<p>Learn how to communicate more effectively with your boss in this guide from Dr Brian Sutton and Dr Robina Chatham. </p> <p> </p> 

<p>Read this white paper to learn what it takes to initiate a balanced and direct approach to testing and QA throughout the application lifecycle. Effective management will lead to better IT insight, happier clients, and reduced costs.</p> 

While most common payroll process errors are avoidable, they are also easily overlooked. Unfortunately even the smallest errors can lead to long-term issues and increased expenses. Read more to find out the top 10 payroll pitfalls and how to prevent them. 

This white paper provides high level definitions, opportunity identification, and future potentials for: Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software as a Service (SaaS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Anytime, Anywhere Availability, Mobile Devices, Web 2.0, and Report Cards or Balanced Scorecards as a Business Intelligence (BI) capability. 

<p>This case study outlines exactly how Callaway Golf created and managed three distinct platform landscapes for each of their deployed SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications. Read more inside to see how this strategy led them to eventually have the capabilities to virtualize SAP productions.</p> 

<p>While many organizations rely on peak-load testing to ensure optimal application performance, balancing infrastructure costs and testing needs can be very challenging. This white paper introduces a new approach to application testing -- the cloud. Learn more about cloud-based application testing and review the key benefits it offers.</p> 

Discover 5 essential guidelines that can help you virtualize your data center regardless of the vendor or platform that you choose. Gain tips for balancing the various hardware components, sizing storage and more. 

How much storage do you need to support a virtual desktop deployment? Discover how you can leverage capacity planning to balance performance and the high cost of storage and bandwidth in this expert e-guide. Plus, explore the pros and cons of storage virtualization and evaluate which storage strategies work best for your organization. 

Spreadsheets were once the only way for successful planning, analysis and forecasting. Not anymore. This webcast showcases an enterprise-wide, holistic solution that joins financial, operational and strategic planning with business analytics. Watch this now and learn how IBM Cognos can drive innovation and increase your profitability. 

This report from Microsoft presents a vision for the development of smart cities which bring together technology, architecture and people. 

Test Drive IBM Cognos Express in the Cloud! Check out this easy online trial of IBM Cognos Express. Take a closer look at selected reporting, analysis and planning capabilities – without installing any software on your system. You can access the trial online for up to four hours and repeat the trial as often as you like. 

For organizations that want to leverage the benefits of cloud while ensuring the availability of critical business applications, public cloud may not be the most reliable solution. Discover how organizations can take advantage of mature networking technologies to prepare data centers for virtualization and private cloud with VCS Ethernet fabric. 

Watch this 10 minute video to hear Brian Madden, blogger, and Alan Panezic, VP of Enterprise Product Management from RIM, discuss the new offerings BlackBerry is giving to make sure employers and employees are happy with their mobile device capabilities.