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Whitepapers
Improve business resiliency with cloud computing solutions and services from IBM
Oct 2010
As the world gets more complex and smarter, organizations are facing tremendous data-growth challenges, increased demand for continuous uptime and the need to significantly lower costs. Cloud...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Leadership And Successful Financial Performance In Healthcare
Nov 2008
This white paper aims to advance this process by identifying five leadership activities that consistently occur in financially successful not-for-profit healthcare organizations. The authors...
Provided by National Center for Healthcare Leadership
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Whitepapers
Powering Your Global Professional Service Workforce with Web-Based Meeting and Collaboration Tools
Sep 2010
Today, the global marketplace isn't just for giants in the professional services industry. Organizations of all sizes are globalizing operations with a little help from web-based meeting and...
Provided by Citrix Online
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Webcasts
The History Of Strategy In Commercial Banking
Mar 2008
Tech companies deposit about seven times the amount that they borrow. And at Silicon Valley Bank, recalls CEO Ken Wilcox, the methodology his venture has used to invest these excess deposits is a...
Provided by Stanford University
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Podcasts
Building An Organization, Building A Team
Apr 2009
After two decades in start-up entrepreneurship, Mari Baker, current CEO of PlayFirst, shares some of her lifelong strategies for long-lasting success. She stresses defining the relentless purpose...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Decoding Terror
Mar 2009
What message are terrorists trying to send, and how should national leaders respond? That is a question Kellogg School Associate Professor Sandeep Baliga explored at a recent Kellogg School...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Staking A Claim In China
Feb 2009
When St. Louis-based Emerson began developing a presence in China in the late 1970s, there was no clear-cut formula for success. It was catch-as-catch-can in a new frontier, said Sara Yang Bosco,...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Designing The Future
May 2008
Leadership is the constant that makes businesses successful, regardless of the products and services they offer, said Jim McNerney, chairman, president and chief executive officer of The Boeing...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
'Power Of Collaboration' On Display At Kellogg Black Management Conference
Mar 2008
Johnson said he found cracks in that glass ceiling in his early days partly by strategically partnering with white-owned companies to gain what he termed a "Good Housekeeping seal of approval."...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged?
Dec 2009
According to the research, power and influence can cause a severe disconnect between public judgment and private behavior, and as a result, the powerful are stricter in their judgment of others...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Executive MBA Luncheon Speaker Series: Maersk Line President And CEO John Reinhart
Dec 2009
John Reinhart's company made headlines in April when its ship, the Maersk Alabama, was hijacked by Somali pirates. Within two hours of learning of the attack, all of Maersk Line Ltd.'s...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Executive MBA Luncheon Speaker Series: Lou Schorsch
May 2010
It's a tight market for commodities, but Lou Schorsch is glad to be in the business of steel. During the economic crisis, steel continued to be an important resource for developing countries -...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Keys To 'Leading An Agile Recovery'
Apr 2010
People who are very good at turnarounds tend to view these things as projects, said panelist Lou Kacyn EMP-24, an executive search consultant with Egon Zehnder International. "They're very...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Kellogg Team Wins In Net Impact 'Green' Competition
Jul 2007
The Kellogg students have worked hard in recent months to encourage their peers, their professors and staff members to be as passionate about being "Green" as they are about the school itself....
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
The Guru Who Learnt Things From The Tsunami
Jul 2007
Listen to your inner voice, Jain said, adding had it not been for some subconscious force that made him walk away from the beach on that fateful December morning, he would not have been alive....
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Webcasts
How To Survive In A Downturn Economy
Sep 2010
Despite Chile having many scientists and entrepreneurs, Economic Minister Fontaine claims his nation currently needs greater interconnection between these professional groups. Learning from the...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
Economic Lessons From Silicon Valley
Sep 2010
Despite Chile having many scientists and entrepreneurs, Economic Minister Fontaine claims his nation currently needs greater interconnection between these professional groups. Learning from the...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Prepare For The Recovery: A B2B Checklist
Apr 2010
What is clear is that, for 2010, business-to-business marketers need to change their focus from "Marketing in a downturn" to "Marketing for success in the recovery." And that's going to take more...
Provided by Godfrey
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Whitepapers
Oracle, Sun and HP customers are choosing POWER7. Find out why.
Nov 2010
Continual and timely upgrades of UNIX systems can enable growth and lower costs. But for some Sun/Oracle and HP customers, expected upgrade plans have hit major hurdles. Read this Clipper Group...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
LotusLive Engage Securitywhitepaper: Why is security a competitive differentiator for LotusLive and LotusLive Engage?
Nov 2010
Security is a competitive differentiator for LotusLive and LotusLive Engage. Engage's business-ready security is based on a deep understanding of security and privacy best practices, in both IBM...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
White paper: Delivering Trusted Information with IBM InfoSphere Foundation Tools
Nov 2010
As businesses undertake information centric projects such as Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Smart Analytics, Master Data Management, Application Consolidation to unlock business value of...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Winning The Localization Game
Jan 2008
Automotive markets in China and India are growing at breakneck speed. From 2001 through 2007, markets for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles achieved compound annual growth rates (CAGR5)...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Trading Up, Updated
Mar 2008
Trading up and treasure hunting are not limited to the United States. They are just as relevant and powerful in Australia, Canada, China, Europe, India, and Japan. The socio-demographic forces...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Four Imperative For Hedge Funds
Sep 2008
As assets under management (AuM) in hedge funds approach $2 trillion globally - and as institutional demands and inflows increasingly drive the alternative investment market - industry leaders are...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Banking On Lean Advantage
Jul 2010
Lean advantage is unique in several ways. First, it takes a strategic view of operations. The goals of operations improvement - for example, lower costs, higher revenues, and improved customer...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
ESG - Accelerating Data Migration with WAN Optimization
Aug 2010
Migrating large amounts of data over distance can be costly and time consuming. It's also necessary for IT tasks such as remote office backup, data center moves, and cloud computing models. The...
Provided by Riverbed
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White Papers
Managing Your Wireless Workforce
Nov 2010
Explosive growth in the mobile workforce has led to increasing attention paid to the security of mobile data and devices. Mobile data security is most effective when implemented in a series of...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Bandwidth Bandits
Nov 2010
This paper will discuss how the Internet bandwidth is a finite and expensive resource that needs protection from spammers, criminals, hackers, time-wasters and employee misuse. Not only is it...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Securing Data in the Cloud
Nov 2010
This document is intended to give a broad overview of our security policies, processes and practices current at the date of writing. It would be impossible to describe all security controls in a...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Achieving Excellence In After-Sales Services: A Primer For Industrial Companies
Sep 2009
Inspired by the success of these and other pioneering manufacturers, a number of industrial goods companies have attempted to make the shift from pure manufacturing organizations to organizations...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Selling Your Company
Apr 2010
How Selling Your Company To Management Can be a Smart Exit Strategy Business owners often overlook selling their company to management as a possible exit strategy. But for solid companies with...
Provided by Lantern Capital Advisors
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White Papers
Management, Strategic Management Theories And The Linkage With Organizational Competitive Advantage
Sep 2010
The main objective of this paper is to review the evolution of management theory, overview of strategic management theory and its linkage with the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm's...
Provided by Universiti Putra Malaysia
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Webcasts
Lessons Learned from the First Decade of BPM
Dec 2010
Join IBM and Lombardi as we discuss the patterns of success (and failure) we have seen over the last ten years in Business Process Management (BPM). Hear tangible examples and use cases of...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Making the Case for BPM; A Benefits Checklist
Dec 2010
This paper is intended for groups who want to make the business case for investing in BPM to drive process improvement.It provides an overview of the areas of benefit that companies can expect...
Provided by IBM
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Downloads
WebSphere Lombardi Edition - Taking the Tour - Product Demo
Dec 2010
Take control of your key processes with our industry leading BPM suite (BPMS). Build, optimize and manage your process applications. Take the product demo tour of the Websphere Lombardi Edition...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
DBP-Red Paper: BPM Solution Implementation Guide
Dec 2010
The BPM Solution Implementation Guide, an IBM® Redpaper™, provides a practical approach to rapid Business Process Management solution delivery. It describes how to analyze, model, and manage...
Provided by IBM
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Downloads
SW: Smart Work for Healthcare demo
Dec 2010
Watch this demo and learn how combining Business Process Management, Collaboration and SOA enables an ER to: significantly improve the quality of patient care; handle emergencies better; access...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Operational Vs. Strategic Workforce Planning: Understanding The Difference And When To Use Each
Aug 2007
One of the most important things an organization can do is plan for the future, but there are fundamentally two different kinds of planning: operational (or tactical) and strategic. Both kinds are...
Provided by Aruspex
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Downloads
Cloud Security Guidance IBM Recommendations for the Implementation of Cloud Security
Jan 2011
Cloud computing is a flexible, cost-effective, and proven delivery platform for providing business or consumer IT services over the Internet. Cloud resources can be rapidly deployed and easily...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Putting Europe Back On Track
Aug 2010
There is a before and after in every crisis, says Bruno Lanvin, Executive Director of the INSEAD eLab and one of the authors of the report. "The belief among many analysts and observers is that...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Cross-Boundary Disruptors: Powerful Inter-Industry Entrepreneurial Change Agents
Oct 2007
Based on comparative case studies of Apple Computer's strategic actions in the music and cellular telephony industries, author develops the concept of "Cross-Boundary Disruptor" as a new type of...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
A Comparative Analysis Of Strategies And Strategy-Making In The U.S. And China
Feb 2010
The comparative studies indicate that change toward adoption of the electric car and clean coal within the U.S. and China, as well as transnational change toward developing clean energy and...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Economic Downturn ?Opens Doors? For Recycling Business Worn Again
Oct 2009
One of the greatest challenges facing social business Worn Again is the widely-held public assumption that any product made from recycled materials must be cheaper than conventional merchandise on...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Oiling Board Processes: The Dynamic Evolution From 'Company Secretary' to 'Corporate Governance Officer'
Jan 2009
In the wake of the current financial crisis, a new wave of regulation will certainly emerge on how boards should be run; the processes and structures to support board performance. As the number of...
Provided by IMD
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White Papers
Cutting Out The Middleman Isn't Always Best For The Consumer
Nov 2009
The Internet and other information technologies have complicated the relationship between manufacturers and retailers. Whereas the traditional distribution model had four levels - manufacturer,...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
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Case Studies
Fast, Furious - And Focused Unilever Sells Two Major Shared Services Centers In The Blink Of An Eye And Refocuses On Its Core Business
May 2010
Unilever is among the largest consumer products companies across the world. With an intention of focusing on its core business activities in Latin America that were exhibiting exceptional growth...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
LG Electronics: The Blue Ocean Strategy
Feb 2010
LG Electronics, Inc. (LGE) was primarily known for its low-cost appliances had more than 72,000 employees working in about 77 subsidiaries and marketing units across the world. Youngdungpo-gu,...
Provided by IBS Case Development Centre
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Case Studies
Bringing Total Rewards In Line With Organizational Business Strategy
May 2010
A 400-bed not-for-profit hospital, during the implementation of its strategic plan, found that its total rewards programs were not doing well and in need of critical care. This hospital was among...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Future-Proofing Your Strategy: The Gorilla Before Your Eyes
Feb 2008
The sub-prime mortgage meltdown and Mattel's toy recall remind us of the challenge of developing and implementing strategy in a world of high uncertainty. "There is a growing need for "peripheral...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Case Studies
Telecommunications Company Has Success With Real Estate Operations, Systems And Process Improvement
Jan 2010
The corporate real estate department of a large telecommunications company was seeking to reorganize and enhance its customer service and strategic value to the company through improved processes...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Is Your Growth Strategy Flying Blind?
Apr 2009
Your company's best growth opportunities may be hidden by the big picture. To find those opportunities, look at markets and performance under a microscope. For example, a large industrial company...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
Choosing Management strategy
Mar 2010
The authors describe two structured decision-making methods-one using a hierarchy of goals and a second using ranking on the sum of the weighted criteria-that may be useful for many practical...
Provided by University of Minnesota
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White Papers
To Succeed In The Long Term, Focus On The Middle Term
Jun 2007
Why do so many promising ventures fail? After transforming hot ideas into fledgling businesses, some companies drop them when executives realize they won't pay off quickly. In other firms,...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
Small Business Benefits: Cost-Effective Strategies For Maximizing ROI
Jul 2009
The oars of a rowboat help to maneuver and move the boat forward. Rowing requires teamwork in order to successfully navigate - the loss of even one team member can make a significant impact on the...
Provided by Metlife
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White Papers
Transformational CEOs Drive High Performance
Feb 2008
The pressure on CEOs to deliver results has never been higher. The forces of globalization, consolidation, private equity and shareholder scrutiny have driven CEO turnover to new records. So when...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Strategy In Action A Strategy Viewpoint
Jun 2007
Corporate executives used to look upon issues of their corporate culture as "Soft and fuzzy" areas over which they had little control. No longer. Today's senior leaders are increasingly finding...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Reduce Maintenance Costs
Apr 2008
Maintenance usually isn't top priority for many companies until something breaks at the worst possible time. Then it's a matter of urgency to get everything up and running on schedule again. But...
Provided by MasterCard
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White Papers
Putting The Service- Profit Chain To Work
Jun 2008
What drives growth and profitability in a service business? Highly satisfied customers. And to keep those customers profitable, you need to manage all the aspects of your operation that affect...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
Strategy: Definitions & Meanings
Mar 2010
The concept of strategy has been adopted from the military and adapted for use in business. In business, as in the military, strategy bridges the gap between policy and tactics. Together, strategy...
Provided by Fred Nickols
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White Papers
Compliance and Integrity Risk: Getting M&A Pricing Right
Apr 2010
Ongoing economic and business performance pressures increase the likelihood that fraud, corruption and related activity may pose heightened risk to realizing acceptable returns on merger and...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Moving the Mountain: Address R&D Efficiencies
Apr 2010
Many research and development (R&D) organizations largely focus on reducing administrative inefficiencies, yet they tend to overlook the bigger issue of engineering churn, which is caused by...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Podcast: Bank Governance - Preparing for Greater Scrutiny & Oversight
Apr 2010
As companies face a tighter regulatory environment, boards have an increasingly important role to play in risk governance. In addition to being more active, board member roles are likely to become...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Crossing the Chasm Between the Service Desk and Operations
Jun 2008
IT organizations can significantly improve efficiency and reduce operational costs by creating environments with shared access to common data to support Operations and the Service Desk, and...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
Service Desk Consolidation Insight
Dec 2009
If your enterprise has multiple service desks in different geographies using disparate, disjointed tools and supporting diverse but possibly overlapping constituencies, you may be wasting hundreds...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
Sales PM Demo
Mar 2010
Learn how to turn the information intensity of your job into a competitive advantage. Pay attention to certain sweet spots of information, make better decisions, create better goals, and set...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Analyst Webcast with Merv Adrian: Leverage your Data Assets Across the Global Enterprise
Mar 2010
We are pleased to have Merv Adrian, IT Market Strategy Analyst, join us in this Sybase sponsored webcast to explore the critical issue of data integration environments in the enterprise - many of...
Provided by Sybase
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White Papers
Tripwire Log Center: Next Generation Log and Event Management
Feb 2010
Tripwire Log Center, a complete log and event management solution, offers sophisticated security event analysis and ultra-efficient log management. With Tripwire Log Center, you can query and...
Provided by Tripwire
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Case Studies
A Case Study in Scientific Application Streaming at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Jan 2010
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) serves as the connector and integrator of Harvard's teaching and research efforts in engineering, applied sciences (including computer...
Provided by Intel
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Whitepapers
DAI: IBM Smart SOA Application Foundation: The Right Choice for Proven, Reliable Business Transactions
Dec 2009
In today's interconnected world, organizations and customers need reliable business transactions. Read this white paper to see how IBM WebSphere Application Server can ensure transactional...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Demo: Analysis with IBM Cognos Express
Sep 2009
Midsize businesses need the ability to spot business problems immediately and recognize emerging trends quickly. They should be able to easily answer essential business questions such as, "Which...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Demo: Dashboards with IBM Cognos Express
Sep 2009
IBM Cognos Express dashboards provide at-a-glance summaries of critical information to monitor and manage your midsize business. Quickly scan the dashboard to see how your company is doing using...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The Basics Of Strategic Planning And Vision
Aug 2009
Strategic planning involves strategy formulation and strategy implementation. Strategy formulation and strategy implementation are both dynamic, real-time processes necessitating consistent...
Provided by Associated Content
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White Papers
Bypassing Security Toolbars and Phishing Filters Via DNS Poisoning
Aug 2008
Security toolbars are used to protect naive users against phishing attacks by displaying warnings on suspicious sites. Recently, web browsers have added built-in phishing filters mimicking the...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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Whitepapers
Bloor Research: Sybase IQ 15.1: InDetail Report
Nov 2009
This paper looks at Sybase IQ 15 and concludes that "The column-based approach advocated by Sybase provides substantially better performance at lower cost than traditional approaches for...
Provided by Sybase
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White Papers
Comparing Antivirus Scanning Performance and System Resource Utilization
Jan 2010
IT system administrators need to balance the security requirements of the enterprise with usability of PCs. As the threat landscape evolves, PC security solutions have become resource hungry to...
Provided by GFI Software, formerly Sunbelt Software
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Case Studies
Cloud: Customers Share their experiences with IBM and Cloud Computing
Dec 2009
The IBM cloud computing infrastructure, architecture and information management are designed to help you sustain ongoing cost reduction while improving service levels over the long term.
Provided by IBM
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Downloads
CA ARCserve Backup r12.5 - 30 Day Free Live Trial
Dec 2009
CA ARCserve Backup offers world-class data protection for distributed servers, databases and applications, as well as clients for multiple environments, including Windows, Linux, UNIX, NetWare,...
Provided by CA (Computer Associates)
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Case Studies
Automotive Case Study
Jun 2009
Delphi unites global teams for more cost-effective component reuse with IBM Rational DOORS.
Provided by IBM
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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...
Provided by IBM
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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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White Papers
Executive MBA Luncheon Speaker Series: Lou Schorsch
May 2010
It's a tight market for commodities, but Lou Schorsch is glad to be in the business of steel. During the economic crisis, steel continued to be an important resource for developing countries -...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Keys To 'Leading An Agile Recovery'
Apr 2010
People who are very good at turnarounds tend to view these things as projects, said panelist Lou Kacyn EMP-24, an executive search consultant with Egon Zehnder International. "They're very...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Kellogg Team Wins In Net Impact 'Green' Competition
Jul 2007
The Kellogg students have worked hard in recent months to encourage their peers, their professors and staff members to be as passionate about being "Green" as they are about the school itself....
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
The Guru Who Learnt Things From The Tsunami
Jul 2007
Listen to your inner voice, Jain said, adding had it not been for some subconscious force that made him walk away from the beach on that fateful December morning, he would not have been alive....
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Webcasts
How To Survive In A Downturn Economy
Sep 2010
Despite Chile having many scientists and entrepreneurs, Economic Minister Fontaine claims his nation currently needs greater interconnection between these professional groups. Learning from the...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
Economic Lessons From Silicon Valley
Sep 2010
Despite Chile having many scientists and entrepreneurs, Economic Minister Fontaine claims his nation currently needs greater interconnection between these professional groups. Learning from the...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Prepare For The Recovery: A B2B Checklist
Apr 2010
What is clear is that, for 2010, business-to-business marketers need to change their focus from "Marketing in a downturn" to "Marketing for success in the recovery." And that's going to take more...
Provided by Godfrey
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Whitepapers
Oracle, Sun and HP customers are choosing POWER7. Find out why.
Nov 2010
Continual and timely upgrades of UNIX systems can enable growth and lower costs. But for some Sun/Oracle and HP customers, expected upgrade plans have hit major hurdles. Read this Clipper Group...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
LotusLive Engage Securitywhitepaper: Why is security a competitive differentiator for LotusLive and LotusLive Engage?
Nov 2010
Security is a competitive differentiator for LotusLive and LotusLive Engage. Engage's business-ready security is based on a deep understanding of security and privacy best practices, in both IBM...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
White paper: Delivering Trusted Information with IBM InfoSphere Foundation Tools
Nov 2010
As businesses undertake information centric projects such as Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Smart Analytics, Master Data Management, Application Consolidation to unlock business value of...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Winning The Localization Game
Jan 2008
Automotive markets in China and India are growing at breakneck speed. From 2001 through 2007, markets for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles achieved compound annual growth rates (CAGR5)...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
White Papers
Trading Up, Updated
Mar 2008
Trading up and treasure hunting are not limited to the United States. They are just as relevant and powerful in Australia, Canada, China, Europe, India, and Japan. The socio-demographic forces...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
White Papers
Four Imperative For Hedge Funds
Sep 2008
As assets under management (AuM) in hedge funds approach $2 trillion globally - and as institutional demands and inflows increasingly drive the alternative investment market - industry leaders are...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
White Papers
Banking On Lean Advantage
Jul 2010
Lean advantage is unique in several ways. First, it takes a strategic view of operations. The goals of operations improvement - for example, lower costs, higher revenues, and improved customer...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
White Papers
ESG - Accelerating Data Migration with WAN Optimization
Aug 2010
Migrating large amounts of data over distance can be costly and time consuming. It's also necessary for IT tasks such as remote office backup, data center moves, and cloud computing models. The...
Provided by Riverbed
-
White Papers
Managing Your Wireless Workforce
Nov 2010
Explosive growth in the mobile workforce has led to increasing attention paid to the security of mobile data and devices. Mobile data security is most effective when implemented in a series of...
Provided by Symantec
-
White Papers
Bandwidth Bandits
Nov 2010
This paper will discuss how the Internet bandwidth is a finite and expensive resource that needs protection from spammers, criminals, hackers, time-wasters and employee misuse. Not only is it...
Provided by Symantec
-
White Papers
Securing Data in the Cloud
Nov 2010
This document is intended to give a broad overview of our security policies, processes and practices current at the date of writing. It would be impossible to describe all security controls in a...
Provided by Symantec
-
White Papers
Achieving Excellence In After-Sales Services: A Primer For Industrial Companies
Sep 2009
Inspired by the success of these and other pioneering manufacturers, a number of industrial goods companies have attempted to make the shift from pure manufacturing organizations to organizations...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
White Papers
Selling Your Company
Apr 2010
How Selling Your Company To Management Can be a Smart Exit Strategy Business owners often overlook selling their company to management as a possible exit strategy. But for solid companies with...
Provided by Lantern Capital Advisors
-
White Papers
Management, Strategic Management Theories And The Linkage With Organizational Competitive Advantage
Sep 2010
The main objective of this paper is to review the evolution of management theory, overview of strategic management theory and its linkage with the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm's...
Provided by Universiti Putra Malaysia
-
Webcasts
Lessons Learned from the First Decade of BPM
Dec 2010
Join IBM and Lombardi as we discuss the patterns of success (and failure) we have seen over the last ten years in Business Process Management (BPM). Hear tangible examples and use cases of...
Provided by IBM
-
Whitepapers
Making the Case for BPM; A Benefits Checklist
Dec 2010
This paper is intended for groups who want to make the business case for investing in BPM to drive process improvement.It provides an overview of the areas of benefit that companies can expect...
Provided by IBM
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Downloads
WebSphere Lombardi Edition - Taking the Tour - Product Demo
Dec 2010
Take control of your key processes with our industry leading BPM suite (BPMS). Build, optimize and manage your process applications. Take the product demo tour of the Websphere Lombardi Edition...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
DBP-Red Paper: BPM Solution Implementation Guide
Dec 2010
The BPM Solution Implementation Guide, an IBM® Redpaper™, provides a practical approach to rapid Business Process Management solution delivery. It describes how to analyze, model, and manage...
Provided by IBM
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Downloads
SW: Smart Work for Healthcare demo
Dec 2010
Watch this demo and learn how combining Business Process Management, Collaboration and SOA enables an ER to: significantly improve the quality of patient care; handle emergencies better; access...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Operational Vs. Strategic Workforce Planning: Understanding The Difference And When To Use Each
Aug 2007
One of the most important things an organization can do is plan for the future, but there are fundamentally two different kinds of planning: operational (or tactical) and strategic. Both kinds are...
Provided by Aruspex
-
Downloads
Cloud Security Guidance IBM Recommendations for the Implementation of Cloud Security
Jan 2011
Cloud computing is a flexible, cost-effective, and proven delivery platform for providing business or consumer IT services over the Internet. Cloud resources can be rapidly deployed and easily...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Putting Europe Back On Track
Aug 2010
There is a before and after in every crisis, says Bruno Lanvin, Executive Director of the INSEAD eLab and one of the authors of the report. "The belief among many analysts and observers is that...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Value Chains, Value Streams, Value Nets, And Value Delivery Chains
Apr 2009
The Value Chain Group together with partners have developed approaches and methodologies to support the process of successfully aligning business and IT strategies, architecture, design,...
Provided by Business Process Trends
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White Papers
How To Use Collaborative Commerce To Manage The Extended Enterprise
Jan 2011
When a company and its key value chain work together to meet customer needs, they are operating in an Extended Enterprise model and virtually all large organizations today are already doing just...
Provided by Business Forum Institute
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White Papers
Next-Generation Data Center
Dec 2009
A generation gap is opening between data centers that are now showing distinct signs of aging and a new generation of data centers that will eventually replace them in many organizations. In these...
Provided by Logicalis Group
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White Papers
One-Page Strategic Plan: How To Complete
Apr 2008
Vision - A Dream With A Plan - Most people don't have visions, they have dreams. The one-page planning document guides you to answer 7 simple questions around your dream - Who, What, When, Where,...
Provided by Gazelles
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White Papers
A Five Year Goal For All Companies
Jun 2010
It's 2013 and your company is paying the highest wages in your industry, affording you the ability to attract and retain the best talent. Yet you have the lowest cost structure, so you have huge...
Provided by Gazelles
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White Papers
Strategic Preparation: Three Critical Steps
Aug 2010
This is the season for strategic planning as companies look to next year and beyond. Yet many small to mid-size companies jump into the process without proper preparation, hampering the...
Provided by Gazelles
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White Papers
Making Strategy Work: A Literature Review On The Factors Influencing Strategy Implementation
Feb 2008
Although formulating a consistent strategy is a difficult task for any management team, making that strategy work - implementing it throughout the organization - is even more difficult (Hrebiniak,...
Provided by University of Lugano
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White Papers
Strategy Execution: Setting Strategy Is Just The Beginning
Jun 2009
Every year, companies invest an extraordinary amount of time, money and effort into the creation of the perfect strategic plan. A well-planned road map for success. Yet few companies actually...
Provided by Hitachi Consulting
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White Papers
Grading Your Business Strategist
Aug 2009
There is the "Boss" role. They get to make large decisions about how to be organized, where to spend money and who to reward. There is the "Marketing" role that gets to tell all types of stories...
Provided by JTHawes Consulting
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Whitepapers
Closed Loop Performance Management: Closing the Gap between Strategy & Execution
Feb 2011
Formal performance-management (PM) methodologies and solutions can give organizations the discipline to prosper during difficult economic times while providing the flexibility to pursue...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
A Reason For Unreason: Returns-Based Beliefs In Game Theory
Sep 2010
Players cooperate in experiments more than game theory would predict. The authors introduce the 'Returns-based beliefs' approach: the expected returns of a particular strategy in proportion to...
Provided by University of Cambridge
