Internet-generated Automotive Sales

WHITE PAPER: This quarters figures compiled by jobadswatch.co.uk show that during the fourth quarter of2010 the IT jobs market for permanent staff being recruited by retail organisations is up by5.1%.The growth indemand for IT staff in this sector shows 44.5% more vacancies being advertised than ayear ago.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: A company-wide journey to the cloud can be very complex and is accomplished in multiple stages, with many intermediate goals to meet. This white paper discusses how one provider offers the right hardware, software and services to smooth your transition and ensure an optimal cloud experience.

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 | Published: 21 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: It is necessary to Integrate IT silos for a holistic approach to service operations management. Read this paper to learn how fostering predictive and proactive business service analytics can transform IT culture can assure business service quality and improve IT operational efficiency.

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 | Published: 09 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: While the consensus around the benefits of ITIL is virtually universal, ITIL initiatives run the gamut – both in terms of costs and benefits. Learn how your service management platform can play a huge role in the degree to which you realize the potential benefits of ITIL in your organization.

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 | Published: 04 Jan 2012

ANALYST BRIEF: In this paper, IDC Insight highlights the important elements of the IBM Smarter Commerce announcement and looks at the implications of the announcement in the context of a powerful movement that is occurring in the commerce solutions marketplace, both business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C).

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 | Published: 17 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Oracle Database 11g Release 2, the second release of the award winning Oracle Database 11g, provides the foundation for IT professionals to successfully deliver more information with higher quality of service, make more efficient use of their budgets, and reduce the risk of change in data centers.

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 | Published: 25 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: To enable device-independent mobility (DIM) at Intel, Intel IT is considering implementing dynamic virtual client (DVC) technology, which uses containerized software appliances to abstract the OS; applications; corporate and personal data and workspaces; and user-specific settings.

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 | Published: 15 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: At the beginning of each year, we survey Morrison & Foerster’s Global Sourcing Group lawyers in Asia, Europe, and the United States regarding the current state of the world’s outsourcing market and emerging trends likely to shape that market over the next twelve months.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

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

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn about a business-specific solution that is designed with forward-thinking brands in mind. With all industries considered and all accepts of selling considered from sales to customer relationship management, this new system may fit all of your needs.

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 | Published: 19 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses six success factors that will enable your marketing organization to overcome the challenges to reaching growth and profitability objectives. Continue reading to learn more about these six success factors and more.

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 | Published: 18 Oct 2010

CASE STUDY: Australia's QR Limited decided to move its SAP applications and databases from a mainframe and DB2 environment to the Microsoft® Application Platform, including Microsoft SQL Server® 2005 database software running on a geocluster supported by the Windows Server® 2003 Enterprise Edition operating system.

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 | Published: 28 Dec 2009

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: This paper illustrates how IFS Applications support lean principles, particularly in the many manufacturing environments that require both rate-based and order-based shop floor execution. This hybrid approach lets you go lean step by step, as you are able, not because an inflexible system forces you to do so.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Barcoding, also known as Automatic Identification (Auto ID), is a method of encoding information into a machine-readable pattern of predefined bar and space patterns that can be quickly and accurately read by a scanner and a computer. Read this white paper to learn how to incorporate barcoding into your everyday.

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 | Published: 12 Nov 2010

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: HP Enterprise Applications Services for Microsoft Dynamics provides a comprehensive enterprise CRM solution based on Microsoft’s market-leading Dynamics CRM software application. Read this white paper to learn more about this technology suite and how it can help you reduce risks, lower costs and accelerate growth while improving productivity.

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 | Published: 06 Jan 2012

ANALYST REPORT: This Analyst Insight is part of a series of Aberdeen research reports exploring the topic of SaaS ERP. While several ERP solution providers are currently equipped to deliver ERP using SaaS deployment models, how these different SaaS solutions are delivered varies quite significantly. This report focuses on Plex Systems' SaaS ERP offering.

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 | Published: 30 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This resource explores how to overcome 8 common power management challenges with a new generation of intelligent, logical, and complete power management solutions. Learn how to improve power efficiency and cost-effectiveness inside.

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 | Published: 07 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Many enterprises today are looking to cut expenses, reduce the number of physical servers operated and optimise system flexibility in order to effectively meet business requirements. This white paper examines how one IT consulting company implemented Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V technology to enhance data centre operations.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

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

WHITE PAPER: If you knew that your business was wasting 10% of its R&D spend or 15% of its marketing budget, you would do something about it. Very quickly

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

EGUIDE: Seeking better supply chain management, the CIO of a manufacturing company found his answer in an unusual place - Software as a Service (SaaS) enterprise resource planning (ERP). In this case study, learn how a SaaS ERP system enabled this manufacturer to save costs, share hardware and software with other customers, and satisfy security needs.

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012

CASE STUDY: Read this Bloomberg Businessweek case study to learn how Israeli auto importer Colmobil Corp. changed its entire organizational structure and business processes, and, as part of the transformation, overhauled its legacy technology infrastructure to improve its customers' experiences and create business growth.

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn best practices for selecting the best distribution strategy and accompanying enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for your organization.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

ANALYST REPORT: Read this report to find Forrester’s recommendations for getting the most out of the latest generation of business intelligence (BI) software: so-called 'lean' or 'agile' self-service BI. Inside, explore the business and IT requirements necessary for effective implementation and use.

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

EGUIDE: In 2011 manufacturers showed renewed willingness to invest in IT due to signs of growing consumer demand.  In this e-guide, readers will hear from Forrester and editors of SearchManufacturingERP.com about the growing technology trends for the new year.

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Many organizations still struggle with siloed operations for lack of a clear path to collaboration. But with the right IT strategy and organizational change, a company can enable collaboration beyond its four walls and extend out to suppliers, customers, and partners, integrating all processes from idea to delivery. Read this paper to learn more.

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This resource examines some of the forces behind the adoption of cloud computing, explores how cloud architectures impact data centers and discusses best practices and technologies that can help companies collect the benefits of cloud computing without compromising uptime or overwhelming their power and cooling systems.

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 | Published: 07 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This resource examines the causes of today’s data center power and cooling crisis and outlines 5 steps businesses can take to remove inefficiencies from their power and cooling infrastructure.

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 | Published: 07 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper contains a sampling of real business results that organizations around the world, in a variety of industries, have achieved by upgrading and standardizing on Oracle Database 11g.

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 | Published: 14 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This customer reference booklet contains a sampling of real business results that organizations around the world, in a variety of industries, have achieved by upgrading and standardizing on Oracle Database 11g.  We hope you find these success stories helpful in learning how Oracle can help you achieve your business and IT objectives.

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 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: During past economic slowdowns companies didn’t plan ahead to safeguard the ability to grow profitably. While the current economic downturn shows a need to reduce costs, many SMMs are also pursuing growth. They’re responding to market pressures and rising costs by targeting IT solutions like industry-specific ERP to set the stage for future growth.

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 | Published: 06 Jan 2011