Alignment Reports

Fighting the Tide: IBM/Cognos BI Users Reduce Overhead, Increase Operating Profit
sponsored by IBM
ANALYST BRIEF: Read this report to learn what Aberdeen Group found when analyzing the results of 65 IBM/Cognos BI users who participated in a larger study about best practices for business intelligence during a recession.
Posted: 17 Mar 2010 | Published: 14 Sep 2009

IBM

Tools and strategies for reducing manufacturing IT costs
sponsored by Apriso Corporation
EBOOK: This eBook explains the performance management and governance software and methodologies that can align technology with business goals and bring IT costs under control.
Posted: 01 Aug 2011 | Published: 28 Jul 2011

Apriso Corporation

IBM Global CIO Study - Implications for IT Managers
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Recognizing that successful IT innovation requires deep involvement with the business overall, CIOs increasingly help set business strategy, use IT to enable business flexibility, and help corporations meet enterprise-wide goals. Learn what this means to IT managers, operations managers, development managers, strategy and architecture leaders.
Posted: 17 Jun 2010 | Published: 21 Dec 2009

IBM

Identify and Leverage Your Existing Service Life Cycles
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This executive brief will illustrate the progression of service management since the 1990s, illuminate the hidden service life cycles and discuss how, once they are visible, we can start to make them work — to improve services and better align IT with business objectives.
Posted: 22 Jul 2010 | Published: 22 Jul 2010

IBM

What CFOs Should Ask their Software Development Leaders
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper illustrates a new way of thinking about the funding of IT software projects, one that considers funding in terms of investment, and value as an expansive, longitudinal variable.
Posted: 20 Sep 2011 | Published: 20 Sep 2011

IBM

Virtual and Superior: How to Build Teams that Get Things Done
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights tips and best practices for CIOs looking for more effective ways to cut risk and create value in virtual environments through better teamwork.
Posted: 12 Sep 2012 | Published: 12 Sep 2012

Citrix

Introduction to Business Rules: Taking Advantage of Business Rules Management Systems
sponsored by IBM
TECHNICAL ARTICLE: Business users sometimes try to control and manage business rules without directly having to deal with IT, which isn’t always successful. Using an example from the insurance industry, this article provides an introduction to business rules and the importance of Business Rules Management Systems (BRMS) in bridging the gap between business and IT.
Posted: 24 May 2010 | Published: 05 Feb 2008

IBM

What’s New with IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1
sponsored by IBM
PRODUCT DEMO: See what's new in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1 that makes it possible to connect everyone in your organization with the insight, analytics and information they need to make better, faster, smarter decisions.
Posted: 07 Feb 2011 | Premiered: 07 Feb 2011

IBM

BI: Drive competitive advantage with high-quality data
sponsored by IBM
EGUIDE: Find out how to overcome the business intelligence initiative challenge of low-quality data in this expert e-guide with strategies such as translation matrix entries and historical data scrubbing.
Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 04 Jan 2012

IBM

IT leaders modernize BI systems with high quality data
sponsored by IBM
EGUIDE: Business intelligence (BI) has become more essential than ever before as organizations strive to extract meaningful information from growing stores of data. Inside this e-guide, gain strategic insight from the BI implementation experiences of your peers.
Posted: 02 Dec 2011 | Published: 02 Dec 2011

IBM