Strategic Planning

IT BRIEFING: CIOs are more confident of securing technology budget increases than at any time in the last five years, according to the CIO Technology Survey 2012.

Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 17 May 2012

EGUIDE: Choosing sourcing and procurement software can be overwhelming. Should you go with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) or best-of-breed vendor? Is the cloud or on-premise the best place to run your app? What functionality should the software provide? Read this expert e-guide to learn how to select a useful, cost-effective procurement system.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 09 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses strategic workforce planning for a changing business environment and methods for improving your business strategy.

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 | Published: 27 Apr 2012

ANALYST REPORT: This Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management looks at the current market trends as well as the top vendor offerings in the CPM market for 2012.

Posted: 13 Apr 2012 | Published: 13 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the convergence of dashboards, scorecards and business intelligence (BI) tools and the emergence of systems that incorporate these into a single, unified solution.

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 | Published: 26 Mar 2012

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: This is an outline of the features and benefits of a portfolio of management products to help your IT department more effectively manage their networks and the services delivered.

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 | Published: 25 Jan 2012

ANALYST REPORT: This report from Oxford Economics and AT&T shows ICT investment and productivity growth are closely linked - and European countries are lagging behind other parts of the world in both areas.

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 | Published: 01 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Advances in mobility and client computing technology combined with the ubiquity of social media are creating a culture of constant connectivity and anywhere access to information. This paper provides best practices for creating end user computing strategies that respond to an evolving workforce.

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 | Published: 04 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this article, Kaplan, of Harvard Business School, and Norton, founder and director of the Palladium Group, explain how to effectively manage both strategy and operations by linking them tightly in a closed-loop management system, which comprises five stages.

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 | Published: 29 Aug 2011

EBOOK: Clinical decision support technology takes business intelligence (BI) to the next level by offering caregivers evidence-based, best-practice information, providing automated responses in response to patient data and much more. Inside this e-book, learn how your healthcare facility can benefit from clinical BI tools.

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 | Published: 18 Aug 2011

EBOOK: Analyzing clinical data can accomplish many goals: Improving patient care through understanding trends and showing paths to improvement, enhancing research and creating business efficiencies and cutting operational costs. Inside this expert e-book, learn how to take advantage of business intelligence and data analytics at your healthcare facility.

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 | Published: 18 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: IBM Business Process Manager provides the simplicity, efficiency, visibility and collaboration needed to manage highly dynamic and networked business environments. IBM Business Process Manager is easy to deploy and use straight out of the box or in an easily customizable configuration - providing rapid time to value and improved user productivity.

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 | Published: 07 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes how the movement toward broad BPM Programs has changed what companies need in terms of BPM technology and “know how.” We describe 3 steps for establishing a solid foundation for a BPM Program that will enable your organization to scale its process improvement capability in a way that will deliver maximum value to the business.

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 | Published: 07 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This data sheet details how Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management extends the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition with capabilities that enable strategic goals to be communicated across the organization and monitoring progress over time.

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 | Published: 21 Jun 2011

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

WHITE PAPER: This paper from looks Ovum Research examines the key criteria and considerations you need to be aware of when evaluating your organizations BI and analytics strategy.

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 | Published: 28 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read how Business analytics investments are more important than ever for business competitiveness and profitability and are becoming increasingly essential to maximize a company's return on investment.

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 | Published: 10 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Increasing numbers of enterprises are incorporating project portfolio management in their strategic planning. And just as individuals use financial reports and analyses to consider various investment options, the enterprise uses an analysis called the Business Case to evaluate various project proposals for inclusion in the project portfolio.

Posted: 25 May 2010 | Published: 25 May 2010

PODCAST: SMBs using virtualization often face additional challenges in managing and protecting their data.  This instructor-led mediacast addresses the importance of data protection and the best ways to integrate this type of software into your virtualization initiatives.

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 | Premiered: 04 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: Web applications are extremely flexible and valuable assets to any organization. But they’re also vulnerable to threats like hijacking, splitting, forging and injection. Read this white paper to find out how IBM Rational® AppScan® solutions can help your agency overcome virtual threats to achieve mission objectives.

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009

PODCAST: W. Curtis Preston, executive editor of the Storage Media Group and independent backup expert, discusses the various options available today for backing up virtual machines including VMware's VCB, third-party products, and the ways that backup software products are evolving to ease virtual machine backups.

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 02 Sep 2009

PODCAST: W. Curtis Preston, executive editor of the Storage Media Group and independent backup expert, discusses the options currently available for performing replication as part of a backup strategy for virtual machines, benefits and drawbacks of using replication in a virtualized environment.

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 25 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: Learn twelve criteria to help you identify and select an ERP solution that fits your business needs. Find the right ERP provider that will help you implement quickly and achieve business objectives.

Posted: 21 Feb 2008 | Published: 21 Feb 2008

WHITE PAPER: Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Contact Relationship Management (CRM), and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) is complicated. Here are six simple steps to take to manage that complexity.

Posted: 04 Feb 2008 | Published: 04 Feb 2008