ROI Reports

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how to strengthen your organization's business intelligence investment in the current economic environment, which has seen budget cuts in virtually every area. This paper offers tips for making a tangible business case for BI investments.

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 | Published: 06 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: Learn how team collaboration, task automation, and extensive measurement and analysis can benefit your organization in this white paper, which can help you automate many of your software production and creation activities.

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 | Published: 17 Mar 2010

ANALYST REPORT: This study illustrates the financial impact of deploying Microsoft Exchange 2010 for a retail and distribution organization of 1,500 employees and $450 million in annual revenue.

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 | Published: 02 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: The combination of an Intel Xeon processor and a Windows® operating system is an industry standard, proven platform for running business-critical applications, and many companies are making the switch. Read this paper to learn about the benefits of Intel® Xeon® Processors and Windows Server® 2008 R2 for Business-Critical Applications.

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 | Published: 01 Dec 2009

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and Dell, provides an overview of the expenses associated with virtualization and highlights the virtual server trends expected for 2010. Gain insight into the tangible virtualization costs, and learn how to keep pace with the changing server virtualization market.

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 | Published: 11 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: Business processes are expected to run lean and green. The Accounts Payable process that runs with optimal efficiency and accuracy will diagnose bottlenecks in seconds, generate minimal waste and keep vendors and partners happy with fast inquiry response and timely payments. Read this paper from Dolphin Corporation to learn about automating AP.

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 | Published: 10 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: The current economic environment challenges manufacturers seeking to capitalize on their enterprise resource planning (ERP) software: How can a company increase ERP functionality while reducing operating costs and even head counts? To achieve this difficult balance, many manufacturers have turned to on-demand ERP-support services.

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 | Published: 08 May 2009

EBOOK: IT organizations face many data challenges. Data distribution rates and the quantity of data that consumers use is expanding exponentially in the global marketplace. Read this e-book to gain an understanding of the Sybase Replication Server and learn a series of best practices to consider when implementing a database replication strategy.

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 | Published: 05 Mar 2010

EBOOK: Some IT managers have steered clear of server virtualization technologies because the deployment process can seem too daunting to begin. But this step-by-step handbook maps out the deployment process in four easy-to-follow steps.

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 | Published: 05 Mar 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Read this presentation transcript to learn about different data center expansion options. Discover the pros and cons of colocation, cloud computing and IT outsourcing and determine which model is best for your organization.

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 | Published: 02 Mar 2010

ANALYST REPORT: In this analyst report, Forrester Consulting examines the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises can realize by deploying mobility solutions using BlackBerry® smartphones and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server software.

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 | Published: 19 Feb 2010

IT BRIEFING: This IT Briefing discusses how advanced collaboration applications from IBM Lotus and BlackBerry smartphones from RIM offer state-of-the-art technology and business advantages to corporate users.

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 | Published: 19 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: Typically, the level of security you get will be designed to meet the needs of the most risky client in the cloud. And, if you use the tools identified in this paper as a starting point, you will have a good idea of how comparable your cloud security versus internal security will be.

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 | Published: 19 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: Companies are reaping the benefits from mobile CRM, field service and sales force automation processes with the latest Research In Motion (RIM) offerings. Read this white paper to learn more!

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 | Published: 18 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: This report offers data on a wide variety of ERP solutions. Included in the research sample are Tier I solutions (such as SAP, Oracle eBusiness Suite, and Microsoft Dynamics), Tier II, Tier III and industry-focused niche solutions.

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 | Published: 08 Feb 2010

VIDEO: In this video, David Merrill, Chief Economist of Hitachi Data Systems describes the principles of storage economics, the 33 point calculation used to show you how make your storage infrastructure more efficient and increase your ROI.

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 | Premiered: 02 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper and learn the economic benefits of Hitachi’s Intelligent Tiered Storage capability for unified block and file data environments; and how organizations can decrease TCO and gain faster ROI business value using Hitachi storage solutions.

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 | Published: 16 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Learn how a new, interconnected economy is forcing companies to manage an ever-growing information network -- and the best way to adopt new technologies to give you greater flexibility for faster growth while maintaining business integrity.

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 | Published: 29 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: Today, firms in the communications industry must relook at how they deliver customer service in order to streamline operations, retain customers and drive business revenue. Read this paper to learn about five, practical, cost-effective opportunities that allow firms to meet market demand and achieve an impressive Return on Investment.

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 | Published: 15 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: More than 1500 z/Journal readers and BMC Software customers worldwide recently shared their top priorities for IT in 2010. The survey results might surprise you. Get the full report.

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 | Published: 14 Jan 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Read this transcript to learn the importance of effective virtual server management in your data center. Learn how virtualization health checks and consolidation planning can enable your organization to proactively predict when to improve capacity and resource utilization while minimizing contention.

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 | Published: 12 Jan 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This transcript of the "Ten Steps to Evaluate Google Apps" webcast provides you with 10 steps for organizations that currently use Lotus Notes/Domino to determine if Google Apps is a good fit. Learn how to select a pilot project, calculate ROI and estimate training requirement to assist you in your decision making.

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper defines the challenges facing today's IT executives and steps you can take now to support your organization’s SOA-based initiatives by cutting costs, leveraging your existing IT infrastructure and improving productivity.

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 | Published: 15 Jan 2009

EBOOK: Learn all about in-database technology in this E-book, designed to give you a complete overview of the technology and how it can be leveraged successfully. Read on to learn why more companies are choosing to leverage this new technology - and learn more about their ROI and business results.

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 | Published: 11 Nov 2009

EBOOK: In this E-Book, data warehousing and BI expert Rick Sherman explains how you can take advantage of BI trends to ensure that you get the right information to the right people at the right times, so they can make the best possible decisions.

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Published: 09 Nov 2009