Business IT Alignment Research
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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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Closing the Gaps in Root Access Control
Sponsored by: BeyondTrust CorporationRead this discussion to learn how enterprises can take more effective control of access to the functionality at the heart of many of IT's most critical systems and meet the challenges presented by security and compliance standards.
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Information Security Magazine, January 2009: Look Who's Coming to Dinner--the Security Steering Committee
Sponsored by: Information Security MagazineThis special issue of Information Security Magazine explains the ins and outs of security steering committees. Learn who needs to be there, why they need to be there, what they need to be doing, and how to help them do it.
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Prototyping Data Warehouses Using Visual Analytics: Presentation Transcript
Sponsored by: Tableau SoftwareRead this presentation transcript of the “Prototyping Data Warehouses using Visual Analytics” webinar that includes a case study demonstrating how the City of Charlotte is administering Tableau Server to reduce IT intervention, reduce costs and increase collaboration between business units.
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Enterprise Portal Rationalization: Using a Service-Oriented Architecture to Stop Web Asset Sprawl
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationThis paper provides an overview of the problem of Web sprawl, and an account of the rationalization strategies organizations are adopting to gain the upper hand on sprawl. Adopting a service-oriented architecture based on integrated application platform infrastructure emerges as the key to rationalizing sprawl.
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Optimizing PC Performance with Simple Benchmarking Processes
Sponsored by: Intel CorporationCheck out this paper to learn how to enhance PC performance and overall IT efficiency by utilizing Intel's unique new platform performance benchmarking process.
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Value-driven product management: Six keys to product success
Sponsored by: IBMThis paper explains how assessment, alignment, achievability, accessibility, agility and accountability, the six key concepts of value-driven product management, can be applied to create a repeatable process for developing successful products.
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SOA Governance: Framework and Best Practices
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationThis paper outlines a framework and best practices for governance as it specifically relates to Service Orientated Architecture (SOA). It also introduces a Six Steps to Successful SOA Governance model.
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Presentation Transcript: Agile Software Release Readiness: Cleared for Takeoff or Crash and Burn?
Sponsored by: Borland Software CorporationIn today's challenging economic climate, the consequences of releasing software prematurely can be severe. Read this presentation transcript and learn how you can transform your next software release into a more managed and predictable business process, increasing the likelihood of your success.
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A Business Intelligence (BI) Agenda for Midsize Organizations: Six Strategies for Success White Paper
Sponsored by: IBM CognosSuccess in business intelligence is all about facilitating sound, data-driven decisions at every level of the business. Read this white paper to learn six strategies for BI success, drawn from the experiences of actual IBM Cognos customers.
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Aligning Business and IT through Connected Requirements: Unifying the Development Process
Sponsored by: IBMCheck out this white paper to learn how the connected-requirements approach serves as the framework for the use of products and technologies that are designed to allow you to optimize team performance, align the development process with your organization's business goals and meet auditing and regulatory compliance requirements.
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IBM Introduces New Solutions to Strengthen the Security of Midsize Companies
Sponsored by: IBMCheck out this press release to learn about new IBM software that helps midsize companies detect vulnerabilities that can lead to costly security breaches, improve organizational productivity and secure data while maintaining compliance with mandatory business regulations.
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IT governance: enabling high performance in turbulent times
Sponsored by: IBMThis paper explains how CIOs can use governance best practices to mitigate the depth and duration of performance declines that often accompany periods of change and innovation. It will clarify what governance is - and isn't - and articulate how CIOs can begin to improve governance within their organizations.
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The new collaboration: enabling innovation, changing the workplace
Sponsored by: IBMThis white paper discusses the changing face of collaboration and the ways in which the new collaboration can benefit business. It points out that smart businesses already are looking for ways to connect communities so they can tap into both internal and external knowledge and use that knowledge to accelerate innovation.
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The new CIO: insights from the Center for CIO Leadership: An interview with Harvey Koeppel, Executive Director, Center for CIO Leadership
Sponsored by: IBMHarvey Koeppel, executive director of the Center for CIO Leadership, talks about the challenges facing CIOs today and the emerging role of the CIO as a business leader helping to drive change and innovation.
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Integrating the Finance organization for global business: Important implications for CIOs
Sponsored by: IBMThis paper looks at the growing alignment between the financial and technical disciplines. It examines the results of the Global CFO Study 2008 in the context of IT, identifying the critical implications for CIOs, and the need for a strategic partnership with CFOs and more ongoing collaboration between Finance and IT.
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Five best practices for deploying a successful service-oriented architecture: Leveraging lessons learned from the IBM Academy of Technology
Sponsored by: IBMCheck out this white paper to learn about the five best practices for deploying successful SOA and see rapid return on your investment.
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IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Version 6.1 with IBM WebSphere Adapters: Communicating with Enterprise Information Systems
Sponsored by: IBMThis white paper reveals how WebSphere® adapter nodes within IBM® WebSphere Message Broker V6.1 speed and simplify the tasks of creating integrated processes, resulting in greater productivity and lower cost.
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Accelerate Value Creation: The Virtuous Cycle of Using Technology to Maximize Business Value
Sponsored by: SAP America, Inc.Understanding how IT can drive value and competitive advantage for your company is important for executives in all industries. This SAP Executive Insight paper explores the relationship between IT investment and performance and productivity gains.
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Leadership Makes the Difference during Times of Global Financial Crisis: Optimizing Business Cycles through Technology Investment
Sponsored by: SAP America, Inc.Investing in the right IT platform and end-to-end business processes enables companies to simplify the IT landscape and reduce total it cost.
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Presentation Transcript: Determining First Network Access Control (NAC) Deployments For Your Organization
Sponsored by: Bradford NetworksLearn how different priorities trigger the need for network access control and see examples of how to get NAC up and running in a phased approach.
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Dell and Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®Windows Server 2008 is designed to provide increased reliability and control over your server infrastructure.
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Agentless Application Virtualization: Enabling the Evolution of the Desktop
Sponsored by: VMware, Inc.In this study, IDC analyst Michael Rose discusses how VMware ThinApp, an agentless virtualization solution, addresses the challenges of desktop computing. Read this paper to learn about the pros and cons of virtualized client computing.
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Real Application Testing with Oracle Database 11g
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationTo help them stay ahead of the competition, agile businesses need to quickly adopt new technologies. Real Application Testing - with Oracle Database 11g - allows businesses to quickly do this while eliminating the risks associated with change.
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Mission Critical Services
Sponsored by: Hewlett Packard EnterpriseIn this webcast you will learn how Mission Critical & Proactive Services help you improve availability, reduce risk and increase service management.