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Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function by SAP America, Inc. January 23, 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 |

The Strategic Advantage of Cloud-Based Email and Blackberry Services by USA.NET, Inc. September 04, 2009 - (Free Research) Hosted Exchange with Hosted BlackBerry® Services can provide significant strategic advantages to organizations that rely heavily on messaging and mobile functionality. This Osterman Research paper describes the reasons why IT organizations should seriously consider taking a strategic step forward by using these cloud-based services.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Oracle Hyperion Strategic Finance by Oracle Corporation December 01, 2008 - (Free Research) Spreadsheet models for financial reporting can be cumbersome. With Oracle Hyperion Strategic Finance, your finance experts will be able to focus on testing alternative strategies, building contingency plans, and understanding the impact of those strategies and plans on your company's long-term performance.  (DATA SHEET) READ ABSTRACT |

How the Fastest Growing Companies Use Business Intelligence by Information Builders June 19, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper investigates various levels of business intelligence, discusses the challenges organizations face with today's typical BI deployments, and highlights how many high-growth companies have implemented strategic, analytical, and operational initiatives to work seamlessly together to enhance performance and boost competitive advantage.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Oracle Hyperion Workforce Planning by Oracle Corporation December 01, 2008 - (Free Research) In most organizations, employee compensation and related expenses are the largest line items in the budget. Having control over these expenses is critical to meeting corporate performance objectives. Check out this data sheet to learn more.  (DATA SHEET) READ ABSTRACT |

Making a Strategic Business Intelligence Choice - A Checklist by Business Objects March 25, 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper focuses on the factors your organization should consider when selecting a BI vendor and establishing its products as its BI standard.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Still Struggling to Reduce Call Center Costs without Losing Customers? by SAP AG February 01, 2008 - (Free Research) Efficient call centers that also meet customer expectations is a challenge that many organizations face. Discover the key steps to turning your call center into a strategic asset.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense by Google Postini June 03, 2010 - (Free Research) Join us for this live webinar on 'Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense'. We will address the critical and growing requirements for better email security and email archiving, as well as illustrate the benefits and cost savings of a cloud based approach to managing both.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Contact Center for Dummies by Avaya July 15, 2011 - (Free Research) With the emergence of worldwide competition in the contact center business, working from a defined methodology is becoming increasingly important. This guide provides an approach to the different methodologies you can use, with information not only on running contact centers, but also on implementing contact center technology in a profitable way.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Six Solutions for What's Keeping Executives Up at Night by Citrix Online- GoToAssist October 06, 2011 - (Free Research) This comprehensive white paper highlights six solutions to the issues support executives face on a daily basis.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Strategic insights for your social CRM strategy by Infor May 08, 2013 - (Free Research) This expert e-guide provides a comprehensive look at the challenges of defining a social media strategy for CRM, offers advice on choosing the right tools, and highlights how to train employees on new social media technologies.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

Strategic Value With Trade Promotion Management: A Closed-Loop Process for Quick Wins and Profitable Growth by SAP America, Inc. September 03, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper presents the situation of N-Hair, a fictional high-end hair-care products company that is now expanding into channels in broader consumer markets. Read this paper to learn how the firm has positioned itself well for long-term success as it preserved its brand image with SAP software.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

SL Enterprise RTView for Operational and Strategic Dashboards by SL Corporation February 2008 - (Free Research) SL Enterprise RTView is a business information delivery platform that is used by IT Managers to rapidly configure, deploy, maintain and extend real-time and other critical enterprise information systems.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Video Whitepaper: Managing Risk & Uncertainty by Oracle Corporation November 2009 - (Free Research) View this video white paper to learn how Integrated business planning can help your company align strategic, operational, and financial plans.  (VIDEO) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practices for Planning, Deploying and Managing Enterprise VoIP by CA Technologies. April 2008 - (Free Research) The goal of this white paper is to help the reader gain a better understanding of the challenges presented by VoIP as well as what must be done from a planning and management perspective to successfully deploy VoIP.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Business Intelligence: The Strategic Imperative for CIOs by Information Builders January 2007 - (Free Research) Business intelligence (BI) allows organizations to integrate applications and databases essential to users and enables analysis of information to optimize decision-making.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Customer Experience Exchange E-Zine Issue 2 by SearchCRM January 2012 - (Free Research) This second issue of Customer Experience Exchange highlights the contact center. Often an overlooked facet of customer relationship management (CRM), the contact center is usually the first way a customer reaches out to a company and thus should always be considered in CRM strategies.  (EZINE)

SearchBusinessAnalytics.com Tip Guide: Advanced analytics key component for ‘decision management systems’ by Sybase, an SAP company March 2012 - (Free Research) This tip guide offers an explanation from industry expert James Taylor as to why every customer should not be treated the same in today's ever-evolving business environment. Taylor details why decision management systems involving automation are essential to making successful strategic and operational decisions that please your customers.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

How to Translate Good Service into Market-Share Advantage by GoToAssist May 2008 - (Free Research) This research brief addresses 1 of the 6 key strategic issues: How to Translate Good Service into Market-Share Advantage.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Advancing Enterprise Mobility to Improve Sales and Service by SAP America, Inc. March 2011 - (Free Research) Explore the latest thinking on use of mobile technology to deliver business value by enabling sales and service processes – and transform processes across the enterprise. Business software vendors can best support their customers by collaborating with strategic partners to co-innovate and foster a mobile ecosystem.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

IT leaders modernize BI systems with high quality data by IBM December 2011 - (Free Research) Business intelligence (BI) has become more essential than ever before as organizations strive to extract meaningful information from growing stores of data. Inside this e-guide, gain strategic insight from the BI implementation experiences of your peers.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

Moving Towards Customer-Centric Pricing: From Strategy to Implementation, the New Opportunities for Banks to Compete in the Current Economic Downturn by IBM December 2010 - (Free Research) Pricing is a strategic weapon for acquiring new customers and, as importantly, retaining existing ones. As such, effective and innovative pricing strategies are crucial for banks to achieve organic growth. This white paper argues that banks need more than ever technologies such as the BRMS to effectively manage their pricing policies.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Customer Care in a Social World: Are We There Yet? by Oracle Corporation March 2012 - (Free Research) This paper explores and explains why the contact center is a key strategic focal point for customer engagement via social channels.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Emerging Media Series: The Influence of Podcasts on B2B Technology Purchase Decisions by KnowledgeStorm, Inc (E-mail this company) July 2006 - (Free Research) This report is the first in a series of studies conducted by KnowledgeStorm and Universal McCann that will take a strategic look at the impact the blogs, podcasts and other emerging media formats have on B2B technology marketing. This first installment examines podcasting and provides valuable insight into this red-hot delivery mechanism.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Business Intelligence Services and Solutions by Accenture Accenture brings together a deep understanding of the business and technology dimensions of an organization to harness information to improve decision-making, financial management, regulatory compliance and customer service.  (SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

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