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Case Study: Healthcare I.T. Clinical Enablement Western Dental Cuts Its Teeth on Digital X-rays by CDW Healthcare July 27, 2010 - (Free Research) In a classic illustration of one thing leading to another, Western Dental’s major technology revamp began with a humble goal. Read this case study to learn more about Western Dental's amazing transformation.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

FACTS® CLAIMS & ENCOUNTERS™ by Ebix Health, Inc. January 2001 - (Free Research) FACTS® CLAIMS & ENCOUNTERS™ is a fully automated, real-time processing system for complete, online adjudication of medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, disability and COBRA claims and encounters.  (ARTICLE) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function by SAP America, Inc. January 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 |

Managing Change Effectively with ERP: The Impact On 5 Key Business Functions by Infor December 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper examines the impact of using disparate systems versus an integrated ERP system on your manufacturing operations. The detailed charts on the following pages provide insight into how the inefficiencies associated with change management today can be easily and cost-effectively eliminated.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Enabling The Lean Enterprise: A Three-Tiered Approach to Improving Your Operations by SAP America, Inc. June 2009 - (Free Research) Recently, many businesses have used lean principles to move from a decentralized corporate management mode to a hybrid model - recognizing that different functions require different levels of centralized management to be efficient and effective. Read this whitepaper to learn a three-tiered approach to improving your operations.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

How a Spanning Tree Works by Global Knowledge June 2009 - (Free Research) The way a switch learns Ethernet (MAC) addresses is by inspecting the Ethernet frame and recording the source MAC address in a dynamic table. The switch will also associate a learned MAC address with a port. It can then make intelligent forwarding decisions based on the destination MAC address. This white paper illustrates the process.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Demartek Report: FalconStor Virtual Tape Library (VTL) and Deduplication Performance by FalconStor Software July 2009 - (Free Research) To evaluate the performance of its solutions, FalconStor commissioned Demartek to validate the performance of the FalconStor VTL solution and its deduplication solutions - as they come from the factory, without any special tuning adjustments. The sustained performance of these solutions is impressive and was measured using conservative data.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

5 Steps to Reducing Downtime: Best Practices for Windows Server Application Fault Tolerance by Marathon Technologies July 2010 - (Free Research) This white paper discusses five steps for protecting Windows Server applications from downtime, offering established best practices to reduce potential single points of failure and ensure rapid recovery or continued operations in the event of failure.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Embedding Analytics into Processes by SAS Institute Inc. July 2010 - (Free Research) In their latest book, Thomas Davenport, Jeanne Harris and Robert Morison show how companies apply analytics in their daily operations. We see examples of analytics at work within core processes in a variety of business areas. Read this white paper to learn how embedding analytics into your organization's processes can help you.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Renewed Finance Function: Extending Performance Management Beyond Finance by SAP America, Inc. September 2008 - (Free Research) In August 2007, CFO Research Services launched a research program to explore the ways in which the role of the finance team has changed in recent years. This report presents the findings of our online survey of 255 senior finance executives.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Augmenting the Value of ERP to Achieve the Perfect Plant by Apriso Corporation September 2008 - (Free Research) This paper reviews multiple compelling issues of establishing and maintaining connectivity to manufacturing operations to achieve the Perfect Plant through an existing ERP system.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Weighing the move to Security-as-a-Service (SaaS): How to decide by Trend Micro, Inc. July 2010 - (Free Research) This video provides examples of security functions that can be readily outsourced to a SaaS provider and details on how some require a mixture of outsourced capability and on-premise systems or expertise.  (VIDEO) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practices in Reconciliation: A Practical Guide for Asset Managers by Advent Software, Inc July 2008 - (Free Research) This whitepaper explains why automated reconciliation is quickly evolving into a competitive necessity. The costs associated with manual reconciliation, the benefits from automation, and the best reconciliation workflow model will all be discussed.  (WHITE PAPER)

The 7 Key Components for an Effective Case Management Methodology by ASG Software Solutions May 2010 - (Free Research) Case management is a care delivery framework with the potential to relieve three of the most significant pressures facing hospital leaders. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate a number of ways in which hospital case management can and does produce clinical, operational, and financial benefits for the organizations that employ them.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Step Up Your Strategy – Fine-Tune Use of Storage Availability Processes as a Part of a Business-Continuity Plan by CDW Corporation September 2009 - (Free Research) Business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) should be major components of any risk-management strategy. After all, no business wants to be caught unprepared for unforeseen events such as floods, fires, terrorist attacks, power outages or other disturbances. That's why planning and regularly testing BC and DR programs is essential.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Governance, Risk and Compliance for Life Sciences Companies by SAP America, Inc. November 2008 - (Free Research) To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged the importance of cost and efficiency..  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Building a Best-Run Finance Organization by SAP America, Inc. June 2008 - (Free Research) This SAP Executive Insight examines the changing role of the finance organization in today's business environment. Further, it describes how companies can develop best-run finance organizations.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Why Passwords Aren't Strong Enough: Making the Case for Strong Two-Factor Authentication by RSA, The Security Division of EMC August 2010 - (Free Research) In this paper, we will examine the need for two-factor authentication and explore the return on investment that can be realized in order to help organizations make an informed decision when contemplating their strategic move toward stronger security.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

SQL Server 2008 Dynamic Duo: Management Views and Functions by Global Knowledge September 2009 - (Free Research) Dynamic management views and functions were extraordinary additions to SQL 2005, and they have only improved in function and increased in number in SQL 2008. This white paper will explore a few of their capabilities and give examples as to how they can ease the workload of a database administrator.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Restoring Data with Database Snapshots by Global Knowledge July 2010 - (Free Research) In this paper you’ll learn how Snapshots use a copy-on-write operation that minimizes the drive space required for each snapshot. Unless there are changes in the original database, the snapshots will remain empty. Queries to the snapshot for un­changed records will automatically be redirected to the original database.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Northern Trust Turns To Google For More Accurate and Relevant Search by Google GSA December 2009 - (Free Research) In order to ensure regulatory compliance, Northern Trust's IT department needed a better tool to help employees quickly find the latest forms and information. Using the Google Search Appliance, OneBox and User-Added Results, Northern Trust increased both the accuracy and relevance of all intranet searches. Read this case study.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Practical Strategies to Accelerate Business Applications across the WAN by Blue Coat April 2006 - (Free Research) As more IT professionals are turning to application & server consolidation, costs and the importance of performance is growing. This white paper takes a look at acceleration technologies - the challenges, benefits, and techniques of this alternative.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Presentation Transcript: 3 Reasons to Consider Google Apps by Google March 2010 - (Free Research) Read this presentation transcript with John Buckholz, VP of IT, to learn how Google Apps compares to on premise and hosted Microsoft Exchange, how LCC migrated the company intranet from Microsoft Sharepoint to Google Sites, and more!  (PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT) READ ABSTRACT |

The OSI Model: Understanding the Seven Layers of Computer Networks by Global Knowledge July 2006 - (Free Research) This paper explains each of the seven layers of OSI model, including their functions and their relationships, also it provide with an overview of the network process, which can act as a framework for understanding the details of computer networking.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Running Microsoft® Office SharePoint Server 2007 on VMware® Infrastructure by Global Knowledge December 2009 - (Free Research) Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 is one of Microsoft's fastest growing server products. In this document, we describe the implementation and best practices for virtualizing a typical medium-sized MOSS 2007 intranet farm deployment.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

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