This Forrester Research Inc. research report examines the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) of extract, transform and load (ETL) software. 

<p>Businesses need to keep a close eye on the evolution of cloud based services to avoid wasting money and missing out on business opportunities.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> 

Download this white paper to learn how establishing a proper system of service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance can make a difference during implementation. 

This benchmarking study from ESI International identifies the trends impacting the project management function in IT industry in three areas: PMO maturity, measuring and reporting on PMO effectiveness, as well as training involvement. 

This paper highlights companies’ confidence level in deploying custom Java applications in the cloud. Learn how to accelerate application deployment and transition to cloud computing by virtualizing applications and implementing a lightweight development framework for quickly building and deploying applications for a virtual environment.  

Energy saving is just one of the benefits of better data center management – but it is the current hot topic that can trigger a CEO to scrutinize the data center. Many CIOs are staying ahead of the curve with better data center infrustructure management (DCIM) technology. To learn more, download this white paper by industry experts CITO Research. 

Adding mobile access and social collaboration to CRM delivers significant benefits, this report from Nucleus Research reveals. 

Collaboration Oriented Architectures (COA) describes information architectures that comply with the COA framework, which in turn is described in the associated COA Framework paper1. 

Nucleus Research assesses Microsoft’s plans to extend  and develop the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform. 

The more you know about built-in functionality in the .NET framework and ASP.NET, the less code you have to write, which ultimately makes your applications more maintainable. This white paper outlines several different tips to enhance developer productivity and reduce the amount of code that needs to be written in many cases. 

The Solvency II Directive was rolled out to protect consumers by promising that insurance companies maintain sufficient funds to meet all claims. Complying with the risk management portion of the initiative can be difficult for insurance companies. This paper details how Unum implemented an operational risk management solution to address this. 

ITIL is becoming the next big thing in Information Technology. This paper outlines the origin of ITIL, who controls its contents, who are the biggest users, and why you should care.