Strategic Planning Reports

EGUIDE: In this e-guide learn how to protect your organization’s overall value by utilizing ITSM. Discover why it is important that your IT strategy and service desk operations go hand-in-hand, which three ITIL service operations to use to ensure value throughout the service lifecycle, and learn how service desk can prepare to support these activities.

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the progression of SharePoint usage, features available to encourage SharePoint adoption, focusing on the technology components required, scalability of the platform to accommodate growth, migration strategies, and how AvePoint’s DocAve Software Platform help ensure a scalable, reliable platform for bolstered adoption.

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 | Published: 21 Feb 2011

EBOOK: Facing increasing pressures from globalization and a sagging economy, manufacturers are between a rock and a hard spot. And many of them see Business Intelligence as an escape route. But does BI hold the answers for every manufacturer? How does BI differ from manufacturing intelligence? This eBook will answer these questions and more.

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 | Published: 15 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: FlexNet Manager for SAP Business Suite optimizes the SAP system measurement and checks for potential license savings. By checking the usage of each individual license, it determines whether the correct license type was purchased for a given user and whether enough licenses are available. This removes the guess work and optimizes license allocation.

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 | Published: 10 Feb 2011

ANALYST REPORT: Mobile business intelligence is a process, not a project, and a journey rather than a destination. The case studies included represent two forms that mobile BI can take to empower the mobile worker and port existing applications. This paper discusses two different companies, their environments, reasons for going mobile and key success factors.

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 | Published: 24 Jan 2011

EBOOK: IT Governance solutions enable CXOs to align their business strategy with their IT strategy. However,in order for these solutions to realize their maximum impact, they require business stakeholders to be engaged in the transformation process.

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

EBOOK: The evolution of smartphones and mobile networks enable new possibilities for enterprise applications and new challenges for IT. The benefits span organizations. But delivering this requires a sound strategy and close collaboration between business and IT. Learn about key mobile trends and how to develop a mobile enterprise application strategy.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper explores the opportunities and challenges presented by the introduction of services on 4G networks, and examines how a strategic BI implementation can help to transform the services a company provides while managing costs of providing them. It also considers the variety of practical applications of a BI system.

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 | Published: 11 Nov 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: LTE evolution is more than a move to a new technology. It encompasses a shift in the service provider’s business model to a more sustainable and profitable one. Read this presentation transcript to learn more!Trackback URL

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 | Published: 30 Nov 2010

EBOOK: This eBook examines data governance trends and methodologies for managing governance programs. It covers issues such as new ways of organizing data governance teams and emerging best practices to help organizations succeed with enterprise data governance initiatives. It also provides expert advice on how to design and implement governance programs.

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 | Published: 05 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Cisco Services presents a series of four white papers to provide a framework for discovering compelling business cases and identifying the necessary services needed to deliver the desired experience. The second white paper in the series covers critical knowledge areas in the successful planning and design of a medianet or media-optimized network.

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 | Published: 02 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: As much an art as a science, the balanced scorecard is a living process that must be adaptive to constantly changing external forces and internal course corrections. You learn as you go. This paper contains a few guiding principles that will help you along the way.

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: In this exclusive white paper from Oracle, read how Oracle’s Strategy-to-Success management framework provides that critical framework context.

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Sep 2008

DATA SHEET: This data sheet details how Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management extends the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) with capabilities that enable strategic goals to be communicated across the organization and monitoring progress over time. Read on to learn about the features and benefits of this innovative solution.

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

DATA SHEET: Read this data sheet to learn about all of the key features and benefits of this dynamic solution.

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

EZINE: The world must optimize its use of water to avert conflict. Hectic Heathrow airport needs to streamline processes to continue to grow. Meanwhile, software architects must effectively enable BAM systems that take newly enabled BPM feeds. Data analytics are becoming part of the mix for more BPM scenarios. Find out more in our BPM quarterly.

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 | Published: 29 Sep 2010

DATA SHEET: Read this data sheet for an explanation of how the Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management solution enables organizations to provide a framework that organizes strategic thinking and performance management.

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 | Published: 08 Jun 2010

EBOOK: Navigating the ERP software market can be a big challenge. Experts say there are over 80 different ERP packages available today. Choosing an ERP package means answering challenging questions about requirements, vendor services and deployment style. In this eBook, get advice and best practices for the ERP software selection process.

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 | Published: 17 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: Automated testing will shorten your development cycles, avoid cumbersome repetitive tasks and help improve software quality but how do you get started? The best practices discussed in this white paper help ensure results and a successful foundation for improving your software quality.

Posted: 14 Sep 2010 | Published: 14 Sep 2010

EBOOK: Mobility was going to be "the next big thing" in CRM but didn’t pan out, with "road warriors" frustrated with user interfaces meant for a PC. But the success of smart phones has changed the game. This e-book helps enterprises understand the marketplace for devices, applications and managing it all in order to create a mobile CRM program.

Posted: 14 Sep 2010 | Published: 13 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: This Magic Quadrant will help CIOs and business and IT leaders that are analyzing their Web strategies to assess whether they have the right Web Content Management offering to support them. Use this Magic Quadrant to understand the fresh vitality in the WCM market and how Gartner rates the leading vendors and their packaged products.

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 | Published: 07 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: Recognizing that successful IT innovation requires deep involvement with the business overall, CIOs increasingly help set business strategy, use IT to enable business flexibility, and help corporations meet enterprise-wide goals. Learn what this means to IT managers, operations managers, development managers, strategy and architecture leaders.

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 | Published: 21 Dec 2009

WEBCAST: This webcast explores how WebSphere and IBM Rational work together to help businesses achieve strategic objectives with reduced risk and cost and also for translating business vision and strategy into architectural change.

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 | Premiered: Jun 24, 2010, 12:00 EDT (16:00 GMT)

WHITE PAPER: Make informed decisions at a lower cost with the right BI strategy.

Posted: 14 Jun 2010 | Published: 15 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides CIMdata’s perspective on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis, including its motivation for use, value and future. It also describes Mentor Graphics’ FloEFD CFD analysis solution that is designed to provide product designers and engineers with direct access to CFD techniques directly in their design (CAD) environment.

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 | Published: 10 Jun 2010