WHITE PAPER - In studying the best practices in strategic meeting management, there's proven evidence that a "managed" meetings program can generate significant and immediate cost savings for corporations of all sizes.
Posted: August 29, 2008 | Published: August 29, 2008


Topics:  Procurement | Spend Management | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - Aberdeen research has found that although both the mid-market and large sectors have similar performance results and organizational structures for meetings management, large organizations are better positioned for long-term success.
Posted: August 29, 2008 | Published: August 29, 2008


Topics:  Procurement | Spend Management | Strategic Planning

PODCAST - Virtualization is now generally recognized as one of the key enablers of these objectives. As organizations explore virtualization solutions, the challenge is to select the right strategic vendor with the best solution set for their business.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Premiered: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Application Service Providers | Capacity on Demand | Cost Benefit Analysis | Customer Satisfaction | Desktop Management | IT Asset Management | Security | Server Virtualization | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - The corporate compensation planning process continues to evolve in scope and complexity. This paper explains the factors that evaluators should consider in making a â??build vs. buyâ? decision.
Posted: August 12, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Compensation | Hardware | Networking | Software | Strategic Planning | Testing

WHITE PAPER - This White paper describes about the data center capacity challenges; and how data center consolidation and centralized management of IT resources can offer huge savings and reduce strain on IT resources.
Posted: July 21, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | Data Storage | Disaster Recovery | ROI | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - Every merger and acquisition (M&A) doubles the IT infrastructure that must be managed by the new organization. This paper explores the importance of an effective enterprise data management strategy and integration plan that insures a successful M&A.
Posted: July 16, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Business Models | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Modeling | Data Warehouse Architectures | Information Technology Professionals | Mergers and Acquisitions | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - This white paper outlines seven basic principles for successfully managing your Business-critical ERP applications and application data.
Posted: July 16, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Content Archiving | Content Management | Data Management | Database Management | Databases | eBusiness Infrastructure | eBusiness Software | IT Asset Management | Operating Systems | Oracle (Product) | Records Retention | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - This Asset Management Operations and Compensation Survey conducted by Advent Users Group and Advent Software was taken by over one hundred investment firms. Technology, operations and compensation were the three key areas covered in the survey.
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Asset Management (Finance) | Asset Management Services | Compensation | CRM | Employee Monitoring | Investments | Outsourcing | Strategic Planning | Surveys

PODCAST - In this Podcast, independent SAP analyst Jon Reed will discuss SAP trends and their effect on consultants, tips for honing your business strategy and consulting best practices.
Posted: June 26, 2008 | Premiered: June 26, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | IT Consulting Services | Market Trends | SAP (Product) | SOA | Strategic Planning | Web Services

PODCAST - This expert podcast looks at how midmarket firms can start down the ITIL 3.0 path.
Posted: June 26, 2008 | Premiered: June 30, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Applications Software | ITIL | Market Trends | SMBs | Strategic Planning | Vulnerability Management

WHITE PAPER - An enterprise wide information governance strategy is critical to effective discovery preparedness. This article outlines the new federal rules for discovery and the first steps to achieve enterprise content control.
Posted: June 26, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Document Management | Electronic Discovery | Executive Management | Information Management | IT Governance | Knowledge Management | Records Management | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - Download this paper to learn about adopting a common platform for governance, compliance, and risk management to reduce cost and complexity and ensure a more effective response to new legislation.
Posted: June 26, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Executive Management | IT Governance | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Strategic Planning

CASE STUDY - This 2002 case study details Merrill Lynch's GPC Marketing team that successfully implemented Aprimo's Planning & Financial Management solution to better manage their $100 million-plus marketing spend.
Posted: June 24, 2008 | Published: June 24, 2008


Topics:  Banking Industry | Financial Reporting | Investments | Marketing | Marketing Information Systems | Productivity | Strategic Planning

WEBCAST - In this webcast learn knowledge and skills related to staffing up, justifying, and building the SOA implementation team. Listen on how to describe the roles associated with the SOA implementation team as well as the cost and skills justification for each.
Posted: June 19, 2008 | Premiered: June 19, 2008


Topics:  Application Integration | Application Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Business Processes | Data Integration | Data Management | SOA | Strategic Planning

PODCAST - The focus of business performance management (BPM) initiatives is evolving. In this expert podcast, gain insight on how to begin and expand your BPM initiatives and the trends that are affecting the BPM market.
Posted: June 16, 2008 | Premiered: June 16, 2008


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | CRM | ERP | Market Trends | Strategic Planning

WEBCAST - In this Webcast, independent SAP analyst Jon Reed will discuss SAP trends and their effect on consultants, tips for honing your business strategy and consulting best practices
Posted: June 11, 2008 | Premiered: June 25, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | IT Consulting Services | Market Trends | SAP (Product) | SOA | Strategic Planning | Web Services

WEBCAST - Customers are benefiting from deploying SOA based solutions to increase strategic agility and transform their business networks. In this Webcast, explore how to get started with enterprise SOA and SAP integration success stories.
Posted: June 9, 2008 | Premiered: June 24, 2008


Topics:  B2B | Business Integration | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | CIOs | Enterprise | Enterprise Architectures | SAP (Product) | SOA | SOA Governance | Strategic Planning | Web Services

WHITE PAPER - Whether implementing new technologies, upgrading existing infrastructures or evaluating current needs, the use of consultants for a Technology Assessment offers an objective evaluation of what your business needs to effectively execute your strategy.
Posted: June 3, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Business IT Alignment | Data Management | Network Infrastructure | Strategic Planning

PODCAST - A data warehouse appliance that's both dynamic and balanced sure sounds good, but what exactly do those terms mean? Gain insight into the balanced warehouse and how IBM uses it as the hub of their dynamic warehousing strategy.
Posted: June 2, 2008 | Premiered: June 2, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - Strategy is the common thread of an integrated planning and management system. Read this paper and learn the best processes for developing strategic themes and how to see results from your vision.
Posted: May 20, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Processes | Customers | Financial Management | Management System | Strategic Planning | Top-Down Design | Value Chains

WEBCAST - This session will focus on the techniques, challenges and benefits of implementing an effective data stewardship and data management program.
Posted: May 16, 2008 | Premiered: June 17, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Management | Customer Data Integration | Data Governance | Data Management Software | Data Stewardship | Master Data Management | ROI | Software Implementation | Strategic Planning

WEBCAST - Please join Forrester analyst Alex Cullen and Centennial Software as they discuss best practices for managing your IT operations.
Posted: May 15, 2008 | Premiered: April 25, 2008


Topics:  Adaptive Enterprise | Budgeting | Business Processes | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | Economic Environment | IT Governance | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - The key to addressing the entire performance management challenge is to start with the fundamentals - the way baselines and thresholds are handled.
Posted: April 21, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Business Performance Management | Business Service Management Software | Enterprise | Hardware Management | IT Infrastructure | Network Traffic Analysis | Service Level Management | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - Learn best practices, best of breed technologies and concepts to enable an efficient, tactical human resources (HR) function. Morph HR from a support to a strategic advantage.
Posted: April 10, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  eLearning | Enterprise Portals | Globalization | Human Resources Services | Human Resources Software | IT Outsourcing Services | Offshore Outsourcing | Productivity | Strategic Planning | Workforce Planning

WEBCAST - Attend this Expert Webcast to become well prepared for designing, developing and deploying a plan that addresses the unique issues surrounding a successful implementation of virtualization delivered SaaS.
Posted: March 28, 2008 | Premiered: March 28, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Software as a Service | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | Strategic Planning