WHITE PAPER - A recent global study from Cranfield School of Management found organizations are too internally focused and did not use sufficient external information or benchmarking. A better understanding of management processes is needed. That is why we introduced our view on the management process: strategy-to-success. Read this whitepaper to learn more.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 5, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | CIOs | Operational Metrics (Systems)

WHITE PAPER - It is important for the IT Manager to know the basics of formalized project management. Why? Because every organization needs to be able to implement change and almost all important changes are defined or implemented through project teams.
Posted: May 27, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | CIOs | IT Management | IT Managers | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management

VIDEO - Watch this videocast to learn how virtualization has been a major key to the success of everyone's favorite discount travel site as Priceline.com has continued to grow its competitive edge in the face of lean economic times.
Posted: May 27, 2009 | Premiered: May 27, 2009


Topics:  Backups | CIOs | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Economic Environment | Green Data Center | Green Storage | High Availability | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization | TCO

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn how the Dell™ Management Console Powered by Altiris™ from SymantecTM centralizes multiple aspects of systems management into a single easy-to-use tool.
Posted: May 19, 2009 | Published: May 19, 2009


Topics:  Architectures | Best Practices | CIOs | Data Management | Data Migration | Infrastructure Management | Network Infrastructure | Open Systems Standards

WHITE PAPER - This white paper addresses the concerns of chief information officers and network architects worried about how to best utilize new data transport infrastructures from an economic, operational, and security perspective. The purpose of this paper is to assist decision makers selecting new data transport methods and infrastructures.
Posted: May 12, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Encryption | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Migration | Data Security | Data Transmission Standards | Database Administration | Database Management

WHITE PAPER - The best-performing project management offices reduce business risk, optimize resources and contribute to business growth through a portfolio management office, according to Gartner. Read this informative paper from Oracle and take your first step to establishing a PMO or maturing your already established PMO.
Posted: May 5, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | CIOs | Oracle (Product) | PMOS | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management

WHITE PAPER - As the number of projects grow, so does the risk of failure as resources get stretched & oversight lags. It becomes increasingly important to define project management processes & develop metrics & best practices for keeping projects on time and within budget. Read this paper to find out if a Project Management Office (PMO) could be your solution.
Posted: May 5, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | CIOs | Enterprise Architectures | IT Management | Oracle (Product) | PMOS | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will discuss the impact of Tier 1 systems on IT departments in terms of ongoing maintenance, demonstrating that Tier 1 systems make many IT tasks easier, ranging from new-report generation to user training to upgrade management.
Posted: May 4, 2009 | Published: May 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | CEOs | CFOs | CIOs | Enterprise | Enterprise Architectures | Enterprise Content Management | ERP | Training

WHITE PAPER - This paper highlights the value and benefits Oracle partners bring to IT implementations through the global Accelerate program - fixed-scope/fixed-price approach that ultimately lowers costs to customers and speeds time to value.
Posted: May 4, 2009 | Published: February 25, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Cost Benefit Analysis | Economic Environment | ERP | Global Economy | ROI | Software | Software and Information Industry Association | Software Best Practices

EBOOK - The key to unlocking outsourcing potential lies in targeting the right projects, choosing your suppliers wisely and then managing them with an eye on economic conditions at that global site. Here's a step-by-step plan for optimizing savings.
Posted: May 4, 2009 | Published: May 4, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | CIOs | Contract Management | ERP | Outsourcing | Project Management | Strategic Planning | Supplier Relationship Management

WHITE PAPER - With spending on cost-saving technologies such as virtualization rising, and the maintenance of networking and enterprise Microsoft software keeping IT professionals constantly in demand, here's our top 10 hot skills that will take us from a down economy and beyond.
Posted: May 1, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | ITIL | Outsourcing | Programming Languages | Project Management | Server Virtualization | Telecommunications Systems

EBOOK - In this eBook the SearchCIO.com team discusses how Data Protection encompasses a host of technologies, business processes and best practices. Government regulations threaten dire consequences for noncompliance, and compromised data quickly becomes a public relations and customer retention issue.
Posted: April 22, 2009 | Published: April 22, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | CIOs | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Security | Network Best Practices | Network Management | Network Security | Security | Security Best Practices

VIDEO - Blue Coat Systems CEO Brian NeSmith discusses how the ADN brings together Application Performance Monitoring, WAN Optimization and Secure Web Gateway technologies to deliver the visibility, acceleration, and security that enables enterprises to align network resources with business goals.
Posted: April 16, 2009 | Premiered: April 16, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | CIOs | Malware | Network Performance | Network Security | SOA | WAN

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This transcript examines the respective challenges that accompany virtualization and green IT initiatives. Learn specific best practices that will enable your business to lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and accelerate ROI.
Posted: April 10, 2009 | Published: April 10, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Management | Energy Industries

WHITE PAPER - The current economic downturn has resulted in contraction of IT Department budgets and a mandate to allocate resources to only the most critical projects, then execute flawlessly. In these tough times, it is imperative for CIOs to deliver more value from as IT budgets fall..
Posted: April 3, 2009 | Published: April 3, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Process Management | CIOs | IT Best Practices | IT Management | IT Spending | Manufacturing | Project Management | ROI | Software Development Methodologies