Business Process Management White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Through the years, accounting standards have changed and older processes need to be refined with the new complexities. This paper discovers how to maintain a master annual report without the risk of inaccuracies with data consolidation.

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 | Published: 01 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Enterprise content management (ECM) lets companies put their content to work for business benefit. Read about new alternatives for ECM, how to make smarter decisions on purchasing and deploying ECM, and the three leading supplier options for ECM platforms.

Posted: 26 May 2011 | Published: 26 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines five things you need to know before developing an email management solution. It also seeks to dispel myths about SharePoint and Exchange.

Posted: 18 May 2011 | Published: 18 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Today, email management is a critical requirement. But deploying and supporting an effective email management solution poses significant challenges for IT. Check out this white paper to learn the case for SharePoint.

Posted: 18 May 2011 | Published: 18 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: SharePoint is quickly becoming the centerpiece of collaboration for business processes in many top corporations. However, SharePoint only works when users are “online." This white paper examines the typical requirements for offline access in a number of scenarios and SharePoint site configurations.

Posted: 18 May 2011 | Published: 18 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Learn how your existing professional database knowledge makes it easy for you to learn IBM DB2 9.7 for Linux, UNIX and Windows.

Posted: 17 May 2011 | Published: 17 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: This article is the first in a series and provides an in-depth view of performance and workload management.

Posted: 17 May 2011 | Published: 17 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Discover proven strategies in data mining for cost-effective customer acquisition and retention.

Posted: 17 May 2011 | Published: 17 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses how traditional BI systems with disconnected capabilities fall short at monitoring, aligning and benchmarking performance. Learn how Oracle BI 11g is designed to help today's organizations drive profitable growth, change, and many other operational and functional performance goals.

Posted: 12 May 2011 | Published: 01 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper you'll discover what is needed for complete, open, and integrated business intelligence tools and technologies today. Explore the best-in-class capabilities for managing the development lifecycle for BI applications to meet the needs of today's insight-driven organizations.

Posted: 12 May 2011 | Published: 31 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: This report provides the finance perspective on the challenges midsize companies are facing in deploying and using technology to support business analytics and growth strategies. Access this report now to learn why an integrated approach to BI and planning helps maximize their ROI in technology.

Posted: 11 May 2011 | Published: 11 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: The complexity of operational processes can be a significant obstacle to any effort for improvement through modeling and analysis. Access this white paper for 3 principles that can be used to simplify management strategies and arrive at models that will provide you with a better understanding of your business.

Posted: 09 May 2011 | Published: 09 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this issue, our authors have done an outstanding job of exploring many facets of VOI. Robert Shimp discusses the shift in the economy from that of a services economy to an information management economy.

Posted: 09 May 2011 | Published: 31 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: As the internet changes the way of traditional marketing and communication, discover a “True Profile” as a means of understanding customer behavior, actions and preferences using analytics. Learn the 4 key components of True Profiles and the business benefits included.

Posted: 04 May 2011 | Published: 04 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Although enterprise resource planning (ERP) is an important tool for boosting operational efficiency and cost savings, it also offers manufacturers a leg-up in their globalization efforts. Read this white paper to see how critical ERP can be to global business, and how to choose the best solution to support this imperative.

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 | Published: 29 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: The construction of a data model is one of the more difficult tasks of software engineering and is often pivotal to the success or failure of a project. Many factors determine the effectiveness of a data model. In this white paper, industry expert Michael Blaha covers the Top 10 pitfalls to avoid - from both the strategy and detail perspective.

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 | Published: 20 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper and find out how the IBM Smart Analytics System can arm your organizations’ decision makers with the insights needed to achieve mission goals and address the challenges of tomorrow.

Posted: 16 Apr 2011 | Published: 15 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: The drive to build a company from the ground up and offer a competitive product or service that fulfills a need is a powerful pull. Owners of IT service provider businesses are no different. Check out this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 | Published: 12 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: In the typical IT environment, organizations operate in a divided world of systems management and support. IT departments often treat these two fundamental areas as distinct silos causing gaps for IT employees, who spend too much time and manual effort resolving system problems. This creates both higher risks and higher costs for IT.

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 | Published: 22 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how advanced case management solutions from IBM can help assist organizations in a wide array of case management scenarios.

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 | Published: 28 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Globalization and recent economic pressures have resulted in increased requirements for the availability, scalability and efficiency of enterprise information technology (IT) solutions.

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 | Published: 23 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: The longer a customer is loyal, the more profit the company gains. Read this brief to learn four steps to help guide your customer loyalty strategy.

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: In this analysis, Frank Buytendijk examines what information management means, and describes a complete spectrum of business cases, ranging from tactical cost reduction to transformational impact on the organization’s business model.

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: The true total cost of ownership favors the adoption of a proven, configurable, best-of-breed tool for which the costs and implementation timescales are predictable, and through which risks are minimized. Continue reading to learn more.

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 | Published: 02 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Organizations are starting to see the connection between making information available and leveraging it to be more agile and productive. This paper offers a practical guide to assess your information quality maturity level, and provides a framework to align information quality management practices to business objectives and results.

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 | Published: 17 Mar 2011