Reporting speed and accuracy are vital today. But it would be wrong to assume that you have to spend more to go faster and do a competent job. This white paper illustrates how some organizations achieved top-tier results in financial reporting and why some did not. 

This white paper explains how a business rule management system (BRMS) can make business process automation easier to understand, maintain and manage. 

As the global economy slowly heals, finance leaders are looking to fulfill the promise of the last 20 years. Much of the hard work has been done, the infrastructure largely in place. The challenge is to build upon this platform to drive dramatic improvement in the quality and value that finance delivers. 

Maricopa Integrated Health System had a major decision to make: continue with its paper-based patient record system or adopt an electronic medical record (EMR) solution.  In this case study, learn how Maricopa approached this project and what they realized in terms of IT and business benefits. 

In December 2008, PMI® (Project Management Institute) released the 4th edition version of 'A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge® (PMBOK® Guide)',the Project Management Institute's (PMI's) collection of published “generally recognized good practices” (according to PMI's 4th edition FAQs). 

When the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) was first introduced in SQL Server 2005, it received mixed reviews. With the launch of SQL Server 2008, Microsoft has succeeded in transforming the SSMS into a much more useful tool set. This whitepaper will list and discuss each of these improvements of SSMS 2008. 

So you have a requirements plan. You have elicited functional, non-functional, and quality of service requirements. You have validated and verified them, and your stakeholders are satisfied. Now what? Read this paper to learn more about the tools needed for business process improvements. 

This podcast compares the first and second releases of Windows Server 2008. Discover security improvements to this enhanced operating system and learn how they impact your small or mid-sized business. 

This article explores ways in which small and mid-sized businesses can improve the performance of their databases - and their businesses - by upgrading to SQL Server 2008. 

Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A., a Columbia, South Carolina-based law firm with five locations throughout the state sought to consolidate legacy servers, improve availability for remote users, increase storage capacity and implement a new disaster recovery DR/BC strategy. In this case study you'll learn about their new Dell and VMware solutions. 

Learn about the improvements in VMware View 5, including up to 75 percent bandwidth reduction over the previous version and changes in the ways virtual desktops are managed and provisioned. To explore these changes and more, access this resource now. 

This webcast explores monitoring challenges that IT pros face.  Gain insight into how to streamline your processes and improve monitoring efficiency. This webcast explores driving forces behind the trend toward virtualization.  Learn how server enhancements and other improvements could factor into your organization’s virtualization decisions.