Strategic Planning Research
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SearchManufacturingERP.com E-Guide: Evaluation best practices for procurement software
Sponsored by: SAP America, Inc.Choosing sourcing and procurement software can be overwhelming. Should you go with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) or best-of-breed vendor? Is the cloud or on-premise the best place to run your app? What functionality should the software provide? Read this expert e-guide to learn how to select a useful, cost-effective procurement system.
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Strategic Workforce Planning For a Changing Business Environment
Sponsored by: SuccessFactorsThis white paper discusses strategic workforce planning for a changing business environment and methods for improving your business strategy.
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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management Suites
Sponsored by: Host Analytics, IncThis Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management looks at the current market trends as well as the top vendor offerings in the CPM market for 2012.
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The Convergence of Scorecards, Dashboards and Business Intelligence
Sponsored by: ActuateThis paper discusses the convergence of dashboards, scorecards and business intelligence (BI) tools and the emergence of systems that incorporate these into a single, unified solution.
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Empower IT with an Enterprise Network Management Portfolio
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.This is an outline of the features and benefits of a portfolio of management products to help your IT department more effectively manage their networks and the services delivered.
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Capturing the ICT Dividend
Sponsored by: ComputerWeekly.comThis report from Oxford Economics and AT&T shows ICT investment and productivity growth are closely linked - and European countries are lagging behind other parts of the world in both areas.
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Taneja Group Tech Profile: Building the Foundation for the Virtualized Infrastructure
Sponsored by: HP and IntelThis Taneja Group white paper sponsored by HP & Intel can help you overcome the problems caused by these changes in order to get the most out of virtualization.
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CIO Strategies for End User Computing: Maximizing Productivity Without Sacrificing Security in the Virtual Era
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and MicrosoftAdvances in mobility and client computing technology combined with the ubiquity of social media are creating a culture of constant connectivity and anywhere access to information. This paper provides best practices for creating end user computing strategies that respond to an evolving workforce.
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Harvard Business Review Article: Mastering the Management System
Sponsored by: SAP America, Inc.In this article, Kaplan, of Harvard Business School, and Norton, founder and director of the Palladium Group, explain how to effectively manage both strategy and operations by linking them tightly in a closed-loop management system, which comprises five stages.
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Intelligent Health Care
Sponsored by: SearchHealthIT.comClinical decision support technology takes business intelligence (BI) to the next level by offering caregivers evidence-based, best-practice information, providing automated responses in response to patient data and much more. Inside this e-book, learn how your healthcare facility can benefit from clinical BI tools.
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BI Trends in Health Care
Sponsored by: SearchHealthIT.comAnalyzing clinical data can accomplish many goals: Improving patient care through understanding trends and showing paths to improvement, enhancing research and creating business efficiencies and cutting operational costs. Inside this expert e-book, learn how to take advantage of business intelligence and data analytics at your healthcare facility.
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IBM Business Process Manager -- Powerfully Simple
Sponsored by: IBMIBM Business Process Manager provides the simplicity, efficiency, visibility and collaboration needed to manage highly dynamic and networked business environments. IBM Business Process Manager is easy to deploy and use straight out of the box or in an easily customizable configuration - providing rapid time to value and improved user productivity.
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From Project to Program: The Proven Guide to Rolling Out BPM
Sponsored by: IBMThis paper describes how the movement toward broad BPM Programs has changed what companies need in terms of BPM technology and “know how.” We describe 3 steps for establishing a solid foundation for a BPM Program that will enable your organization to scale its process improvement capability in a way that will deliver maximum value to the business.
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Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationThis data sheet details how Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management extends the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition with capabilities that enable strategic goals to be communicated across the organization and monitoring progress over time.
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ERP In A Recovering Economy: Now is the perfect time to invest!
Sponsored by: IQMSDuring past economic slowdowns companies didn’t plan ahead to safeguard the ability to grow profitably. While the current economic downturn shows a need to reduce costs, many SMMs are also pursuing growth. They’re responding to market pressures and rising costs by targeting IT solutions like industry-specific ERP to set the stage for future growth.
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Business Intelligence and Analytics Fundamentals
Sponsored by: IBMThis paper from looks Ovum Research examines the key criteria and considerations you need to be aware of when evaluating your organizations BI and analytics strategy.
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Assessing the True Value of Business Analytics
Sponsored by: IBMRead how Business analytics investments are more important than ever for business competitiveness and profitability and are becoming increasingly essential to maximize a company's return on investment.
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The Business Case: Information for Project Portfolio Decision Makers
Sponsored by: Global KnowledgeIncreasing numbers of enterprises are incorporating project portfolio management in their strategic planning. And just as individuals use financial reports and analyses to consider various investment options, the enterprise uses an analysis called the Business Case to evaluate various project proposals for inclusion in the project portfolio.
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Podcast: Lessons in virtualization: Integrating data protection software
Sponsored by: Dell and VMwareSMBs using virtualization often face additional challenges in managing and protecting their data. This instructor-led mediacast addresses the importance of data protection and the best ways to integrate this type of software into your virtualization initiatives.
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Lessons in virtualization: Integrating data protection software
Sponsored by: Dell and VMwareSMBs using virtualization often face additional challenges in managing and protecting their data. This instructor-led mediacast addresses the importance of data protection and the best ways to integrate this type of software into your virtualization initiatives.
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Designing a Strategy for End-to-End Web Protection
Sponsored by: IBMWeb applications are extremely flexible and valuable assets to any organization. But they’re also vulnerable to threats like hijacking, splitting, forging and injection. Read this white paper to find out how IBM Rational® AppScan® solutions can help your agency overcome virtual threats to achieve mission objectives.
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Virtual server backup options today
Sponsored by: Quantum CorporationW. Curtis Preston, executive editor of the Storage Media Group and independent backup expert, discusses the various options available today for backing up virtual machines including VMware's VCB, third-party products, and the ways that backup software products are evolving to ease virtual machine backups.
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Replication options for virtualized environments
Sponsored by: Quantum CorporationW. Curtis Preston, executive editor of the Storage Media Group and independent backup expert, discusses the options currently available for performing replication as part of a backup strategy for virtual machines, benefits and drawbacks of using replication in a virtualized environment.
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12 Criteria to Help Make Your Next ERP Replacement Your Last
Sponsored by: Epicor Software CorporationLearn twelve criteria to help you identify and select an ERP solution that fits your business needs. Find the right ERP provider that will help you implement quickly and achieve business objectives.
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6 Steps to Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation Success
Sponsored by: IFSImplementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Contact Relationship Management (CRM), and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) is complicated. Here are six simple steps to take to manage that complexity.
