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Whitepapers
Greener IT, Greener Education
Jul 2008
Because of all the trends, green IT is moving up the agenda of IT professionals in higher and further education. In a recent poll3 of members by Universities and Colleges Information Systems...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Why Settle for Less?: Deloitte Consulting 2008 Outsourcing Report
Feb 2008
While outsourcing is generally recognized as a strategy for producing cost savings, few surveys to date have utilized a large enough sample of respondents to provide an accurate estimate of the...
Provided by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
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Whitepapers
Outsourcing in Times of Crisis: How External Relationships Deliver Real Business Results
Mar 2009
Turbulent economic times can be a catalyst for significant business change, with opportunities to capture new customers, develop new products and services and preserve brand loyalty. Companies...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Outsourcing in the Face of Uncertainty: A Comprehensive Solution to End-User Management
Mar 2009
Now more than ever, companies are looking to reduce delivery complexity, enhance end-user experience, and reduce IT expenses. They're assessing what they do, how they do it, and whether they...
Provided by Siemens
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White Papers
Social Networks and Contract Enforcement in IT Outsourcing
Feb 2009
Most prior research on Information Technology Outsourcing has characterized the dominant governance modes as either 'Formal' or 'Relational,' which rely on stringent assumptions of perfect...
Provided by University of California
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White Papers
IT Outsourcing: A Valuable Alternative for Independent Long-Term Care Pharmacies
Nov 2008
As independent Long-Term Care Pharmacies (LTCPs) seek to better serve their customers while remaining both profitable and competitive, they are continuously challenged to reevaluate and adjust...
Provided by OPESNET
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White Papers
Building a Long-Term Strategy for IT Sustainability
Apr 2009
Intel IT is engaged in developing a broad, ongoing sustainability strategy to help Intel consume fewer resources and emit less waste. In analyzing the business case for IT sustainability,...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
IT Outsourcing the New "It" for Startups
May 2009
One of the greatest changes that the past decade has brought is the ease with which a start-up can outsource its every need. These days almost every service company needs is available in...
Provided by OSF Global Services
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White Papers
Mission-Critical Application Management: Priority Candidate for Offshore Outsourcing
Mar 2009
This white paper is part of series of informational papers developed by Keane to share knowledge on specific outsourcing issues of importance in today's business environment. This paper covers the...
Provided by Keane
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White Papers
Alternative Computing Options for an Alternative Energy Company
Jun 2009
InsynQ services combine computing resources in the data center, increasing the processing power for the clients while using less equipment for the task. And InsynQ services promote the use of thin...
Provided by InsynQ
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Whitepapers
Getting Smarter About IT Risks
Jun 2008
Information Technology (IT) has improved organisational efficiency and performance. It has helped to lower costs and to increase levels of innovation. IT has also allowed businesses to become more...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Total Cost of Ownership Analysis: HyperOffice Vs. MS Exchange
Jan 2008
The Total Cost of Ownership Analysis, or TCO, seeks to measure all of the expenses, both human and technical, behind a given technology. This type of analysis shows that the costs to build and...
Provided by HyperOffice
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Whitepapers
Collaborative Portal Decisions That Make "Cents": Reducing Total Cost of Ownership by 50% or More With SaaS Solutions
Dec 2008
Traditionally, large IT organizations have utilized their resources to design, build and launch new applications within their datacenters using Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software. The...
Provided by Compuware
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White Papers
Optimizing Business Benefits for Midsize Companies Through the HP-Oracle Accelerate Partnership
Jul 2008
Midsize companies - firms that are neither small businesses nor in the Fortune 5000 - are under increasing pressure to sharpen their business processes in light of globalization and changing...
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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White Papers
The Benefits of Risk Assessment for Projects, Portfolios, and Businesses
Jun 2009
Assessing risk at the project, portfolio, and business levels helps understand risk, make better decisions, negotiate fair contracts, create risk mitigation scenarios, and improve teamwork. This...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Smarter Ways to Green: How to Make Sustainability Succeed in Your Business
Feb 2008
Given the urgency of the situation, sustainability - which essentially is the ability to meet own needs without adversely affecting future generations - has become the watchword of age? And it has...
Provided by Xerox
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White Papers
Simply Green: A Few Steps in the Right Direction Toward Integrating Sustainability Into Public Sector IT
Mar 2008
There may be no single, simple answer to the complex issue of climate change. Yet there are simple steps that the public sector IT community can take in responding to renewed concerns about...
Provided by e.Republic
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White Papers
Enterprise Risk Management: S&P Enhancement White Paper
Dec 2008
Standard & Poor's (S&P) announcement provides a timely opportunity for effected companies to conduct an objective, third-party review of their ERM programs prior to the official S&P risk...
Provided by Aon
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White Papers
Insight | Keys to a Successful IT Risk Management Program
Feb 2009
One wants to successfully manage IT risk? The first step is critical. One must first understand what it is trying to manage. An insurance company first engaged Contego knowing one thing - they...
Provided by Contego
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Whitepapers
IT Risk Management: Balanced Maturity Can Yield Big Results
Jan 2009
Think IT risk management is just about spending money to avoid risks? Think again. Recent research shows that organisations taking a balanced approach to IT risk management maturity have fewer...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The Role of IT in Campus Sustainability Efforts
Jan 2009
As the impact of worldwide carbon emissions comes into sharper focus, college and university sustainability efforts are increasingly turning green, focusing on ways to use resources more...
Provided by EDUCAUSE
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White Papers
Investment-Based Budgeting: Why CFOs Should Mandate a New Corporate Budgeting Process
Sep 2008
While most budget processes succeed at setting spending limits, they do little to assure the proper allocation of resources. This white paper examines the shortcomings of traditional budget...
Provided by NDMA
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White Papers
More Realistic Estimating: Separating Risks and Opportunities From Uncertainty
Mar 2009
In this white paper, an example is used to illustrate the benefits of using the risk register in Oracle's Primavera Risk Analysis. These benefits include improved understanding, planning,...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Litigation Holds: How Windows Shops Can Reduce Risk With a Successful Litigation Hold Process
Jul 2008
An ever-increasing number of rules and guidelines at the federal and state levels govern how companies must identify, manage, hold and produce electronically stored information, called ESI....
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
ESI Data Map: Managing Litigation Risk
Jul 2008
The digital age has brought with it new challenges in the courtroom. Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that went into effect in December 2006 allow electronically stored information,...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Exploring e-Discovery Tools
Oct 2008
STAYING ON TOP of legal requests and litigation holds doesn't have to be so complicated. There are basic technical tools that can help provide a level of preparedness for litigation - whether a...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
The ROI of eCitation: Just the Ticket to Higher Revenues
May 2009
Many states, provinces, counties, and municipalities are facing a budget crisis. As the economy contracts and tax bases are diminished, state and local governments will continue to experience...
Provided by Motorola
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White Papers
Innovations in Managing IT Service Quality: Managing Service Quality and Risk to Service Delivery in a Lean Economy
Apr 2009
The ongoing global economic recession has left no business, budget or IT organization unscathed. Corporations, forced to do more with fewer resources, are demanding greater economies of scale....
Provided by CA
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Webcasts
The Economics of Green IT: Start Saving Money
Jul 2009
CIOs pay millions of dollars a year to power and cool data centers. Many enterprises, some for the first time this year, have shifted the energy bill from facilities to IT, with the hope - and...
Provided by Symantec
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Webcasts
Invoice Capture: Where Do You Stand in the War Against Paper?
Jun 2009
Despite efforts to go paperless, most organizations still receive the majority of invoices in paper format. A faster, more efficient means of handling invoices is crucial to the success of the...
Provided by EMC
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White Papers
A Comparison of High-Level Full-System Power Models
Nov 2008
Dynamic power management in enterprise environments requires an understanding of the relationship between resource utilization and system-level power consumption. Power models based on resource...
Provided by Sonoma State University
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White Papers
Cisco and Fluke Networks End-to-End Application Performance Management Solution for Managed Services
Jul 2009
By taking advantage of APM solutions from Cisco and Fluke Networks, MSPs and IT departments that operate in a similar manner have full visibility into application performance and can align network...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
IMS Common Services Layer - An Introduction
Jan 2009
The Common Services Layer (CSL) simplifies systems management tasks. It provides a single system image and single point of control for shared resources across all IMS systems. The CSL enables one...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
How to Make Going Green: Good Business Sense
May 2009
While managers are focused on driving cost efficiencies into their operations - increasingly so as recession looms - they can often lose sight of IT investments that will achieve savings as well...
Provided by Fujitsu
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White Papers
Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC): A Guide for the CIO
Oct 2008
This is an early paper to Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) based on a government consultation report and, whilst it is unlikely that the high level structure will change, there could be...
Provided by Fujitsu
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Whitepapers
Understanding the Components of Business Confidence
Jul 2009
Companies of all sizes and in all sectors are investing significant resources in improving their business effectiveness. Their efforts focus on a number of key areas, including technologies to...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
"The Challenge of Strategic Alignment": The Role of Scorecards & Dashboards in Strategy Execution
Dec 2008
One of the greatest management challenges of the 21st Century is guiding large and complex organizations towards their goals. Value creation, whether expressed in shareholder value terms or...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Winning With Environmental Strategies: How & Why Businesses Should Adopt Green Practices
Apr 2009
This paper is aimed at small business owners who are interested in learning more about green business practices that will help increase productivity and efficiencies throughout their business....
Provided by AMI-Partners
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Whitepapers
Top Ten Reports in Clinical Performance Management
Jan 2009
Finding ways to reduce the cost of clinical trials is on the agenda of every pharmaceutical company striving to remain profitable. Many are turning to clinical performance management software to...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
The R-O-I of Globally Integrated Operations: Strategies for Enabling Global Integration
Mar 2009
Business leaders in the new economic environment face intense pressure to cut costs, and optimize resources and capital productivity on a global basis. In a truly "Globally integrated enterprise,"...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
CHINA: Opportunities and Options for Outsourcing in China
Feb 2011
China, with 20 percent of the world's population and now the second-largest economy in the world, is no stranger to outsourcing. The country has become both a substantial buyer and seller of...
Provided by ISG
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White Papers
Captive Versus BPO Outsourcing
Jan 2012
Should the people outsource their domestic shared services processes or run themselves in a low-cost offshore location? Which will provide the best mix of quality, efficiency and lowest risk? Many...
Provided by ISG
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White Papers
The Top 10 Problems With Outsourcing Implementations (And How to Overcome Them)
Apr 2008
One can choose blue-chip service providers and sign innovative, iron-clad, risk-sharing contracts - but still not achieve successful results if one underestimate the importance of Change...
Provided by TPI
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Case Studies
Infiniti Retail: National Chain of Retail Stores Moves to Hosted Solution, Reduces TCO by 25 to 30 Percent
Jul 2011
Infiniti Retail, a Tata Group company, runs an Indian retail chain for consumer electronics. Infiniti Retail want to boost IT efficiency and give employees access to unified communications, so...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
A Case Study of Measuring Process Risk for Early Insights Into Software Safety
May 2011
In this paper, the authors examine software safety risk in three flight hardware systems in NASA's Constellation spaceflight program. They applied their Technical and Process Risk Measurement...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
A Conceptual Framework of Knowledge Transfer in Malaysia E-Government IT Outsourcing: An Integration With Transactive Memory System (TMS)
Sep 2011
Despite extensive research on knowledge transfer issues, there is a dearth of research that has explicitly focused on the role of Transactive Memory System (TMS) in enabling inter-organizational...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Science Issues
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White Papers
A Study of When to Release a Software Product from the Perspective of Software Reliability Models
Apr 2011
If a software product with a significant number of defects is released too early to users, the software manufacturer will incur post-release costs of fixing the faults. If a product is released...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
The Application of SOFM Fuzzy Neural Network in Project Cost Estimate
Aug 2011
Applications of neural network were widely used in construct project cost estimate. Aim at handling weakness of poor convergence and insufficient forecast, an improved fuzzy neural network method...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
Search Engine System Based on Ontology of Technological Resources
Sep 2011
Internet has become a huge and updating information warehouse, and provides a new source for the authors to build a well technological resources sharing system to support their research work and...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
Competitive Multi-attribute On-line Auction
Oct 2011
The emergence of auction that supports bids characterized by several attributes is one of the most recent evolutions within auction theory. This paper introduces the multi-attribute and...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
A Defeasible Logic Programming Approach to the Integration of Rules and Ontologies
Jun 2010
The Semantic Web is a vision of the current Web where resources have exact meaning assigned in terms of ontologies, thus enabling agents to reason about them. As inconsistencies cannot be treated...
Provided by Universidad Nacional del Sur
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White Papers
Tools Selection Criteria in Software - Developing Small and Medium Enterprises
Apr 2010
Nowadays, it's well-known that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) generate important contributions to the software industry. Their particular characteristics constitute a challenge to decision...
Provided by Universidad Simon Bolivar
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White Papers
Platform for Collection from Heterogeneous Web Sources and its Application to a Semantic Repository Organization at SeDiCI: Preliminaries
Oct 2009
Presentation of a web collection platform designed to relate and unify information available on different standard web sources with a view to creating a user-browseable thematic repository. The...
Provided by Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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White Papers
Exploration of Heterogeneous FPGA Architectures
Feb 2011
Mesh-based heterogeneous FPGAs are commonly used in industry and academia due to their area, speed, and power benefits over their homogeneous counterparts. These FPGAs contain a mixture of logic...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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White Papers
Multi-Item Lot-Sizing With Joint Set-Up Costs
Apr 2008
In this paper, the authors consider a multi-item lot-sizing discrete time problem in which production takes place in (a possibly limited number of) mixed batches of constant capacity. Apart from...
Provided by Springer Science+Business Media
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White Papers
How to Deliver Business Data to iPads and iPhones Quickly and Easily
Oct 2011
You get a request every day it seems from executives who want IT to give them the ability to download critical business data to their iPads or iPhones. These executives don't care what it takes;...
Provided by FileMaker
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Case Studies
Albany International Corp. Reduces TCO and Simplifies Remote Management With NetApp
May 2010
Albany International Corp. is a global advanced textiles and materials processing company. They want to reduce costs associated with outsourced infrastructure and accommodate data growth in a more...
Provided by NetApp
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Webcasts
RTO Software TScale: Citrix, Terminal Services Optimization
May 2008
In this webcast, the presenter says about RTO Software's TScale Citrix / Terminal Services optimization solution and how it increases the scalability, reliability and performance of applications...
Provided by DABCC.com
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Case Studies
Tata Communications Helps Customers Proactively Mitigate it Risk
Mar 2011
Tata Communications Limited may be best known for providing innovative voice and communication services within more than 200 countries, the company has expanded far beyond those roots. They sought...
Provided by Qualys
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Case Studies
Global Provider of Business Process Outsourcing(BPO)
Jul 2009
Sitel business need is to attain a state of standardized audit readiness and compliance across multiple data centers, for meeting PCI DSS requirements, and other forthcoming global regulatory...
Provided by Tripwire
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Whitepapers
IDC Link Report - HP's Initiative for Cloud Computing
Feb 2011
This analysis compares various cloud offerings in the market. Discover resources available to help you assess your options and accelerate the launch of your initiative. Co-Sponsored by:
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Simplifying Network Infrastructure and Reducing Costs
Jul 2009
M2R Technology Group, based in West Chester, Ohio, is a computer network engineering company that offers IT planning, management, and support services. This lack of standardization made the...
Provided by WatchGuard Technologies
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Case Studies
Radiant Systems Finds Fast ROI With WatchGuard
Jan 2010
Radiant Systems is a business leader in the point of sale technology industry, providing innovative, easy to use technology to retail and hospitality businesses of all sizes. Radiant Systems has...
Provided by WatchGuard Technologies
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Case Studies
MMG Insurance Case Study
Jun 2010
A premier property and casualty insurer in the Northeast, MMG Insurance serves customers in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. The company turned to DigitalPersona for a cost...
Provided by DigitalPersona
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Podcasts
Groundbreaking Best-Practices Model for Acquiring IT & Technical Products and Services
Nov 2007
In this podcast, the speaker states that the inclusion of CMMI-ACQ into the SEI's already robust CMMI Product Suite addresses an ever-growing demand for a much-needed standard in government and...
Provided by Carnegie Mellon University
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White Papers
How Does Internal Perception Affect Your IT Organization?
Aug 2011
Most of the author's papers are about business problems and how they affect an organization. Often, the author takes a macro-level approach to introduce solutions to meet those problems. This...
Provided by Integrated Business Services
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Webcasts
Sustainable IT Services
Jan 2011
This webcast on Sustainable IT Services shows that being green is no longer a luxury for business and reveals that the business case for sustainability and the carbon case now go hand in hand.
Provided by Capgemini
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Webcasts
Platform Manager Overview Video
Jan 2011
Platform Manager simplifies board management design significantly by integrating programmable analog and logic to support many common functions, such as power management, digital housekeeping and...
Provided by Lattice Semiconductor
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White Papers
Any-Constraint Personalized Network Selection
Jul 2008
In densely covered areas and with multi-interface terminals, network selection is a complex problem, especially if it takes into account different criteria such as context and signal strength. The...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
WPRiMA Tool: Managing Risks in Web Projects
Jun 2009
Risk management is an essential fraction of project management, which plays a significant role in project success. Many failures associated with Web projects are the consequences of poor awareness...
Provided by Universiti Sains Malaysia
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White Papers
SaaS Migration Approach: Enabling ISVs for on Demand Software Services
Jun 2011
Contemporary software business models and economic conditions are accelerating the adoption of SaaS (Software as a Service) for ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) to beat the market pace as...
Provided by Tech Mahindra
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White Papers
Information Systems Outsourcing Reasons and Risks: An Empirical Study
Jun 2009
Outsourcing, a management practice strongly consolidated within the area of Information Systems, is currently going through a stage of unstoppable growth. This paper makes a proposal about the...
Provided by University of Alicante
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White Papers
An Audit Environment for Outsourcing of Frequent Itemset Mining
Aug 2009
Finding frequent itemsets is the most costly task in association rule mining. Outsourcing this task to a service provider brings several benefits to the data owner such as cost relief and a less...
Provided by VLDB Endowment
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White Papers
Incentive Games and Mechanisms for Risk Management
Dec 2010
Incentives play an important role in (security and IT) risk management of a large-scale organization with multiple autonomous divisions. This paper presents an incentive mechanism design framework...
Provided by Technical University of Berlin
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Whitepapers
Top 10 benefits to user virtualisation
Jun 2011
Are you looking for the short and sweet version of the benefits to implementing AppSense with Microsoft App-V and Windows 7? It's here, in 10 easy points, showing you the importance of user...
Provided by AppSense
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White Papers
Easy Recovery Through Environment Awareness
Jul 2008
Recovery is the action of getting back or regaining to former status. This action involves in obtaining usable resources that are available. Thus, having awareness of the computing system's...
Provided by Universiti Putra Malaysia
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White Papers
A Case Study on Evaluating Project Achievement of ITSP Implementation
Jul 2008
Nowadays, Information Technology Strategic Planning (ITSP) was developed by most of the organization. The plan basically emphasized on Information Technology (IT) goal and strategy for the next...
Provided by Universiti Putra Malaysia
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Case Studies
Allianz Life Insurance Improves Service Levels While Achieving Cost Savings by Outsourcing Operations to TCS
Dec 2010
Allianz Life Insurance Company wished to concentrate on its core business and free up resources to focus on relationship-based activities rather than processing regular transactions. It therefore...
Provided by Tata Consultancy Services
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White Papers
The IT Profit Centre: Delivering Measurable Value to the Business Through Better IT Management
May 2011
The day-to-day job of fixing recurring problems with all the network end-points that constitute a business's IT infrastructure, whether they are in the data centre, the office or out in the field,...
Provided by Quocirca
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Case Studies
Analysts Closers Update & Tracking Editor
Feb 2009
Distressed Products Group (DPG) the newly developed system was destined to replace former product with new one, based on the innovative web technology and ability to cooperate with other...
Provided by LUXOFT
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White Papers
Litigation Holds: How Windows Shops Can Reduce Risk With a Successful Litigation Hold Process
Jul 2008
An ever-increasing number of rules and guidelines at the federal and state levels govern how companies must identify, manage, hold and produce electronically stored information, called ESI....
Provided by Symantec
-
White Papers
ESI Data Map: Managing Litigation Risk
Jul 2008
The digital age has brought with it new challenges in the courtroom. Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that went into effect in December 2006 allow electronically stored information,...
Provided by Symantec
-
White Papers
Exploring e-Discovery Tools
Oct 2008
STAYING ON TOP of legal requests and litigation holds doesn't have to be so complicated. There are basic technical tools that can help provide a level of preparedness for litigation - whether a...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Applying COBIT With Limited Resources
Jul 2008
Many midsize and small businesses, IT departments, and organizations in general look at best practices and governance as procedures into which they will grow eventually. Common justifications for...
Provided by ISACA
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White Papers
The ROI of eCitation: Just the Ticket to Higher Revenues
May 2009
Many states, provinces, counties, and municipalities are facing a budget crisis. As the economy contracts and tax bases are diminished, state and local governments will continue to experience...
Provided by Motorola
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White Papers
Innovations in Managing IT Service Quality: Managing Service Quality and Risk to Service Delivery in a Lean Economy
Apr 2009
The ongoing global economic recession has left no business, budget or IT organization unscathed. Corporations, forced to do more with fewer resources, are demanding greater economies of scale....
Provided by CA
-
Webcasts
The Economics of Green IT: Start Saving Money
Jul 2009
CIOs pay millions of dollars a year to power and cool data centers. Many enterprises, some for the first time this year, have shifted the energy bill from facilities to IT, with the hope - and...
Provided by Symantec
-
Webcasts
Invoice Capture: Where Do You Stand in the War Against Paper?
Jun 2009
Despite efforts to go paperless, most organizations still receive the majority of invoices in paper format. A faster, more efficient means of handling invoices is crucial to the success of the...
Provided by EMC
-
White Papers
A Comparison of High-Level Full-System Power Models
Nov 2008
Dynamic power management in enterprise environments requires an understanding of the relationship between resource utilization and system-level power consumption. Power models based on resource...
Provided by Sonoma State University
-
White Papers
Cisco and Fluke Networks End-to-End Application Performance Management Solution for Managed Services
Jul 2009
By taking advantage of APM solutions from Cisco and Fluke Networks, MSPs and IT departments that operate in a similar manner have full visibility into application performance and can align network...
Provided by Cisco Systems
-
White Papers
IMS Common Services Layer - An Introduction
Jan 2009
The Common Services Layer (CSL) simplifies systems management tasks. It provides a single system image and single point of control for shared resources across all IMS systems. The CSL enables one...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
How to Make Going Green: Good Business Sense
May 2009
While managers are focused on driving cost efficiencies into their operations - increasingly so as recession looms - they can often lose sight of IT investments that will achieve savings as well...
Provided by Fujitsu
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White Papers
Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC): A Guide for the CIO
Oct 2008
This is an early paper to Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) based on a government consultation report and, whilst it is unlikely that the high level structure will change, there could be...
Provided by Fujitsu
-
Whitepapers
Understanding the Components of Business Confidence
Jul 2009
Companies of all sizes and in all sectors are investing significant resources in improving their business effectiveness. Their efforts focus on a number of key areas, including technologies to...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
"The Challenge of Strategic Alignment": The Role of Scorecards & Dashboards in Strategy Execution
Dec 2008
One of the greatest management challenges of the 21st Century is guiding large and complex organizations towards their goals. Value creation, whether expressed in shareholder value terms or...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Winning With Environmental Strategies: How & Why Businesses Should Adopt Green Practices
Apr 2009
This paper is aimed at small business owners who are interested in learning more about green business practices that will help increase productivity and efficiencies throughout their business....
Provided by AMI-Partners
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Whitepapers
Top Ten Reports in Clinical Performance Management
Jan 2009
Finding ways to reduce the cost of clinical trials is on the agenda of every pharmaceutical company striving to remain profitable. Many are turning to clinical performance management software to...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
The R-O-I of Globally Integrated Operations: Strategies for Enabling Global Integration
Mar 2009
Business leaders in the new economic environment face intense pressure to cut costs, and optimize resources and capital productivity on a global basis. In a truly "Globally integrated enterprise,"...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Why SAP Projects Fail to Deliver ROI (and How to Change It)
Sep 2009
There are many more mountains of additional things one can do to use SAP to achieve genuine business benefit, find that "Elusive" ROI and make a real difference in the marketplace. But to get...
Provided by R3Now.com
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White Papers
Outsourcing Risk Reduction: How to Avoid Disasters and Ensure Solid Working Relationships
Jan 2009
With the right outsourcing arrangement, one can convert fixed IT costs to variable, gain access to scarce resources and increase service availability. But one needs to manage outsourcing risks. Of...
Provided by ExecutiveBrief
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Webcasts
Reduce Costs With Good Systems Management Practices in Hard Economic Times
Sep 2009
As budgets are being slashed, IT is still expected to do more with less to support the business. With good systems management practices in place using products from Symantec such as Altiris Client...
Provided by Symantec
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Webcasts
Going Green to Make Green: Increase Revenue While Saving the Planet
May 2009
In this tough economy, there has never been a better time to go with a low-cost telecommunications package to not only stay competitive but helps the company go "Green." The attendee of this...
Provided by Tippit
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Case Studies
CNACG Improves Budget Accuracy by 50% With Integrated Budget Management System
Aug 2009
CNACG undertakes central budgeting and accounting for more than 300 coal-related enterprises across the country. These enterprises have a complex managerial hierarchy, making it challenging for...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
JCH Cuts Budget Planning Process From 130 Days to 80 Days With Centralized System
Aug 2009
Due to rapid business expansion and intensifying competition, JCH found that its legacy budget management system did not offer the sophisticated features necessary for detailed planning and...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Cummins China Investment Improves Budget Accuracy by More Than 60%
Aug 2009
In China, Cummins has a complex business structure that makes it difficult for head office staff to understand the budget requirements of its four units - engines, generator units, automotive...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
IBM Case Study: Wander
Feb 2009
Wander's objective was to obtain a profitability calculation for each individual customer and improve the accuracy of its sales planning. It also aimed to improve the planning of brand...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Sentinel Keys Provide Vital Defense of Revenue for ECOSOFT's Cost Engineering Application
Jul 2008
Founded in 1984, ECOSOFT provides integrated solutions for information management with software and market research. ECOSOFT's main focus is to address the business challenges of stakeholders in...
Provided by SafeNet
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Case Studies
Microsoft Builds a Green Campus to Save Costs and Reduce Carbon Footprint
Aug 2009
Microsoft planned to expand its facilities in Shanghai, China, beginning in late 2007. It needed to incorporate sustainable building requirements and cost savings into the campus. Microsoft IT...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Taking Auto Insurance to the Next Level
Oct 2008
In December 1999, Esurance launched its Web site to harness the power of the Internet and revolutionize the way people purchase insurance. Esurance needs to stay in constant contact with its...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
A Risk Management Perspective: The Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rules for 2008 and 2009
Nov 2008
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule on August 1, 2007, which revises the acute care hospital Inpatient...
Provided by Aon
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White Papers
Configuration and Change Management for IT Compliance and Risk Management: The Tripwire Approach
Nov 2007
This white paper discusses key issues surrounding configuration management and compliance. These issues center on the IT department's need to lower costs, increase management flexibility and...
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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Case Studies
Mitigating the Risk of an ERP Implementation
Jan 2009
A top 10 public university engages Gartner to develop the business case for an ERP migration. Subsequent implementation is supported by risk mitigation and Independent Verification and Validation...
Provided by Gartner
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Case Studies
An Aerospace Company Saves $26 Million
Jan 2009
A large aerospace and defense manufacturing group wanted to grow, yet contain costs at the same time. A Gartner engagement helped deliver the vision and exceed cost savings expectations. The...
Provided by Gartner
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Case Studies
Financial Services Firm Saves $32 Million
Jan 2009
A major US financial services firm asked Gartner to review its corporate wide initiatives designed to reduce costs and improve operating efficiency ratios. The challenge was to improve service...
Provided by Gartner
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White Papers
Enterprise Risk Management for Colleges and Universities
Sep 2009
New opportunities and challenges emerge every day for colleges and universities. In this dynamic environment, institutions face uncertainty over whether they will achieve their goals. Uncertainty...
Provided by Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services
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White Papers
Experimental Learning: Managing Risks Maximizing Rewards
Jul 2008
The last decade has seen an exponential growth in the number of students participating in experiential learning programs. Many degree programs require internships and community based learning...
Provided by Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services
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White Papers
Application Portfolio Management: Delivering Improved Functionality to Drive Efficiency, Innovation, and Growth
Jan 2008
Globalization and the accelerating pace of change have created a mass of complex business, technology, and management requirements - resulting in an overwhelming mix of technologies and...
Provided by Lionbridge Technologies
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Webcasts
"Demystifying Green IT"
Jan 2009
The attendee of this webcast will learn how energy-efficient networking can help the business thrive.
Provided by 3Com
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Webcasts
Novell Collaboration Strategy Video Webcast
Jan 2009
The presenters of this webcast outline Novell's view of collaboration market trends, strategy for addressing them, and the unique ability to deliver collaboration solutions that drive innovation...
Provided by Novell
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Webcasts
Boost ROI With Coordinated Online and Search Marketing Teams
Sep 2009
This webcast looks at how one can - and must - build consensus and cooperation among key members of the marketing team. The presenter will show how team members working in each digital channel...
Provided by Fathom SEO
