This Aberdeen Group Research Brief explores the current business challenges faced by companies striving for success with respect to sales and operations planning (S&OP). It delves into the priority allocated to S&OP, the maturity levels associated with S&OP, and the role of technology enablers. 

In this paper, learn why the database layer is so important to the software selection of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Also compare Oracle database to SQL Server databases. 

Server virtualization has proved to be an advantageous in disaster recovery situations because if physical servers have been destroyed, it’s easy to restore backups to virtual hardware. Learn how healthcare facilities can benefit from adding server virtualization to disaster recovery plans, while maintaining compliance. 

This report from Deloitte argues businesses are again investing in IT to provide the differentiation and innovation critical from their competitors despite the downturn. 

Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Contact Relationship Management (CRM), and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) is complicated. Here are six simple steps to take to manage that complexity. 

Constant product innovation has contributed to a thriving equipment-manufacturing industry, however, fewer time-saving tools are available to QA than developer groups. As a result, testing is becoming an innovation barrier. This paper examines the innovation barrier: its causes, effects, & what’s needed to restore the vigorous pace of innovation. 

In May, 2010, Verizon Wireless told investors at Barclays Capital media and technology conference in New York that it expected to offer customers who signed up for its 4G services monthly “buckets” of data. 

Advanced virtualization efforts are helping companies cut costs in their disaster recovery (DR) planning.  This webcast features a tutorial to help you leverage your virtualization efforts and get the most out of your DR strategy.        

This Ventana Research paper identifies the IT components that can be used to identify ways to improve cost management for success in today's recovering yet volatile market. 

Monitoring Vblock can be challenging, but you can make it simpler by leveraging new technology that incorporates cloud computing services to plan, build and operate to deliver optimal availability, performance, and user experience. View this webcast to learn more about how this advanced solution can benefit your IT. 

Check out this white paper to learn about the latest trends in disaster recovery and business continuity planning. This paper, featuring the survey results of companies across the globe, discusses recent developments in the DR market space and also attempts to discover the underlying causes of DR failure. 

The question is no longer if your healthcare practice will make the transition to EHR, but when.  Careful planning and effective change management can help keep missteps – and the stress and costs that come with them – to a minimum.  This white paper presents strategies for avoiding common EHR implementation problems.