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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 |

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 |

Measuring the TCO of Tape Storage Solutions by Oracle Corporation March 01, 2010 - (Free Research) This tutorial presents a framework and financial methodology for deciding whether an enterprise should replace its current "status quo" tape storage solution with a new "proposed" solution, and the economics related to that decision.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

IDC Whitepaper: Measuring the Business Value of Converged Infrastructure in the Data Center by HP and Intel October 31, 2011 - (Free Research) Read this resource and discover how demanding IT challenges can be solved with a converged infrastructure solution which manages all server, storage and network systems as unified IT assets. The business value of a converged infrastructure in the data center is also explored.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practices and Processes for Improving the Business Value of IT by SAP America, Inc. January 29, 2010 - (Free Research) Find out how to measure ROI for your business. Companies of all sizes constantly evaluate their operations, seeking to make changes that will increase effectiveness while controlling costs. This paper offers concrete practices, processes, and recommendations to drive the ROI of a company's IT investment (ROIT).  (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 |

Frost and Sullivan: VXI Raising the Bar on Desktop Virtualization by Cisco Systems, Inc. December 22, 2011 - (Free Research) This white paper discusses five important considerations to keep in mind when choosing desktop virtualization; the top ten most common use cases to better understand how desktop virtualization meets the demands of businesses, end-users and IT managers; and explains why a comprehensive end-to-end provider is most beneficial.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Frost and Sullivan: Raising the Bar on Desktop Virtualization by Cisco Systems, Inc. January 18, 2012 - (Free Research) This resource reveals five important considerations to keep in mind when planning desktop virtualization and discusses the ten most notable use cases for this environment.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Accenture Technology Vision 2012 by ComputerWeekly.com January 23, 2012 - (Free Research) Download this report from Accenture to discover the 6 IT technology trends that will impact CIOs in 2012.  (IT BRIEFING) READ ABSTRACT |

Computer Weekly - 17 January 2012: featuring the future of IT education; G-Cloud in action; networking challenges by ComputerWeekly.com January 17, 2012 - (Free Research) In this week’s issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the future of computer science education now the government has scrapped the current ICT curriculum, and what this means for the IT industry. We talk to an early adopter of the government G-Cloud plan; and we examine the key challenges for network architects. Download the new issue now.  (EZINE) READ ABSTRACT |

Aging ERP: When Old ERP is Too Old by Sage Software January 04, 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 |

CW+: IDC Report - How to manage documents in the enterprise by ComputerWeekly.com January 06, 2011 - (Free Research) In recent years C-level executives in many of the world's largest and most successful organizations have been forced to introduce a wide range of cost-cutting measures as macroeconomic forces continue to create a challenging and uncertain trading environment.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Barcoding 101 for Manufacturers: What You Need to Know to Get Started by Plex Systems November 12, 2010 - (Free Research) Barcoding, also known as Automatic Identification (Auto ID), is a method of encoding information into a machine-readable pattern of predefined bar and space patterns that can be quickly and accurately read by a scanner and a computer. Read this white paper to learn how to incorporate barcoding into your everyday.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Improving Power and Cooling Efficiency in the Datacenter by HP and Intel February 21, 2011 - (Free Research) HP has long been a trailblazer in using technology to reduce total cost of ownership and improve energy efficiency for data center IT systems. Check out this resource and learn the details.  (TECHNICAL ARTICLE) READ ABSTRACT |

Lowering Storage Costs with the World's Fastest Tape Drive by Oracle Corporation March 10, 2011 - (Free Research) Explosive data growth is causing storage costs to skyrocket, which is forcing IT organizations to look for more cost-effective archival and backup solutions. Oracle's StorageTek tape product family has maintained a market leadership position for many years and now includes the world's fastest and highest capacity tape drive.  (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 |

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 |

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)

EaglePicher Technologies Meets Huge Demand Spike With Crucial ERP Implementation by Plex Systems April 10, 2009 - (Free Research) EaglePicher management turned to Plex Systems of Auburn Hills, MI to help initiate a manufacturing-based ERP system for its manufacturing facilities. Its new lean manufacturing abilities have enabled it to accurately determine cost and profitability by part, allowing it to become increasingly competitive, especially against offshore competitors.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Measuring The Success of Lean by SAP America, Inc. January 27, 2012 - (Free Research) This article from IndustryWeek features advice on streamlining your business for leaner operations.  (JOURNAL ARTICLE) 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 |

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 |

The CISOs Guide to Measuring IT Security by Lumension January 2012 - (Free Research) In this comprehensive white paper, learn the key steps to enhancing your security visibility so that you have a voice at the executive table and not just a seat.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

How to tackle risk taxonomy by ComputerWeekly.com November 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 |

CW+: Quocirca Report: Building a case for data centre infrastructure management by ComputerWeekly.com July 2010 - (Free Research) Measuring, monitoring and maintaining a data centre has often been viewed as a purely technical project. Business value can be significant - and explaining this can unlock budget for DCIM investments.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

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