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How to tie learning to business impact by ComputerWeekly.com December 09, 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 |

Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management by Oracle Corporation June 21, 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 |

IT Value Transformation Roadmap - Cloud Strategy Brief by VMware, Inc. February 25, 2011 - (Free Research) IT organizations are perceived by the business in two ways - as a cost center or a center of strategic value.  This paper provides a virtualization and private cloud centric road map for IT value transformation, highlighting the objectives, challenges, required competencies, success factors and success measures at each stage.  (ANALYST BRIEF) 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 |

Best-In-Class Spend Management Hinges On Spend Analysis by Ariba, Inc. January 09, 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 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 |

The Alignment-Focused Organization: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution by SAP America, Inc. November 01, 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 |

Three Keys to Better Data-driven Decisions: What You Should Know… Right Now by SAP America, Inc. February 06, 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 |

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)

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 |

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 |

SearchManufacturingERP.com Tip Guide: E-Sourcing tools to help turn strategic suppliers into partners by Ariba, Inc. February 08, 2012 - (Free Research) Read this guide to learn best practices to become strategic partners with your suppliers and understand how a sourcing strategy can make or break a company.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

How to manage emerging technology in IT by ComputerWeekly.com February 10, 2011 - (Free Research) Different Emerging Information Technologies (EIT) have different impacts upon a business. Some EIT should be used as technical tools for supporting business to make business more efficient or effective; othersshould be used as strategic tools for leading, not merely supporting, a business to make a difference.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Three Steps To Strategic Planning Excellence In Wholesale Distribution Companies by SAP America, Inc. January 27, 2012 - (Free Research) This paper outlines a set of core analytics customized for wholesaler-distributors.  (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 |

IT in the UK SMB (Small and Medium sized Business) Sector by ComputerWeekly.com January 2012 - (Free Research) This report from Knowledge Peers and Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), reveals what leaders of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) think of IT – its strategic value, its potential, and the changing way in which it is being used in their organisations.  (IT BRIEFING) 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 |

HR Best Practices: Delivering Strategic Value to the Enterprise by SAP America, Inc. December 2009 - (Free Research) To be a true strategic partner to management, human resources (HR) requires process and systems excellence. HR needs to know the business — the drivers, mission, and challenges. Read this IDC white paper to learn how to achieve excellence in HR by focusing consistency, integration, insight, responsiveness, and agility.  (WHITE PAPER) 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 |

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 as a Strategic Virtualization Alternative by Red Hat. January 2012 - (Free Research) Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 not only offers the performance and management features that virtualization customers require for their data center workloads, but also provides a strategic alternative to proprietary virtualization to enable organizations to accelerate their innovation, increase manageability, and reduce costs.  (WEBCAST) 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 |

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