Business IT Alignment

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how SOA can deliver enormous business benefits, flexibility and agility and also explains SOA as a catalyst for IT transformation.

Posted: 01 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: Many IT project management initiatives often miss goals, exceed budgets and fail to deliver benefits. Read this paper to learn how optimizing project management can help organizations transition from managing IT projects to managing business outcomes.

Posted: 01 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: Effective and efficient IT operations are the "table stakes" for IT-business groups' relationships -- they're taken for granted by user groups but are glaring when absent.

Posted: 02 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2006

WHITE PAPER: Explore the benefits of ITIL and IT service management (ITSM) and how ITSM will give IT administrators the tools they need to get a handle on the costs, the value and increase the efficiencies of their operations.

Posted: 04 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

WHITE PAPER: Whether implementing new technologies, upgrading existing infrastructures or evaluating current needs, the use of consultants for a Technology Assessment offers an objective evaluation of what your business needs to effectively execute your strategy.

Posted: 03 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

WHITE PAPER: A key challenge for those starting a CMDB project is how to define and document detailed requirements that are both appropriate and achievable. This white paper provides expert tips and a template for crafting detailed CMDB project requirements.

Posted: 19 May 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008

WHITE PAPER: Managing IT by service and not technology is the message of ITIL v3, but, most IT professionals really struggle with defining IT services. In this white paper, explore five steps to defining IT services.

Posted: 19 May 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008

WHITE PAPER: ITIL Service Delivery provides the processes for identifying, planning and provisioning IT services, while Service Support addresses the day-to-day support and maintenance of these services.

Posted: 21 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008

WHITE PAPER: Take a look at how organizations are taking strides to align business strategy with actual initiatives, projects, and daily activities - in short, to close the gap between strategy and execution.

Posted: 24 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Nov 2007

WHITE PAPER: This report is fourth in a series of quarterly surveys to TechTarget's IT Research Panel. Respondents' preferences for media consumption and technology marketing solutions are compared to initial benchmarks and trends established in our pre...

Posted: 06 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008

WHITE PAPER: Green sustainability is becoming a highly visible part of the corporate strategy. Read this paper to learn how your organization can generate significant cost savings by integrating a green project into an overall change management initiative.

Posted: 21 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2007

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the importance of business and IT objectives for an enterprise architecture initiative. Discover the benefits of enterprise architecture and explore a step-by-step guide for implementing this infrastructure.

Posted: 19 Feb 2008 | Published: 16 Jul 2007

WHITE PAPER: ITIL is the only comprehensive, non-proprietary framework available for the planning, provisioning and support of IT services.

Posted: 13 Feb 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2007

WHITE PAPER: The ability to measure the results of a process and identify weak points is a measure of success with IT. Learn how to recognize and track problems appearing in production to their real root cause so that real process improvement can take place.

Posted: 06 Dec 2007 | Published: 02 Apr 2007

WHITE PAPER: This paper highlights a set of guidelines for implementing a Smart SOA approach. Smart SOA benefits both business and IT by extending the business value of deployment to achieve the desired level of agility and IT alignment within an organization.

Posted: 27 Nov 2007 | Published: 01 Oct 2007

WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the best practices essential for effective value chain analysis during an enterprise level SOA initiative.

Posted: 29 Oct 2007 | Published: 01 Mar 2007

WHITE PAPER: While ITIL is the de facto approach for service management, CIOs often struggle with understanding ITIL and its benefits. Learn about real-world ITIL implementations that encompass product procurement, service desk and network management so...

Posted: 29 Oct 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

WHITE PAPER: Innovation requires change and Service Orientated Architecture makes it easier for companies to change. SOA views a business as linked services and considers the outcomes they bring. Learn guiding principles for implementing SOA in this paper.

Posted: 22 Oct 2007 | Published: 22 Oct 2007

WHITE PAPER: This report is third in a series of quarterly surveys to TechTarget's IT Research Panel. Respondents' preferences for media consumption and technology marketing solutions are compared to initial benchmarks and trends established in our previous...

Posted: 19 Oct 2007 | Published: 01 Oct 2007

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about two core competencies that can help your IT department cost-effectively improve its ability to meet internal customer expectations and support critical business functions.

Posted: 10 Oct 2007 | Published: 01 Oct 2007

WHITE PAPER: This white paper details business and technology perspectives on the growing trend of .NET adoption and key management practices for combining J2EE and .NET application management.

Posted: 27 Jul 2007 | Published: 01 Oct 2006

WHITE PAPER: This E-Guide provides an overview of the SOA lifecycle and features expert insight into the key areas critical to the successful planning, implementation and management of an SOA; including lifecycle management; governance; modeling and more.

Posted: 27 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper describes the concept of combining BPM and SOA to create greater business agility. It details the disadvantages of BPM and SOA in silos and lists the advantages of using BPM and SOA together.

Posted: 12 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 May 2006

WHITE PAPER: IT is challenged to improve service levels and meet business demands while holding the line on costs. Learn how adopting a service-oriented, process-driven approach allows IT to link infrastructure to services so services can be proactively managed.

Posted: 04 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Apr 2007

WHITE PAPER: This report shows an unexpected tendency in technology buying research toward software downloads as the top online media type used by technology professionals - coupled with high usage and effectiveness rankings for attending live conferences.

Posted: 23 Mar 2007 | Published: 01 Mar 2007