“Before Autotask, we were spending way too much time billing and invoicing. Now an invoice goes out half an hour after the work was completed.” Richard Fitzgerald, President of 2GEN Pty LTD 

<p>The Symantec Smartphone Honey Stick Project is an experiment involving 50 “lost” smartphones, demonstrating what users should expect to happen to their smartphones if they are lost and then found by a stranger. View now to explore key findings and uncover recommendations for protecting mobile devices and sensitive information.</p> 

While data warehouses are important for many types of analytical systems, they aren’t always necessary. Building a data warehouse can dramatically increase the cost of a BI project. This paper describes data warehouses, along with many other options for placing relevant, timely information in the hands of business users. 

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. 

The Corporate Executive Board IT Budget Benchmarking Survey assess IT spending,  staffing, and outsourcing levels at more than 175 organizations globally, representing roughly US$38 billion in IT spend. Download for the latest IT budget trends. 

This editorial e-guide features two articles on choosing the right master data management (MDM) software and how to convince your executives to invest in MDM tools. 

There is a growing, interdisciplinary field known as knowledge management that is dedicated to how we acquire, organize, manage, share, and utilize knowledge and information. This white paper will discuss what knowledge management is, why it is important, and how you can apply knowledge management to project management. 

In this paper we look at the levels of maturity and capability necessary for deploying enterprise wide initiatives, such as comprehensive MDM, and ponder why these initiatives stall. Read on to learn more. 

Read this enlightening paper featuring research from IDC to learn more on the growing trend of predictive analytics, including how it differs from non-predictive business analytics projects. Also discover some of the changes in IDC research over the past eight years as well as some of the additional benefits from predictive analytics projects. 

While immediate value is achievable through improved data quality and standardization, without well-defined goals for measured improvements to visible business processes the technical morass threatens project success. In this paper, we review some barriers to success of Master Data Management (MDM) programs. 

This webcast demonstrates how Kettering Health Network replaced an enterprise-wide legacy interface engine with InterSystems Ensemble in just 4 months, resolving critical legacy interface issues and establishing an IT platform that will satisfy future needs and projects.