ANALYST REPORT: 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.

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

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: 01 Jun 2008

WHITE PAPER: 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.

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: 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.

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009

VIDEO: 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.

Posted: 14 May 2009 | Premiered: 14 May 2009

PODCAST: In this Podcast, Dr. Volker Hildebrand, VP CRM Product Management, SAP, will discuss these significant trends and outline SAP's approach to a new generation of CRM that will help companies not only survive the current economy but emerge as a leader in the long run.

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 | Premiered: 14 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: Improving interaction between IT architects and their business clients ensures that what their teams produce moves the client's business forward. This paper discusses five things you can do right now to improve collaboration with business users.

Posted: 01 Apr 2009 | Published: 27 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines: -Issues that are driving industry interest in services access and onboarding. -Factors that impact successful implementation. -Key business model considerations and how they impact the business, technical, operational, and partnership dimensions. -Steps that Network Operators can take to ensure they maximize the benefits.

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 | Published: 26 Mar 2009

PODCAST: Join Ashok Reddy, a Director of Product Delivery Organization at IBM Rational, to examine the changing role of business analyst at IBM and discuss how this pivotal role is helping to drive more effective product and project delivery and keeping teams aligned to the business outcomes.

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 | Premiered: 13 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper that discusses the findings of an IDC survey of over 600 IT organizations worldwide. The survey identifies issues confronting IT departments that are adopting service models and to better understand the status and priorities of key functions and processes that underlie successful implementation of IT service management.

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn about the Business Model for Information Security, which takes a business-oriented approach to managing information security that is both predictive and proactive as it adapts to changes, considers the organizational culture and delivers value to the business.

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 | Published: 10 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses the relative importance of the strategic and innovative facets of IT in the area of e-Commerce.

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 | Published: 06 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: Learn more about the changing role of IT in business. This report includes research targeted towards senior executives responsible for managing and deploying information technology in pursuit of business objectives.

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2007

WHITE PAPER: This paper is meant to help operators embrace a new strategy for differentiating and competing successfully in a market characterized by flux.

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 | Published: 17 Nov 2008

WHITE PAPER: Project-centric manufacturing business models that involve outsourcing and short product lifecycles expose manufacturers to a number of risks they were not vulnerable to previously.

Posted: 01 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008