Business Systems

WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents the findings of a research study conducted to identify what differentiates successful accounts payable operations from those that are underachieving. Read now to learn how automating these processes can reduce labor costs while improving effectiveness.

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 | Published: 22 Feb 2013

WHITE PAPER: Explore this white paper to learn more about how analytics can help your business obtain higher operational performance. It discusses the impact of technology on business operations and what you can do to run a business function that produces the right results.

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 | Published: 30 Jan 2013

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for an overview of cloud computing along with Oracle's cloud computing strategy and significant features of Oracle business intelligence 11g, Oracle's market leading BI platform that has been architected to support both cloud and non-cloud deployments.

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 | Published: 11 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: Google announced its Google Voice service in 2009 as a  "trial service, by invitation only", but it quickly became widely available in the US. Google originally stated that it was a consumer service and not meant to be an enterprise service, but the player now considers it part of its enterprise service portfolio.

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 | Published: 01 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Successful execution of an SOA strategy, combined with the release of the business value contained in legacy systems, can bring five proven benefits to the enterprise. Functioning as both a software development environment and a delivery framework, SOA provides a mechanism for defining business services and operating models.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 24 Jul 2008

WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Dynamics CRM enables organizations to improve customer service, effectively manage marketing and communications, and increase sales productivity, ultimately driving increased profits and reduced costs.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: When the economy slows, many businesses react by retrenching and cutting costs in order to weather the downturn. While such cost reduction is important, companies often overlook equally critical strategic decisions – opportunities to use valuable business information to strengthen product and service offerings and emerge ahead of the competition.

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 | Published: 03 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper explains how business people are allowed to directly define how their business rules are being executed with a BRMS; and, perhaps more important, how it facilitates change in an easy, safe and reliable manner.

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we’ll explore two software technologies supporting better automated decisions—business rule management systems (BRMS) and business event processing(BEP)—and illustrate how these two solutions can work in tandem to help a variety of industries work smarter.

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 | Published: 07 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the delivery methods and strategies for achieving versatile, agile and powerful IT capabilities. Inside, learn about the need for service and application orchestration, as well as cutting edge strategies for meeting a new generation of business needs.

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 | Published: 30 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: In this report, get the major findings on what's happening with B2B execution and what's next for business networks.

Posted: 19 May 2011 | Published: 19 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Learn about the momentum behind enterprise mobility and about SAP's plans for keeping up.

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 | Published: 23 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Based on decades of experience developing decision management applications, FICO has developed 11 steps to help you make the most of business rules. This paper shares these secrets and addresses picking the right application and development approach, writing rules as effectively as possible, plus much more.

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 | Published: 10 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This Magic Quadrant addresses mature and emerging products that help IT organizations consolidate, analyze and respond to component-level IT infrastructure events, improve event-to-incident/problem resolution processes, and improve alignment between events and business-oriented IT services.

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 | Published: 07 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: In a hands-on look at IBM Rational AppScan Standard Edition, the Enterprise Management Associates® (EMA™) team finds in the product an easily implemented, highly configurable utility that addresses multiple application security pain points.

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 | Published: 27 Oct 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: This paper is focused on helping those who want to emerge aswinners in the new cloud provider marketplace. Read on to learn tips for creating a winning cloud provider business strategy and model.

Posted: 21 Sep 2010 | Published: 29 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: Using the information contained within an EA, stakeholders can identify innovation initiatives – freeing funds through optimization initiatives, or developing new opportunities. This white paper provides an overview of EA and highlights how an actionable EA approach from IBM can maximize organizational agility, and more. 

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 | Published: 12 Aug 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: Leading banks use business analytics to predict and prevent credit fraud, saving millions. Retailers use business analytics to predict the best location for stores and how to stock them. But these advanced business applications tell only part of the story. What's going on inside these market-leading companies that sets them apart?

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 | Published: 29 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the disruptions to SAP’s roadmap after the acquisition of BOBJ, and discusses various scenarios in which customers might decide to stay with SAP BOBJ for its BI strategy, and also when it might be best to use a third-party BI platform to leverage their SAP investments. Read this paper to learn more.

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 | Published: 26 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: With no upfront cost and minimal effort required for set up, SaaS BI solutions are ideal for small to mid-sized businesses, for addressing specific business needs or when few IT resources are available. SaaS BI solutions quickly provide access to critical reporting and analysis without the time needed for a full-blown on-premise BI implementation.

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 | Published: 05 Apr 2010