Bitpipe: Business Processes Research

IDC White Paper: Making the Business Case for IT Consolidation

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 24:00:00 EDT

IDC believes that IT organizations are constantly being asked to do more with less. This analyst report will look at some of the key triggers CIOs look for when deciding to consolidate as well as getting started with consolidation and its impact on the business. Published by: Hewlett-Packard Company

Successfully Automating Decisions with Business Analytics

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Corporations are getting much more interested in how analytical decisions can be embedded into business processes on an ongoing, repeatable basis. The purpose of this paper is to provide practical advice on how to identify the best opportunities for making your business processes more analytical. Published by: SAS Institute Inc.

Enterprise Transparency: The Process Performance Lifecycle

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This presentation makes the case for the importance of business process performance as an indicator of overall business performance and provides an in-depth look at the ARIS solution for process intelligence and performance management. Published by: IDS Scheer

The Operational Responsiveness of Business

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Operational responsiveness is the ability of business processes and systems to respond to changing conditions and customer interactions as they occur, enabling business leaders to capitalize on opportunities, drive greater efficiencies, and reduce risk. Read this white paper to learn more. Published by: Progress Software

Beyond Boundaries: A New Role for Finance in Driving Business Collaboration

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 24:00:00 EDT

In June 2008, CFO Research Services conducted a research program among senior finance executives in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The research looked at what kinds of alliances companies are forming and how finance sees itself working with internal and external partners to establish and assess successful alliances. Published by: SAP America Inc

SAP NETWEAVER BPM - Industry Trend Reports

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 24:00:00 EST

Business process management provides a new management discipline, a new suite of software technologies and tools, and a new IT implementation style based on concrete links between strategy and execution. This white paper explains SAP's place in the BPM landscape and describes its new offering in that arena, NetWeaver BPM. Published by: SAP America Inc

BPM Technology Taxonomy: A Guided Tour to the Application of BPM

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 24:00:00 EST

This paper provides a survey of the practices and technology related to business process management (BPM). Basic concepts are explained, the transformational effect on the enterprise is examined, and the value that BPM can create is analyzed. The paper then presents a survey of the vast array of technology that is related to BPM. Published by: SAP America Inc

Learning from BPM Leaders: Benefits, Prerequisites and the Impact of Successful BPM Initiatives

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

The experiences of BPM leaders have created, for CIOs just beginning the implementation process, a road map to success: improved business and IT communication, an overall refresh of roles and responsibilities and greater process flexibility - those that do BPM right reap the ultimate reward of business innovation: competitive advantage. Published by: SAP America Inc

Virtualization and the Midsize Organization: How Much Does It Help?

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

This IDC paper addresses concerns specific to midsize organizations and presents how virtualization improves their business. Published by: HP, Intel, & VMware

Enabling The Lean Enterprise: A Three-Tiered Approach to Improving Your Operations

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Recently, many businesses have used lean principles to move from a decentralized corporate management mode to a hybrid model - recognizing that different functions require different levels of centralized management to be efficient and effective. Read this whitepaper to learn a three-tiered approach to improving your operations. Published by: SAP America Inc

eGuide: SOA Implementation

Tue, 26 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Service-Oriented architecture (SOA) allows organizations to quickly and efficiently respond to changes in the business environment and to leverage such change for competitive advantage. This eGuide features expert insight into the key areas critical to the successful planning and implementation of an SOA. Published by: Oracle Corporation

Be the Source That Drives Changes in Your IT

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:00:00 EDT

In this Webcast, you will hear from Jim Kobielus from Forrester about emerging trends with BPM and ways to create a strategy to define performance targets to manage progress and objectives. Published by: SoftwareAG Inc., USA

Improve Lead Generation and Clean Up Your Pipeline -- Generate Better Leads for Better Sales Results

Tue, 19 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

In this paper you will learn how better lead generation will naturally lead to better sales performance. Learn the pitfalls of current lead generation processes and the key factors to improving lead generation in your company. Read this paper to learn how your company can enjoy the benefits of better lead generation. Published by: ZoomInfo

How to Structure Your First BPM Project to Avoid Disaster

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST

You have decided to invest in a BPM project deployment and you are eager to get started. But before you hit the ground running, you need a plan. This paper is intended to give you some helpful advice in order to structure your first BPM project for success ... and avoid disaster. Published by: Lombardi Software

3 Steps for Moving from BPM Projects to BPM Programs

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST

For the past several years, companies have been getting familiar with BPM, undertaking various projects to address process problems and understand the capabilities of BPM Suities (BPMSs). The successes of those initial projects and pilots have given companies the confidence and vision to take their BPM efforts to the next level. Published by: Lombardi Software

A Business Oriented Architecture: Combining BPM and SOA for Competitive Advantage

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST

This white paper discusses the competitive advantage created by creating and deploying a BPM initiative and shows how leading companies have recognized that implementing BPM and SOA together gives them unique capabilities. Published by: Lombardi Software

ZoomInfo Case Study: Widen Relies on ZoomInfo's Data to Reach Decision Makers and Explore New Target Markets

Tue, 19 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

In this case study you will learn how ZoomInfo has made it easier and more cost effective for Widen, a SaaS provider of digital asset management solutions, to find key contacts and build lists of prospects and merge them with Widen's prospect database. Read this case study to learn just how Widen benefitted from Zoominfo and how it can benefit you. Published by: ZoomInfo

Dig Deep into Companies to Find Exactly Who You Are Looking For with ZoomInfo PowerSell

Tue, 19 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

While most prospecting tools allow you to find a handful of top executives, ZoomInfo PowerSell lets you dig deep within an organization's roster to locate the exact people and titles you're targeting. Published by: ZoomInfo

Find, Qualify, and Close More Business Faster With a Free Trial of ZoomInfo

Tue, 19 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

In today's economy, it is important to take every step you can to ensure sales effectiveness, which includes knowing who to contact and having accurate and helpful information about their company. You can get all this and more with this free trial of ZoomInfo. Published by: ZoomInfo

Making the Business Case for BPM: A Benefits Checklist

Mon, 18 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This paper is intended for groups who want to make the business case for investing in BPM to drive process improvement. It provides an overview of the areas of benefit that companies can expect from BPM as well as concrete examples of value. It also compares the use of BPM to alternative approaches for driving process improvement. Published by: Lombardi Software

What is the difference between Workflow Engines and BPM Suites?

Mon, 18 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

To understand the power of a BPM initiative, this paper provides background on the workflow solutions of the 90's, documents a few important events that helped shape the market, and presents the elements of a successful BPM suite. Published by: Lombardi Software

Productive Programmer: On the Lam from the Furniture Police

Thu, 14 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This keynote describes the frustrations of modern knowledge workers in their quest to actually get some work done, and solutions for how to guard yourself against all those distractions. Published by: TheServerSide.com

Architected for Open, Simple, and Scalable Enterprise Storage: Sun Storage 7110, 7210, and 7410 Unified Storage Systems

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 24:00:00 EDT

The Sun Storage 7000 family delivers up to twice the performance and capacity of competing offerings, breaking down performance and scalability barriers and delivering breakthrough return on investment (ROI). This document details the key architectural aspects of Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems.

Published by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

iAnywhere Mobile Office Trial

Mon, 11 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Download this free trial and extend Lotus Domino or Microsoft Exchange to a variety of mobile devices, including iPhone, Windows Mobile and Symbian. With on-device security, wireless email and business process mobilization, you'll be able to test the key features that provide the foundation for a company's "mobile inbox of the future." Published by: Sybase, Inc.

STR Software Webcasts

Fri, 08 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

STR Software frequently delivers informative webcasts to help you learn more about our AventX Product Suite. These webcasts usually include a live product demonstration or PowerPoint presentation, and an interactive question and answer period. Please click through to see our schedule of upcoming webcasts. Published by: STR Software

5 Rules of Effective Negotiating

Fri, 01 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This white paper discusses five rules for negotiating that can help make the transaction more pleasant for everyone involved and better your chances at getting what you want. Published by: Global Knowledge

Executive Brief: The Business Case for Portfolio Management

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT

In this briefing, Rich Murphy, Planview Executive in Residence and former IT CFO for Deutsche Bank, shares his experience and insights, and explains why IT organizations need portfolio management today. He discusses the executive benefits of portfolio management and makes the case for this business-critical investment. Published by: PlanView, Inc.

Be Bold with Smart New IT Investments: 5 Valuable IT Investment Steps for Difficult Economic Times

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Now is the time for great companies and leaders to follow a different path which will result in great rewards in the future. With the right strategy your company can grow market share and come out of this recession stronger. Read on to learn five IT investment steps that you can use to assist in guiding your organization to make the right choices. Published by: PlanView, Inc.

Faster, Cheaper, Safer: Improving Agility, TCO, and Security with Agentless Job Scheduling

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Enterprise job scheduling is a mature and mission-critical IT capability that supports some of the most important business processes throughout a modern enterprise. This EMA whitepaper will review the implementation and benefits of agentless job scheduling. Published by: BMC Software, Inc

JIRA 3.13 -- Bug and Issue Tracking Software Trial Demo

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT

JIRA lets you prioritize, assign, track, report and audit your issues, whatever they may be -- from software bugs and help-desk tickets to project tasks and change requests. More than just an issue tracker, JIRA is an extensible platform that you can customize to match to your business processes. Try JIRA free for 30 days now. Published by: Atlassian

Improving Organizational Decision-Making Through Pervasive Business Intelligence: The Five Key Factors That Lead to Business Intelligence Diffusion

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT

In this report, IDC set out to define pervasive BI and its key indicators, highlight best practices for moving along the path to pervasive BI, and identify the five key factors that have the strongest influence on BI pervasiveness. These factors have positively influenced BI pervasiveness at some of the leading organizations in the world. Published by: JasperSoft

Early, Often and Aligned: Requirements Definition for Business-Driven Solutions, an IBM Case-Study

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Join this podcast to learn how IBM used Requirements Composer to define the product's shipping early and often iterations. They used scenario driven approaches to deliver a business-driven application that is transforming the way that applications are being created and delivered inside IBM. Published by: IBM

How to Respond Quickly to Changing Market Demands by Streamlining Processes

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST

This white paper will show that by improving process flexibility and transparency, not only can employees and systems adapt more easily to changing requirements, but existing infrastructure and applications can run more smoothly together for longer, thus raising ROI. Published by: Oracle Corporation

Mastering New Challenges in Text Analytics: Making Unstructured Data Ready for Predictive Analytics

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

This paper briefly defines text analytics, describes various approaches to text analytics, and then focuses on the natural language processing techniques used by SPSS Inc.'s text analytics solutions. Published by: SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters

Navigating Information Management: How Strategic Information Management Can Enable High Performance

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

Information management is the discipline of being able to accommodate increasing levels of flexibility, access to information and scalability of infrastructure, while delivering more integrated information and increasing information integrity. Published by: Accenture

Global Delivery: A Course to High Performance in a Multi-Polar World

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

To fully exploit the opportunities offered by the multi-polar world, multinationals and public sector organizations must successfully create a global delivery strategy, and tap into specialized industry. Published by: Accenture

Business Process-Centric Information Technology: Aligning Business and Technology for High Performance

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

Process-centric IT is, first and foremost, a way for the IT organization to build applications that will deliver greater flexibility and agility to the business-enabling high performance. Published by: Accenture

SharePoint E-Zine Volume 7: Who Is Allowed to Customize SharePoint?

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

Find out how to incorporate governance into SharePoint customization to empower users while setting boundaries. Published by: SearchWinIT

Gartner Predictions for 2009: Business Intelligence and Performance Management Will Deliver Greater Business Value

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

Learn from leading Gartner analysts on how to develop and deploy a cost-effective BI solutions using open source and business intelligence tools (BIRT). Published by: Actuate

Optimizing Oracle RMAN and ASM Environments with FalconStor VTL and Integrated Deduplication

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

FalconStor® Virtual Tape Library (VTL) with integrated Single Instance Repository deduplication technology offers advanced backup and global deduplication capabilities that support Oracle Recovery Manager and Automatic Storage Management. Published by: FalconStor Software

Unified Messaging and Unified Communications

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

This paper explains various ways unified communications solutions have proven their ability to help organizations solve various problems like, enabling them to transform their business, streamline business processes and reduce costs. Published by: Global Knowledge

Email-Centric Data Loss Prevention

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

This series examines the practice of DLP from three perspectives: an executive's view, an employee's perspective, and a technical standpoint. Published by: Proofpoint, Inc.

Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 24:00:00 EST

the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business practices. Published by: SAP America Inc

Business Intelligence for the Health Care Industry: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 24:00:00 EST

Hospitals from across the world are facing increased pressure to improve operations from multiple directions. What is needed is a new generation of business intelligence (BI) tools and applications designed with the health care sector in mind, capable of integrating cross and inter-departmental processes and information. Published by: SAP America Inc

Operational Excellence: Enabling Sustained Growth Spotlight on the Americas

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 24:00:00 EST

Operational excellence means consistently doing things well across the value chain as a way of gaining competitive advantage. In its broadest terms, it is a discipline that drives corporate strategy. Published by: SAP America Inc

Business Intelligence: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 24:00:00 EST

To gain greater business insight and transparency, organizations urgently require a new generation of business intelligence tools and applications that allows cross-enterprise, interenterprise and external data to be integrated and analyzed. Published by: SAP America Inc

Introduction to BB Development

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 24:00:00 EST

In this webcast, Mike Kirkup tells about BlackBerry application platform which simplifies the development, deployment and management of wireless applications. Published by: BlackBerry

Why Should You Consider Procurement Outsourcing? A Holistic Approach towards Vertically Integrated to Virtually Integrated Business Process Services

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 24:00:00 EST

Procurement Outsourcing is defined as a process wherein organizations take a calculated approach of moving some of their processes around source to pay to a specialist. Published by: Wipro Technologies

A Framework for Assuring IT Service Quality and Performance

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 24:00:00 EST

The goal of the white paper is to present a framework that IT organizations can customize for use in their environment and also the framework highlights that an IT organization must implement in order to continually improve its capabilities. Published by: CA

Introduction to Requirements - The Critical Details That Make or Break a Project

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST

This whitepaper will discuss the various kinds of information technology requirements, their importance, the different requirement types, the concept of requirements engineering and the process for gathering requirements. Published by: Global Knowledge

Business Service Management: What It Is and Why You Should Care

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST

The purpose of this business training white paper is to explain what BSM is and what it isn't and it will also describe BSM benefits. Published by: Global Knowledge

The Path toward Pervasive Business Intelligence at Ferrari North America

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST

Organizations in all industries and of all sizes are turning to business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW) technologies and services to either automate or support decision-making processes. Published by: Tableau Software

Leapfrog Services

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Centralized management approach has enabled Leapfrog to standardize its core processes and automate routine tasks to develop a scalable and repeatable model for IT support. Published by: CA

CA eHealth® Simplifies Performance Management

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 24:00:00 EDT

CA eHealth NPM integrates with other CA network, database and application management solutions, agents and third-party products to provide rapid problem identification and resolution and proactive service assurance across multivendor. Published by: CA

CIO Decisions Ezine Volume 3

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 24:00:00 EDT

In this issue we tackle service-oriented architecture and dive into how Software as a Service can drive flexibility and meet business needs. Also in this issue: MDM's strongest business case and how to navigate the compliance minefield. Published by: CIO Decisions

Data Loss Prevention: Keeping Sensitive Data out of the Wrong Hands

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Data security breaches pose a serious threat. Companies need to reduce risks associated with exposing customer data, losing intellectual property, or violating compliance obligations. Learn more about DLP issues, strategies and solutions. Published by: Symantec Corporation

Data Backup for Dummies

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 24:00:00 EDT

This book will guide you through the features available in EVaulting and help you to understand how EVaulting can address the performance, regulatory, and privacy issues related to backup. Published by: i365, A Seagate Company

IT MOOSE Management - 20 Best Practices

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 24:00:00 EDT

In this paper Forrester has developed a checklist of 20 best practices to enable CIOs to score themselves on their ability to control their IT MOOSE costs, it also helps CIOs answer various questions. Published by: CA

Best Practices for Endpoint Data Loss Prevention

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Find out the best practices for planning for and deploying an endpoint DLP tool in your corporation. The technology overview section of this document provides a closer look on how DLP works with other existing technologies and how best to integrate DLP in your environment. Published by: Symantec Corporation

How to Manage Compliance Requirements Across Your Emerging or Midsize Organization

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Read this white paper to learn how Oracle delivers a complete compliance architecture that makes it possible to keep costs down and implement system and processes that will handle the mandates effectively both now and in the future. Published by: Oracle Corporation

Keys to Microsoft Application Acceleration: Advances in Delivery Systems

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Read this paper to learn how you can ensure significantly faster access to the Microsoft applications your users depend on. Download this complimentary guide to discover how an integrated advanced delivery solution can help you. Published by: Citrix

Mobilizing Applications Lotus Domino Databases

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 24:00:00 EDT

The ability to access and update Lotus Domino applications can be a simple and effective way to improve efficiency. Read this paper and learn how easy it can be to create BlackBerry applications that integrate with your Lotus Domino applications. Published by: BlackBerry

Real-time Transaction Inspection

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Oversight Systems automates the analysis and testing of auditors and fraud examiners to reduce ongoing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs and provide quality assurance for financial operations. Published by: Oversight Systems

The Hidden Costs of Compliance: Employee Morale

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 24:00:00 EDT

While the costs of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance continue to add up, executives must recognize the hidden costs. This paper discusses how SOX's ongoing requirements affect the companies who cannot afford to repeat the compliance efforts. Published by: Oversight Systems