This webcast shows the potential roles of both general and complex event processing within your SOA initiative, and how these two approaches can be applied in a complementary fashion to meet a variety of business objectives. 

Hyperion performance management applications deliver a wide range of Business benefits as well as IT benefits; this overview outlines key benefits. 

This paper outlines the use of Key Performance Indicators (KPI metrics) together with associated Key Performance Drivers (KPD metrics) within the context of value stream management to support continuous operational performance improvement. 

A recent global study from Cranfield School of Management found organizations are too internally focused and did not use sufficient external information or benchmarking. A better understanding of management processes is needed. That is why we introduced our view on the management process: strategy-to-success. Read this whitepaper to learn more. 

In this paper Gomez poses several questions to Tim Grieser, vice president of IDC's Enterprise System Management Software program, on behalf of Gomez's customers. Read on to learn the answers to some of the most important questions regarding web-based applications. 

Learn how you can deliver more services with fewer tax dollars and deliver unparalleled public value, lower cost of ownership and scalability to grow affordably over time. 

In a challenging economy, the price paid for bad decisions can be dire. Even average decisions can cost your organization dearly. See how information sweet spots and performance management can help you not only weather the storm, but be better prepared to steer your way with greater agility into the upturn. 

Leaders of business intelligence and performance management (BIPM) initiatives often have a charter that spans the enterprise. Success requires these pervasive initiatives to use enterprise information management. Read this Gartner paper on how to link the two initiatives for a greater chance of project success. 

This white paper demonstrates how running a responsible business and high levels of performance do not have to work against each other. And it makes a case for why sustainability issues should simply be part of a company’s overall performance management practices. 

Take a look at how organizations are taking strides to align business strategy with actual initiatives, projects, and daily activities - in short, to close the gap between strategy and execution. 

The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls 

Today the use of balanced scorecards for performance management has become a hallmark of a well-run company. This paper will provide guiding principles to help your company's overall performance. 

In this issue of SearchSoftwareQuality.com's Software Testing eZine, we'll discuss a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as a new testing environment as well as an Agile software development (ASD) methodology.