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Automating Infrastructure and Operations Management with VMware
With VMware, virtualization tools come with a management system built in. Check out this webcast to learn more.
Sponsored by VMware Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800
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IT Priorities 2012 - United States
Mar 2012
IT organizations around the world look to the United States for emerging trends in IT. It makes sense too. Many, if not most of the new technologies in IT are created there. With virtualization,...
Provided by ZDNet
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IT Priorities 2012 Executive Summary - United States
Mar 2012
IT organizations around the world look to the United States for emerging trends in IT. It makes sense too. Many, if not most of the new technologies in IT are created there. With virtualization,...
Provided by ZDNet
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The IT Strategic Plan Step-By-Step
Apr 2007
It's April and you are four months into your organization's fiscal year. You know that within six months you'll need to have your operating plan for the upcoming year in fairly solid shape. You...
Provided by Forrester Research
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White Papers
Evolution of IT Services Delivery Model
Mar 2008
With an anticipated slowdown in the global economy there is higher pressure on IT services partners to demonstrate greater value and differentiation in services. Clients are looking at their IT...
Provided by Infosys Technologies
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White Papers
Survival Guide: Overcoming the Obstacles to Risk Management
Oct 2011
This virtual event is based on the findings of the 2010 IBM Global IT Risk Study. The risk study was built upon unique pairing of the Economist Intelligence Unit and the IBM Institute of...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Metrics That Matter: Uncovering KPIs That Get Results
Jan 2009
High performing IT organizations didn't get that way by accident, as revealed in a recent benchmark study by the IT Process Institute (ITPI). Other organizations can achieve better performances...
Provided by Tripwire
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White Papers
Ask Before You Outsource: Ten Critical Questions to Put to Potential Service Providers
Jan 2001
As outsourcing becomes both more pervasive and mission-critical, the burning question is no longer “should I outsource?” but rather “what should I outsource, and to whom?” Companies must therefore...
Provided by Structure
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Webcasts
Our Iceberg Is Melting and Other Stories About Leading Change
May 2007
Even when it is obvious to a person that change in the organization is necessary, the difficulties that loom for creating that change can be intimidating. Or perhaps the change effort is well...
Provided by SAS Institute
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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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White Papers
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
Measuring the Value of IT Service Management (ITSM)
Jan 2009
The purpose of this paper is to present a method for reducing risk and increasing IT contribution during uncertain times and to assist readers with measuring the value and building a business case...
Provided by Enterprise Management Associates
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White Papers
Offshore Outsourcing
Jun 2009
As all companies face increased competition due to globalization and unforgiving market forces, the use of offshore development partners is becoming a compelling way to maintain market share and...
Provided by Bamboo Technologies
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Webcasts
Healthcare: How Cerner Cuts Costs With VMware
Oct 2009
Cerner, a leading provider of healthcare information technology solutions, deploys world-class healthcare applications in the datacenter and on the desktop. The attendee will learn about a desktop...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Assessing the Role of IT in BPO Success: 2008 Market Study Update
Mar 2008
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is typically viewed - as the name implies - as a "Business" initiative. It is EquaTerra's position, however, that information technology (IT), both as an...
Provided by EquaTerra
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White Papers
Aligning IT With Business Goals Through Strategic Planning
Dec 2008
Intel IT has a new strategic planning process that better aligns activities with those of the corporate business groups. It has developed and implemented a new approach that identifies Intel IT's...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
White Paper on Offshore Software Development in India: Part 1
Oct 2003
This white paper talks about offshore software development in India. Outsourcing takes place when one company hands over operational responsibility for one or more of its non-core functions to...
Provided by SecureNode
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Outsourcing Relationships: Why Are They So Difficult To Manage?
Jan 2002
This white paper talks about factors contributing to outsourcing relationship problems. Although the parties enter into an outsourcing agreement with the intent to work well together for a...
Provided by Everest Group
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White Papers
Test Automation ROI Calculator
Mar 2009
This white paper is all about understanding the parameters required and how to calculate the ROI from test automation. ROI is notoriously hard to quantify and an accurate set of numbers can...
Provided by Aspire Systems
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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 Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Feb 2008
Fortunately, the threat of a leak is significantly mitigated through use of technology - specifically, a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solution, which can provide a clear Return On Investment (ROI)...
Provided by Websense
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White Papers
Cultural Intelligence and Offshore Outsourcing Success: A Framework of Firm-Level Intercultural Capability
Aug 2008
This paper discusses the importance of firm-level cultural intelligence in the context of international business ventures such as offshoring. The paper identifies the recent movement toward global...
Provided by Decision Sciences Institute
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White Papers
Consolidating IT - Managing the Risk
Oct 2008
The current global economic situation is driving business change. No longer are organizations resting on their laurels but are instead being proactive in achieving success which is currently...
Provided by AppLabs
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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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Webcasts
How Fraud Management Can Provide Real ROI
Jan 2009
The presenter of this webcast explores how device-based fraud management provides a real ROI. The 7th annual Internet Crime Report by IC3 found that US losses from online fraud jumped more than...
Provided by IOVATION
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Webcasts
The Return on Investment for PC Refresh
Apr 2009
What is the financial logic that Intel IT uses to justify a regular refresh of the Intel PC fleet? The presenter diagrams the logic that Intel uses to maintain a refresh cadence of approximately...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Introduction to SAS Risk Management for Banking
Apr 2010
This paper introduces a new solution from SAS, SAS Risk Management for Banking. This solution has been designed as a comprehensive and integrated suite of quantitative risk management applications...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
Metrics and Incentives in Outsourcing: Driving Peak Performance
Sep 2001
Metrics and incentives are an important component of outsourcing relationships, but as executives use outsourcing more strategically, these become more critical than ever. This research study,...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
10 Key Considerations When Outsourcing QA and Testing Services
Mar 2008
Outsourcing is a strategic management option rather than just another way to cut costs. The decision to outsource is often made in the interests of lowering costs, redirecting or conserving energy...
Provided by AppLabs
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White Papers
Multisourcing: A Blueprint for Successful IT Sourcing
Mar 2008
Success in today's business environment is increasingly dependant on the development of more innovative and holistic sourcing strategies which attend to all the business's needs - both in the...
Provided by Dimension Data
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Webcasts
Reducing eDiscovery Costs in a Challenging Economic Environment
Feb 2009
The costs and risks associated with electronic discovery are forcing organizations to grapple with a critical challenge: effectively managing the explosion of electronic information. Proactively...
Provided by EMC
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Webcasts
Forrester Reports 321% ROI Through Device-Based Fraud Management
Jan 2009
With online fraud growing by 20% each year, online merchants continue to invest in more tools to mitigate their risk of chargebacks, stolen credit cards, and shipping fraud. If one has not...
Provided by IOVATION
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Webcasts
To Green or Not to Green. That Is the Question
Oct 2009
Green IT impacts costs, compliance, and customer perceptions, making it a top business priority for Executives across the world. The attendee will learn how the Renault F1 Team has successfully...
Provided by Symantec
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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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White Papers
BPMN and Business Process Management - An Introduction to the New Business Process Modeling Standard
Jan 2004
This paper provides an in-depth introduction to the new BPMN standard, illustrating how it is used to model business processes and web services. The paper also provides greater detail on how BPMN...
Provided by Popkin Software
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White Papers
10 Steps to Green IT
Jul 2008
Green computing is the study and practice of using computing resources efficiently. Many business executives recognize the need to act on carbon footprint reduction and green IT. However, a myriad...
Provided by Capgemini
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White Papers
Flexibility and ROI: Asking the Right Questions
Apr 2008
Becoming a more flexible organization is not simply a new initiative-tacked on to the 'Normal' way of doing things. It asks leaders and managers to summon the personal and organizational courage...
Provided by FlexPaths
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White Papers
Moderating Impact of IT Outsourcing Arrangements in a Muslim Country
May 2008
In recent years, Information Technology (IT) outsourcing continues to receive favorable acceptance to maximize organization's benefits. There is evidence showing how partnership quality plays a...
Provided by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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White Papers
Conceptual Framework on Risk Management in IT Outsourcing Projects
Jan 2008
Outsourcing is becoming a trend nowadays. Malaysia also takes this opportunity and embraces in IT outsourcing. As a result, Malaysia has been ranked as the third most attractive destination for...
Provided by Universiti Teknologi MARA
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White Papers
Mobility Solutions in Enterprise-Sized Businesses: Quantifying the Return on Investment
Feb 2008
The deployment of Line-Of-Business (LOB) applications in large enterprises is happening in earnest today as organizations recognize strong business benefits in the deployment of such solutions....
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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White Papers
Green Computing: Using IT Automation to Achieve Energy Efficiency
Mar 2008
The concern over the environmental impact of the increased usage of computing technology has far reaching ramifications on the sustainability of business IT operations. Already increasing energy...
Provided by Enterprise Management Associates
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White Papers
Using Randomized Caches in Probabilistic Real-Time Systems
Apr 2009
While hardware caches are generally effective at improving application performance, they greatly complicate performance prediction. Slight changes in memory layout or data access patterns can lead...
Provided by University of Massachusetts
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White Papers
The OCTAVE Methodology as a Risk Analysis Tool for Business Resources
Nov 2006
In this paper, the authors conduct a discussion concerning methodology that improves information management and protection decision making process. The authors describe OCTAVE (The Operationally...
Provided by Pips Technology
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White Papers
Risk Management Measures in CMMI
Jan 2012
Risk management is a continuous process that could endanger the objectives of a project or application. Risks are handled to reduce and avoid threats effects on the objectives of the project. The...
Provided by Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center
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White Papers
Efficient Delay-Tolerant Particle Filtering
Apr 2011
This paper proposes a novel framework for delay-tolerant particle filtering that is computationally efficient and has limited memory requirements. Within this framework the informativeness of a...
Provided by McGill University
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White Papers
Failure Risk Exposure based Test Prioritization for Sequential Non-Iterative System
Dec 2011
To test a system a large number of test cases are required to be generated and applied to the candidate system. In most of the methodologies the testing phase is placed at the end of development...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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White Papers
Robust CDN Replica Placement Techniques
Apr 2009
Creating replicas of frequently accessed data objects across a read-intensive Content Delivery Network (CDN) can result in reduced user response time. Because CDNs often operate under volatile...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Research
IT Priorities 2012 Executive Summary - United States
Mar 2012
IT organizations around the world look to the United States for emerging trends in IT. It makes sense too. Many, if not most of the new technologies in IT are created there. With virtualization,...
Provided by ZDNet
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Research
IT Priorities 2012 - United States
Mar 2012
IT organizations around the world look to the United States for emerging trends in IT. It makes sense too. Many, if not most of the new technologies in IT are created there. With virtualization,...
Provided by ZDNet
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White Papers
Globalization of Korean IT Companies: Opportunities and Strategies
Jun 2011
The main focus of this paper is to analyze the current IT industry and to provide relevant strategies for Korean IT companies (such as Samsung SDS and LG CNS et al.,) which want to go global. This...
Provided by Chonnam National University
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White Papers
Managing User Requirement Risks - An Exploratory Study of IS Projects From the Views of Outsourcing Teams
Jun 2011
Requirement risk is often identified as a reason contributing to Information Systems Development (ISD) project failure but has not been adequately explored in the IS literature. Requirement risk...
Provided by University of Sheffield
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White Papers
Examining IT Outsourcing Service Continuance: An Expectation-Confirmation Model
Jun 2011
This paper is examines clients' decision to continue engaging their current IT outsourcing vendors. It employs the lens of expectation-confirmation theory to evaluate how prior expectation relates...
Provided by SUNWAY UNIVERSITY
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White Papers
SAP Landscape Consolidation
Feb 2012
For any number of reasons many companies who run SAP end up with fragmented and piecemeal landscapes. It happens for lots of reasons: rollouts, independent Business Units, mergers and...
Provided by R3Now.com
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White Papers
Sustained Business Value From SAP Business Software
Feb 2012
From time to time, the author reviews academic literature about the application of technology and offer his SAP experience based perspective. Recently, the author was reviewing one of these...
Provided by R3Now.com
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White Papers
A Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Grid Service Reliability
May 2007
Grid computing is a recently developed technology. Although the developmental tools and techniques for the grid have been extensively studied, grid reliability analysis is not easy because of its...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
Contour Code: Robust and Efficient Multispectral Palmprint Encoding for Human Recognition
Jul 2011
The authors propose 'Contour Code', a novel representation and binary hash table encoding for multi-spectral palmprint recognition. They first present a reliable technique for the extraction of a...
Provided by University of Western Australia
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White Papers
The Association Between Confidentiality and Integrity of Information Assets in ICT Outsourcing
Jan 2012
Information security risk is a major concern for organisations, particularly when implementing Information Communication Technology (ICT) outsourcing. Despite the benefits of ICT outsourcing, it...
Provided by International Association of Computer Science & Information Technology (IACSIT)
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White Papers
Information Technology and Process Performance: An Empirical Investigation of the Interaction Between IT and Non-IT Resources
Jul 2008
Drawing on the resource-based view, the authors propose a configurational perspective of how IT assets and capabilities affect firm performance. Their premise is that IT assets and IT managerial...
Provided by University of Calgary
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White Papers
Returns to Information Technology Outsourcing
Jan 2010
This paper extends existing IT productivity research by evaluating the contributions of spending in IT outsourcing using a production function framework and an economy-wide panel data set from...
Provided by McGill University
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White Papers
Keeping the Lights on and Building New Systems: An Examination of Information Technology Outsourcing in Services and Manufacturing
Jun 2008
Evidence shows that a large portion of IT budgets are dedicated to ongoing operations. This paper is the first, the authors know of that attempts to differentiate spending on ongoing IT operations...
Provided by Michigan State University
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White Papers
What Do We Know About Distance in Offshore Outsourcing?
Mar 2007
Offshore outsourcing has evolved modes of operating that vary geographical distance and location in an effort to change the dynamics of the vendor's capabilities. Organizations seeking to spread...
Provided by University College Dublin
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White Papers
TCT Goes ABSS: Can Agent-Based Social Simulation Be Helpful in Understanding Economic Theories?
Mar 2007
The topic of IT outsourcing has been around in academic research for the last fifteen years. Despite the lack of commonly accepted interpretation of outsourcing outcomes, the practice of...
Provided by Manchester Metropolitan University
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White Papers
External Technology Supply and Client-Side Innovation
Mar 2011
The market for IT outsourcing has extensively grown during the last decade. At the same time the aim of external IT provision has transformed from cost-cutting to following strategic goals. For...
Provided by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen
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White Papers
Information Technology Outsourcing: Reducing Costs or Knowledge?
Mar 2006
Businesses have been outsourcing Information Technology (IT) activities since the early 1950s. However, outsourcing has grown tremendously since Kodak outsourced its IT in 1989. Early outsourcing...
Provided by Northeastern University
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White Papers
Formal Benchmarking in Outsourcing Contracts: TPI's Position
Apr 2007
TPI clients have consistently stated that they must be able to measure the difference between contract pricing and prevailing market pricing. This requirement is especially crucial in longer-term...
Provided by TPI
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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
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
Offshore Outsourcing
Jun 2009
As all companies face increased competition due to globalization and unforgiving market forces, the use of offshore development partners is becoming a compelling way to maintain market share and...
Provided by Bamboo Technologies
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White Papers
Flexibility and ROI: Asking the Right Questions
Apr 2008
Becoming a more flexible organization is not simply a new initiative-tacked on to the 'Normal' way of doing things. It asks leaders and managers to summon the personal and organizational courage...
Provided by FlexPaths
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White Papers
Moderating Impact of IT Outsourcing Arrangements in a Muslim Country
May 2008
In recent years, Information Technology (IT) outsourcing continues to receive favorable acceptance to maximize organization's benefits. There is evidence showing how partnership quality plays a...
Provided by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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White Papers
Conceptual Framework on Risk Management in IT Outsourcing Projects
Jan 2008
Outsourcing is becoming a trend nowadays. Malaysia also takes this opportunity and embraces in IT outsourcing. As a result, Malaysia has been ranked as the third most attractive destination for...
Provided by Universiti Teknologi MARA
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White Papers
Mobility Solutions in Enterprise-Sized Businesses: Quantifying the Return on Investment
Feb 2008
The deployment of Line-Of-Business (LOB) applications in large enterprises is happening in earnest today as organizations recognize strong business benefits in the deployment of such solutions....
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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White Papers
Green Computing: Using IT Automation to Achieve Energy Efficiency
Mar 2008
The concern over the environmental impact of the increased usage of computing technology has far reaching ramifications on the sustainability of business IT operations. Already increasing energy...
Provided by Enterprise Management Associates
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White Papers
Green IT Barometer: European Organisations and the Business Imperatives of Deploying a Green and Sustainable IT Strategy
Sep 2008
This white paper details the results of the first IDC-Dell Green IT Barometer. Addressing green and sustainability issues brings significant changes to the IT organisation and the infrastructure...
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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White Papers
Evolution of IT Services Delivery Model
Mar 2008
With an anticipated slowdown in the global economy there is higher pressure on IT services partners to demonstrate greater value and differentiation in services. Clients are looking at their IT...
Provided by Infosys Technologies
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Case Studies
Driving Innovation With Global Sourcing
Jan 2009
Apart from its core competence in networking equipment, the client provides a range of products for transporting data, voice, and video through networks spread over various distances. The cost of...
Provided by Infosys Technologies
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Case Studies
Sourcing on Right Tracks
Jan 2009
The railroad industry, being one of the oldest industries, has not been very progressive in terms of its IT usage. The client wanted to move from this approach to a more process-oriented model. It...
Provided by Infosys Technologies
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White Papers
Outsourcing Models: Aligning Sourcing Strategy to Business Objectives
Jun 2007
The term 'Offshore outsourcing' brings to mind images of work flowing from large corporations to outsourcing service providers halfway across the globe. Perhaps the rapidly growing Indian IT and...
Provided by Infosys Technologies
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Case Studies
Transforming Communication Services With Global Sourcing
Jan 2009
The client, a leading communication solutions provider with over $35 billion revenues and more than 20 million customers, set out to transform its operations to provide next generation services....
Provided by Infosys Technologies
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White Papers
Consolidating IT - Managing the Risk
Oct 2008
The current global economic situation is driving business change. No longer are organizations resting on their laurels but are instead being proactive in achieving success which is currently...
Provided by AppLabs
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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
Aligning IT With Business Goals Through Strategic Planning
Dec 2008
Intel IT has a new strategic planning process that better aligns activities with those of the corporate business groups. It has developed and implemented a new approach that identifies Intel IT's...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
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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White Papers
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
