WHITE PAPER - As companies with aging voice infrastructures face end of life considerations, there has been a tendency to delay migration planning based upon un-examined fears and exaggerated risks associated with the current capabilities of IP Telephony.
Posted: November 13, 2008 | Published: November 13, 2008


Topics:  IP Telephony | Network Service Providers | PBX | Productivity | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | TCO | Telephony Systems | Unified Messaging

WHITE PAPER - This paper summarizes the benefits of using HP software throughout the SAP application lifecycle, while focusing primarily on ensuring a smooth implementation, upgrade and goes live with SAP applications.
Posted: November 7, 2008 | Published: November 7, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Change Management | Databases | IT Infrastructure | Quality Control | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | SOA

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn how your organization can develop a proactive IT compliance program focused on sustainability and effectiveness and begin looking to the future and mitigating risk in the course of business.
Posted: October 17, 2008 | Published: October 17, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | CIOs | CISOs | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act | HIPAA | Information Security | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - This white paper is for anyone in an organization that is subject to legal or regulatory investigations and has a significant amount of data on backup media.
Posted: October 16, 2008 | Published: October 16, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | Email Archiving | Enterprise | Hardware | Network Security | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - One thing you can be sure of: If you don't do something about the "thing" that someone is doing that makes them difficult for you, you'll continue to get more of it.
Posted: October 14, 2008 | Published: October 11, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Employee Monitoring | ERP | Human Resources Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Work Environment

WHITE PAPER - This SearchCIO.com and SearchSecurity.com E-guide offers an explanation of the requirements of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and best practices for ensuring compliance with it.
Posted: October 8, 2008 | Published: October 8, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Compliance Audits | Compliance Best Practices | Credit Cards | Data Security | Identity Theft | Information Security | Network Security | Payment Card Industry | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Risk Assessment

WHITE PAPER - Data security breaches pose a serious threat. Companies need to reduce risks associated with exposing customer data, losing intellectual property, or violating compliance obligations. Learn more about DLP issues, strategies and solutions.
Posted: October 6, 2008 | Published: October 3, 2008


Topics:  Business Processes | Data Security | Databases | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - For corporations using SAP, identifying and controlling risky financial transactions is a major undertaking. This paper examines the monitoring challenges faced by finance and reveals the many advantages of real-time transaction monitoring for SAP.
Posted: September 24, 2008 | Published: September 24, 2008


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Financial Transaction Processing | Fraud Protection | IT Infrastructure | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | SAP (Product) | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - Records management is more critical than ever before, and many companies are raising questions about how their program performs.
Posted: September 23, 2008 | Published: September 23, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Compliance Best Practices | ERP | Fraud Protection | Records Management | Risk Assessment

WHITE PAPER - Oracle's EPM system includes a suite of performance management applications, and business intelligence (BI) applications. Learn how organizations have optimized business processes by using enterprise resource planning (ERP) and other applications.
Posted: September 18, 2008 | Published: September 18, 2008


Topics:  Balanced Scorecards | Business Intelligence Software | Collaboration | Enterprise | ERP | Financial Management | Reporting Software | Risk Assessment

WHITE PAPER - IBMSystemx is a portfolio of robust servers built on IBMX-Architecture's our blueprint for bringing innovation tox86systems. Innovation that helps set you apart from the competition. Learn more in this paper.
Posted: September 11, 2008 | Published: September 11, 2008


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Management | RAID | Risk Assessment | Scalability Testing | Server Virtualization | UPS | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This document provides a brief overview of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (Sections 302 and 404), the impact of SOX on IT Departments, and the Varonis Data Governance solution for critical portions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Posted: September 10, 2008 | Published: September 10, 2008


Topics:  CobiT | Data Governance | Risk Assessment | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Unstructured Data

WHITE PAPER - This white paper examines the supply-chain problems now confronting manufacturers, the benefits of managing supply-chain performance more effectively and the risks presented by some efforts to achieve those benefits.
Posted: September 4, 2008 | Published: September 4, 2008


Topics:  B2B | Best Practices | CRM | EDI | Globalization | Manufacturing | Outsourcing | Risk Assessment | Supply Chain Management | Workflow Management Coalition

WHITE PAPER - There are many components when it comes to whole network security. Read this Expert E-Guide to learn how having a well-written security policy and a reliable network security checklist will help your organization ensure a more secure network.
Posted: September 4, 2008 | Published: September 4, 2008


Topics:  LAN | Network Security | Risk Assessment | ROI | Security Policies | Software | Virus Protection

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper presents a set of best practices around Agile Development and SOA which help customers to improve the ways how they can manage their offshore partner in order to improve cost efficiency, risk management and flexibility.
Posted: August 26, 2008 | Published: August 26, 2008


Topics:  Application Integration | Application Life-Cycle Management | Best Practices | Cost Benefit Analysis | Enterprise | IT Service Management | IT Services | Risk Assessment | SOA | Testing

WHITE PAPER - Remote workforces are a growing trend that has documentation implications on your business processes. This paper explores that, placing special emphasis on a distributed capture strategy for resolving remote workforce-related issues.
Posted: August 21, 2008 | Published: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Business Processes | Document Management | Document Management Software | Financial Services Industry | Health Care Industry | Multifunction Peripheral Hardware | Remote Access Software | Remote Network Management | Remote Offices | Remote Users | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Virtual Offices

WHITE PAPER - This white paper details how to go beyond HIPAA by showing how to use HIPAA as the starting point for your security program, and then using best practices and Lumension Security solutions to improve your overall security posture.
Posted: August 15, 2008 | Published: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Data Centers | Health Care Applications Software | Health Care Industry | HIPAA | Payment Card Industry | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Risk Assessment | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Security Policies | Training

WHITE PAPER - This Securities and Exchange Commission Exam Survival Guide provides you with the actions you can take to prepare for an SEC exam so that when the call comes, there is minimal stress and disruption to your firm.
Posted: August 7, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Audit Trails | Best Practices | Compliance (Finance) | Disaster Recovery | Documentation | Information Management | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Regulations | Risk Assessment

WHITE PAPER - This paper by Ventana Research examines the challenges many growing companies face with their current Financial Management software applications, and how many are turning towards SaaS, on-demand software as an affordable, low-risk alternative.
Posted: July 28, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Accounting Software | ERP Software | Financial Management | Payroll Software | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Software as a Service | Software Selection

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes about the convergence of two significant trends that we are seeing across our client base, and also the four specific drivers that are causing people to think about transforming their data centers.
Posted: July 21, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  BASIC | Business Intelligence | Data Centers | Environmental Compliance | Environmental Industry | Environmental Law | Leadership | Risk Assessment | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper explains why automated reconciliation is quickly evolving into a competitive necessity. The costs associated with manual reconciliation, the benefits from automation, and the best reconciliation workflow model will all be discussed.
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Asset Management (Finance) | Best Practices | Budgeting | Customer Service | Market Trends | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Workflow Management Coalition

WHITE PAPER - Lumension's Sanctuary Application and Device Control is an IT-driven solution that automatically enforces endpoint security policies. The financial impact of moving from a "voluntary" compliance solution to an "automatic" one is illustrated
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: September 10, 2007


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Cost Benefit Analysis | Device Control Software | Endpoint Security | Malware | Productivity | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | ROI | Security Policies

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper covers what is needed to develop a comprehensive security policy for your System i data center. It also includes key areas of focus in protecting your computing environment and the steps involved in preparing it for security.
Posted: June 23, 2008 | Published: June 3, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Authentication | Data Centers | Endpoint Security | Internet | Network Security | Network Security Software | Password Management | Risk Assessment | Security Best Practices | Security Threats | System i

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses the growing importance of comprehensive application quality management and testing tools for improved application performance. Learn how to deliver an application quality and risk management message to your organization.
Posted: June 17, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | ERP | Quality Control | Risk Assessment | Service Level Management | SOA | Testing | Web Services

WHITE PAPER - Wellness programs can play a vital role in lowering costs, improving the employee's health, reducing risks, and increasing productivity.
Posted: June 9, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Cost Benefit Analysis | Health Care Industry | Human Resources Services | Human Resources Software | Productivity | Program Management | Risk Assessment | Succession Planning