August 2008 - (Free Research) The U.S economy is slowing and, whether it turns into a deep recession or continues to be a mild downturn, the predictions of tougher times ahead have CIOs and company executives developing a wide range of contingency plans.
February 2008 - (Free Research) Learn about collaboration-intensive knowledge work, IT challenges, and related costs. Enterprise workers need access to information across disciplines, better contextual information, and collaboration tools, to protect data int…
February 2008 - (Free Research) Explore IDC's framework for implementing operational excellence and the successful steps to an effective implementation for midsize companies - internal assessment, competitive benchmarking and resource prioritization and acquisition.
February 2008 - (Free Research) Smart information technology (IT) practices can reduce the environmental impact of conducting business, and help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) reduce expenses.
March 2008 - (Free Research) IRMC used VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to virtualize its call center operations and support multiple call centers from a central data center, reducing IT costs while improving flexibility and competitiveness.
June 2008 - (Free Research) The 2008 Annual Report reveals the IT GRC maturity profiles, business outcomes, capabilities and practices that are most responsible for influencing and impacting business rewards and risks.
Accenture research indicates that high-performance businesses view IT as a strategic asset--a source of both operational excellence and competitive advantage.
April 2008 - (Free Research) Because Oracle Database with RAC is a grid computing solution, the ability to add the exact capacity required at any given time lets Solutia make more efficient use of its resources and IT budget.
July 2008 - (Free Research) This paper will explore the implications of the emerging economic slowdown for IT and telecom managers and lay out prudent strategies for proactively managing through the downturn.
The Financial Edge gives you all the information you need to make the best financial decisions for today and tomorrow. Think of it as insurance for your organization’s future.
October 2003 - (Paid) Most projects are initiated to achieve "mission-critical" business goals. On average, nearly 50 percent of these projects fail to meet objectives. This level of failure is unacceptable. Ensuring that you have a sound project management system in place is essential in order to obtain your desired results.
February 2008 - (Free Research) This article would serve as a starting point to consultants and architects in creating questionnaires to assess the SOA maturity of an organization, on both architecture and processes.
The newScale FrontOffice Suite™ provides integrated solutions for an actionable and operational Service Catalog – to define an optimal portfolio of services, forecast service demand, manage IT budgets, control consumption, enable self-service, and streamline request fulfillment.
August 2008 - (Free Research) This podcast gives an overview of the bsafe compliance module and demonstrate how this module achieves template based policy compliance and point out some benefits on template based policy compliance.
Increase your margins by controlling your costs and turn your strategy into reality. Our supply chain management software will enable you to master the three key disciplines of cost, availability and quality.
August 2006 - (Free Research) Enterprises can take control of the burgeoning number of unsanctioned spreadsheets by adopting a policy of centralized master spreadsheet generation. Learn how WebFOCUS creates fully summarized, organized, and styled Excel spreadsheets with complex formulas already in place, lowering the potential for keystroke and logic error.
April 2008 - (Free Research) Learn best practices, best of breed technologies and concepts to enable an efficient, tactical human resources (HR) function. Morph HR from a support to a strategic advantage.
September 2003 - (Paid) A serious security breach or a threat to business continuity can lead not only to critical business damage and loss, but can also undermine the credibility of your IT department. Understand your current state, mitigate your risks, and plan for recovery.
February 2008 - (Free Research) The Business Case Justification Toolkit consists of both a Microsoft Word and a PowerPoint template that can be used to capture and communicate the driving forces and requirements behind a desired project.
Align continuous control of your E-Business Suite data with business objectives. Optim's proven archiving capabilities enable you to set desired service levels for each category of E-Business Suite data - for example, current data, reporting data and historical data. You maintain universal access to information.