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Whitepapers
Discover real-world examples of how an SOA infrastructure can lower costs
Jul 2009
See how organizations in several different industries have put an SOA infrastructure to use and discovered untapped value within their businesses. This white paper reveals strategies learned from...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
True Convergence Demands a Communication Service Provider that Embraces a CustomerCentric Approach
Jul 2009
At the center of the transformation to convergence is the Communication Service Provider. Effective convergence providers, as described in this paper, have designed their convergence solutions to...
Provided by Sprint
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White Papers
8 Strategies to Transform the Economics of Retailing
Jul 2009
Through creative strategies, enabled by powerful technology, retailers now have the unprecedented opportunity to transform the economics of their businesses. Download this FREE white paper to...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
"Managing Risk and Uncertainty": An Executive's Guide to Integrated Business Planning
Feb 2009
A time of unprecedented market volatility and competition calls for a new business strategy. Integrated business planning can help you keep your finger on the market pulse, reduce planning...
Provided by Oracle
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Webcasts
IBM Webcast: Information as a strategic asset for smarter SOA
Aug 2009
Implementation roadblocks cause some SOA projects to fall short of delivering expected ROI. Join the Webcast and see how IBM® data services, data abstraction and your own information assets can...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Peppers & Rogers - Sales and Marketing: The New Power Couple
Dec 2008
This session features Martha Rogers of Peppers & Rogers, who speaks about the trends, best practices, and competitive advantages of the customer-centric enterprise.
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Troubleshooting Distributed Systems Via Data Mining
Jan 2009
Through massive parallelism, distributed systems enable the multiplication of productivity. Unfortunately, increasing the scale of available machines to users will also multiply debugging when...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
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White Papers
Data Mining in the Real World: Experiences, Challenges, and Recommendations
May 2009
Data mining is used regularly in a variety of industries and is continuing to gain in both popularity and acceptance. However, applying data mining methods to complex real-world tasks is far from...
Provided by Fordham University
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Whitepapers
Managing the Dynamic Desktop with Microsoft System Center Solutions
Sep 2009
For IT professionals responsible for deploying, managing and securing their organizations' desktop resources new challenges are emerging. Workforce and work style changes require access to...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Decide to Survive: Four Imperatives that Make Better Decision Management Essential in Uncertain Times
Sep 2009
Entering a global recession, companies must respond to increasingly complex markets, changing threats, and fleeting opportunities. They must show compliance with a growing regulatory burden and...
Provided by FICO
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White Papers
Butler Group Technology Audit: FICO™ Blaze Advisor® Business Rules Management
Sep 2009
Are you evaluating Business Rules Management or Decision Management applications? The Butler Group, one of Europe's leading independent IT research and analysis organizations, recently conducted...
Provided by FICO
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White Papers
Managing Risk & Uncertainty - An Executive's Guide to Integrated Bus Planning
Sep 2009
A time of unprecedented market volatility and competition calls for a new business strategy. Integrated business planning can help you keep your finger on the market pulse, reduce planning...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Data Grids & SOA
Nov 2008
This white paper demonstrates that a data grid infrastructure, built with clustered cahing, can help you avoid "weak link" vulnerabilities that can sabotage SOA strategies. Discover why the data...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Red Hat Enterprise Linux leads the way with web applications
Sep 2009
Independent tests performed under industry benchmark standards find that Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the leading platform for running web servers--as well as Java applications and other...
Provided by Red Hat
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Webcasts
How bare-metal client hypervisors will mean the end of agent-based Windows management
Jul 2009
With all the recent focus on VDI and desktop virtualization, people are starting to talk about "bare metal" or "Type 1" client hypervisors. Promising the ability to run virtual desktop workloads...
Provided by Virtual Computer
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White Papers
Using the Latest in Hypervisor Technology to More Effectively Manage Desktops
Aug 2009
bare-metal PC hypervisor in order to provide management capabilities that would not otherwise be available in a desktop management platform. The paper considers the value proposition of Virtual...
Provided by Virtual Computer
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White Papers
Increasing Return on Investment with Data
Aug 2008
This white paper will address data services implementation and the role of Oracle Data Service Integrator in that process. It will describe the technical benefits of a data services implementation...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Enterprise Data Services in SOA using ODI Suite
Feb 2009
When properly architected and executed, Data Services can provide the missing link that unifies conventional data systems with the emerging SOA paradigm. By offering a decoupled data facade and an...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Application Upgrades and Service Oriented Architecture
Apr 2008
In a recent Forrester study, upgrades made the top concerns list of ERP customers together with Improving Integrations and Shifting the Process Orientation. This is not surprising, given that...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Get Serious About SOA Governance: A Five-Step Action Plan for Architects
Aug 2008
Whether your organization's service-oriented architecture (SOA) has 50 services being used by one customer, or 50 customers using one service, you need SOA governance; increased business agility...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
What's New in SOA Suite 11g?
Jun 2009
Over the years, the tools to implement SOA have become more and more capable, sometimes at the price of complexity. In this new release of SOA Suite, Oracle continues to emphasize the development,...
Provided by Oracle
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Webcasts
Web Server Improvements with Microsoft Server 2008
Sep 2009
This is another in our series about Microsoft Longhorn, also known as Server 2008. In this series we break down the most important components of Longhorn and give listeners the benefit of some of...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
ServiceU Case Study: Reliable Service
May 2009
ServiceU deployed DellTM PowerEdgeTM servers and Dell/EMC storage area networks (SANs) to support the company's SQL Server environment and serve as the foundation for a distinct virtualized...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
ServiceU Video: Reliable Service
May 2009
ServiceU deployed DellTM PowerEdgeTM servers and Dell/EMC storage area networks (SANs) to support the company's SQL Server environment and serve as the foundation for a distinct virtualized...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
10 Steps to Control Wireless Costs Through Consumption Management
Oct 2009
In the telecom and data communications environment, the challenge is to strike the right balance between understanding corporate usage trends and adopting new technologies that can make the...
Provided by MBG Expense Management
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Webcasts
Service-Oriented Architecture: Enabling Agile and Intelligent Businesses
Oct 2009
Watch the free, on-demand webcast see why in the last 3 to 5 years there has been a widespread adoption of SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) with businesses making significant economic...
Provided by Oracle
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Downloads
Turbulent times call for an agile application foundation.
Oct 2009
Does your IT change as fast as the market? A service-oriented architecture (SOA) provides a foundation that enables agility and aligns IT to business goals. This interactive presentation from IBM®...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Top 10 Ways to Increase IT ROI Without Adding Staff
Oct 2009
Tough economic times are upon us, and no one knows how long they may last. Today, IT managers are looking for alternative strategies to increase their IT ROI. The first principle is: Simplify...
Provided by KACE
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White Papers
Beyond Survival: Thriving Through the Turbulence: BI in the Retail Industry
Mar 2009
Find out how retail organizations are improving the bottom line, by focusing on key tactics designed to facilitate low cost, and efficient, customer-centric operations, all of which require...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Technical Due Diligence To Manage Risk Prior To Acquisition In Malaysia
Jan 2009
SGS enabled a reputable automotive dealer in the Middle East to make well-founded decisions prior to the acquisition of a Malaysian automotive brake pad manufacturing company by providing...
Provided by SGS
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Whitepapers
The Changing Face of Commuting
Dec 2008
Citrix Online and the polling company� recently joined forces to conduct a survey on the subject of Web commuting.
Provided by Citrix Online
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White Papers
Seven Secrets For Effectively Managing A Support Organization
Oct 2009
Would you rather buy a product from a company with a reputation for having a great Support organization or a great Sales organization? Join the crowd if you answered Support; survey after survey...
Provided by EnterpriseWizard
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Whitepapers
Get more from BI by understanding your analysis needs
Oct 2009
By understanding the four major types of analysis companies can avoid the common pitfalls that derail more traditional approaches to BI implementation.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Flexible IT contains costs, boosts efficiency
Oct 2009
Like other midmarket companies today, you're probably focused on cost optimization. In the ForwardView article, "Work smarter, not harder: Flexible IT," experts suggest ways to do more with less....
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Web 2.0 @ work: how CIOs can help drive business returns by improving organizational effectiveness
Jan 2009
Without access to historical information, organizations today would be severely limited in their ability to make informed, appropriate decisions regarding even the most basic aspects of their...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
5 Ways Your Small Business Can Go Green
Jun 2009
Going green is pretty trendy, but in this day and age, it's also a smart and efficient way to make your small business stand out from the rest. Thankfully, there are a myriad of online resources...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
To Lay Off Or Not To Lay Off
Mar 2009
To lay off or not to lay off. That isn't the question. Neither is the solution to cut back on staff hours, eliminate employees' sick days, or slash your budget just because other small business...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Turn Marketing Into A Game Of Numbers
Apr 2009
One of the most powerful, yet underutilized tools, in marketing is tracking. You can set targets and goals without an ultimate or at least short term destination in mind. If you are going to start...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Free: Is It Time To Have Another Look At Free Products?
Jan 2009
If you plan on growing a business that will last, building your business on free technology is something you should think carefully about, before doing. While free software is great for some...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
What Are Your Clients Costing You?
Feb 2009
All business owners could benefit by much better tracking and measuring of the numbers. Knowing things like how many leads you generate, how many leads you convert, and the average dollar amount...
Provided by American Express
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Whitepapers
IW Social Business
May 2012
When AIIM started tracking Enterprise 2.0 in March 20081, only 13% of respondents felt their organization had any real understanding of what it was about. That report focused on the definition and...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IDC White Paper - The Evoloution of the Datacenter and the Need for a Converged Infrastructure
Apr 2012
As the economy begins to recover from the recession, organizations will begin to reevaluate how they deploy technology. Currently, enterprise datacenters are very heterogeneous environments that...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Analyst paper: Operational Decision Management - Making better business decisions with flexible, automated business rules and events
Apr 2012
Business rules management technology opens up significant new opportunities for business success. For instance, the ability to automatically make different decisions in real time based on...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Social Analytics is key to being a Social Business
Apr 2012
Leveraging Social Analytics allows organizations to gain actionable insight from the massive amounts of data generated from people, devices and sensors and more easily align these insights to...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Five Secrets for Successfully Virtualizing Desktops
Apr 2012
These five "secrets" to virtulizaing desktops will greatly increase the chance of a successfully VDI implementation. It is very important to plan for this; to balance the hardware environment to...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
Retail Week Tearing Up the Rule Book
Mar 2012
The past decade has seen significant changes in the experience that customers have when they interact with a retailer. The development of multichannel retail has been crucial to this. Whether it...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Sustainability Nears a Tipping Point - Why companies are profiting
Mar 2012
Findings from the 2011 Sustainability and Innovation Global Executive Study and Research Project.
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
SAP HANA Demystified, an Overview of SAP's Game-Changing In-Memory Technology
Mar 2012
It's both ironic and unfortunate: Across organizations, decision makers are swimming in information, yet they still struggle to really "know" their business. They cannot access relevant data...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
The Informed Manufacturer - A Comical look at best practices
Mar 2012
Access our comic book package and exclusive report for the manufacturing strategies you need. The MPI Group: The Informed Manufacturer - Tips, Tricks and Tactics for Discrete Manufacturers...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Harvard Business Review Article: Mastering the Management System
Mar 2012
Companies have always found it hard to balance pressing operational concerns with long-term strategic priorities. The tension is critical: World-class processes won't lead to success without the...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
An On-Demand Solution to Optimize Contract Management (SAP Solution Brief)
Mar 2012
Your company's contracts are critical to your daily operations. After all, they represent all the business relationships throughout the organization. To get the most value from contracts, your...
Provided by SAP
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Podcasts
Business Intelligence Innovation at Gallup
Mar 2012
Gallup is in the "intelligence" business - their survey's and consulting services deliver relevant, timely, and visionary research on what people around the world think and feel. Ironically one of...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Beyond Simple Total Cost of Ownership
Mar 2012
When considering new applications, the question has always been "Build or Buy?" But increasingly, the new question facing companies today is "Buy or Rent?" In this paper, we analyze the...
Provided by SuccessFactors
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White Papers
B2B Marketers Must Better Prepare For Marketing Automation
Dec 2011
Changing buyer behaviors require business-to-business (B2B) marketers to communicate with prospects and customers in new ways, by delivering content that is personalized to their needs, role,...
Provided by Aprimo
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Whitepapers
McCormick and Schmick's Restaurants Gains New Insight into Dining Trends and Financial Performance with IBM Cognos Express - Success Story
Jan 2012
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants needed better insight to understand and take advantage of key business trends. Find out why they chose IBM Cognos Express to deliver that insight.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Business Analytics ROI assessment tool for midsize companies- Aberdeen Research Tool
Jan 2012
In a challenging market, how can you ensure your midsize business has the competitive edge? Get your free detailed assessment and ROI report to see how your company's business analysis abilities...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Gartner-A step-by-step approach to successful Business Intelligence
Jan 2012
Organizations that have the most success with BI typically approach it incrementally. Discover a step-by-step strategy for success in this newsletter featuring research from Gartner.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers - Video
Smarter Planet: The Energy and Utilities Industry
Jan 2012
Guido Bartels, General Manager, IBM Global Energy and Utilities Industry, and Chairman, Gridwise Alliance, shares his insights on the energy and utilities industry.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The Fading Abnormal Returns Of Momentum Strategies
May 2007
The authors find increasingly large variations in returns from momentum strategies in recent years. Momentum strategies did not earn significant excess returns during the period of 1993-2004 which...
Provided by University of New South Wales
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White Papers
Using Non-Pecuniary Strategies To Influence Behavior: Evidence From A Large Scale Field Experiment
Jul 2011
Policymakers are increasingly using norm-based messages to influence individual decision-making. The authors partner with a metropolitan water utility to implement a natural field experiment...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Webcasts
How Palo Alto Networks Achieved Next-Gen Customer Support by Integrating their IVR and CRM Solution
Aug 2011
Presented by Matthew Stauble, Sr. Director, Global Customer Support at Palo Alto Networks, this Webinar outlines the steps involved in transforming its customer support from a random, manual call...
Provided by ANGEL
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Webcasts
2020 Future Value Chain: Building Strategies For The New Decade
Jan 2011
This webcast shows that the 2020 Future Value Chain project brought together 200 executives from leading retailers, manufacturers, academics, third-party providers and industry organizations to...
Provided by Capgemini
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Webcasts
The Perfect Storm In MedTech
May 2010
In this webcast, the presenter speaks briefly about the experience working in medicine and technology. The presenter also discusses at length the numerous political, financial, and regulatory...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Should you invest in GRC Tools?
Aug 2011
An organization's GRC strategy is only as good as the tools used to implement it. Home grown GRC tools, perceived by many as a quick fix to undertake complex compliance requirements, often fail to...
Provided by ANXeBusiness Corp
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White Papers
Accelerating Web Applications and Other Dynamic Content
Aug 2011
The use of content delivery networks (CDN) to improve site performance continues to grow rapidly. But for many site owners, there's a significant missing piece: a way to realize the benefits of a...
Provided by EdgeCast Networks Inc.
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Case Studies
Strategy Realized: Getting Domino Foods? House In Order
Jun 2007
Before embarking on an enterprise-wide procurement transformation, Domino Foods and Florida Crystals Corporation (FCC), which had acquired an interest in Domino, needed to rethink the systems and...
Provided by Capgemini
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Case Studies
Strategic Rescue For Portuguese Acting School
Jul 2011
The Escola de Actores, or Act, is a non-profit acting school located in Lisbon, Portugal. It offers the Acting Professional Training Course for aspiring actors aiming to start a career in...
Provided by Capgemini
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White Papers
Gearing Up for Rapid Telecom Innovation with Flexible Billing and Services
Jul 2011
Today, communications service providers (CSPs) face a business environment that is radically different from the business environment of five years ago.
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Strategies for Evolving into a Multisided Business
Jul 2011
Discover how telecom companies like yours can take advantage of profitable new multisided business models that require changes in how you collaborate with partners, price offerings, and service...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
The Superstar CFO - After The Crisis
Jul 2011
CFO Research, inc collaboration with SAP, conducted a research study that asked senior finance executives what it takes for Finance executives to excel in a changing and uncertain world. This...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Workforce Analytics: Key to Aligning People to Business Strategy
Jul 2011
This research will examine the use of workforce analytics tools and the capabilities exhibited by Best-in-Class organizations to align workforce strategies with business objectives.
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Public Sector Business Analytics: The Path To Better Decision Making and Agility
Jul 2011
This white paper considers the use of analytics and business intelligence for improving decision making in public sector organizations and the benefits of prebuilt analytic applications for...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Balancing Profitability and Risk in Banking: Overcoming Common Risk Analysis and Reporting Challenges
Jul 2011
Banks need a robust enterprise risk analysis and reporting solution to improve reporting accuracy and efficiency while reducing the costs and burdens of compliance. This paper will focus on the...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Improving Bank Performance: Overcoming Common Planning-Related Obstacles
Jul 2011
Bank CFOs are being forced to reexamine their roles and responsibilities. Simply closing the books no longer works. Finance departments are being asked to perform strategic budgeting and planning,...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Mobility in ERP 2011 - Aberdeen Group Research Report
May 2011
Businesses want to use as much of their ERP investment as possible. But ease of access to ERP information, both at the direct labor level and the indirect labor level, has inhibited many...
Provided by Sage Software
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White Papers
Rationalizable Strategic Behavior And The Problem Of Perfection
Dec 2010
This paper explores the fundamental problem of what can be inferred about the outcome of a noncooperative game, from the rationality of the players and from the information they possess. The...
Provided by JSTOR
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White Papers
Strategic Information Transmission
Dec 2010
This paper develops a model of strategic communication, in which a better-informed Sender (S) sends a possibly noisy signal to a Receiver (R), who then takes an action that determines the welfare...
Provided by JSTOR
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White Papers
Rationalizability, Learning, And Equilibrium In Games With Strategic Complementarities
Dec 2010
The authors study a rich class of noncooperative games that includes models of oligopoly competition, macroeconomic coordination failures, arms races, bank runs, technology adoption and diffusion,...
Provided by JSTOR
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White Papers
Rationalizable Strategic Behavior
Jul 2010
This paper examines the nature of rational choice in strategic games. Although there are many reasons why an agent might select a Nash equilibrium strategy in a particular game, rationality alone...
Provided by JSTOR
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White Papers
Strategic Thinking
Dec 2010
Most applications of game theory assume equilibrium, justified by presuming that learning will have converged to one; or in settings where that is implausible, that equilibrium approximates...
Provided by University of Oxford
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Whitepapers
Flexible IT contains costs, boosts efficiency
Oct 2009
Like other midmarket companies today, you're probably focused on cost optimization. In the ForwardView article, "Work smarter, not harder: Flexible IT," experts suggest ways to do more with less....
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Web 2.0 @ work: how CIOs can help drive business returns by improving organizational effectiveness
Jan 2009
Without access to historical information, organizations today would be severely limited in their ability to make informed, appropriate decisions regarding even the most basic aspects of their...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
5 Ways Your Small Business Can Go Green
Jun 2009
Going green is pretty trendy, but in this day and age, it's also a smart and efficient way to make your small business stand out from the rest. Thankfully, there are a myriad of online resources...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
To Lay Off Or Not To Lay Off
Mar 2009
To lay off or not to lay off. That isn't the question. Neither is the solution to cut back on staff hours, eliminate employees' sick days, or slash your budget just because other small business...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Turn Marketing Into A Game Of Numbers
Apr 2009
One of the most powerful, yet underutilized tools, in marketing is tracking. You can set targets and goals without an ultimate or at least short term destination in mind. If you are going to start...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Free: Is It Time To Have Another Look At Free Products?
Jan 2009
If you plan on growing a business that will last, building your business on free technology is something you should think carefully about, before doing. While free software is great for some...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
What Are Your Clients Costing You?
Feb 2009
All business owners could benefit by much better tracking and measuring of the numbers. Knowing things like how many leads you generate, how many leads you convert, and the average dollar amount...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
6 Tips For Running Your Business Lessons From 2 Failed Restaurateurs
May 2009
Why do restaurants often struggle to succeed? Why are they the first businesses to fold, and often in the shortest amount of time? The answer to these questions goes beyond the adage of "Location,...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
An Inside Track To A Big Sale
Jul 2009
Find someone who can materially benefit from owning your company. Sounds obvious, right? It's surprising how many people think that just because someone has money that they are automatically a...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
8 Ways To Minimize Costs And Maximize ROI On Employee Travel
Jul 2009
Whether you have a sales force of two that only does the occasional overnight, or you maintain an army of road warriors and have your own travel coordination department, these 8 tips given in this...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Crisis Management: Folding Or Plotting
Jul 2009
Sink or swim. Stick it out or fold up the tent. If only keeping your clients and customers talking about you was as easy as the silly (yet effective) Snickers Snacklish campaign. There are two...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How To Fire A Customer
Jul 2009
If you've done customer profitability analysis, you've probably identified who are your best customers - as well as who are your worst. Those customers who place only small or infrequent orders,...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Time To Upgrade For The Upturn?
Jul 2009
With the economic crisis starting to show signs of coming to an end, firms have to think about preparing to handle the good times after two years of trying to run lean and mean. Trying to predict...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Core Competencies And Saving Money
Jul 2009
What's the core competency of your business? What do you do that sets you apart from your competitors? Perhaps it's customer service. Maybe it's an excellent product. It might be your personal...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How To Set Priorities
Aug 2009
A small company simply doesn't have the resources to compete with bigger, richer companies if it's trying to be all things to all people. While trying to do one thing extremely well, however, you...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Military Veterans Make Good Business Folk
Aug 2009
Small businesses looking to hire don't have to look only to Harvard and Yale graduates. Ranks of military alumni with real world work experience on top of college degrees can also run a company...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Harnessing The New Age Of Customer Frugality
Sep 2009
Many businesses have been bitten by this so-called "Paradox of thrift." frugality might be a great idea for the individual, but for the businesses that rely on the spending of that customer, it...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Trends: Skill Seekers
Sep 2009
As consumers seek more from their purchase experiences, it's worth investigating how to expand your offering with classes and expert knowledge. Acquiring new skills that contribute to personal...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Are You A "Conscious Capitalist"?
Jul 2009
How can highlighting your company's sense of meaning and purpose increase sales? The consumer market is increasingly driven by the demand for meaning and purpose in product sales - witness the...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste
Jun 2009
Despite the steady drumbeat of bad economic news, small businesses have a major opportunity shaping up over the next year or two. They could become big businesses. While there's no way to get rid...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Playing To The Recession's Strengths
Jun 2009
You don't live in a world where the economy is booming and consumers are spending freely. It's not "Try to play to the recession" vs. "Try to maintain business as usual". The only alternative to...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Do Perfect Franchises Exist?
Jul 2009
Is the franchise you are thinking of buying perfect for you? Will it meet your criteria? Have you defined your criteria? Your criteria should include things like investment comfort level, hours...
Provided by American Express
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Case Studies
Helping A Wireless Company Achieve High Performance By Executing A Bold China Business Strategy
Apr 2009
The client is a wireless player in the consumer technology industry. A Chinese wireless company, a major player in the consumer technology industry, turned to Accenture when it needed a new...
Provided by Accenture
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Case Studies
Accenture Helps UB Group Spirits And Shaw Wallace Integrate For Success
Nov 2008
Accenture helped two rival spirit producers merge into what has become one of the dominant forces in India and the world, United Spirits. With Accenture's help, the new giant has created a new,...
Provided by Accenture
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Case Studies
Employees Provident Fund: Business Transformation
Jun 2008
Employees Provident Fund is one of Malaysia's largest and oldest government agencies. It assists employees from both and private non-pensionable public sectors by managing a portion of their...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Get Used To Living Smaller
Nov 2008
Most small businesses have yet to see the many problems that will come as weakness in the broader economy starts to ripple through all sectors, but barring an economic miracle we're in for a very...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Competitive Pressures And Value Propositions, Is Lean The Answer?
Nov 2009
Modern technology has lowered the barrier to entry for new competitors by allowing international outsourcing, greater agility, quicker product design to market, and specialized focus on niche...
Provided by R3Now.com
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Webcasts
Connecting everything with Smart SOA Connectivity and Integration
Nov 2009
Tune in to this webcast to hear how Liverpool, one of Mexico's most important retailers, was able to reduce costs and streamline information by moving from an inefficient point-to-point...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Cloud Computing: Save Time, Money, and Resources
Oct 2009
Testing your applications before they launch is essential, but so is the right environment. This IBM® Redbook® explains how a private test cloud can help you organize and streamline your test...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Interference-Aware MAC Protocol for Wireless Networks by a Game-Theoretic Approach
Jan 2009
This paper proposes an interference-aware MAC protocol using a simple transmission strategy motivated by a game-theoretic approach. The paper formulates a channel access game, which considers...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Achieving Success - A Different Perspective
Nov 2009
Success at its core is about embracing change. It is about getting off the hamster wheel of "Busyness as usual", moving out of your comfort zone, and building the capability to continuously...
Provided by Alpine Link
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Downloads
Deduplication Calculator
Nov 2009
Enter the size of your backup or archive dataset and get a analysis of: •Cost comparison using DeDuplication •Network and Storage Consumption •Archive to Tape
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
7 Things Every CIO Should Know About Telecom Expenses
Dec 2009
The truth is that most enterprises waste millions of dollars annually by not managing their telecom spend in a standardized centralized, more accurate way. Having ballooned up to a top four...
Provided by Telesoft
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Downloads
Try IBM Cognos Express FREE for 30 days for integrated reporting, analysis & planning
Dec 2009
Download a free trial of IBM Cognos Express, the first and only integrated business intelligence (BI) and planning solution purpose-built for midsize companies. Get essential reporting, analysis,...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Building an Efficient IT Infrastructure: Virtualizing Tier1 Applications
Dec 2009
Customers of all sizes are virtualizing mission-critical Exhange environments. This webcast focuses on real world examples and best practices for implementing and managing a virtualized Exchange...
Provided by EMC
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Webcasts
Systems Engineering for Building Smarter Products: Addressing the challenges of complexity, collaboration, and product lifecycle
Jan 2010
Whether you operate in the automotive, aerospace, telecommunications or electronics marketplace, business trends dictate that you need to deliver innovative products that incorporate advances in...
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Webcasts
Tough Times, Tough Choices
Dec 2009
This webcast will show how peers have been successful with best practices in a tough market. How to prioritize products and initiatives to deliver customer value. How to transition from Business...
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Webcasts
Developing telecommunications products that give you a competitive edge - today and tomorrow", with Christian Seider, Senior Managing Consultant at IBM
Jul 2009
Join our live webcast with Christian Seider, Senior Managing Consulting, IBM Institute of Business Value, an expert in the electronics industry, and Andy Gurd, Senior Go-to-market Manager, IBM...
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White Papers
Video Whitepaper: Managing Risk & Uncertainty
Nov 2009
A time of unprecedented market volatility and competition calls for a new business strategy. Integrated business planning can help you keep your finger on the market pulse, reduce planning...
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White Papers
Increasing ROI with Data Services
Dec 2009
This white paper will address data services implementation and the role of Oracle Data Service Integrator in that process. It will describe the technical benefits of a data services implementation...
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