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Worst Practices in SOA Implementation: Why Service-Oriented Architectures Fail by Information Builders Inc. (E-mail this company) October 2007 - (Free Research) Service-oriented architecture (SOA) enables different programs, applications, and tools to interact via self-contained services that do not depend on the context or state of the other service. This white paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for SOA integration, and how to avoid and/or overcome these worst practices.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Is a Data Warehouse the Only Option for Business Intelligence? by Information Builders Inc. (E-mail this company) October 2007 - (Free Research) While data warehouses are important for many types of analytical systems, they aren’t always necessary. Building a data warehouse can dramatically increase the cost of a BI project. This paper describes data warehouses, along with many other options for placing relevant, timely information in the hands of business users.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practices and Processes for Improving the Business Value of IT by SAP America, Inc. January 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 |

Define What's Valued Online - A Webcast Presented by KnowledgeStorm by KnowledgeStorm Webinars (E-mail this company) September 2005 - (Free Research) The CMO Council and KnowledgeStorm have partnered to explore the relationship between online technology researchers and IT vendors. Join KnowledgeStorm in this Webcast replay to learn what over 1,400 survey respondents said about online technology content usage and its influence on IT buying.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Agility Meets Stability: Best Practices for Application Integration by IBM December 2011 - (Free Research) In this white paper, Dan Moore, the senior vice president of professional services at IBM, Cast Iron reviews the current application environment in light of emerging trends, describes an ideal complete integration solution and discusses common sense best practices as well as pitfalls.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Enhancing the Customer Experience with Loyalty Management by SAP America, Inc. April 2009 - (Free Research) By implementing loyalty programs that are integrated across sales, service, and marketing - across all channels of interaction - a firm can greatly enhance the customer experience, increase customer retention, and foster development of a community of people who serve as advocates for the business.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Oracle SOA vs. IBM SOA – Customer Perspectives on Evaluating Complexity and Business Value by Oracle Corporation December 2011 - (Free Research) With this white paper, Oracle SOA vs. IBM SOA, you'll get a healthy perspective on SOA and figure out which option is best for your organization.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Customer Experience Management Best Practices For Travel and Hospitality: Five Ways to Increase Conversion and Adoption Rates by Tealeaf September 2011 - (Free Research) In this white paper, we go over five best practices based on working with some of the world's leading travel and hospitality companies to help them take a more systematic, quantifiable approach to improving their online customer experience and, in turn, increase revenue.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Customer Experience Management Best Practices For Insurance: Five Ways to Increase Conversion and Adoption Rates by Tealeaf September 2011 - (Free Research) To jump-start your customer experience efforts, Tealeaf, the leader in online Customer Experience Management (CEM) software, recommends in this white paper five best practices that you can implement today to establish an online customer experience competency within your organization. Continue reading to learn more.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Accelerate ITIL Initiatives by Bomgar Corporation (E-mail this company) March 2008 - (Free Research) In this video, Joel Bomgar, Founder and CEO of Bomgar Corporation, explains how Bomgar fits into the ITIL framework, accelerating your ITIL initiatives through more efficient and effective Incident Management and Problem Management.  (VIDEOCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

IT Courseware by SkillSoft Corporation SkillSoft's IT Skills instruction is designed to encourage and prompt frequent learner interaction with the course content. SkillSoft maintains courseware integrity and effectiveness by offering a balance of thorough instruction, challenging practice exercises and quizzes.  (ASP & SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

IBM solutions that offer real-time customer insights, integrate applications and build brand loyalty by IBM January 2012 - (Free Research) Want to know how the most successful companies deliver exceptional customer value? Do you know the best practices for using customer analytics? This e-book answers these questions and a lot more about winning trends and practices in customer relationship management (CRM).  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

HR Best Practices: Delivering Strategic Value to the Enterprise by SAP America, Inc. December 2009 - (Free Research) To be a true strategic partner to management, human resources (HR) requires process and systems excellence. HR needs to know the business — the drivers, mission, and challenges. Read this IDC white paper to learn how to achieve excellence in HR by focusing consistency, integration, insight, responsiveness, and agility.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practices in Performance Measurement and Reporting: Understanding the Global Investment Performance Standards® by Advent Software, Inc April 2010 - (Free Research) Whether you are just starting a compliance program or need to fine-tune your existing process, this document will help you understand the steps involved in becoming GIPS compliant. It is not a substitute for the Standards themselves. It is designed to help you understand the value of compliance, what’s needed to achieve it, pitfalls to avoid.  (WHITE PAPER)

Best Practices for Implementing a Data Warehouse on Oracle Exadata Database Machine by Oracle Corporation November 2010 - (Free Research) By using the Oracle Exadata Database Machine as a data warehouse platform you have a balanced, high performance hardware configuration. This paper focuses on the other two corner stones, data modeling and data loading, providing a set of best practices and examples for deploying a data warehouse on the Oracle Exadata Database Machine.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Cloud ERP Implementation Best Practices by Plex Systems November 2010 - (Free Research) This paper explains how ERP systems based on the SaaS model meet manufacturers’ financial goals: low initial capital expense, reduced ongoing operating costs, and a short time to value. Continue reading to learn the five advantages of on-demand ERP systems, commonly referred to as SaaS.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

XBRL Mandate for Dummies by IBM February 2012 - (Free Research) This guide helps organizations assemble the right people, make the right investment in a solution and helps finance create best practices to ensure a successful XBRL compliance. Read this now and learn what XBRL is, how it works and why it’s mandated, best practices to prepare for an XBRL mandate, who to involve in the mandate process and more.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Executive panel and Q&A: Guidance and best practices by HP and Microsoft February 2012 - (Free Research) Cloud computing is changing the way we think about IT, allowing businesses to accelerate innovation, reduce costs and increase business agility. This exclusive video provides key insights on the cloud’s top opportunities and considerations today and what to expect from this dynamic environment in the future.  (VIDEO) READ ABSTRACT |

Capturing The Potential Of Cloud -- How Cloud Drives Value In IT Enterprise by IBM May 2011 - (Free Research) Nearly all CEOs are adapting their business models to cope with IT infrastructure challenges, and cloud adoption can support these changing business dynamics.  (WHITE PAPER)

Best Practices for Business Intelligence Programs in Mid Market Organizations by SAP America, Inc. May 2011 - (Free Research) This eBook is designed for IT and business professionals as well as business executives involved in BI decisions. It will give readers practical information on how to avoid problems and create successful BI programs in small and medium-sized businesses.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Advancing Enterprise Mobility to Improve Sales and Service by SAP America, Inc. March 2011 - (Free Research) Explore the latest thinking on use of mobile technology to deliver business value by enabling sales and service processes – and transform processes across the enterprise. Business software vendors can best support their customers by collaborating with strategic partners to co-innovate and foster a mobile ecosystem.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

ERP Implementation Best Practices:Manufacturers and the SaaS Delivery Model by Plex Systems January 2012 - (Free Research) Read this paper to uncover five perks of selecting a software as a service (SaaS) enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Six Success Factors for Building a Best-Run Marketing Organization by SAP America, Inc. October 2010 - (Free Research) This paper discusses six success factors that will enable your marketing organization to overcome the challenges to reaching growth and profitability objectives. Continue reading to learn more about these six success factors and more.  (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 |

SQL Server 2008 Migration: Evaluate the Value of a SQL Server Upgrade by Dell, Inc. and Intel August 2011 - (Free Research) As IT budgets continue to slump, you'll need to develop a solid case for the SQL Server upgrade. Inside this e-Book, learn about the features that will get the management buy-in.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

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