In this first issue of Business Applications Digest, find advice from industry insiders on mastering the five success factors for enterprise resource planning (ERP) upgrades, choosing the best fit between 'best of breed' business intelligence (BI) and built-in ERP tools, and how to take advantage of the latest Software as a Service (SaaS) trends. 

This white paper helps in better understanding all the different cost factors and includes a simplified calculator that will help influencers and decision makers to better estimate the true TCO of a SaaS versus a traditional software deployment. 

This expert white paper establishes the ultimate IT security goal: the most reliable preventative and detective security system possible with the least amount of capital expenditure. From common sense solutions to revolutionary concepts, instructor James Michael Stewart challenges IT pros to explore his methods of saving money on company security. 

Virtualization is changing the development, quality assurance (QA), and operations teams of many IT organizations. Read this white paper to learn how virtualization is helping organizations like yours achieve the ultimate goal of staying on schedule and budget while producing a high degree of quality. 

Juniper Research defines a mobile ticketing user as “someone who stores a ticket on their mobile phone for later redemption” at the point of travel, the music venue, the cinema etc. 

This report looks at the promise and issues of cloud computing as described today, along with the direction cloud needs to take in order to fulfil on its promise. 

Learn more about the evolution of Apple in the enterprise and learn how you can make shifting standards and multiple platforms work together to benefit your organization. 

With proper business intelligence (BI) tools, human resources (HR) is empowered to gain insight into the company's workforce and thus improve overall business efficiency and financials. Read this e-guide for tips on making the most of your workforce data to make educated business decisions. 

Human resource (HR) departments have learned that the key to elevating their strategic capabilities is through a strong business intelligence (BI) infrastructure. Read this white paper to learn the four easy steps to transition from being an HR manager to a human capital management (HCM) strategist. 

This resource demonstrates how a buy-and-hold strategy can add data center costs that many of today’s enterprises simply can’t afford. Read on to learn more about server replacement cycles and the ongoing operational costs of holding on to legacy hardware platforms long past their recommended life-cycle. 

Read this paper to learn why an all-Internet Protocol (IP)-based contact center solution such as the SAP Business Communication Management (BCM) is attractive to administrators seeking to lower call costs, reduce hardware needs, and improve the operational performance of multiple centers and communication channels. 

Learn how increased use of virtualization and cloud computing require corporate IT organizations to increase use of automated self-service provisioning and advanced performance monitoring and analysis tools, plus how recent extensions to Dell's Virtual Integrated System (VIS) management software portfolio are addressing these requirements. 

XenServer enables consolidation of server and other infrastructure resources, by combining servers and storage into resource pools that can be apportioned to the applications with the highest business need.