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Modelling the Insurance Enterprise by ComputerWeekly.com February 01, 2013 - (Free Research) This report from the Open Group is aimed at managers, architects, and designers that serve the insurance industry or have an interest in integrating the TOGAF and ArchiMate standards.  (ESSENTIAL GUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

A Deep Dive on DevOps and Application Deployments, Featuring a Guest Speaker from Forrester Research, Inc. by Electric Cloud September 06, 2012 - (Free Research) Watch this webcast to hear Forrester Research, Inc. analyst Glenn O'Donnell discuss current challenges in application deployment and best practices for creating strong communication and understanding between your development and operations teams.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Global Manufacturing Operations Management by Apriso Corporation September 2008 - (Free Research) This paper explains how a common platform can provide the basis for not only managing manufacturing operations, but also quality and inventory across global supplier networks.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Maximising automation and the industrialisation of IT by ComputerWeekly.com December 2012 - (Free Research) This report from analysts Bob Tarzey and Clive Longbottom makes the case for automation in IT operations management.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function by SAP America, Inc. January 2009 - (Free Research) the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business practices.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Software Licensing and Subscription by ComputerWeekly.com August 2011 - (Free Research) This research from Freeform Dynamics, based on a survey of end users,  identifies the challenges faced by IT departments and suppliers on software licensing, and offers advice to organisations on dealing with software licensing.  (ANALYST BRIEF) READ ABSTRACT |

Automating a Unified Physical Infrastructure by Panduit August 2010 - (Free Research) Read our fourth newsletter featuring research from Gartner to learn how to support business requirements and customer demands in the datacenter while reducing capital and operational expenses.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Independent Research Report: Should Your Email Live In The Cloud? An Infrastructure And Operations Analysis by Oracle Corporation January 2009 - (Free Research) This Forrester Research report explains how new cloud and hybrid deployment models can help enterprises cope with the infrastructure challenges created by growing email systems. Understand your options for migrating, consolidating, and upgrading your messaging infrastructure and the real cost of keeping or evolving your current email architecture.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Gartner: Best practices for I&O for cloud-readiness by ComputerWeekly.com January 2013 - (Free Research) Gartner analysts explain how Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) teams can best prepare for the cloud.  (ANALYST BRIEF) READ ABSTRACT |

ESG Research Final Support Report - Security Management and Operations by Hewlett-Packard Company June 2012 - (Free Research) The prevalent approach to security management and operations is to implement on an ad hoc and technology-focused basis. This haphazard approach is no longer adequate.  This report details the current state of the market and what to expect moving forward.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Improving Business Operation Performance With Innovations by SAP America, Inc. January 2013 - (Free Research) Explore this white paper to learn more about how analytics can help your business obtain higher operational performance. It discusses the impact of technology on business operations and what you can do to run a business function that produces the right results.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Renewed Finance Function: Extending Performance Management Beyond Finance by SAP America, Inc. September 2008 - (Free Research) In August 2007, CFO Research Services launched a research program to explore the ways in which the role of the finance team has changed in recent years. This report presents the findings of our online survey of 255 senior finance executives.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Invoicing and Workflow: Integrating Process Automation to Enhance Operational Performance by Kofax, Inc. February 2013 - (Free Research) This white paper presents the findings of a research study conducted to identify what differentiates successful accounts payable operations from those that are underachieving. Read now to learn how automating these processes can reduce labor costs while improving effectiveness.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Business Value of Adopting Advanced Support Tools and Utilities by Hewlett-Packard Company September 2011 - (Free Research) Discover the obstacles associated with supporting advanced technology in complex IT environments. Review what you should look for when considering support features and deliverables, and learn how specific support tools can enable improved problem resolution and minimize downtime.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Integrating Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation by Lumension August 2008 - (Free Research) An outline for successfully integrating vulnerability scanning and remediation capabilities is presented in this whitepaper. This will ensure that organizations maintain a secure environment while complying with internal and external security policies.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Mobile banking strategies - maximise your revenues by ComputerWeekly.com December 2010 - (Free Research) Juniper Research defines mobile banking as  “the provision of banking services to customers on their mobile devices”: specifically we mean in the vast majority of instances “the operation of bank current and deposit or savings accounts”.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

WAVE SYSTEMS CASE STUDY - Mazda North American Operations by Wave Systems Corp. September 2010 - (Free Research) THE CHALLENGE: Protect customer personal identifiable information and confidential business information on employee laptops scattered across North America without overburdening in-house IT resources. Read on to learn how they did it.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

The Rising Impact of Virtualization on Data Backup and Recovery by Acronis February 2012 - (Free Research) This white paper highlights the rise of virtualization and explores what businesses today can do in terms of adjusting backup and recovery functions to maintain a functioning virtual data center. Learn what applications are most commonly virtualized today, discover the differences in backup between small and large organizations and more.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Dimensional Research: IT Process Automation in Real Life: HP Customers Share Experiences by Hewlett-Packard Company December 2012 - (Free Research) This report uses interviews from 14 customers using HP Operations Management software to examine the question of how far automation takes an organization in real implementations. Read on to discover the various benefits these users reported, including an in-depth look at the three most common experiences.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Leveraging RFID & Other Pervasive Technologies to Achieve Transaction Efficiency in Consumer Retailing by Infosys Technologies Limited May 2006 - (Free Research) Providing customer satisfaction with retail operations allows organizations to gain the most revenue from their customers. Read this paper to learn how pervasive technology can be deployed to optimize operations and enable a superior customer experience.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Storage Through the Looking Glass by ComputerWeekly.com April 2013 - (Free Research) This analyst report aims to help you take a much needed step away from the technical detail of storage to create some strategic perspective.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

The Need for SOA to Achieve Flexibility and Agility within Plant Operations by Apriso Corporation August 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper offers a check list that manufacturers can use for evaluating and comparing alternative Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Quality Management Systems (QMS).  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Presentation Transcript - The Automation Imperative: Integrated and Proactive Workload Automation by ASG Software Solutions November 2010 - (Free Research) Workload automation is necessary to effectively manage widely distributed IT environments with multiple platforms, technologies and applications so that you can optimize business performance. Find out how workload automation can deliver reliable IT services in today’s volatile marketplace.  (PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT) READ ABSTRACT |

Working Together To Improve Strategic Planning by Oracle Corporation December 2009 - (Free Research) Read this paper for compelling examples of how organizations foster collaboration between finance and IT to ensure successful strategic planning.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Emergence of Service Assurance in Enterprise IT by CA Technologies. June 2011 - (Free Research) Forrester Consulting evaluated issues surrounding the assurance of critical business services and applications. In surveying more than 150 IT professionals, Forrester found that all of these enterprises had fundamental issues around managing the performance of these applications and business services and the underlying transactions.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

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