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May 26, 2012

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Capacity on Demand
ALSO CALLED: COD, Capacity-on-Demand, On/Off Capacity on Demand DEFINITION: Capacity on demand (COD) is a purchasing option that allows companies to receive equipment with more computer processing, storage, or other capacity than the company needs at the time of purchase, and have that extra capacity remain unused and unpaid for until the company actually requires it. Vendors are promoting capacity on demand as a cost-effective and time-saving alternative to more traditional … Definition continues below.
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10 Places SAP® Customers Can Reduce Data Management Costs sponsored by Winshuttle, LLC WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to find 10 cost areas that can be reduced by automation in SAP ERP software enabling businesses to abide by the recent trend to “do more with less”. Posted: 25 May 2012 \| Published: 25 May 2012 TOPICS: Data Entry \| Data Management \| ERP \| ERP Software \| SAP (Product)

10 Questions HR & Payroll Vendors May Not Want You to Ask sponsored by Ultimate Software WHITE PAPER: Organizations that want to enter the market for a new human capital management (HCM) solution are faced with the challenge of making an informed decision about new vendors. This white paper provides advice on how to uncover an efficient, cost-effective HCM solutionswith the top 10 questions organizations should be asking. Posted: 07 Feb 2011 \| Published: 07 Feb 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| Human Resources Management \| Human Resources Service Providers \| Human Resources Services \| Payroll Services \| Workforce Planning

10 Reasons to Love Sage Fixed Assets sponsored by Sage Software WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for the top 10 reasons why users like Sage Fixed Assets 2012 for reporting and accounting purposes. Posted: 09 Mar 2012 \| Published: 09 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Accounting \| Enterprise Asset Management Software \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Financial Reporting \| Fixed Assets \| Reporting Software

10 Warning Signs that Your ERP System is Killing Your Business sponsored by Plex Systems WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the warning signs that an ERP system is killing a business, and suggests how companies can thrive with a new approach to business systems. Posted: 10 Apr 2009 \| Published: 10 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Manufacturing Execution Systems \| Manufacturing Industry \| Mobile Device Management \| RPO \| RTO \| Shop Floor Control \| Software as a Service

12 Criteria to Help Make Your Next ERP Replacement Your Last sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation WHITE PAPER: Learn twelve criteria to help you identify and select an ERP solution that fits your business needs. Find the right ERP provider that will help you implement quickly and achieve business objectives. Posted: 21 Feb 2008 \| Published: 21 Feb 2008 TOPICS: Customer Service \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Just-In-Time \| Manufacturing Execution Systems \| Manufacturing Software \| ROI \| Software Implementation \| Software Selection \| Strategic Planning \| Value Chain Management \| Vendor Selection

15 Best Practices for Enterprise BPM: Removing BPM Silos to Unleash Process Power sponsored by Software AG WHITE PAPER: This resource can get you started on building an enterprise BPM strategy and includes 15 best practices in process transformation and the pitfalls to avoid along the way. Posted: 18 Mar 2012 \| Published: 18 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Process Modeling \| ERP

2-Layer BPM: Oracle’s Unique Strategy Towards Exceptional Agility and Business Process Efficiencies sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: A new approach to Business Process Management (BPM) is the use of BPM and SOA together in a layering strategy. This white paper explores the BPM layered concept and offers a case study of how ABN AMRO, one of the world's largest financial institutions, has benefited from its deployment. Posted: 21 Dec 2009 \| Published: 21 Dec 2009 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Models \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Modeling \| Business Processes \| Oracle (Product) \| Productivity \| SOA

5 Best Practices for SAP® Master Data Governance sponsored by Winshuttle, LLC WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to understand the importance of master data governance (MDG) in addition to the use of ERP software for workflow processes that can help you anticipate potential issues. Posted: 25 May 2012 \| Published: 25 May 2012 TOPICS: Data Governance \| Data Management \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Master Data Management \| SAP (Product)

5 Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Steps to RCM sponsored by IFS WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to understand the importance of reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) and the five levels of enterprise asset management (EAM) development that you must achieve in order to reach effective quintessential asset management (QAM) and RCM. Posted: 12 Mar 2012 \| Published: 12 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Content Management \| Content Management Services \| Enterprise Asset Management Software \| Enterprise Content Management \| ERP \| Systems Integration

5 Mistakes Distributors Make When Selecting an Enterprise Software System sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation WHITE PAPER: Replacing your ERP software is no small task -- you're essentially ripping out the core of your business and implementing a brand new one. Read this white paper to learn the five most common distributor pitfalls when making ERP software selection choices and how to make sure you avoid them. Posted: 12 Apr 2012 \| Published: 12 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Distribution \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Software Selection \| Software Upgrades

5 Ways ERP Can Help You Implement Lean sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation WHITE PAPER: Improve productivity and customer service with a lean approach to manufacturing. Read this white paper to learn how ERP works with lean to identify value and non-value components with your SAP system to give you a competitive edge. Posted: 25 Apr 2007 \| Published: 25 Apr 2007 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| CRM \| Customer Service \| Distribution Centers \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Just-In-Time \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Software \| Supplier Relationship Management \| Supply Chains \| Warehouse Management

6 Ways to Justify Prices and Rein in Costs with Enterprise Software sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how medical manufacturers are using enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to reduce the costs of their operations as well as justify current prices to insurers based on success rates and patient value. Posted: 10 May 2012 \| Published: 10 May 2012 TOPICS: ERP \| ERP Software \| Health Care Applications Software \| Health Care Industry \| Health Care Software \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Industry Organizations \| Manufacturing Industry Professional Organizations \| Medical Devices \| Medical Software \| Software Selection

A 5-step process for IT directors to make life easier through database optimization sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This white paper details five steps an IT organizations can take to optimize their databases for improved response time to users. Posted: 02 Nov 2011 \| Published: 02 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Database Administration \| Database Administrators \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| Oracle (Product) \| Real-time Analytics

A Modern Approach to Infrastructure Automation sponsored by HP WHITE PAPER: This resource presents a data center infrastructure transformation and modernization solution using a patent-pending, detailed approach to help you draw up an effective plan to create a standardized, highly automated hosting environment, able to support your organization’s business goals. Posted: 10 Oct 2011 \| Published: 10 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| IT Management \| IT Management Services

Aberdeen - SaaS and the Multi-tiered ERP Strategy sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This Aberdeen report details why top-performing organizations are choosing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) in multi-tiered enterprise resource planning (ERP) strategies. Read this now to learn about the many benefits of SaaS ERP, including elevated efficiency and visibility, lower costs and more. Posted: 17 Apr 2012 \| Published: 17 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud CRM \| ERP \| ERP Software \| SaaS business intelligence \| SaaS ERP \| Software as a Service

Accenture Technology Vision 2011 sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Just as the U.S. space program could not have put a man on the moon using conventional aviation technology, IT leaders and business executives cannot use yesterday’s approaches to realize tomorrow’s objectives. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Performance Management Software

Achieve Your Vision for Growth: Credit Services for EMEA sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: Whether you are trying to reduce costs, manage risks, decrease capital expenditures, or expand your business, you must make sure to select the right service that offers the experience and expertise to help you achieve your goals. Access this resource to learn how to leverage your vital strategic resources while transforming your credit services. Posted: 09 Jan 2012 \| Published: 09 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Process Outsourcing \| Business Service Management \| Data Center Management \| Outsourcing

Agile Decision Services: How IBM ILOG’s Business Rule Management System Helps Organizations Deliver Fast Time to Value for Business and IT sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This paper explores the challenges of trying to deliver quick time-to -value for IT projects and achieve the status of ‘agile enterprise’. It illustrates how IBM® WebSphere® ILOG BRMS can facilitate the alignment of IT with business and support the implementation of an ADS to provide business value within months of project adoption. Posted: 12 Dec 2010 \| Published: 12 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Server Hardware \| Application Server Software \| Applications Management \| Applications Management Software \| Business Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Processes \| WebSphere

American Shipper Best Practices in Intl Transportation Management sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This report draws on American Shipper's benchmarking series and highlights actionable best practices for professionals involved in global supply chain management. This includes suggestions for improving processes, addressing technology, and ultimately delivering better results. Posted: 22 Apr 2012 \| Published: 22 Apr 2012 TOPICS: ERP \| Logistics Outsourcing Services \| Master Data Management \| Supplier Relationship Management \| Supply Chain Execution \| Supply Chain Management \| Transportation Management \| Transportation Management Software

AmerisourceBergen Partners with SAP to Accelerate Order Fulfillment and Delivery sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how AmerisourceBergen enlisted the help of SAP to replace its aging technology infrastructure and move to robust, scalable, integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform that has allowed the company to re-engineer its entire customer user experience to offer lightning-fast ordering and seamless fulfillment. Posted: 15 May 2012 \| Published: 15 May 2012 TOPICS: ERP \| ERP Software \| SAP (Product)

Amplify Customer Understanding with ERP Solutions sponsored by Advent Global Solutions Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to explore 5 key strategies to enhance customer satisfaction and discover how to leverage enterprise resource planning (ERP) technology to meet this objective. Posted: 15 Mar 2012 \| Published: 15 Mar 2012 TOPICS: CRM \| CRM Best Practices \| CRM Software \| Customer Data Management Software \| Data Analytics \| ERP \| ERP Software \| SAP (Product)

Analyst's take: Benefits of Alpha ImageWorks 9000 for healthcare providers sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Alpha ImageWorks 9000 centralizes patient records into a single, secure repository, providing easy access, accelerated processing time and billing, and significant time saving in reviewing patient records. Posted: 24 Oct 2011 \| Published: 24 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Performance Management Software \| Compliance (Finance) \| Compliance Best Practices \| Compliance Software

Analyst's take: Benefits of Microsoft patterns and practices sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Microsoft patterns and practices provides .NET developers with guidance, tools, libraries, and frameworks to help them build better applications. Development teams adopting patterns and practices achieved greater developer productivity and improved ongoing application management and application performance. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Performance Management Software

Analyst's take: Foglight helps telecomms company find savings and boost efficiencies sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: After implementing Foglight, a major telecommunications company gained the ability to monitor and control its entire IT applications infrastructure in greater depth avoiding downtime and extra support staff, while boosting efficiencies of business-critical applications and staff productivity. Posted: 26 Oct 2011 \| Published: 26 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Performance Management Software

Analyst's take: IBM Cognos Express helps efficient adoption of BI and PM technology sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Senior managers who have balked at the cost and complexity of adopting technology such as business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) should consider IBM Cognos Express as a way to adopt these technologies while minimizing time to benefit, deployment costs, and support costs. Posted: 24 Oct 2011 \| Published: 24 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Performance Management Software

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CAPACITY ON DEMAND DEFINITION (continued): … methods of upgrading. With COD, a vendor might provide a company with a fully-configured 24-processor computer server but only charge the company for the number of processors they actually use. The vendor provides the additional capacity hoping that when the company expands and needs more capacity, they will not look around elsewhere but will simply take advantage of the extra capacity the vendor had already provided. In this scenario, the company would contact the vendor to have the extra processors activated, and the vendor would bill them accordingly. Critics of COD compare the service with …
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