Strategic Planning Reports

WHITE PAPER: Different managers have different philosophies for project planning and scheduling, especially when it comes to meeting deadlines. But what if there was a way to improve risk management in relation to corporate projects? Learn how capacity planning provides the foresight necessary to complete projects on time and boost customer satisfaction.

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 12 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization offers a more flexible solution where resources can be redistributed in accordance with shifting demands. However, virtualization resources add a new abstraction layer to the infrastructure stack, which can complicate IT service optimization. Read on to learn best practices for optimizing IT services in complex virtual environments.

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: The flexibility and cost alternatives provided by virtualization, cloud computing and SaaS present organizations with a choice of platforms to run applications or a business service. These computing models highlight the need for a better capacity management process. Learn about effectively managing capacity for improvements in business services.

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Oct 2011

ASSESSMENT TOOL: Take this capacity management maturity assessment in order to better understand how your company handles performance goals, business forecasting and business process management. Gain advice based on your answers to the assessment questions that will help move your company to higher levels of maturity.

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing offers a way for businesses to handle the high demand for IT services and increase enterprise efficiency. Access this white paper to learn best practices for utilizing cloud infrastructure to increase your ROI and satisfy end user needs.

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 | Published: 04 Oct 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Inside this presentation transcript, hear from Avi Saha the Vice President of Platform Architecture, Web and Database Services at ADP. Gain insight on how CIOs can achieve innovation through strategic investments, business and IT alignment and operational efficiency.

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 | Published: 20 Sep 2011

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

WHITE PAPER: Is your organisation ready to explore the benefits of cloud computing? Read this white paper from IBM and discover how an enterprise architecture approach can help you take the first critical steps to success with Cloud.

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 | Published: 18 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Explore architecture management with IBM. Find out how the four elements of actionable enterprise architecture can transform your business.

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 | Published: 19 Sep 2011

EGUIDE: When Lands’ End was struggling to improve agility and scalability in fragmented legacy systems, CIO Steve Cretney knew it was the perfect opportunity to move to the cloud. Inside this exclusive e-guide, find out how Cretney successfully made the case for a new cloud computing model at Lands’ End.

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 | Published: 07 Sep 2011

EBOOK: Clinical 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.

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 | Published: 17 Aug 2011

EBOOK: Analyzing 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.

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 | Published: 17 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: When it comes to IT projects, there are a number of common mistakes – and too often project managers avoid the problems that those mistakes create instead of facing them head on. Inside this white paper, learn about the 6 most common IT project mistakes and 3 ways to avoid them.

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 | Published: 12 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Although the current economic situation is improving, many organizations are opting to keep operational expenses on a tight leash, and some have decided to freeze hiring and re-evaluate project budgets. Learn how project management tools can help drive strategic planning and decision making for greater efficiency in your organization.

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 | Published: 12 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: The biggest challenge for IT leaders today is making sure that projects are aligned with the strategic and financial goals of their organizations. Learn why implementing a project and portfolio management (PPM) approach could help simplify your objectives. Gain insight on PPM topics such as allocating resources, capacity planning and more.

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 | Published: 12 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: IBM 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.

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 | Published: 07 Jul 2011

EBOOK: This expert resource explains why more and more SMBs are implementing SQL Server-based business intelligence systems. Learn how to cost-effectively improve the performance of these platforms as well as how to overcome common concerns, including systems management.

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the 7 steps to aligning IT with the business. Find out what they are and how they can help your business provide customer-driven results.

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 | Published: 27 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This 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.

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 | Published: 21 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides a business case for considering Vietnam as an offshore outsourcing destination, and offers specific examples from the IT and software industries, including a US software testing firm with a facility in Vietnam.

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 | Published: 14 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this brief paper you’ll discover the 4 key dimensions to personalized Web marketing and learn real-life successes of enterprises that have made the personalized Web a core part of their growth strategies. Deliver greater value for your customers and your company through a centralized interactive marketing platform.

Posted: 06 May 2011 | Published: 06 May 2011

EGUIDE: Many organizations are realizing the interesting and paradoxical pattern that exists with BI applications: the more you use them, the more new and different requirements keep pouring in. Read this E-Guide and learn to gain a stronger understanding of your customers and business as well as to excel in today’s competitive market with real-time BI.

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 | Published: 15 Apr 2011

WEBCAST: Do you have an existing information quality strategy? While most organizations understand the need for data quality, they still face the challenge of implementing an effective strategy to provide information that aligns to business requirements. Register for this webcast and learn the 4 steps to a successful information quality strategy.

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 | Premiered: May 5, 2011, 11:00 EDT (15:00 GMT)

EGUIDE: As of Oct. 1, 2015, U.S. health care providers must use ICD-10 codes when they submit medical claims. This FAQ e-guide addresses what the transition means, advantages of using ICD-10, as well as best practices on how providers can prepare and succeed in an ICD 10 conversion.

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 | Published: 29 Mar 2011

JOURNAL ARTICLE: Read this collection of journal articles to learn a variety of approaches to creating options for business success, even in the face of scarce resources.

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Jan 2010