Business Development Research
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IT@Intel: Using TCO to Determine PC Upgrade Cycles
Sponsored by: Intel CorporationAt Intel, we've developed a comprehensive methodology, based on total cost of ownership (TCO), that lets us calculate the real cost of operating more than 90,000 PCs. Using it, we can understand the real cost of deploying and maintaining our PCs across varying time horizons.
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Implementing Best Practices: The Dell Management Console and ITIL
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®This white paper discusses how reduced budgets and growing demands on IT departments have forced organizations to find ways to cut costs, increase IT resource productivity, and optimize existing investments. Find out more about on this topic and how the new Dell Management Console can assist you.
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Enterprise Performance Management: Joining Planning and Reporting for Superior Results
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationRead this paper on enterprise performance to learn about financial and reporting requirements, when to adopt integrated enterprise performance management processes and system software, and hear about customer examples.
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The Need for Profitability and Cost Management
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationProfitability and cost management (PCM) is at the core of enterprise performance management, as it represents the bottom line for every company. However, there are multiple reasons why PCM is of particular relevance, especially today. Ready this white paper to learn more.
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Management Excellence: The Metrics Reloaded
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationIn performance management, consistency is king. The simple sounding steps-identify and focus on value drivers, and align the organization to drive results - beg the question: What's the best performance management framework? Read this paper to learn more.
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Managing the Transition to International Financial Reporting Standards
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationThis white paper identifies the many challenges companies face when implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in corporate reporting. The Oracle solution provides the high level of analysis and transparency that companies need in today's demanding and uncertain global financial reporting environment.
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Journal of Management Excellence: Creating Value
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationThis journal covers how to connect enterprise performance management processes to drive your business value along with several other commentaries and a case study that comes from The Netherlands. It will also explore business intelligence and the need for profitability management.
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Simplifying the Management of Tier 1 ERP Systems for Mid-Sized Companies
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationThis white paper will discuss the impact of Tier 1 systems on IT departments in terms of ongoing maintenance, demonstrating that Tier 1 systems make many IT tasks easier, ranging from new-report generation to user training to upgrade management.
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Rapid Implementation- The New Age of ERP
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationBy marrying technology with vertical industry expertise, the Oracle Accelerate family of solutions is helping midsize companies become the nimble organizations they need to be today.
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Migrating SQL 2000 to SQL 2008- a Dell Deployment Guide
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®This Deployment Guide reviews the approach that Dell and Principled Technologies recommend for a tested and validated migration of SQL Server 2000 databases to SQL Server 2008 on the Dell PowerEdge R900 server and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise.
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Presentation Transcript: Strategies to Help You Increase Your Team's Productivity in Lean Times
Sponsored by: Qwest CommunicationsThe weakening economy and turmoil in the U.S. financial system have left employees uneasy in workplaces across the country, this paper explains the ways to increase your team's productivity during these lean times.
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Four Steps to a Best-Run Business
Sponsored by: SAP America, Inc.This document describes how you can build a strategy to unify and run your business more effectively.
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IT Optimization as a Source of Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Sponsored by: IBMThis white paper highlights the costs of IT asset proliferation and the advantages of the IBM view of IT optimization as a strategic, ongoing process.
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Customer Stories: Plenty of Fish
Sponsored by: Cogeco PEER 1The site has continued growing astronomically ever since and is now the No. 1 free online dating site in the world, averaging 8 million unique visitors per month.
