The need for strategic information by department and executive managers is driving the transformation of tactical departmental systems into enterprise solutions, regardless of the size of the company employing the solutions. 

Increasing numbers of enterprises are incorporating project portfolio management in their strategic planning. And just as individuals use financial reports and analyses to consider various investment options, the enterprise uses an analysis called the Business Case to evaluate various project proposals for inclusion in the project portfolio. 

The majority of user authentication schemes today still use userid and password. The burden to users of managing large numbers of userids and passwords has led to proposals for Federated Identity systems, where a single set of credentials can be used to authenticate with several organisations, which have agreed to work together as a federation. 

Design teams across the world collaborate to create and develop prod­ucts. Unfortunately, IT organizations face serious challenges when collaborative teams share large files. This white paper will assess the strengths and weaknesses of the four technologies most commonly used to enhance file sharing for distributed teams. 

Learn how your company can change from a lead generation business model to a dynamic lead development process in this joint Webcast from SiriusDecisions and KnowledgeStorm. 

With customer centricity the rallying cry for today’s retailers, retail organizations must create systems that support highly personalized and targeted decisions across multiple channels. Learn how successful retail organizations are using business rules management for marketing and merchandising operations programs to achieve customer centricity. 

In this white paper, gain insight into how to choose a retail management system that fits the needs of your business. Get tips on how to know whether or not you're ready to buy the software, essential features to look for, and the most common mistakes companies make when selecting their system. 

Whether it is selling books, groceries, gadgets or tickets, the volume of orders being taken online continues to grow. Ensuring that customers receive a prompt and personal experience, whilst remaining assured about security, is essential to the ongoing success of online retail. 

Wondering how you can use social media channels to join the conversation with your customers? Find out how software solutions can help you capture and analyze massive amounts of social media data and prepare individualized responses while integrating with your business software through a unified IT architecture. 

Read this now to learn how single-view software could enhance your customer relationship interactions with more insightful data. 

Many retail financial services institutions (FSI) do not have any visibility or context outside of a single interaction channel. In this whitepaper, we will describe the business imperative for closing the multi-channel customer experience gap and discuss how doing so gives you opportunities to differentiate. 

In late 2010, a survey of over 400 senior finance executives in the US on the value of business intelligence (BI) applications was conducted by CFO Research Services (CRS). The results are very informative and can be found in this report.