Only when data is trusted can it be used in confidence in all insurance operational and analytical process activities. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on insurance companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in insurance and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data. 

Banks need to get smarter, attract the right customers, implement customer level risk management, and implement risk adjusted customer relationship pricing and all of this is dependent on trusted data. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on retail banks. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in banking. 

Quebec organizations, compared to others in Canada, display much higher satisfaction with their IT effectiveness. They continually place a high priority on IT process improvement and the establishment of procedures for management and oversight of IT operations. 

This white paper examines how Microsoft customers are using virtualization technology to simplify their IT infrastructure, IT processes, and save money. 

Join Richard Downham, Senior Vice President of Managed Services, Freudenberg IT and Darnell Smith, IT Director, Elster Electricity, in this podcast as they examine the ROI and cost savings customers should expect from hosting SAP. 

This paper discusses how Blueprint takes direct aim at MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio as the tools of choice for process analysts. Read more to learn how Blueprint is a lightweight process discovery tool that is tailored to support geographically dispersed process discovery teams. 

This joint paper from SAP and Capgemini discusses the challenges of the interconnected economy and describes solutions that enable companies to use technology to innovate the way they do business. 

Mondial Assistant Group wanted to share best processes across their 28 global business units but they lacked a platform for sharing process knowledge. So they turned to Lombardi Blueprint, a hosted service that fosters easy collaboration among non-technical business users who want to document and analyze their processes. Read on to learn more. 

Implementing ITIL for the first time or expanding your current processes can seem like overwhelming tasks. However, there are steps that can make these tasks much easier. Watch and learn what you can do to make implementing ITIL easier and how to use your IT Service Management solution to move forward. 

Virtualization is driving the choices that data center managers are making when it comes to hardware, software and systems management. Drill down into TechTarget's survey results to learn more about the latest data center trends. Also in this month's issue, find out how to automate IT processes to streamline your workflows. 

To succeed, you need to optimally manage the entire scope of your supply chain network. The SAP® Business ByDesign™ solution helps you ensure efficient and effective supply chain operations and increase transparency and visibility throughout – and control over – your entire supply chain network. 

View this webcast to hear why effective requirements engineering is vital to successful product development and about challenges, best practices and solutions for implementing effective requirements engineering. 

Data de-duplication eliminates redundant data, saving valuable storage space, also it may be deployed via hardware- or software-based approaches-each having advantages and trade-offs.