Building Materials Industry

WHITE PAPER: This resource presents how IT solution providers can grow through a targeted approach to marketing and sales by focusing on specific industries or types of businesses.

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 | Published: 06 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: 802.11n wireless local area networks (WLANs) have several distinct advantages over similar technologies. This white paper discusses them and also reveals how to get the highest data rates for the lowest cost.

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 | Published: 27 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This exclusive research reveals what IT professionals really think about technology, their employers, and their careers

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Whether it is an inappropriate ‘tweet’, an internetsecurity scandal or a story of the fastest growingcompany in the world, technology, be it for theright or wrong reasons, has become regular frontpagenews.This survey aims to give a snapshot of thetechnology industry from the inside.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: The manufacturing enterprise is driven by tight profit margins; a tough economy; escalating energy, material, labor, and operations costs. This paper describes the next wave of supply chain solutions. Read on to learn how technology plays a key role in a company’s ability to build and manage an effective supply chain.

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 | Published: 20 Jul 2010

EGUIDE: SaaS start-ups and established vendors are rushing to keep pace with the demand for hosted applications that target the specific needs of industries, as well as the end-to-end application chain. In this e-guide, readers will learn some of the necessary details around SaaS-based enterprise resource planning (ERP).

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for a comprehensive look into inventory inside the manufacturing plant - everything from inventory, to receipt of material, to finished products. Learn how to  take control of your inventory and supply chain to achieve lean manufacturing and increased efficiency and profitability.

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Today’s global supply chains are marked by lack of visibility and long decision-making times that make it difficult to plan and execute with the speed and precision required by today's volatile markets. This paper explains how to establish a highly collaborative, demand-driven planning process that will help you overcome these modern challenges.

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 | Published: 06 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Mobile network sharing – whether it is sharing tower sites or radio access network (RAN)components – is not a new concept in the industry. Despite the challenges associated, its meritas a cost-effective way to deploy or operate a mobile network has been evident for years.

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 25 Oct 2011

CASE STUDY: This exclusive case study explores how one organization within the financial industry migrated from old, mainframe technology to HP Integrity Superdome servers in order to respond faster to changing financial markets with an adaptive infrastructure. Learn about the many IT and business improvements they gained.

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 | Published: 07 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: As the global economy slowly heals, finance leaders are looking to fulfill the promise of the last 20 years. Much of the hard work has been done, the infrastructure largely in place. The challenge is to build upon this platform to drive dramatic improvement in the quality and value that finance delivers.

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 | Published: 14 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Selecting a supplier for manufacturing ERP solutions is more important than ever before, due to the increasingly complex set of business processes involved.  Manufacturers now require the ability to share data in real time across all functional areas touching the manufacturing process. This paper takes a fresh look at manufacturing ERP options.

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 | Published: 21 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: This SAP Executive Insight examines the changing role of the finance organization in today's business environment. Further, it describes how companies can develop best-run finance organizations.

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 08 Jun 2009

CASE STUDY: Access this case study to learn how one company deployed BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express to provide the company with many of the same BlackBerry® smartphone features that employees were accustomed to using, without additional software or user license fees.

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 | Published: 16 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: This third annual study examines how successful firms are managing international transportation and emerging trends in the industry.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

ANALYST REPORT: Who could have imagined that a tablet would capture the imagination of employees and IT alike? But the iPad did, and it’s kicked off an arms race for smart mobile devices. This report introduces a simple framework to guide content and collaboration professionals through employee-fueled tablet scenarios and IT-led tablet projects.

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 | Published: 21 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Just  what  is  cloud  computing  anyway? This  paper  seeks  to  clarify   the  definition  of  cloud  computing,  identify  how  far  along  users  are  in  terms  of  cloud  deployment,  and  examine  the   role  of  the  network  in  the  cloud  computing  model.

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 | Published: 05 Aug 2010

EZINE: In this week's special issue of Computer Weekly, we reveal the UKtech50 - our list of the 50 most influential people in UK IT. This year's winner is Mike Lynch, CEO of Autonomy, who talks in an exclusive interview about his hopes for the UK technology industry, and life at HP since the company's 7bn GBP acquisition. Download the new issue now.

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 | Published: 12 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: The global adult industry is among the largest in the world, estimated to be worth nearly $100 billion worldwide by 2006.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

ANALYST BRIEF: This resource presents a newer and better way to monitor and manage application environments with leading-edge automation.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers hospitality strategies for combining social media and real-time customer relationship management (CRM) to wow patrons and increase customer loyalty. Learn how social CRM can increase your ROI and build your business reputation.

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 | Published: 07 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Dell is moving well beyond industry expectations to unlock data center efficiency and help organizations work toward the goal of returning as much as 50 percent of their IT budgets. Read this white paper to learn about the Dell Efficient Data Center model and how it can help lower costs and increae IT efficiency.

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 | Published: 02 Jun 2010

CASE STUDY: Learn how Expedient Communications expanded from a managed service provider into cloud computing, with a focus on auditability and security. Gain insight into best practices for building private clouds and evaluating external cloud services from Alex Rodriguez, Expedient’s Vice President of Systems Engineering and Product Development.

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 | Published: 23 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Developing the right cloud strategy and infrastructure able to support your future workloads is critical to simplifying your IT infrastructure. In this resource, explore the various considerations to keep in mind as you select a cloud services vendor.

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 2012

CASE STUDY: Salesforce.com is the leader in enterprise cloud computing services, enabling organizations to manage every part of the customer relationship without having to maintain expensive, in-house applications. Read this case study to learn how Saleforce.com made room for new service and customer growth with Dell's PowerEdge servers.

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 | Published: 07 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: For years, Donnelly managed operations using an OS/2 operating system and various software packages. While Donnelly achieved much success using the OS/2 platform and manual scheduling, the company’s growth eventually began outpacing the system’s capacity. With EnterpriseIQ in place, Donnelly has seen improvements in every aspect of its business.

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 | Published: 06 Jan 2011