This tutorial presents a framework and financial methodology for deciding whether an enterprise should replace its current "status quo" tape storage solution with a new "proposed" solution, and the economics related to that decision. 

Increasing numbers of enterprises are incorporating project portfolio management in their strategic planning. And just as individuals use financial reports and analyses to consider various investment options, the enterprise uses an analysis called the Business Case to evaluate various project proposals for inclusion in the project portfolio. 

Sink your teeth into this new case study.  McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants needed better insight to understand and take advantage of key business trends.  Find out why they chose IBM Cognos Express to deliver that insight and what it means for their success in a fiercely competitive market space. 

As budgets stay tight and finance professionals become more involved in technology buying decisions, be better prepared to defend your business case through the use of financial metrics and Return on Investment (ROI) calculators. 

The benchmark study described in this whitepaper demonstrates Oracle Complex Event Processing's (CEP's) ability to provide both very high throughput and low latency on a single Exalogic compute node with a use case that is very typical of financial front office applications in capital markets. 

Entrusted with managing massive volumes of data, Santa Fe Partner's small IT staff knows the importance of security and data availability. Recently, they were looking for a file synchronization tool that would help the company manage market and transactional data as well as allow data transfer for DR. Read on to learn about the solution they chose. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude talks about releasing government datasets to the public and why open data will drive the next industrial revolution. We also review the latest test version of Windows 8 and see how it shapes up for tablet computers and business users and much more. 

This week’s Computer Weekly contains an exclusive interview with JP Morgan COO India Gary-Martin about juggling multiple legacy IT systems while keeping the merchant bank compliant. We also look at how near-field communications technology promises to revolutionise consumer spending and we ask whether 2012 could be the year that APM becomes vital? 

In this video, Platinum Group IT Project Manager Thom Vandenberg discusses the issues they faced when they decided to implement a single sign-on solution for their SaaS applications to enhance the user’s experience, improve security and reduce IT administrative costs. 

Read this case study and learn how Mitsubishi Corporation's European subsidiaries sought a system capable of automating planning and providing managers with the required information to make better-informed decisions. Discover how IBM Cognos offers them access to a centralised system, creates budget plans, reports and individual analysis. 

This white paper explores the latest virtualization capabilities, and offers recommendations on how to combine virtualization technologies for enterprise deployments. 

Organizations that can gain visibility into the workforce, align it with important initiatives, and continually evaluate and optimize it put themselves in a position to succeed. Read this paper to learn how cloud-based HR and financial applications can provide the operational and strategic insight to improve and align workforce productivity. 

<p>Given the competitive marketplace, evaluating source code analysis tools can be overwhelming. This case study highlights one recommended offering, the quality indicators it provided, and the results one organization achieved after implementing it.</p>