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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  … 
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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

Plex Systems

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

Oracle Corporation

22 November 2011: Read the latest issue of the UK’s leading technology publication, where we analyse the latest technology news and what it means for IT managers.
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
EZINE: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the British Library about the enormous storage challenges of digitising its printed archive; we examine the state of the UK IT jobs market and the skills that are most in demand by employers; and we look at case studies of the best virtualisation projects. Download the new issue now.
Posted: 12 Dec 2011 | Published: 12 Dec 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

3 Things Business Decision Makers Need To Know About SOA
sponsored by IFS
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, uncover the three most important things you should know about service-oriented architecture (SOA) in order to be sure you are getting the most efficient and effective performance out of your enterprise application architecture.
Posted: 18 Jan 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 2012

IFS

5 Rules of Effective Negotiating
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: 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.
Posted: 01 May 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009

Global Knowledge

6 Mistakes Companies Make and How to Avoid Them
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper highlights common mistakes companies make in a down economy and discusses how organizations can use business intelligence to avoid them. Use the self-assessment questionnaire at the end of this paper to determine the level of business intelligence opportunity across your organization.
Posted: 28 Sep 2009 | Published: 28 Sep 2009

SAP America, Inc.

7 Practical tips for a Successful Business Service Management (BSM) Implementation
sponsored by Neebula
WHITE PAPER: This resource explores practical tips on how to avoid common pitfalls in order to ensure a successful Business Service Management (BSM) implementation.
Posted: 16 Dec 2011 | Published: 16 Dec 2011

Neebula

A clearer horizon. Do CIOs have more clarity about cloud computing?
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
IT BRIEFING: This research from management consultants, Xantus, shows that while there is still a lack of clarity and a reluctance to fully commit to the cloud, there is a general acceptance from CIOs of the benefits and a growing commitment to develop those benefits.
Posted: 01 Dec 2011 | Published: 01 Dec 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

A low impact upgrade: Migrating to Exchange Server 2010 from Exchange 2003
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
WEBCAST: Are you considering updating from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 but are not sure of the best way to do so? In this webcast, review recommended processes for upgrading from Exchange 2003 to Exchange Server 2010. Discover common pitfalls you may experience during the upgrade process.
Posted: 13 Dec 2010 | Premiered: 13 Dec 2010

Dell, Inc. and Intel

A Revolution in Agility: Business Integration Through Service Oriented Architecture
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: In today's rapidly changing business environment, organizations of all types face one common and persistent challenge: how to become—and remain—agile enough to satisfy ever-increasing customer expectations and accommodate new compliance mandates, all while staying ahead of the competition. The solution is building business based on SOA principles.
Posted: 23 Dec 2009 | Published: 23 Dec 2009

Oracle Corporation

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

ComputerWeekly.com

Achieve Greater ROI With These WFM Best Practices
sponsored by Infor WFM Workbrain
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn how Infor10 WFM (Workbrain) is delivering a wide range of business benefits to companies worldwide.
Posted: 16 Dec 2011 | Published: 16 Dec 2011

Infor WFM Workbrain

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

Hewlett-Packard Limited

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

IBM

Aging ERP: When Old ERP is Too Old
sponsored by Sage Software
WHITE PAPER: This analyst insight looks at the performance of companies that have more recent enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations and compare them to companies that have systems over 15 years old.
Posted: 04 Jan 2012 | Published: 04 Jan 2012

Sage Software

Alteryx PT
sponsored by Alteryx, Inc.
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this BeyeNETWORK transcript of a webcast, industry expert and author Cindi Howson details the current state of business intelligence (BI) adoption, the business impact and offers BI best practices from both organizational and technical perspectives.
Posted: 12 Dec 2011 | Published: 12 Dec 2011

Alteryx, Inc.

An ERP Guide to Driving Efficiency
sponsored by Sage Software
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes how enterprise resource planning (ERP) technology can improve efficiency by automating business processes, offering a fully integrated suite of business management applications, and providing flexible and customizable reporting.
Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

Sage Software

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

ComputerWeekly.com

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

ComputerWeekly.com

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

ComputerWeekly.com

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

ComputerWeekly.com

Analyst's take: IBM Cognos leverages value from SAP
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: SAP users preparing to invest in functionality such as business intelligence (BI) or performance management (PM) should consider an IBM Cognos application.
Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

Analyst's take: IBM’s acquisition of SPSS is good news for SAS and SAP customers
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: IBM’s SPSS acquisition gives SPSS users a broader support network, IBM Cognos users a predictive analytics platform, and more enterprise users one-stop shopping.  Looking to the future, that could mean analytics ― and better predictive decision making ― on every desktop.
Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

Analyst's take: Independent software vendors save money with DataDirect drivers
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: Independent software vendors (ISVs) that embed DataDirect drivers can leverage DataDirect’s expertise to improve data connectivity.  Using DataDirect helps them reduce cost and risk so they can focus on innovation and competitive advantage.
Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

Analyst's take: Interactive MedicaLife Sciences Application Suite
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: Life Sciences is one of the fastest moving and most dynamic global industry sectors.
Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com
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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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