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Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function by SAP America, Inc. January 23, 2009 - (Free Research) the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business practices.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Ten Ways to Establish a Strategic Advantage in Managing Change by IBM June 17, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper offers ways that companies can establish a strategic advantage in managing change. It suggests a structured approach to managing change amid the complexity of smarter product development in which the rapid evolution of software plays a major part.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Strategic Considerations for Evaluating Enterprise Performance Management Solutions by IBM October 22, 2009 - (Free Research) Read this paper to learn about current market trends in Enterprise Performance Management solutions. There are many investment strategies organizations must evaluate in order to best take advantage of the technological innovations.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Jaspersoft and eBuilder Create Leading Edge Strategic Management Tool by Jaspersoft March 15, 2010 - (Free Research) eBuilder, a provider of Cloud Supply-Chain Management Processes, needed a web-based BI solution to enable clients to swiftly analyze information and make critical business decisions. Jaspersoft’s BI Suite enabled eBuilder to provide visually impactful, easy-to-use strategic measurement and monitoring capabilities for the business B2B supply chain.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

How the Fastest Growing Companies Use Business Intelligence by Information Builders June 19, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper investigates various levels of business intelligence, discusses the challenges organizations face with today's typical BI deployments, and highlights how many high-growth companies have implemented strategic, analytical, and operational initiatives to work seamlessly together to enhance performance and boost competitive advantage.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Misguided, Opportunistic, or Strategic - Where Do You Stand on the Sustainability Ranking? by SAP America, Inc. March 15, 2010 - (Free Research) Across SAP's global customer base, there is a continuum of sustainability approaches – spanning from misguided to opportunistic and strategic. Find out where you rank in this special report from SAP. (Full article)  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Strategic Hotels Implements Iron Mountain Connected and Livevault for Cost Reduction and Data Protection by Iron Mountain Digital July 01, 2009 - (Free Research) This IDC Buyer Case Study looks at the use of cloud-based backup solutions by Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and manages high-end hotels and resorts. The company's main goal in searching for an alternative to its existing cloud-based services solution.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Making Enterprise Architecture (EA) Strategic with Business & Information Architecture by Infosys Technologies Limited September 01, 2008 - (Free Research) EA, a key IT governance tool, plays an active role in strategic business planning. Effective EA requires managing standards and promoting best practices in architecture.  (PRESENTATION) READ ABSTRACT |

Business Intelligence: The Strategic Imperative for CIOs by Information Builders Inc. (E-mail this company) September 2007 - (Free Research) The CIO's role becomes more strategic as organizations use information to create a competitive advantage. This paper – using evidence from benchmarks created with IBM to test WebFOCUS' performance on System z running z/OS and Linux – helps CIOs to balance demands for information accessibility and processing power.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

CRM: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE - Five Principles for CRM Success by Pivotal CRM, a CDC Software solution February 2009 - (Free Research) This paper explains how, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is first and foremost a strategy. This guide provides insight to help you take a more customer-centric view of your business.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The New Economics of Telecom Networks: Bringing value back to the network by Alcatel-Lucent November 2009 - (Free Research) Network service providers dealing with massive bandwidth demand are struggling to evolve their networks while keeping costs under control. Expenditures must be reduced and revenue per transported bit increased. Read this strategic white paper to learn more about a more value driven approach to network management.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Business Intelligence Trends: The Next Generation of Performance Management by Attivio, Inc. February 2010 - (Free Research) BI applications, business process improvements, and improving the use of information and analytics has become a big trend lately. In light of this, this paper focuses on why you need to look for solutions that unify access to all types of information in analytical applications such as BI and BPM.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Move Toward IT Service Management (ITSM) Mobilization by BlackBerry February 2010 - (Free Research) IDG Research Services recently surveyed more than 200 CIOs and senior IT and business executives at companies of all sizes to examine the benefits of giving employees mobile access to strategic business applications, including ITSM applications. This analyst report discusses the benefits of ITSM mobilization and key findings from the IDG survey.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Cost Savings with Centralized Virtual Desktops by Citrix May 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper provides a close examination of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and how it may dramatically lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Read this paper to learn about the current cost of PC management and how virtual desktops can be deployed using existing budgets.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

BMC Mainview: Controlling Mainframe Operating Costs While Maintaining Service Levels by BMC Software, Inc. April 2009 - (Free Research) Directors of IT operations are under pressure to control or reduce mainframe operating costs while maintaining service levels to the business. This paper describes how BMC® MAINVIEW® from BMC Software uniquely delivers aggressive and strategic performance management and optimization.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Strategic Steps for Moving to LTE by Alcatel-Lucent September 2009 - (Free Research) The growing success of mobile data services and the success of end user devices, such as the iPhone, are causing performance bottlenecks into our next generation mobile networks. This videocast takes a look at how LTE, the next generation of wireless networking, is dealing with these challenges while taking the user experience to the next level.  (VIDEO) READ ABSTRACT |

Strategic and Technical Considerations for Accurate Forecasting and Sales Planning by Red Hat January 2010 - (Free Research) Read this case study to learn how IBM Global Business Services leveraged its electronics and automotive industry expertise to design, deploy and manage a solution based on SAP Business Suite for Alpine Electronics USA.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Strategic Messaging - Exchange 2010 Technical Decisions for Next Generation Messaging Virtual Seminar by Microsoft March 2010 - (Free Research) By attending this complimentary, interactive, virtual seminar, you receive independent expertise focused on the evolution of Exchange Server, the limits and the pain points of previous versions, and critical considerations to keep in mind before making the decision about moving to Exchange Server 2010.  (VIRTUAL TRADE SHOW) READ ABSTRACT |

Virtualization in SAP Environments by Arrow ECS HP Group and Intel September 2009 - (Free Research) In this expert podcast, Christopher Carter discusses why virtualization is important to SAP customers, digs into strategic issues related to virtualization in SAP environments, and explains which virtualization solutions are the least expensive and quickest to deploy.  (PODCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Analytics Partners - Delivering Faster and More Strategic BI by Oracle Corporation January 2009 - (Free Research) Analytics Partners chose to work exclusively with Oracle because of the strength and superiority of its product line, as well as confidence in Oracle's commitment to the emerging and mid-market as well as to its channel partners.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

5 Steps to Building Your Pattern-Based Strategies by FICO December 2009 - (Free Research) In this webinar, learn how you can use business rules to rapidly respond to discovered relationships between data and performance. You will learn why strategies need to adapt to new conditions and how business process automation can benefit from updated business rules to effect change and manage exception cases.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

E-Guide: A Strategic Approach to Enabling Mobile Business Applications by BlackBerry March 2009 - (Free Research) Today's successful enterprises are discovering that granting mobile access to critical business applications can increase productivity and revenue.  (E-LEARNING TUTORIAL) READ ABSTRACT |

Your Strategic Partner in Demand Driven Manufacturing: Atos Origin Manufacturing Consultancy for MES and CPG by Atos Origin January 2010 - (Free Research) In this paper you will learn how Atos Origin can help your organization to integrate your entire manufacturing operation to help you get ahead in the demand driven manufacturing game. Read on to learn more about partnering with Atos Origin to increase your competitive advantage.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Data Mart Consolidation and Business Intelligence Standardization: Getting the Most Value Out of Information by SAP America, Inc. March 2010 - (Free Research) Making information more broadly and easily available to more users throughout an organization - and beyond the organization - has never been a more strategic corporate imperative. In growing numbers, enterprises are coming to understand the value of placing consistent, integrated data into the hands of everyone who needs it.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Service Portfolio Management: Manage IT For Business Value by CA October 2009 - (Free Research) Read this paper to learn how Service Portfolio Management can be implemented to achieve and show evidence of improved business satisfaction, reduced waste, reduced cost, and enhanced service quality. IT can better select strategic investments and maximize business value.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

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