Business Management White Papers

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the ins and outs of social businesses, uncovering what it means, the value it brings, and what you should expect for the future.

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 | Published: 22 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, IDC explores example case studies of IBM’s internal evolution to a social business as a means to guide other large organisations considering making a similar transition.

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 | Published: 22 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Check out this research brief as it explores key findings to maximize business telepresence value by understanding how telepresence works as an enabler for business transformation. Learn how best-in-class organizations deploy telepresence to gain business value and see benefits that drive top-line growth.

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 | Published: 16 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: The complexity of operational processes can be a significant obstacle to any effort for improvement through modeling and analysis. Access this white paper for 3 principles that can be used to simplify management strategies and arrive at models that will provide you with a better understanding of your business.

Posted: 09 May 2011 | Published: 09 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper and find out how the IBM Smart Analytics System can arm your organizations’ decision makers with the insights needed to achieve mission goals and address the challenges of tomorrow.

Posted: 16 Apr 2011 | Published: 15 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper and see how an effective business analytics strategy can help organizations optimize performance, operationalize decisions and solve mission problems.

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 | Published: 15 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: This is first in a series of papers that present emerging strategies and best practices for senior marketers to help their organizations prevail at today’s speed-of-light rate of change.

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 | Published: 11 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: See how SAP has combined SAP Business Communications Management with implementation services to help you quickly and predictably improve customer service and reduce operational costs in inbound contact centers. The all-IP contact-center solution works with SAP CRM to further increase customer service benefits.

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 | Published: 24 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This IDC White Paper examines complementary technologies from Hitachi and explains how they speed the benefits of virtualization and dramatically improve the management of the infrastructure while modernizing the storage architecture. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: HP Insight Software is integrated management software to manage infrastructures including HP ProLiant, HP Integrity, and HP BladeSystem. A core element of the HP Converged Infrastructure and Matrix Operating Environment, HP Insight Software is designed to provide customers with deeper insight into their systems to make more informed decisions.

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 | Published: 15 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper shows how mathematical optimization enables the rapid development and deployment of applications that address the energy and power industries’ most pressing issues, including climate change, grid utilization, market restructuring and Enterprise IT.

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 | Published: 14 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Optimization is unique simply by being the mathematical discipline focused on efficiency. Along with statistics and predictive analytics, it is one of the two mathematical disciplines used most frequently in the world of business. Download this white paper to learn how to solve your toughest planning and scheduling problems.

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 | Published: 14 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Improving business efficiency is a perennial concern for any company that hopes to achieve “best-in-class” operations. Businesses that successfully improve efficiency stand to reduce operating costs while improving the effectiveness and profitability of their operations. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 | Published: 08 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Enterprises of all sizes are deploying or considering deploying blade systems as a way to consolidate resources and lower their total cost of ownership. Read this white paper to learn about the total cost of ownership (TCO) for the Dell PowerEdge servers.

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 19 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: IBM Tivoli® System Automation Application Manager offers unsurpassed capabilities designed to help meet high levels of availability for mission-critical composite business applications, reduce unplanned downtime, improve business flexibility, and meet strict SLAs across complex heterogeneous environments. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 | Published: 24 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: The construction of a data model is one of the more difficult tasks of software engineering and is often pivotal to the success or failure of a project. Many factors determine the effectiveness of a data model. In this white paper, industry expert Michael Blaha covers the Top 10 pitfalls to avoid — from both the strategy and detail perspective.

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Learn how Data Modeling supports cloud computing since interaction among the Cloud Service Provider, Cloud Administration and Customer needs to include a well thought out data architecture before a DBMS designed offering in cloud computing is deployed. Continue reading to learn more.

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper will discuss how cloud is helping enterprises, governments and industries around the globe meet their current challenges through key value drivers.

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 | Published: 15 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: This IBM white paper provides an introduction to the managed file transfer topic and IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition. WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition is designed to address the needs of organizations that rely on the transfer of files as well as organizations that want more control, manageability and auditability.

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 | Published: 30 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn why Intel IT decided to implement an enterprise-wide deployment of Microsoft Windows. This paper provides a discussion of all the performance, manageability, and security benefits that come with this upgraded opeating system.

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 | Published: 14 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: To succeed in this new climate, you now need to take decisive action to preempt scarcity, drive cost efficiency and find targeted approaches to revenue growth. Read this executive report to find out how.

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 | Published: 09 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for a summary of the 2nd webcast in a series sponsored by IBM that is designed to empower IT and Business Unit managers to develop a strong business case for the return on investment (ROI) of their business intelligence initiatives.

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 | Published: 07 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how organizations with highly-complex organizational structures will find an application independent business intelligence strategy more effective than BI tools that come bundled in ERP applications.

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how this software can aid in starting new projects and adding and transitioning team members quickly, thereby increasing your ability to respond to changes in your business as well as marketplace demands.

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 | Published: 29 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: In their latest book, Thomas Davenport, Jeanne Harris and Robert Morison show how companies apply analytics in their daily operations. We see examples of analytics at work within core processes in a variety of business areas. Read this white paper to learn how embedding analytics into your organization's processes can help you.

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 | Published: 30 Jul 2010