WHITE PAPER - IBM has developed a strategy for a dynamic infrastructure that will help organizations address higher service expectations, rising cost pressures and new risks and threats.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Published: February 13, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Service Management | Infrastructure Management | Infrastructure Services | SOA

WEBCAST - Learn how IBM can help you deliver superior business and information technology services with agility and speed. Hear from IBM and our clients who are taking the next step to create their own dynamic infrastructures.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Premiered: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Integration | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Business of Information Technology | Business Performance Management | Business Processes

CASE STUDY - After expanding their business into other markets across the globe, international media company Clear Channel found their current accounting and billing systems needing an upgrade. Read this case study and learn Clear Channel's solution.
Posted: September 30, 2009 | Published: September 28, 2007


Topics:  Accounting | Accounting Software | Billing Software | Billing Systems | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Business Systems

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes some of the business and IT issues that enterprises must address to become more agile and to improve their responses to challenges and opportunities. Included is how a service oriented architecture (SOA) can help an enterprise align its IT infrastructure with business needs.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: January 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Process Management | SOA | SOA Governance | SOAP | WebSphere

WHITE PAPER - The purpose in this IBM Redpaper is to introduce you to the concepts used in the IBM BPM Enabled by SOA methodology. The IBM® Business Process Management (BPM) Enabled by SOA Method provides a structured process for developing an organization's cross-functional, customer-focused, end-to-end core business processes.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: March 26, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Service Management | SOA | SOA Governance

WHITE PAPER - For many companies, the upside to a down economy is an opportunity to consolidate IT operations. Read this white paper for five requirements to attain greater IT efficiency.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: June 18, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Business Systems | IT Management | IT Service Management

WHITE PAPER - Download this informative whitepaper to learn how to leverage identity administration solutions like user provisioning and role management to automate user administration for maximizing and accelerating return-on-investment while enforcing unfragmented, cost-effective compliance and control across your entire IT infrastructure.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | Data Management | Enterprise | Enterprise Systems | IT Infrastructure | IT Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper presents a sample Dell solution -- using the Dell R610 and R710 PowerEdge Servers (powered by Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 Series) -- designed to tolerate faults at multiple infrastructure layers to provide maximum level of availability for the virtual infrastructure.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization

EZINE - Read this e-zine for practical advice on quantifying the success of a SharePoint governance policy, how to monitor your SharePoint Environment, and integrating document management systems into MOSS 2007.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: May 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Collaboration | Collaborative Applications Software | Collaborative Product Development | Document Management | Document Management Software | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC)

WHITE PAPER - The true value of SOA is unlocked when services are leveraged for process orchestration to deliver automation of business processes. Industry's leading process orchestration engine, the Oracle BPEL Process Manager supports a 100% standard approach to orchestrating systems and services into end-to-end process flows.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2006


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Business Development | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Business Process Management | SOA

WHITE PAPER - Oracle WebLogic Suite, a foundational element of Oracle Fusion Middleware, offers the ideal mix of performance, scalability, and operational efficiency to support modern IT requirements driven by ever-changing business needs.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | Business Management | IT Asset Management | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Systems | Operational Support Systems | Oracle (Product)

CASE STUDY - In the face of aggressive growth, TAC Americas found it increasingly difficult to conduct month-end financial closing and report results. This case study examines how they addressed this problem by implementing a solution that incorporated Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 12, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Microsoft Office | Microsoft Office 2003 | Microsoft Office XP | Server Management | Server Software | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This Case Study examines how Culver Franchising Systems turned to the RedPrairie-Microsoft Business Intelligence solution to make better decisions and improve store operations, while vastly reducing reporting time. With the RedPrairie-Microsoft solution in place, Culver now gets early warning of underperforming stores.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | ERP | ERP Software

PODCAST - Complexity, uncertainty, global competition and shrinking cycle times are all challenges organizations face today. As a result, finance needs to take on the role of a business partner and work with operations to accommodate the business plan. In order to do this, the proper tools need to be in place.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Premiered: September 14, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Systems | Operational Metrics (Systems) | Oracle (Product) | Podcasts

WHITE PAPER - This white paper identifies the many challenges companies face when implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in corporate reporting and explores tightly integrated solutions that together centrally manage data and metadata on a unified platform--the first step in implementing a complete performance management solution.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Data Management | Financial Reporting | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Oracle (Product) | Software