The need for strategic information by department and executive managers is driving the transformation of tactical departmental systems into enterprise solutions, regardless of the size of the company employing the solutions. 

The majority of user authentication schemes today still use userid and password. The burden to users of managing large numbers of userids and passwords has led to proposals for Federated Identity systems, where a single set of credentials can be used to authenticate with several organisations, which have agreed to work together as a federation. 

Design teams across the world collaborate to create and develop prod­ucts. Unfortunately, IT organizations face serious challenges when collaborative teams share large files. This white paper will assess the strengths and weaknesses of the four technologies most commonly used to enhance file sharing for distributed teams. 

Not long ago, the average executive’s idea of a business forecast was a simple, spreadsheet-based extrapolation of previous performance. Today, however, business executives are recognizing the need to use the billions of data records stored within their company’s IT systems for more advanced analytics. 

Learn how your company can change from a lead generation business model to a dynamic lead development process in this joint Webcast from SiriusDecisions and KnowledgeStorm. 

Learn how you can empower your employees to make the most of big data and data analytics in this executive guide from the Corporate Executive Board. 

In December 2011 and January 2012, CFO Research Services and SearchCIO conducted a survey that received qualified responses from 382 senior finance executives and 300 senior IT executives working in a wide variety of companies. Review key findings and learn the three noteworthy areas where IT and finance executives are in strong agreement. 

This presentation document by MarketingSherpa and KnowledgeStorm, presents findings from MarketingSherpa's new report: "IT Marketing Benchmark Guide 2005-2006: Data for B-to-B Software, Hardware & Services Marketers." Learn what IT marketers revealed about their results and budgets and real-life numbers to help benchmark lead generation plans. 

Tim Zimmerman, Gartner research director offers some practical advice to organisations wanted to use iPads on their corporate wireless networks. 

How much do senior executives value data protection? This study examines key perceptions on what executives believe is the most important factors and activities justifiable for a data protection program. View now to gain a better understanding of their views to help you make the business case for data protection for your organization. 

Read this informative paper to learn how to choose the right BI tools to enable HR to increase productivity and cut costs. Learn why end-to-end human capital management (HCM) systems with built-in BI tools might be the best and easiest option for your organization. 

In this summary report, discover how fellows CIOs and technology leaders weigh in on the opportunities IT megatrends are providing CIOs and IT executives. Uncover their opinions on top trends such as mobility, the cloud, big data analytics, and the consumerization of IT. 

This paper discusses why CFOs should care about the cloud and how the approaches of IT and finance executives differ when it comes to cloud computing.