Business IT Alignment

WHITE PAPER: Discover how business analysts (BA) can master the art of communicating and eliciting critical information from business stakeholders. Read on to learn specific techniques and methods for streamlining the BA process.

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 | Published: 07 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this summary report, discover how fellows CIOs and technology leaders weigh in on the opportunities IT megatrends are providing CIOs and IT executives. Uncover their opinions on top trends such as mobility, the cloud, big data analytics, and the consumerization of IT.

Posted: 31 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to discover what makes up an enterprise-grade digital transformation strategy. Gain insight into the 3 transformation paths available, 4 factors to consider before choosing a transformation policy, and 5 critical components an effective strategy must contain.

Posted: 22 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Does your business rely on spreadsheets for performance management? Spreadsheets require labor-intensive manual processes and are highly error-prone. Learn how you can replace or augment your spreadsheets with planning applications that integrate easily with spreadsheets, leveraging the best of your existing investment.

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 | Published: 17 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of the major issues that are driving support for care transformation. More importantly, it outlines an approach for achieving value from the IT investments made by health care organizations in support of transformation initiatives.

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 | Published: 20 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to  learn about IBM vs. Oracle’s different methods of workload optimization. Review the differences between IBM’s three server approach and Oracle’s one-size-fits-all approach to deep analytics, operational analytics, and transaction processing, and decide which technology best suits your organization.

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to uncover how cloud-based portfolio project management (PPM) strategies are changing the way CIOs and IT teams are viewed by the business. Gain insight into PPM best practices and real world of examples of how PPM keeps you on time, budget, quota, and target.

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper showcases how Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) can utilize real-time analytics to improve performance and drive more informed decisions. Additionally, learn how your facility can apply these analytics to improve patient care.

Posted: 25 May 2012 | Published: 25 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: The demand for greater ecommerce capabilities is growing leading CIOs and IT professionals concerned with choosing the perfect vendor. Through this in-depth vendor analysis by Gartner, uncover the top 6 questions you should ask and the strengths and weaknesses of the top 20 e-commerce vendors.

Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 03 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access the resource to discover the 5 stages of an effective IT risk mitigation program, the 5 components of efficiently managing IT risks and 5 questions to ponder when assessing risk solutions.

Posted: 04 May 2012 | Published: 01 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the potential compliance related benefits to adopting fax server technology.

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 | Published: 11 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This resource highlights the benefits of network fax servers over traditional standalone fax machines, from reduced cost to enhanced productivity.

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 | Published: 30 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This decision guide demonstrates how migrating to Serena Service Manager will help transform your IT organization into an agile, responsive, and business-focused service provider.

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 | Published: 04 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Using the framework of Stephen R. Covey’s best-selling book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, this resource describes 11 habits IT organizations must develop to foster business process management (BPM) success, including building a complete BPM while also forcing collaboration across the enterprise.

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Sound business intelligence (BI) reporting can be invaluable in helping your business peers make the best decisions for your company. Ensuring error-free, end-to-end integration of data between processes distributed throughout your organization, however, can be challenging. Learn how scheduling and process automation technologies can help.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Security and compliance is the most often-cited barrier to cloud adoption. Read what David Hunter, CTO of Platform Security from VMware, and Art Coviello Jr., Executive Chairman of RSA, say about ensuring control and visibility in a secure cloud.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: When today's modern, extended enterprises make the move to standardize on a single business software solution, they often find that very few vendors offer products with the necessary scope and flexibility. Read this paper to discover the required elements of successful, unified business software for the extended enterprise.

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: New technology and the expanding role of the Internet are forever changing social relationships, management philosophies, and business models around the world. Access this white paper for insights into current mobile computing trends and recommendations for making the most out of these trends in the enterprise.

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 | Published: 23 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper looks at the increasing use of orchestration technologies to improve business processes that span two or more applications.

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 | Published: 31 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this essential resource to discover five crucial steps to jump-start business and IT agility by becoming an instant-on enterprise, including planning, standardizing, virtualizing, and more.

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Integrated Service Management offerings from IBM are designed to help managed service providers (MSPs) accelerate growth by supporting cost reduction programs, service delivery excellence, and the enablement of new and innovative business models such as cloud-based services.

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 | Published: 03 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper illustrates a new way of thinking about the funding of IT software projects, one that considers funding in terms of investment, and value as an expansive, longitudinal variable.

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 | Published: 20 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Ensure your organisation is able to align IT project decisions with financial, marketplace and business needs. Learn how portfolio management helps business and It leaders make informed, objective decisions via scenario, statistical and financial analyses.

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 | Published: 18 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Explore architecture management with IBM. Find out how the four elements of actionable enterprise architecture can transform your business.

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 | Published: 19 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Inside this white paper, learn about the top priorities for executives and the challenges for achieving them. Then, discover the information platform that is allowing organizations to consolidate their business and IT goals to encourage an environment of innovation and growth.

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 | Published: 28 Jul 2011