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Seeing Through the Fog: Managing Application Performance in the Cloud - NetForecast by Riverbed Technology, Inc. May 19, 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 |

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 |

Accelerate Performance in Human Resources by SAP America, Inc. January 27, 2012 - (Free Research) This white paper addresses HR challenges and metrics solutions for improving operations.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

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 |

CW+: Quocirca report: Enterprise performance management by ComputerWeekly.com August 19, 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 |

SANS Institute: Oracle Database Security, What to Look for and Where to Secure by Oracle Corporation June 08, 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 |

Virtual Data Center E-Zine:Volume 32: Public vs. Private: Comparing Cloud Architectures by thawte Inc. February 01, 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 |

Metrics for Social Customer Service by SAP America, Inc. July 25, 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 |

Presentation Transcript: Address The End-To-End Challenges Of Mobile Application Delivery With HP Software by Hewlett-Packard Company January 24, 2012 - (Free Research) As adoption of mobile enterprise applications increases, it's important to take the necessary measures to ensure performance and security. Read this presentation transcript to find out what you need to know about functional testing for mobile apps, including considerations for native vs. browser-based apps, proof of concept case studies, and more!  (TRANSCRIPT) READ ABSTRACT |

Application Performance Management: The End User is King by CA Technologies. January 20, 2012 - (Free Research) A key component of operating a successful IT infrastructure is application performance management (APM), for which business transaction management (BTM) plays an important role in ensuring a positive end-user experience. APM helps organizations focus on end-to-end monitoring, measuring, and resolution of end-user problems.  (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 |

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)

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 |

‘Service-centric’ Server Monitoring by Nimsoft, Inc. January 2012 - (Free Research) Access this white paper to learn how to identify server monitoring solutions that can easily adapt availability and service quality measures for a myriad of server configurations.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Webcast: Address the end to end challenges of mobile application delivery with HP Software by Hewlett-Packard Company January 2012 - (Free Research) As adoption of mobile enterprise applications increases, it's important that organizations take the necessary measures to ensure performance and security. View this webcast to find out what you need to know about functional testing for mobile apps, including considerations for native vs. browser-based apps, proof of concept case studies, and more!  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Why Virtualization Management Needs Revamping by CA Technologies. August 2011 - (Free Research) Most enterprises that have deployed virtualization have realized substantial benefits including more agile server consolidation, provisioning, or providing disaster recovery. However, most enterprises are only 30% virtualized. Learn about management and performance measurement tools that help provide further growth in virtualization systems.  (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 |

Virtualizing Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 on Dell™ Systems Running Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ by Dell and Microsoft April 2009 - (Free Research) In this paper, various configurations of Exchange Server 2007 are tested in physical and virtual environments to evaluate the performance scalability and to understand the sizing requirements for Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized environment.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Endpoint Buyers Guide by Sophos, Inc. November 2011 - (Free Research) View this buyer's guide to explore leading vendors in the endpoint security market and discover how each measure up in the following categories: product features and capabilities, effectiveness, performance, usability, data protection, and technical support.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

IT Value Transformation Roadmap - Cloud Strategy Brief by VMware, Inc. February 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 |

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 |

Facilitating “sound practices” in risk management with IBM OpenPages ORM by IBM February 2012 - (Free Research) This white paper discusses operational risk management (ORM) in the context of "Sound Practices for the Management and Supervision of Operational Risk," a paper from the Basel Committee.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Overall Equipment Effectiveness: Monitor and Improve the Effectiveness of Your Manufacturing Processes by Plex Systems February 2012 - (Free Research) This white paper presents a thorough understanding of what overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is, how it works, and the countless benefits that result from its use. Also discover tools that enable you to accurately measure OEE so you have a clear picture of how it's improving your process efficiencies.  (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 |

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 |

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