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The global state of the PMO: The IT perspective by ComputerWeekly.com May 05, 2011 - (Free Research) This benchmarking study from ESI International identifies the trends impacting the project management function in IT industry in three areas: PMO maturity, measuring and reporting on PMO effectiveness, as well as training involvement.  (IT BRIEFING) READ ABSTRACT |

How to tackle risk taxonomy by ComputerWeekly.com November 25, 2010 - (Free Research) This Technical Standard provides a taxonomy describing the factors that drive risk – their definitions and relationships. This Technical Standard is not a reference or tutorial on how to assess or analyze risk, as there are many such references already available.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The global state of the project management office by ComputerWeekly.com May 05, 2011 - (Free Research) This global benchmarking study from ESI international identifies the key challenges and successes experienced by project and programme management offices (PMO) and draws recommendations for the future.  (IT BRIEFING) READ ABSTRACT |

Computer Weekly 6 December 2011: Read this week’s issue of the UK’s leading technology publication, featuring news on open data, cyber security and our social media awards by ComputerWeekly.com December 02, 2011 - (Free Research) In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine the economic benefits of plans to release more government data for wider re-use by software developers. We announce the winners of our Social Media Awards, and hear what the IT industry thinks of the new UK cyber security strategy. Download the new issue now.  (EZINE) READ ABSTRACT |

Enterprise VoIP Security: Potential Threats and Best Practices by Global Knowledge Network, Inc. March 2006 - (Free Research) As VoIP usage becomes widespread, enterprise users will become subject to many of the same security risks that have affected data networks. This report highlights some of the potential security problems associated with VoIP and address what measures can be taken to secure enterprise VoIP deployments.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Virtual Support Networks: Ten Tips for Delivering Managed Services to On-Site Systems by CA Technologies. September 2008 - (Free Research) In late 2004 and early 2005, DB Kay & Associates conducted a market survey to uncover the best practices for deploying Virtual Support Networks.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

How to tie learning to business impact by ComputerWeekly.com December 2010 - (Free Research) Many organisations implement “learning engagements,” or training programmes, to increase employee satisfaction, realise better team performance, and improve communication.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Measuring The Business Value of IT by SAP America, Inc. September 2006 - (Free Research) Discover how to efficiently measure projected business value, increase the ROI of your SAP investments, and improve the overall worth of your IT initiative with a consistent methodology for both business and IT users.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Business Skill Courseware by SkillSoft Corporation SkillSoft’s Business Skills Library focuses on behavioral skills that are designed for business professionals and key to performance regardless of job responsibility, as well as the skills and knowledge that are relevant to the various areas of functional responsibility in today’s business organizations.  (ASP & SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

Advanced Disaster Recovery: Automating Changes Throughout Your Data Center by Dell, Inc. and Intel April 2011 - (Free Research) More than 90% of Fortune 1000 companies are not confident that they can completely failover to their remote data center within one hour. Given that the costs of downtime can be measured in millions of dollars per minute, companies with unreliable disaster recovery processes are taking a potentially fatal risk.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Electrical Efficiency Measurement for Data Centers by APC by Schneider Electric October 2010 - (Free Research) This paper explains how data center efficiency can be measured, evaluated, and modeled, including a comparison of the benefits of periodic assessment vs. continuous monitoring.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Measuring The Success of Lean by SAP America, Inc. January 2012 - (Free Research) This article from IndustryWeek features advice on streamlining your business for leaner operations.  (JOURNAL ARTICLE) READ ABSTRACT |

Accelerate Performance in Human Resources by SAP America, Inc. January 2012 - (Free Research) This white paper addresses HR challenges and metrics solutions for improving operations.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Overcoming the insight deficit by ComputerWeekly.com September 2011 - (Free Research) 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.  (ESSENTIAL GUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

Metrics for Social Customer Service by SAP America, Inc. July 2011 - (Free Research) This e-book examines the need to adopt new metrics for customer service in response to the new ways they engage customers using social media and networks. Inside, learn how to avoid the common pitfall of adding new metrics to traditional performance measurement systems.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

IDC - Best Practices in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery by Riverbed Technology, Inc. January 2012 - (Free Research) Business continuity and disaster recovery can mean a rapid return to operations or financial downfall. This IDC white paper highlights the challenges and best practices for implementing continuity and recovery solutions, and details how Riverbed WAN optimization solutions enable firms to meet their recovery requirements.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Seeing Through the Fog: Managing Application Performance in the Cloud - NetForecast by Riverbed Technology, Inc. May 2011 - (Free Research) This report introduces best practices for understanding and improving the performance of mission-critical networked applications and provides pointers for what to look for in a measurement tool in a WAN optimized environment.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

SANS Institute: Oracle Database Security, What to Look for and Where to Secure by Oracle Corporation June 2010 - (Free Research) To properly protect the information at the database layer there are a number of comprehensive measures that need to be taken. With this paper Tanya Baccum, SANS Institute analyst, examines these measures for holistically protecting Oracle database from inside out.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management by Oracle Corporation June 2011 - (Free Research) This data sheet details how Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management extends the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition with capabilities that enable strategic goals to be communicated across the organization and monitoring progress over time.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The CISOs Guide to Measuring IT Security by Lumension January 2012 - (Free Research) In this comprehensive white paper, learn the key steps to enhancing your security visibility so that you have a voice at the executive table and not just a seat.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Securing your Private Keys as Best Practice for Code Signing Certificates by VeriSign EMEA July 2011 - (Free Research) This paper examines recent security breaches such as Stuxnet, and offers best practice measures, especially for the Windows platform, that can help to safeguard private keys so that your company doesn't become tools of malicious hackers.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Measuring the TCO of Tape Storage Solutions by Oracle Corporation March 2010 - (Free Research) This tutorial presents a framework and financial methodology for deciding whether an enterprise should replace its current "status quo" tape storage solution with a new "proposed" solution, and the economics related to that decision.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

CW+: Quocirca report: Enterprise performance management by ComputerWeekly.com August 2010 - (Free Research) Monitoring, measuring and reporting on the financial health of an organisation is a basic need that requires effective tools and processes to optimise the end result.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

ITIL: What It Is and Why You Should Care by Global Knowledge Network, Inc. September 2005 - (Free Research) ITIL is becoming the next big thing in Information Technology. This paper outlines the origin of ITIL, who controls its contents, who are the biggest users, and why you should care.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Virtual Data Center E-Zine:Volume 32: Public vs. Private: Comparing Cloud Architectures by thawte Inc. February 2012 - (Free Research) In this e-zine, compare the trade-offs of private and public cloud computing. Find out how you can measure, monitor and optimize the performance of applications in the cloud. Plus, learn how you can develop a solid plan for virtualizing your applications.  (EZINE) READ ABSTRACT |

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