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WHITE PAPER: In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 05 Jun 2009

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: This nine-page Buyer’s Guide to Financial Services IT assesses the implications and challenges facing CIOs and senior IT professionals.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: In investment reporting, customers expect detailed reports of irreproachable accuracy, delivered with no delay or excuses. This whitepaper will serve as as a guide for Investment Advisors.

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper shows how SuperLoader directly addresses the increased storage requirements and shrinking resources of smaller, distributed organizations, the need to centrally administer and simply manage distributed data, the security, data restoration.

Posted: 29 Jul 2004 | Published: 29 Jul 2004

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper for survey results that discuss asset and revenue growth in the financial industry.

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 | Published: 09 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This document examines the current state of Order Management Systems (OMS) portfolio management capabilities, identifies major challenges and "pain points" that firms encounter, and outlines seven system attributes needed to overcome them.

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009

EBOOK: This e-book contains discussion and debate around where procurement can and should be setting its sights for the year 2020 and beyond. The primary objective of this resource is to initiate a dialogue on the future of procurement and to create a road map for how to get there.

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 09 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this paper, explore a compilation of articles addressing supply chain management, social media in a business environment, and how to leverage the cloud to boost sales and drive customer satisfaction.

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 | Published: 27 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This ‘thought paper’ draws a parallel between young people in the 1960s and 1970s, the group that became known as the baby boomer generation and young people of today, often termed Generation Y or Digital Natives.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This perspective paper covers the forces that are driving the m-commerce market, the benefits available, and the kinds of business models and partnerships that are seeking to achieve that credible scale over time.

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 | Published: 20 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines a set of core analytics customized for wholesaler-distributors.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: In recent years C-level executives in many of the world's largest and most successful organizations have been forced to introduce a wide range of cost-cutting measures as macroeconomic forces continue to create a challenging and uncertain trading environment.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

EZINE: In this week’s issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the future of computer science education now the government has scrapped the current ICT curriculum, and what this means for the IT industry. We talk to an early adopter of the government G-Cloud plan; and we examine the key challenges for network architects. Download the new issue now.

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 | Published: 16 Jan 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Eucalyptus co-founder & CTO Rich Wolski discusses "Services as an Infrastructure" as a way in which enterprises can architect production cloud computing environments. Explore deployment strategies based on user experiences with private clouds in various enterprise settings and learn about likely future technological developments.

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 | Published: 12 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: It is well-known that eCommerce transactions require a level of trust between participants in that trust, in this context, gives each partner confidence that the other will fulfil his part of a bargain in the future.

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 25 Oct 2011

EZINE: In this week’s issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the key trends and technologies that will be on IT leaders’ agenda in 2012. Our first Buyer’s Guide of the year examines how IT consumerisation will affect business technology; and Home Office IT director Denise McDonagh tells us why government IT isn’t working. Download the new issue now.

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 09 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Idea-to-delivery is an approach to delivering customer value that takes into account today's highly volatile, regulated, globally interconnected, and trading partner-dependent business environment. In this paper, find an action plan with the evolutionary steps companies can take today to move toward this new approach.

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

EZINE: In this e-zine, compare the trade-offs of private and public cloud computing. Find out how you can measure, monitor and optimize the performance of applications in the cloud. Plus, learn how you can develop a solid plan for virtualizing your applications.

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

CASE STUDY: This Case Study assesses the deployment of Mimecast SaaS-based Unified Email Management (UEM) solution at Basic Energy Services, a renowned publicly traded oilfield services Company. IDC examines the effectiveness of the Mimecast solution and its services in meeting Basic Energy Services' needs and the reasons why the Mimecast solution was chosen.

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 | Published: 01 Apr 2011

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we hear from Visa Europe CIO Steve Chambers on the technology behind the credit card transactions that retailers rely on. We examine the challenges facing the government's G-Cloud project; and we ask how Microsoft will cope when customers no longer want to purchase software licences. Download the new issue now.

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 | Published: 14 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: By helping your data center more accurately visualize and control energy use, you'll reclaim facility capacity and optimize energy use en route to reducing costs for your organization. Read this white paper for the details.

Posted: 10 May 2011 | Published: 10 May 2011

WEBCAST: Watch this webcast to discover how you can increase your online marketing efforts with next-gen customer relationship management (CRM) tools that will significantly improve customer satisfaction as well as increase the return rate of customers.

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 | Premiered: 19 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of the results of a Forrester Consulting survey on the total economic impact and potential return on investment of deploying click to call and click to chat solutions. Continue reading to learn about the evaluation methods, results and more.

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 | Published: 25 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: E-commerce has gone from fringe to foundation. Now, businesses must tailor their customer serivce approach to the more complex "anytime, anywhere" customer with mobile device in hand. This white paper from Oracle details the "commerce anywhere" approach.

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 | Published: 26 Apr 2011

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: HP has long been a trailblazer in using technology to reduce total cost of ownership and improve energy efficiency for data center IT systems. Check out this resource and learn the details.

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 | Published: 21 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies is one of the world’s largest independent software companies with revenues of $4.4bn (£2.7bn). The IT infrastructure supplier specialises in software products that help users manage their mainframes and distributed computing environments.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses eight must have Dell Compellent technologies that combine to create new levels of efficiency and flexibility while cutting cost now and in the future.

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Published: 15 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This benchmark study from American Shipper covers U.S. export operations and compliance of more than 300 U.S. based exporters.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Find out how to measure ROI for your business. Companies of all sizes constantly evaluate their operations, seeking to make changes that will increase effectiveness while controlling costs. This paper offers concrete practices, processes, and recommendations to drive the ROI of a company's IT investment (ROIT).

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 | Published: 29 Jan 2010

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

WHITE PAPER: It's hard to miss: the term Software as a Service (SaaS) is everywhere, garnering headlines in the technology press, leading to hot IPO's raved about in the financial press, and generally being described as the future of software technology.

Posted: 31 Mar 2009 | Published: 31 Mar 2009