Economic Environment

WHITE PAPER: As the following pages will demonstrate, the evidence is that improving Business Transaction Assurance presents a real bottom-line opportunity and is moving high up the business agenda. However, companies' current systems are not equipped with the necessary tools to manage and control such transactions.

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 | Published: 30 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: With the economy down it is important for IT organizations to be as efficient as possible. This means that IT operations, those responsible for the product and health of the enterprise, must have full visibility and control over their resources - and of course, the technology to do so.

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 | Published: 26 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: More than ever, business and IT must collaborate to meet current business realities. Significantly, CIOs must map out long-term strategies that address business plans over the next three to five years, with the delivery of high-quality IT services as a key element of strategic planning. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 | Published: 22 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Do you know what it really costs to operation your Service Desk? If your organization has not addressed Total Cost of Ownership, you are probably experiencing out-of-control cost increases and reduced service quality for end-user support. Read this white paper to learn about CompuCom's Service Desk solution.

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 | Published: 22 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses how an organization can Survive poor economic conditions with strategic thinking and use of Project ERP by managing a downturn like a variance in a project.

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 19 Jun 2009

EGUIDE: In today's dynamic economy it is important for CIOs to be thinking about how to strengthen their organization and position themselves for success for a future economic upturn and growth. Read this guide to learn how a company can make changes to IT that generate real business value.

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 | Published: 18 Jun 2009

PODCAST: Bill Martorelli, principal analyst for Forrester Research, discusses trends in the SAP managed hosting arena, myths about SAP managed hosting, and gives advice on creating RFPs and negotiating SLAs.

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 16 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper analyzes the impact of the cloud on the IT Ecosystem and provides answers to what an organization needs to do in embracing a right cloud strategy.

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 | Published: 12 Jun 2009

VIDEO: The best time to streamline and turbo-charge the sales process is when competitors are looking the other way. That's why now is a good time to make the shift to a CRM solution that can catapult your organization into the next round of growth.

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 10 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: The three main drivers of SaaS adoption-low initial cost of ownership, speed of deployment, and low internal IT resource profile-make SaaS solutions attractive at any time, but even more so in times of a challenging market, provided there is a bona fide business need and the initiative can be expected to create additional revenue or save money.

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 10 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper will explore the global retail industry's movement towards the attainment of total immersive shopping experience (ISE) abilities, and discuss how integrated customer relationship management (CRM) software suites will represent the key technological enabler to achieve this fundamental strategic business objective.

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 10 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: When the economy turns around, as it will, how will your organization be poised to take advantage of the next expansion? Read the latest white paper written by Steve Diamond, Sr. Director, Product Marketing at Oracle, to learn six areas your organization can focus on to improve business results.

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 10 Jun 2009

EBOOK: Selling in today's economy is tough. And simply doing more of the same is not the way to survive, much less thrive, in today's economy. There are important dos and don'ts in times like these. This eBook is your industry-specific roadmap out of the economic slump.

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 10 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper looks at the top three reasons that CRM initiatives fail to achieve their goals and provides clear, practical recommendations for ensuring that your CRM initiative avoids these pitfalls and delivers desired returns.

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 10 Jun 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Download this presentation transcript to learn how virtualization has been a major key to the success of everyone's favorite discount travel site as Priceline.com has continued to grow its competitive edge in the face of lean economic times.

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 05 Jun 2009

ANALYST REPORT: To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged the importance of cost and efficiency..

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 05 Jun 2009

VIDEO: Watch this videocast to learn how virtualization has been a major key to the success of everyone's favorite discount travel site as Priceline.com has continued to grow its competitive edge in the face of lean economic times.

Posted: 27 May 2009 | Premiered: 27 May 2009

VIDEO: View this videocast to learn how to get a great endpoint security solution that includes management without having to invest a huge amount of resources.

Posted: 14 May 2009 | Premiered: 14 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper highlights the value and benefits Oracle partners bring to IT implementations through the global Accelerate program - fixed-scope/fixed-price approach that ultimately lowers costs to customers and speeds time to value.

Posted: 04 May 2009 | Published: 04 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: We need to establish cost-effective security as a standard practice. This should be a long-term goal, not just one inspired by a tough economy. This paper explores several innovative ideas to help your organization save money on company security.

Posted: 01 May 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper is about enterprise architecture as it pertains to finding and maximizing the business value in greener operations. Higher energy efficiency and a smaller carbon footprint are obvious areas of interest for any business, but how do you balance these goals with productivity, customer service, and all your other business concerns?

Posted: 09 Apr 2009 | Published: 09 Apr 2009

ANALYST BRIEF: Unified communications (UC), offers the promise of converging voice, data, and video communication and of eliminating many roadblocks in communication. In conducting these in-depth interviews with Microsoft UC products customers, Forrester found that organizations can achieve significant productivity improvements and cost savings.

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 | Published: 02 Apr 2009

ANALYST REPORT: 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.

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 | Published: 25 Feb 2009

WEBCAST: View this mediacast and learn how to optimize your storage infrastructure using the latest NAND technologies, HDD and DRAM.

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 | Premiered: 20 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn how your organization can use customer-centric strategies and CRM tools to maximize the value and loyalty of your customer base. Gain insight into new areas of opportunity and do more with less in a time of economic uncertainty.

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 | Published: 20 Feb 2009