CASE STUDY - Aspen Publishers Inc. was able to complete two benchmarking surveys more efficiently and save $20,000 per year without the help of outside consultants by using SPSS for Windows, SPSS Data Entry Builder, and SPSS Data Entry Station. Read this case study and find out how they did it.
Posted: May 4, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Architectures | Business Communications | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Data Entry | Health Care Industry | Productivity

WHITE PAPER - This research brief examines the new release of the BMC Performance Assurance for Mainframes product. We assess its overall significance and describe the reaction of two early users.
Posted: April 17, 2009 | Published: April 17, 2009


Topics:  Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Capacity Planning | IT Governance | Mainframe Server Hardware | Performance Testing | z/OS

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper is about enterprise architecture as it pertains to finding and maximizing the business value in greener operations. Higher energy efficiency and a smaller carbon footprint are obvious areas of interest for any business, but how do you balance these goals with productivity, customer service, and all your other business concerns?
Posted: April 9, 2009 | Published: December 31, 2008


Topics:  Business Environment | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Data Center Management | Economic Environment | Enterprise Architectures | Enterprise Computing | Enterprise Systems | Environmental Compliance | Political Environment

WHITE PAPER - Requirements definition and management is an activity that has the potential to deliver a high, fast ROI. This white paper explains the characteristics of a good requirement and presents ten steps to better requirements management. Read on to learn how better requirements translate into easier, higher quality projects.
Posted: April 2, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Process Management Software | Functional Requirements | Project Management | Project Management Software | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER - The purpose of this paper is to outline how IBM Cognos 8 Performance Management software and solutions are best suited to drive maximum value from investments in the SAP Business Warehouse. This topic is of interest to Business and IT Executives as well as SAP Solution Managers and Project Managers.
Posted: March 31, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Information Management Software | Knowledge Management Software | NetWeaver | SAP (Product)

WEBCAST - Do you have the right technologies to compete in today's economic times? IBM's Dynamic Infrastructure™ initiative combined with Resilience 2.0 technologies from Vision Solutions deliver a secure, virtualized, energy efficient, and highly resilient IT environment for businesses of any size.
Posted: March 5, 2009 | Premiered: March 5, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Structures | Disaster Recovery | Infrastructure Management | IT Infrastructure | Risk Management

ANALYST BRIEF - This ExecBlueprint discusses the evolving role for the technology executive and what now constitutes "effective IT governance." The authors share effective strategies for building a good relationship with the CEO, planning projects, and managing the technology staff.
Posted: February 19, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | CIOs | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Compliance Best Practices | IT Governance | Leadership

WHITE PAPER - A business process is defined as a set of related activities that produce either a service or a product, the idea behind BPM is to line up these processes with the goals of a department or company.
Posted: November 12, 2008 | Published: November 12, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Service Management | ERP | SOA | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains how a common platform can provide the basis for not only managing manufacturing operations, but also quality and inventory across global supplier networks.
Posted: September 11, 2008 | Published: September 11, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | ERP | Global Economy | Globalization | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | Supply Chain Event Management | Supply Chain Event Management Software | Supply Chain Execution | Supply Chain Integration

WHITE PAPER - Explore four Customer Relationship Management (CRM) deployment scenarios and how to choose a CRM solution that will best meet your company's needs today and support your business as it grows and evolves.
Posted: September 26, 2007 | Published: September 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Integration | Business Performance Management | CRM | Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | Customer Data Management Software | Oracle (Product) | Sales | Software as a Service | Software Selection

WEBCAST - This webcast will show you how to quantify BPM ROI and build the business case. It will also look at ways to leverage your existing systems to produce BPM benefits.
Posted: November 20, 2005 | Premiered: May 4, 2005


Topics:  Aerospace and Defense Industry | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | CRM | Retail Trade Industry | ROI | Systems Integration | Telecommunications Industry | Transportation Industry | Vendor Selection