Strategic Planning White Papers

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Garnering Executive Support: Building Your Business Plan for Strategic Meetings Management
sponsored by StarCite
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, brought to you by StarCite, corporate travel and meetings professionals will learn why executive support is vital to a strategic meetings management effort and how to garner that support - even if it requires investment and resources from upper management.
Posted: 10 Mar 2009 | Published: 09 Mar 2009

StarCite

Integrating Corporate Travel, Procurement and Meetings Management: A Best Practices Roadmap to Strategic Meetings Management Success
sponsored by StarCite
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, StarCite presents its latest industry research about where corporations stand when it comes to travel and meetings integration - and a roadmap for companies ready to reap the rewards of an integrated approach.
Posted: 10 Mar 2009 | Published: 09 Mar 2009

StarCite

Protection on demand: information security that works for you - instead of putting you to work.
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn more about the new approach to information security, protection on demand, which simplifies security and produces cost savings.
Posted: 18 Feb 2009 | Published: 18 Feb 2009

IBM

Leverage ERP for Sales & Operations Planning
sponsored by IFS
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to use your ERP to facilitate Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), which helps manufacturers rapidly adjust to changes in the market.
Posted: 12 Jan 2009 | Published: 12 Jan 2009

IFS

Service Orientation and Its Role in Your Connected Systems Strategy: Building Distributed Applications
sponsored by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd
WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents the Microsoft Corporation vision for service orientation and service-oriented architecture in enterprise computing.
Posted: 20 Oct 2008 | Published: 18 Oct 2008

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd

The Alignment-Focused Organization: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Take a look at how organizations are taking strides to align business strategy with actual initiatives, projects, and daily activities - in short, to close the gap between strategy and execution.
Posted: 24 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Nov 2007

SAP America, Inc.

The Superstar CFO - Optimizing an Increasingly Complex Role
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this CFO Research study to understand how CFOs should prioritize the external and company-wide mandates, as well as how they should manage the finance function itself.
Posted: 01 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 May 2007

SAP America, Inc.

CRO Survey: Risk, Regulation and Return
sponsored by IBM Line of Business
WHITE PAPER: To better understand the perspectives and concerns of today's CROs, the IBM Institute for Business Value interviewed banking risk management executives in depth and cosponsored a wider, cross-industry survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Posted: 18 Jul 2007 | Published: 01 May 2005

IBM Line of Business

IONA Artix Registry/Repository
sponsored by IONA Technologies
WHITE PAPER: SOA is distributed by nature and enterprise SOA initiatives require a level of governance to succeed long-term. Read this white paper and learn how Artix Registry/Repository effectively addresses the challenges of deploying and managing a distribut...
Posted: 19 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

IONA Technologies

The SOA Competitive Landscape Redefined: A Manager's Guide to SOA Platforms
sponsored by Fiorano Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes an approach to evaluating an SOA platform, that is aimed at creating a system based upon a service-oriented application composition and a peer-to-peer distributed infrastructure architecture.
Posted: 13 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

Fiorano Software, Inc.

Scaling Enterprise SOA Deployments: Benefits of a Service-Grid Architecture Powering Next-Generation SOA Deployments
sponsored by Fiorano Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper reviews modern enterprise service grids and how their brokered peer-to-peer architecture offer ease of use for a wide array of distributed computing projects including the SOA market.
Posted: 13 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

Fiorano Software, Inc.

SOA: The Missing Link between Enterprise Architecture and Solution Architecture
sponsored by Infosys Technologies Limited
WHITE PAPER: Service-oriented architecture (SOA) and enterprise architecture (EA) strive to tighten the business and IT alignment. Learn about the dependencies between an EA framework and an SOA strategy and how services impact the way applications are developed.
Posted: 14 May 2007 | Published: 01 Mar 2007

Infosys Technologies Limited

AT&T Global Network Pandemic Preparedness
sponsored by AT&T Corp
WHITE PAPER: Having a business continuity plan in place is crucial to surviving an unforeseen catastrophic event. This white paper details some important concerns and suggestions for making sure your enterprise's critical operations can withstand a crisis.
Posted: 05 Apr 2007 | Published: 07 Feb 2007

AT&T Corp

New SOA Maturity Model
sponsored by Progress
WHITE PAPER: How can organizations understand SOA and manage the migration to SOA? The New SOA Maturity Model provides a visionary framework that aligns IT action with business benefit. Read this paper to assess your organization's SOA readiness.
Posted: 02 Mar 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2006

Progress

SOA: A Perspective on Implementation Risks
sponsored by Infosys Technologies Limited
WHITE PAPER: If potential risks to a SOA implementation are not identified during the planning process, they can be difficult to mitigate during the implementation. Read this paper to learn how an awareness of these risks can help ensure a successful adoption.
Posted: 08 Feb 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2006

Infosys Technologies Limited

10 Steps to Mobile Security
sponsored by Sybase iAnywhere
WHITE PAPER: Security is the top priority on everyone's minds, especially with the growth of mobile devices on the rise. This paper details the 10 critical steps to ensure a successful mobile security strategy.
Posted: 02 Jan 2007 | Published: 01 Nov 2006

Sybase iAnywhere

SOA Implementation with an Offshore Partner
sponsored by Torry Harris Business Solutions
WHITE PAPER: Learn how to overcome the cost and time of service-oriented architecture (SOA) development by collaborating with an experienced offshore partner.
Posted: 31 Oct 2006 | Published: 01 Oct 2006

Torry Harris Business Solutions

How to Implement Technology Portfolio Management
sponsored by Borland Software Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Technology Portfolio Management is an essential component of any complete Technology Governance strategy. Understand the Technology Portfolio Management process and introduce Portfolio Management into your organization.
Posted: 24 May 2006 | Published: 01 Apr 2006

Borland Software Corporation

Effective SOA Governance
sponsored by IBM Software Group
WHITE PAPER: Understand how SOA governance can fit within an overall corporate governance framework and learn how to effectively apply SOA governance through the appropriate decisions and progress measurements.
Posted: 14 May 2006 | Published: 01 Mar 2006

IBM Software Group

Transforming Storage Operations from Entrepreneurial to Predictive
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Some organizations continue to operate without documented processes, procedures and polices. Learn how to avoid risks to services levels, business continuity - and a new approach to IT - one that moves from a reactive to a more predictive model.
Posted: 13 Dec 2004 | Published: 01 Dec 2004

EMC Corporation