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S3 Control: Adding Control to Change Management by Solidcore Systems, Inc. There is a gap between change activity & the documented Change Management process. Solidcore S3 Control adds control to change management. It provides visibility into changes in the enterprise IT infrastructure, accountability for employees deploying ticketed changes, & enforcement of change policies. It is available on IBM platforms.  (SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

Controlling Access Risk: Increase Visibility, Reduce the Time and Cost of Compliance by SAP America, Inc. January 27, 2012 - (Free Research) This analyst report from Aberdeen Group looks at the challenges of controlling access risk management.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Taking Control:Improved Inventory Visibility Leads to Lean Success by Plex Systems February 01, 2012 - (Free Research) Read this paper for a comprehensive look into inventory inside the manufacturing plant - everything from inventory, to receipt of material, to finished products. Learn how to  take control of your inventory and supply chain to achieve lean manufacturing and increased efficiency and profitability.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

EaglePicher Technologies Meets Huge Demand Spike With Crucial ERP Implementation by Plex Systems April 10, 2009 - (Free Research) EaglePicher management turned to Plex Systems of Auburn Hills, MI to help initiate a manufacturing-based ERP system for its manufacturing facilities. Its new lean manufacturing abilities have enabled it to accurately determine cost and profitability by part, allowing it to become increasingly competitive, especially against offshore competitors.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Dynamic workload management: Simplify, improve and save by BMC Software, Inc. October 19, 2011 - (Free Research) It’s no surprise that IT organizations need to simplify and control complex business processes while reducing costs. That's why it's important to identify underperforming management processes within the data center and systematically make these processes more effective by using a combination of best practices and intelligent automation.  (PODCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Tough Love: When IT Security Hurts Your Business by Global Knowledge May 01, 2009 - (Free Research) As IT commoditization continues to increase audit and control activities, IT gets better at identifying and documenting the causes of significant outages. In an increasing number of cases, these ITIL efforts show the source of the outage to be action from the security department, and the BSM processes show the impact to be devastating.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Provergent Suite - Telecom Order & Inventory Software by Digital Fairway, Inc. The Provergent Communication Asset Management Suite helps to manage the planning, procuring, provisioning, auditing & delivering of communications services. Provergent allows you to build accurate & easy to manage centralized inventories, backed up by automated provisioning processes to manage all moves, adds, changes & deletes in the inventory.  (SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

Secure SOA Infrastructure - Better Control Mission Critial SOA Deployments by Forum Systems September 13, 2005 - (Free Research) Industry wide SOA rollouts have seen enterprises deploy critical supporting infrastructure around Web services security and Web services management. Forum Systems and Oracle Corporation "Secure SOA Infrastructure" is a market-leading solution that integrates software and hardware for mission critical SOA deployments. Find out more.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

What's Happening on Your Shop Floor? by Plex Systems March 31, 2009 - (Free Research) Until recently, it was difficult for manufacturers to obtain a true picture of what was happening on the shop floor. Real-time, accurate data reflecting production activity, planned production schedules, quality checks, machine breakdowns, inventory levels or a shortage of materials made it a challenge for shop floor management to keep track..  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

How to tackle Enterprise Information Protection & Control by ComputerWeekly.com November 09, 2010 - (Free Research) Information protection needs to cover all data, from word processing documents to datawithin databases and executable code. It covers enterprise and personal data and is not justconfined to protecting entertainment media, which tends to be generically referred to as“Digital Rights Management” (DRM).  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Getting ROI Out of Your ERP system by IFS February 01, 2012 - (Free Research) In this e-guide, readers will learn more about the basics of ERP and how to reduce maintenance and support costs for these systems.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

Why Business Rules: A Case for Business Consumers of Information Technology by ILOG, an IBM Company April 2008 - (Free Research) This paper examines the relationship between business and IT groups within the typical enterprise and explores how the implementation of a Business Rules Management System (BRMS) allows both groups to find common ground.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Seven Steps to Successful SOA Governance by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd February 2011 - (Free Research) SOA governance is the framework that enables, measures, defines and enforces the rules for communication, collaboration and control across the enterprise and among IT and business decision-makers. This paper provides seven key steps to get you started on the path towards successful SOA governance.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Realizing the benefits of FTP consolidation by IBM November 2011 - (Free Research) Businesses are experiencing a growing demand to move high volumes of data both internally and externally. File transfer protocol (FTP) servers are proliferating among individual departments and raising traffic levels with customers and suppliers. This white paper explains and explores the opportunity and benefits of FTP consolidation.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Real-time Shop Floor Integration, Simplified: The Right ERP System Can Make It Happen by IQMS December 2008 - (Free Research) The key to achieving cost-effective savings in the supply chain is to exchange information accurately and quickly in real-time.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

An Alternate Perspective on how Accurate ETL and Data Integration Improves Business Intelligence (BI) by Cisco Systems, Inc. January 2012 - (Free Research) Read this brief white paper and learn how many business intelligence (BI) teams, such those at Electronic Arts (EA), are shifting their perspective on extract, transform and load (ETL) job scheduling to an enterprise-oriented view, elevating efficiency and offering greater control and data accuracy.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

SearchSAP.com E-Book: SAP Workflow update: Must-knows for delivering successful workflow projects by Dolphin October 2010 - (Free Research) SAP shops have long been using the Workflow module to automate processes controlled by the SAP FI module. Customers are looking to extend SAP Workflow to derive more value from SAP systems in place. Learn the benefits and challenges of using the SAP Business Workflow module as well as tips for planning a successful Workflow strategy.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

ITIL: What It Is and Why You Should Care by Global Knowledge Network, Inc. September 2005 - (Free Research) 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.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

IT Innovation without Breaking the Bank by Centennial-Software July 2008 - (Free Research) IT is challenged to meet rising business expectations while managing increasing infrastructure complexity at the lowest cost possible, and generic IT processes are no longer effective.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Identity Governance: The Business Imperatives by CA Technologies. August 2010 - (Free Research) Identity Governance involves various identity-related processes including cleaning up existing user entitlements, building accurate role models and enacting policies and processes which help ensure delivery of appropriate privileges to users. Continue reading to learn more.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The single most important document: Moving annual reporting into the 21st century by IBM June 2011 - (Free Research) Despite being so important, the process to create the annual report, the 10-K and the 10-Q is still stuck in the Middle Ages. This paper explores the history of annual reporting, the process of manually creating the annual report, and how to bring this process into the 21st century.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Insecurity of Privileged Users - Global Survey of IT Practitioners by Hewlett-Packard Limited January 2012 - (Free Research) This study, conducted by Ponemon Institue, examines the risks inherent in poor control and oversight of privilege users. View now to uncover the key findings and what can be done to minimize risk.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

MPI Group: The Informed Manufacturer — Tips, Tricks and Tactics for Discrete Manufacturers by SAP America, Inc. January 2012 - (Free Research) Download this comic book package to take a light-hearted look at today’s manufacturing challenges – and to gain serious solutions for achieving success.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Making SIEM work: Processes and policies to enable success by Sensage, Inc. January 2012 - (Free Research) In this engaging video presentation, Nemertes Research Senior Vice President and Founding Partner Andreas Antonopoulos will provide a tactical walkthrough of the SIEM enablement process and answer key questions on how to successfully put SIEM into action.  (VIDEO) READ ABSTRACT |

Powering the data centre by ComputerWeekly.com January 2012 - (Free Research) A look at alternative approaches to managing energy for cost and/or sustainability reasons in data centres.  (ANALYST BRIEF) READ ABSTRACT |

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