Streamlined installation — A user friendly installation wizard lets customers install the entire package with minimal user interaction, getting them up and running with TPM in just a few hours.
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VMware has released a White Paper titled “VMware Update Manager Performance and Best Practices”. VMware Update Manager (VUM) is a component of VMware Infrastructure that automates patches and upgrades of ESX hosts as well as Windows and Linux virtual machines. The White Paper provides information on VUM 1.0 host deployment, latency, resource consumption, guest OS tuning, high-latency networks, and the impact of on-access virus scanning. Also this White Paper provides performance tips to help customers tune the system for better performance. We at Peningo Systems strongly recommend this “White Paper” for any VMware Consultant, VMware Architect or IT Executive who are involved in the deployment and implementation of the VMware Update Manager..
This study covers the following topics:
Benchmarking Methodology
VUM Server Host Deployment
Latency Overview
Resource Consumption Matrix
Guest Operating System Tuning
Network Latencies
On-Access Virus Scanning
Conclusion
References
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SAP has release a white paper “CRM Without Compromise – A Strategy for Profitable Growth” that describes the concept of elucidating how organizations can maximize their results by taking a more structured, holistic approach to CRM across the enterprise to gain a competitive advantage and promote sustainable, profitable growth. We at Peningo Systems strongly recommend this “White Paper” for any SAP Consultant / SAP Architect or IT Executive who are involved in the planning of an SAP CRM implementation.
Investments in customer relationship management (CRM) applications have produced a broad spectrum of results. Some companies report amazing outcomes, such as dramatic increases in revenue and boosts in customer satisfaction along with significant savings in operating costs. For others, such investments have delivered only limited benefits or proved disappointing.
While implementing CRM, many organizations have lost sight of their customers. They focus on efficiency gains in specific areas like sales force automation (SFA) instead of looking at the bigger picture – from a customer perspective. They fail to become truly customer centric because they rely on point solutions with little or no integration – solutions that are not aligned with the organization’s long-term strategy and provide only a limited view of the customer. They focus on single channels and rarely achieve true multichannel coverage, resulting in bad customer experiences. They either compromise on functionality or try to achieve too much at one time and end up with a complex, expensive implementation with hardly any return on investment. Organizations often just automate existing bad processes instead of redesigning their customer-facing operations based on best practices. No wonder customer satisfaction is near an all-time low in many industries. It’s time to refocus on what CRM really is about – the customer – to achieve the results CRM has promised to deliver. In order to be successful, organizations must approach CRM without compromise.
Focusing primarily on bottom-line costs and departmental goals limits the top-line potential of CRM investments. The benefits of CRM can be much greater if more companies take CRM to the next level by designing their CRM strategy for future ambitions instead of just implementing software to support current capabilities.
This white paper describes the concept of “CRM without compromise,” elucidating how organizations can maximize their results by taking a more structured, holistic approach to CRM across the enterprise to gain a competitive advantage and promote sustainable, profitable growth.
This white paper by SAP will help enlighten the SAP Professionals who are implementing SAP CRM in a Best Practice approach to address a CRM implementation.
The following is the Table of Contents:
The CRM Paradox
A Customer-Centric Business Strategy
Customers Define Your Business
A Strategic Perspective on CRM
Strategic Business Challenges
Driving New Growth
Operational Excellence Redefined
Competitive Agility
The Path to CRM Success
Evolution of CRM
Customer-Centric Ecosystem
A Strategic Framework for CRM
A Framework to Outsmart and Outgrow Your Competition
Capitalizing on Customer Insight
Balancing Frontline Efficiency and Effectiveness
Aligning Marketing, Sales, and Service with the Customer in Mind
Managing Customer Experience Across Touch Points
Guiding Customers to the Right Channel
Beyond the Touch Point: Connecting Front Office and Back Office
Creating a Customer-Driven Value Network
Technology Framework for Adaptability and Integration
Managing Performance Improvement
Creating a CRM Culture – Because Employees Matter
CRM Deployment Options: Making the Right Choice
A Catalyst for Business Transformation
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VMware has released a White Paper titled “Recommendations For Aligning VMFS Partitions”. The White Paper provides decision makers the information on partition alignment, a known issue in physical file systems, and its remedy. The goal of the testing reported in this paper was to validate the assumption that unaligned partitions also impose a penalty when the partition is a VMware Virtual Machine File System (VMware VMFS) partition.
This paper lists a summary of the results of our testing, recommendations for VMware VMFS partition alignment, and the steps needed to create aligned VMware VMFS partitions. It covers the following topics:
• Executive Summary on page 1
• Recommendations on page 2
• Instructions for VMware VMFS Partition Alignment Using fdisk on page 2
• Instructions for Guest File System Alignment on page 3
• Caveats on page 5
• Background on page 5
• Performance Results on page 8
• Conclusion on page 10
• References on page 10
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Peningo Systems has recently been selected to provide Tivoli Access Manager Consultants to one of the largest IT Organizations in Saudi Arabia. Peningo Systems will be providing TAM Consultants to assist their client’s Professional Services in implementation, upgrade planning and technical support of Tivoli Access Manager. 
IBM has recently release a Redbook publication “Deployment Guide Series: IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On 8.0”. This book introduces IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On 8.0, which provides single sign-on to many applications without a lengthy and complex implementation effort.
BMC as recently released a White Paper titled “Scalability and Remedy Action Request System” which discusses how BMC Remedy Action Request System (AR System) can scale within an enterprise environment and how, by combining additional hardware resources with some of the scaling features of BMC Remedy AR System, you can create a truly worldwide enterprise application. We at Peningo Systems recommend this White Paper to any Remedy Consultant that is involved in a Remedy Action Request System implementation. 
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VMware has released a White Paper titled “VMware Update Manager Performance and Best Practices”. VMware Update Manager (VUM) is a component of VMware Infrastructure that automates patches and upgrades of ESX hosts as well as Windows and Linux virtual machines. The White Paper provides information on VUM 1.0 host deployment, latency, resource consumption, guest OS tuning, high-latency networks, and the impact of on-access virus scanning. Also this White Paper provides performance tips to help customers tune the system for better performance. We at