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Measuring The Business Value of IT by SAP America, Inc. September 25, 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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |

Tips for Maximizing the Return on Your ERP Investment by Sage Software January 2012 - (Free Research) This white paper describes two strategies organizations can employ to maximize the returns from their enterprise resource planning (ERP) investments: use a proven methodology to speed implementation and achieve ROI faster, and define and track metrics to measure progress in meeting business objectives.  (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 |

Virtualization Solutions from Sun Microsystems: I Remember When Being Green Meant Compromise by LEGACY - DO NOT USE - Insight June 2008 - (Free Research) For every area of your datacenter, Sun Professional Services has created a tailored assessment service.  (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)

Security in Google Apps by Google Apps August 2011 - (Free Research) Content provided by Google. While adopting cloud-based applications makes sense operationally and financially, there are still many concerns over application security in the cloud. Access this exclusive resource to learn about application security in the cloud.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Computer Weekly - 17 January 2012: featuring the future of IT education; G-Cloud in action; networking challenges by ComputerWeekly.com January 2012 - (Free Research) In this week’s issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the future of computer science education now the government has scrapped the current ICT curriculum, and what this means for the IT industry. We talk to an early adopter of the government G-Cloud plan; and we examine the key challenges for network architects. Download the new issue now.  (EZINE) READ ABSTRACT |

The global state of the PMO: The IT perspective by ComputerWeekly.com May 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 |

Your Enterprise Database Security Strategy (Forrester Consulting Report) by IBM September 2009 - (Free Research) Database security is the last line of defense, so it deserves greater focus on the protection of private data from both internal and external attacks than IT pros have traditionally given it. Read this paper to learn what steps you can take to improve database security in your organization.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Scorecarding with IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence: Monitor, Manage and Perform by IBM November 2011 - (Free Research) Scorecards help you define, monitor and manage your company's critical metrics. By translating tactics and strategies into specific, measurable objectives, scorecards help you link corporate strategy to operations and ensure that your company's goals are consistently defined, understood and communicated.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Three Keys to Better Data-driven Decisions: What You Should Know… Right Now by SAP America, Inc. February 2012 - (Free Research) It's time for small to midsized businesses (SMBs) still using outdated business processes and systems to bring their decision-making up to speed with a centralized view of enterprise information. Read this white paper to learn how the right tools can give SMBs the accurate, timely data they need to make informed, strategic business decisions.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Best-In-Class Spend Management Hinges On Spend Analysis by Ariba, Inc. January 2012 - (Free Research) This research report examines the crucial set of processes that encompass spend analysis by exploring the pressures, strategic actions and capabilities of 132 organizations surveyed globally in September 2011.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Alignment-Focused Organization: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution by SAP America, Inc. November 2007 - (Free Research) Take a look at how organizations are taking strides to align business strategy with actual initiatives, projects, and daily activities - in short, to close the gap between strategy and execution.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

ALM eBook by Hewlett-Packard Company November 2011 - (Free Research) Read this e-book to learn how to approach application lifecycle management (ALM) in order to deliver the timely, effective, modern applications that real business outcomes rely on.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Aging ERP: When Old ERP is Too Old by Sage Software January 2012 - (Free Research) This analyst insight looks at the performance of companies that have more recent enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations and compare them to companies that have systems over 15 years old.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

SOA Maturity Model: Guiding and Accelerating SOA Success by Oracle Corporation September 2008 - (Free Research) This paper outlines the Oracle SOA Maturity Model and explains how the model is used to accelerate SOA adoption by identifying specific capabilities that are either completely lacking or which are lagging with respect to the other capabilities necessary for successful SOA adoption.  (WHITE PAPER) 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 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 |

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