UID:
almahu_9948025478002882
Format:
1 online resource (475 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-01491-5
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9786611014919
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1-4294-8419-5
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0-08-049634-2
Content:
Managing Systems Migrations and Upgrades is the perfect book for technology managers who want a rational guide to evaluating the business aspects of various possible technical solutions. Enterprises today are in the middle of the R&D race for technology leadership, with providers who increasingly need to create markets for new technologies while shortening development, implementation, and life cycles. The cost for the current tempo of technology life cycles is endless change-management controls, organizational chaos, production use of high-risk beta products, and greater potential for failure
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Managing Systems Migrations and Upgrades; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Outside Looking In; 1.1 Problem signs and how we got here; 1.2 Outside review for problem identification; 1.3 Reliability factors; 1.4 Evaluation points; Chapter 2. Marketplace Pulse; 2.1 Positioning for technology change; 2.2 Technology companies' market value: Perceived or actual; 2.3 Real costs and enterprise costs; 2.4 Opportunists and entrepreneurs; 2.5 Strategic alliances and manufacturing shifts; 2.6 Enterprise positioning for competitive advantage; 2.7 Dominating market share
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2.8 Technology drivers2.9 Technology time continuum; 2.10 Cost versus risk factors; Chapter 3. Selling Cycle; 3.1 Manufacturers need new-generation products; 3.2 Competitive market shifts; 3.3 Figures don't lie-ROI versus CLIR; 3.4 Renting versus buying technology; 3.5 Outsourced support-someone else's problem; 3.6 Change forced by obsolete technology; 3.7 Selling visionware-first mover advantage; Chapter 4. Development Cycle; 4.1 The technology treadmill; 4.2 Project life cycle-historical comparison; 4.3 Early adopter issues; 4.4 Condensing the product cycle-beta testing
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4.5 Technical support and tech transfer-enterprise side4.6 Staff motivation-maintaining technology skills; 4.7 Downtime minimized; Chapter 5. The Migration Process; 5.1 Typical problems with migrations; 5.2 If it ain't broke, don't fix it; 5.3 Evaluating problem existence for technology resolution; 5.4 Evaluating and dealing with disruption potential; 5.5 Upgrade process: How to digest technology disruption; 5.6 Necessary control points to maintain; 5.7 Technology manufacturers and developers explore the changes; 5.8 Technical training: End users and technology staff
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5.9 Managing and evaluating change-end-user expectationsChapter 6. Technology Shortfall Impact; 6.1 Technical pyramid collapse; 6.2 Developers face pressure at the core-product level; 6.3 Shortened payback schedule on equal or broader capabilities; 6.4 Hybrid designs rarely available from a single vendor; 6.5 Expanding enterprise worker disconnected technical gap; 6.6 Complexity level determines change impact; Chapter 7. Support Issues; 7.1 Service bureaus; 7.2 Problem diagnostics to apply valid technology changes; 7.3 Application providers; 7.4 Software for rent houses
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7.5 Outsource providers for technical communications7.6 Management and end users-technology challenged; 7.7 How to get and keep trained staff: Staff loyalties versus demands; 7.8 Back-end technologies: Heterogeneous environments; Chapter 8. Move-Forward Model; 8.1 Hybrid solutions-open systems; 8.2 Move-forward model and manufacturer process changes; 8.3 Quality products, manufacturer survival; 8.4 Recovery in the face of disaster; 8.5 Technology-communications disconnect; 8.6 End-user perceptions; Chapter 9. Summary Findings; Appendix A: Glossary; Appendix B: References
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Appendix C: Attributations
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-55558-256-7
Language:
English
