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ALSO CALLED: Return On Investment, ROI Calculators, Cost Calculators, and IT ROI DEFINITION: The law of diminishing returns is a classic economic concept that states that as more investment in an area is made, overall return on that investment increases at a declining rate, assuming that all variables remain fixed. To continue to make an investment after a certain point (which varies from context to context) is to receive a decreasing return on that input. The law of diminishing returns has … Definition continues below.
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Webcast: Five Things You Can Do Today to Cut Costs Using Agile Development sponsored by IBM WEBCAST: In this economic downturn, organizations are looking to cut costs. Agile teams produce higher quality work, are quick to deliver and provide greater ROI. What can these teams do now to cut costs? Join us as Scott Ambler, Practice Leader Agile Development, provides his expertise and guidance on this pressing topic for today. Posted: 04 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 04 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Economic Environment \| ROI \| Software Best Practices \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools

Five Easy Ways to Better Returns from Your Software Development Investments sponsored by IBM WEBCAST: Discover how investing in software development brings back returns with reduced cost and risk, improved time-to-market, and enhanced productivity by following the simple best practices discussed in this webcast. Posted: 04 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 04 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Investments \| ROI \| Software \| Software Best Practices \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools

Podcast- The Secret to Maximizing Virtualization ROI in the Dynamic Data Center sponsored by Akorri PODCAST: This podcast details a strategy to optimize your virtualized infrastructure performance. Get answers on how to leverage key performance indicators and cross-domain analytics to plan for future capacity demands and improve service levels. Discover the secret to managing your VMware infrastructure performance for optimal resource utilization. Posted: 03 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 03 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Applications Management Services \| IT Infrastructure \| Metrics \| ROI \| Systems Management \| VMware

The Secret to Maximizing Virtualization ROI in the Dynamic Data Center sponsored by Akorri WEBCAST: This webcast details an approach to optimize your virtualized infrastructure performance. Learn how to leverage key performance indicators and cross-domain analytics to plan for future capacity demands and improve service levels. Discover the secret to managing your VMware infrastructure performance for optimal resource utilization. Posted: 03 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 03 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Applications Management Services \| IT Infrastructure \| Metrics \| ROI \| Systems Management \| VMware

Virtualization, Cloud Computing and the IT Service Catalog sponsored by newScale, Inc. WEBCAST: In this webcast, learn about an IT service catalog that will help you achieve virtualization benefits like cost savings and IT agility. Discover a new operating model that enables effective virtualization and cloud computing management. Learn how IT can become more cloud-like and explore how to pave the way for an internal cloud. Posted: 29 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 29 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Infrastructure Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| IT Service Management \| Portfolio Management (IT Management) \| ROI \| Server Virtualization

High Availability Doesn’t Need to be Expensive sponsored by Marathon Technologies WEBCAST: In this webcast, learn about a wide range of high availability (HA) alternatives that meet IT requirements and reduce the risk of downtime. Determine ways to justify an HA investment and how to mix and match tools for faster ROI. Watch this webcast to learn how to align your business needs with a high availability strategy. Posted: 27 Oct 2009 \| Premieres: 27 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Clustering \| Data Centers \| Downtime \| High Availability \| Network Management \| ROI \| Server Virtualization \| Systems Management

Tactical Data Quality Projects Deliver Quick ROI sponsored by DataFlux Corporation PODCAST: This expert podcast offers advice for deploying and completing tactical data quality projects from Forrester's Rob Karel. Posted: 21 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 21 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Data Auditing \| Data Collection \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Modeling \| Data Modeling Languages \| Data Profiling \| Data Quality \| Design Verification \| Quality Control \| ROI

Optimize your Technology Infrastructure Podcast Series sponsored by IBM PODCAST: Companies with a flexible IT infrastructure credit their success to an ability to adapt to change. Listen to find new ways to lower IT complexity and improve operating efficiency in your company. Posted: 05 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 05 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Configuration Management \| IT Asset Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| ROI \| TCO

PODCAST: Stop Wasting Energy! Tips for Cutting Power Draws from PC Networks to Data Centers sponsored by PC Connection in partnership with Intel PODCAST: Join this Podcast, presented by PC Connection, featuring guest speakers Doug Washburn, Forrester Research Analyst, and co-presenter John Skinner, Intel’s Director of Marketing, Eco-Technology, as they discuss the scope of energy-efficient computing, and how new incentives can be leveraged to accelerate the ROI of your technology investments. Posted: 30 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 30 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Energy Efficiency \| IT Management \| Network Management \| Power Consumption Monitoring \| ROI \| Server Consolidation \| Systems Management

Stop Wasting Energy! Tips for Cutting Power Draws from PC Networks to Data Centers sponsored by PC Connection in partnership with Intel WEBCAST: Join this Webcast, presented by PC Connection, featuring guest speakers Doug Washburn, Forrester Research Analyst, and co-presenter John Skinner, Intel’s Director of Marketing, Eco-Technology, as they discuss the scope of energy-efficient computing, and how new incentives can be leveraged to accelerate the ROI of your technology investments. Posted: 30 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 30 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Energy Efficiency \| Green Data Center \| Network Management \| Power Consumption Monitoring \| ROI \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management

Best Practices: Real-World Performance Testing and the “aha” Moment sponsored by Gomez PODCAST: Tune in to this podcast now for expert insight on the connection between web performance testing and the bottom line, and pointers and best practices for ensuring the success of your critical eBusiness initiatives. Posted: 24 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 24 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Firewall Management \| Load Testing \| Network Performance \| Performance Testing \| ROI \| Web Services

Podcast: Staying competitive and Showing ROI sponsored by IBM PODCAST: According to recent research conducted by IBM® ISS X-Force®, more than half of all disclosed vulnerabilities in 2008 were Web application flaws. Learn how IBM Web application security solutions can help you reduce costs, manage risk and improve service. Listen to the podcast. Posted: 21 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 21 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Infrastructure \| Application Performance Management \| Application Security \| ROI \| Web Applications Management \| Web Applications Software

Webcast: Security convergence equals network security cost savings sponsored by IBM WEBCAST: Listen to IBM Internet Security Systems' take on network security convergence. You will learn how to get more out of your existing investments in network security, combat new Web 2.0, Web application and database threats without purchasing stand alone technologies, and how to protect your company from worms to botnets to preventing data leaks. Posted: 21 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 21 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Cost Benefit Analysis \| Network Best Practices \| Network Management \| Network Security \| ROI \| Security \| Security Best Practices

How to Optimize the Solaris OS on Sun Systems based on Intel® Xeon® 5500 Processor Series sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation WEBCAST: Engineering teams from Sun and Intel are collaborating on optimizing how the Solaris ecosystem and the new Intel Core Microarchitecture (formerly code-named Nehalem) for the Intel® Xeon® processor work together, with compelling results. View this webcast to see how these results can improve your own infrastructure. Posted: 17 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 17 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Data Center Construction \| Data Center Design \| IT Infrastructure \| Network Architectures \| Rack Servers \| ROI \| Server Software \| Server Virtualization

Demonstrating Results for Identity Management in 30 Days: A Customer Case Study sponsored by Oracle Corporation WEBCAST: In this webcast, learn how a leading financial services company closed major gaps in their security and compliance programs using an identity management solution. Get details on the design and deployment, as well as how identity management aided in achieving quick results and immediate value. Posted: 16 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 16 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Control Software \| Compliance Audits \| Compliance Best Practices \| Financial Reporting \| Identity Management \| Identity Management Software \| IT Management \| Productivity \| ROI \| Security

Taking the next step toward greater performance and cost efficiency in a dedupe solution? Go beyond the dedupe that you know. sponsored by FalconStor Software PODCAST: Join Brian Babineau, Senior Analyst with ESG, as he explores high-speed, power-efficient deduplication with industry innovators Nexsan and FalconStor who have formed a strategic venture to deliver the cost saving benefits of these technologies in an integrated system designed to optimize almost any backup environment and deliver immediate ROI. Posted: 10 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 10 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Continuous Data Protection Software \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Disk Backups \| ROI \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Replication \| Storage Virtualization \| Tape Backups

High-speed, Power-efficient Deduplication: Saving Costs Without Sacrificing Performance sponsored by FalconStor Software WEBCAST: Industry innovators Nexsan and FalconStor have formed a strategic venture to deliver the cost saving benefits of these technologies in an integrated system designed to optimize almost any backup environment and deliver immediate ROI. Posted: 10 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 10 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Continuous Data Protection Software \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Disk Backups \| ROI \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Replication \| Storage Virtualization \| Tape Backups

Grow Your Business with the Visibility to Capture More Sales Opportunities sponsored by Microsoft WEBCAST: In part one of this webcast series, we show you how the productivity of your sales teams can be dramatically increased by utilizing the enhancements in the newly released Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. Posted: 09 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 09 Sep 2009 TOPICS: CRM \| CRM Software \| Productivity \| ROI \| Sales \| Sales and Marketing Software

Simplifying the IT Environment for Better Productivity sponsored by IBM VIDEO: CloudBurst is a ready to go system complete with software, platform, and the services to make you productive immediately. This tightly integrated system encompasses your networking fabric, storage fabric and compute fabric complete with service management. Posted: 08 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 08 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Data Management \| Infrastructure Management \| ROI \| Service Level Management \| TCO \| Workload Automation

Best Practices: Protect Your Online Revenue Through Web Performance Testing sponsored by Gomez WEBCAST: Tune in to this webcast to hear from an industry expert as she discusses drivers and best practices for effective web performance testing and quality life-cycle management for today's rich and complex applications. Posted: 04 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 04 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| eBusiness \| Load Testing \| Network Performance \| Performance Testing \| ROI \| Web Applications Management

Portfolio Resource Management sponsored by AtTask PODCAST: This podcast will review the steps CIOs can take to select top projects with the most value to the business, map resources and finally fill in the gaps. Posted: 02 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 02 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Metrics \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| ROI \| Strategic Planning

PlateSpin Recon: Virtual Capacity Management and Consolidation Planning sponsored by Novell Inc. WEBCAST: Watch this webcast to learn about a new unique workload profiling tool that takes the guess work out of identifying underutilized physical servers and virtual hosts. Learn how to leverage this tool for improved use and longer life of your current hardware. Posted: 28 Aug 2009 \| Premiered: 28 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| IT Management \| Network Capacity \| Network Performance \| ROI \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| VM

Improving Marketing Measurements, Operations, & ROI sponsored by Citrix Online WEBCAST: Struggling to determine the impact of your lead-generation efforts? Making blind marketing decisions and hoping for the best? View this Webinar archive with Jim Lenskold, author of the recent MarketingProfs ROI study, to discover what sets the top tier of "highly effective and efficient" marketing organizations apart from others. Posted: 21 Aug 2009 \| Premiered: 21 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Business Performance Management \| CRM \| Customer Service \| Customer Service Best Practices \| Customer Support Software \| Lead Generation \| Marketing \| Marketing Literature \| Metrics \| Predictive Analytics \| ROI

Tips from the Trade – How to Execute Campaigns That Deliver ROI sponsored by SAS Institute Inc. WEBCAST: Watch this webcast to learn how changing your approach to campaign management, and using predictive analytics to drive decision-making can allow you to deliver more of a return on investment (ROI). Posted: 20 Aug 2009 \| Premiered: 20 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Campaign Management \| Contact Management \| Customer Retention \| Customer Satisfaction \| Customer Service \| Market Research \| Market Trends \| Predictive Analytics \| ROI

Leveraging the Power of BI and BPM in the Enterprise sponsored by IDS Scheer PODCAST: In this podcast, our expert discusses the real-time benefits of using BI with BPM, what type of architecture is best to run both, and the potential ROI gains. Posted: 18 Aug 2009 \| Premiered: 18 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Performance Management \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Market Research \| Real-time Analytics \| ROI

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ROI DEFINITION (continued): … broader applications than economics. In fact, it is one of the most widely recognized economic principles outside of the economic classroom. In a call center, for instance, service level improvements decline in rate in relation to each additional successive agent added. Other real-world examples abound: A student considering one more hour of study after 2 AM.A prospective car buyer evaluating the benefits of a higher grade of luxury vehicleA farmer weighing adding an extra bushel of fertilizer to a saturated field of cornA marketer analyzing the ROI of additional media buys in a long-running …

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