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Increase Value of Operations Through Purchase-To-Pay by Ariba, Inc. December 22, 2011 - (Free Research) In this paper, discover how performance metrics for P2P’s newly enhanced capabilities can evolve to formally codify the value of the function to enterprise goals such as customer satisfaction or working capital performance.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Define What's Valued Online - A Webcast Presented by KnowledgeStorm by KnowledgeStorm Webinars (E-mail this company) September 27, 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 |

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 |

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 |

The Idea to Delivery Framework: A Holistic Approach to Deliver Customer Value by SAP America, Inc. December 2011 - (Free Research) Idea-to-delivery is an approach to delivering customer value that takes into account today's highly volatile, regulated, globally interconnected, and trading partner-dependent business environment. In this paper, find an action plan with the evolutionary steps companies can take today to move toward this new approach.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Smarter communications through analytics by IBM November 2011 - (Free Research) As research suggests, investments in data integration and analytics that maximize the value of each customer are worthwhile and create potential for financial gain. To quantify the value of those investments, an illustrative $8 billion communications provider was modeled. Results from this effort are presented throughout this paper.  (WHITE PAPER)

Enhancing Business Process Management with Business Rules by FICO January 2012 - (Free Research) While a business process management system can save time and cut costs by governing processes, it can’t decide what to do, given a particular circumstance. A business rules management system enables the right decisions to be made quickly. This white paper uses case studies to illustrate the value of adding rules to BPM.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Increasing Return on Investment with Data Services by Oracle Corporation August 2008 - (Free Research) As the number of applications generating data increases, so does an organization's need to give users access to that data through a unified system compatible with multiple interfaces. Oracle Data Service Integrator is a solution that allows organizations to build data services that unify business processes for improved customer service.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

International Transportation Management Benchmark Study:Winners See Strategic Value of Visibility by SAP America, Inc. January 2012 - (Free Research) This third annual study examines how successful firms are managing international transportation and emerging trends in the industry.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Link Between Cloud-Based Commerce and ERP Value by Ariba, Inc. December 2011 - (Free Research) Read this white paper for an overview of how the cloud enables greater collaboration, transparency and efficiency among hundreds of thousands of trading partners on a global scale. Discover how companies of all sizes can benefit from the effects that cloud computing has on enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Analytics - the new path to value by IBM November 2011 - (Free Research) To better understand how today's organizations are using analytics, a survey was conducted amongst a global sample of nearly 3,000 executive managers and analysts. Based on the results, this study offers recommendations on how organizations can strengthen their analytics capabilities to achieve a long-term advantage.  (EBOOK)

Creating Business Value with Communication-Enabled CRM Processes by SAP America, Inc. September 2008 - (Free Research) In this paper learn how companies can overcome the limitations in marketing, sales, and service processes by pursuing communication-enabled business processes (CEBPs)–enabled by communication systems that are integrated with business applications.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Executive Brief Smarter Commerce is redefining value chain visibility by IBM November 2011 - (Free Research) Putting the customer at the center of your operations is not a new idea, but truly operationalizing this strategy can be challenging. Read this paper to find out how to improve collaboration and visibility for your customers and partners and deliver consistent and predictable outcomes by synchronizing your entire value chain.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

How to realize the value of the Microsoft & SAP relationship through Duet Enterprise by Microsoft January 2012 - (Free Research) Business users can benefit from unified and simplified access to the data and actions they need to increase their productivity and make nimble business decisions.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Collaborative Sourcing: The Keys to Unlocking Greater Value by Ariba, Inc. December 2011 - (Free Research) This report looks at how a collaborative sourcing approach can help sourcing teams deliver greater value to the enterprise.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Agile Decision Services: How IBM ILOG’s Business Rule Management System Helps Organizations Deliver Fast Time to Value for Business and IT by IBM December 2010 - (Free Research) This paper explores the challenges of trying to deliver quick time-to -value for IT projects and achieve the status of ‘agile enterprise’. It illustrates how IBM® WebSphere® ILOG BRMS can facilitate the alignment of IT with business and support the implementation of an ADS to provide business value within months of project adoption.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Customer Perspectives on the Benefits of a Collaborative Process to Deliver Software Quality by IBM September 2009 - (Free Research) This Hurwitz and Associates whitepaper shares the successes, challenges and future plans of three companies - Sogeti Group, Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), and Scotiabank.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

CW+: Quocirca Report: Cloud Computing - Taking IT to task by ComputerWeekly.com August 2010 - (Free Research) Much of the discussion around modern IT still revolves around purely technical aspects of a given platform, leaving many business people in the dark as to what true value of a new technical architecture actually is.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

BPM Partners: The Strategic Need to Automate The Last Mile of Finance by IBM February 2012 - (Free Research) Read this white paper and learn about the business challenges and risks in existing manual ‘last mile’ processes dependent on different version spreadsheets, word processing files and unsecured emails, and the benefits and the value of automating ‘last mile’ processes.  (WHITE PAPER) 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 |

Business Analytics and Optimization Jumpstart: Embedding analytics to transform insights into action by IBM November 2011 - (Free Research) The combination of a complex world, the vast proliferation of data and the pressing need to stay ahead of the competition has sharpened focus on using analytics within organizations. Analytics-driven organizations are outperforming their competitors by connecting people with trusted information, enabling them to make real-time decisions.  (WHITE PAPER)

Recruitment Technology: Quality Candidates and Quality Process by SAP America, Inc. July 2011 - (Free Research) This analyst brief from the Aberdeen Group explores the recent trend of recruitment automation. Continue reading for access to the value findings and to learn how automation can provide better quality candidates without increasing the time or cost of the hiring process.  (ANALYST BRIEF) READ ABSTRACT |

Assessment Customer Value Strategy Accelerator by IBM November 2011 - (Free Research) This report can help companies rapidly understand the set of new possibilities created by digital transformation, prioritize the value propositions of business models and focus on those with the highest potential, and define the business capabilities and key tasks required to move forward on the smarter commerce path.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Oracle: Big Data for the Enterprise by Oracle Corporation December 2011 - (Free Research) By using the Oracle big data appliance with Oracle Exadata, enterprises can acquire, organize and analyze all their enterprise data to make the most informed decisions.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

SearchSAP.com E-Book: SAP Workflow update: Must-knows for delivering successful workflow projects by Dolphin October 2010 - (Free Research) SAP shops have long been using the Workflow module to automate processes controlled by the SAP FI module. Customers are looking to extend SAP Workflow to derive more value from SAP systems in place. Learn the benefits and challenges of using the SAP Business Workflow module as well as tips for planning a successful Workflow strategy.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

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