Cost Benefit Analysis Research
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Managing Costs More Effectively
Sponsored by: SAP America, Inc.This Ventana Research paper identifies the IT components that can be used to identify ways to improve cost management for success in today's recovering yet volatile market.
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IBM Systems Consolidation Evaluation Tool
Sponsored by: IBMThis evaluation tool provides a high level analysis of your infrastructure so you can weigh the costs against the risks of maintaining existing processes. Compare four migration scenarios and determine which makes sense for your organisation.
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What CFOs Should Ask their Software Development Leaders
Sponsored by: IBMThis 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.
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ORC International Database Manageability and Productivity Cost Comparison Study: Oracle Database 11g Release 2 vs. IBM DB2 Enterprise 9.7
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationConducted by the research firm ORC International, this study found that performing common database management tasks for Oracle Database 11g R2 took less time and fewer resources than performing the same tasks for DB2 Enterprise 9.7. Although funded by Oracle, the study was independently conducted by ORC.
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Top 10 reasons why HP software customers are moving to IBM
Sponsored by: IBMTake a moment to see how many of these top 10 benefits you’re realizing with your HP Software solutions. And then remember: With IBM, you can achieve them all.
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WebSphere Application Server v7 vs. Oracle WebLogic 11g
Sponsored by: IBMThis document briefly covers key differences between IBM® WebSphere® Application Server and Oracle WebLogic Server. While both products are of high quality and will perform well even in demanding mission-critical environments, there are still some differences in their efficiency and resulting total cost of ownership.
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The Value of BI: Driving a More Agile Enterprise
Sponsored by: Alteryx, Inc.This e-book explores the value of BI, including its return on investment, the pros and cons of purchasing versus custom-building a BI application and how recent trends are changing the BI landscape.
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Total Economic ImpactTM Of VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure – Healthcare Industry
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®Forrester Consulting studied the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) that healthcare facilities may realize by deploying VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. Learn more about the financial impact of moving from a traditional one-PC-per-user model to a centralized, hosted virtual-desktop delivery model.
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Computer Weekly 19 July 2011: A Conversation with the CIO of one of the UK government’s biggest IT estates
Sponsored by: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.comIn this week's issue of Computer Weekly we talk exclusively to one of the top CIOs in UK government about the challenges of innovating with IT at a time when the public sector is forced to make huge cuts in spending. An informative buyer's guide on desktop virtualisation is also featured, plus much more. Download this issue now.
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CIO strategies for DR planning in virtual environments
Sponsored by: Dell CompellentRegarding disaster recovery, expenses currently overshadow the risk of theoretical disaster. As a result, CIOs who hope to implement or upgrade their DR plans must compromise. This e-guide discusses how to make a value case for DR, along with a series of low-cost strategies for planning, implementing, and testing virtual DR plans.
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The Business Case for Outsourcing to Vietnam
Sponsored by: LogiGear CorporationThis 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.
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All you Need to Know About Oracle Siebel Application Testing
Sponsored by: HP and InfosysThis paper discussed the origins of the solution and examines its key features which provide compelling benefits such as improving time-to-market by up to 30% and reducing testing costs by 40%.
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E-Guide: Increase the Efficiency of IT Operations with Effective Asset Management
Sponsored by: Hitachi VantaraMany organizations today have IT assets that are not managed to maximize efficiency. To avoid costly expenses, IT pros must employ a due diligence checklist when purchasing assets. Access this expert e-guide to discover three methods for improved asset management to save your time and money.
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Building Secure Private Clouds with VMware vCloud Director
Sponsored by: VMware, Inc.VMware vCloud Director gives you the ability to build secure private clouds that greatly increase datacenter efficiency and business agility. Coupled with VMware vSphere, VMware vCloud Director delivers cloud computing for existing datacenters by pooling virtual infrastructure resources and delivering them to users as catalog-based services.
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Five Tips for Improving the ROI of your Software Investments
Sponsored by: IBMFive tips for improving the ROI of your software investments.
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Oracle to Teradata Migration Case Studies: Realizing value and improving capabilities
Sponsored by: TeradataThis paper profiles four of the more than 200 Oracle customers who have migrated to a Teradata solution. The companies profiled in this paper have achieved performance improvements, additional business benefits that justify the migration cost, and successful integration of the Teradata Database with the Oracle OLTP environment.
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Getting the Most Out of ERP: Cost reduction tips and fast payback projects
Sponsored by: IQMSIn this eGuide, get expert tips for reducing support and maintenance costs, and read about fast payback projects to help you get the most you can out of your ERP applications.
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Building a Scalable Cloud
Sponsored by: Red Hat and Dell Inc.Salesforce.com is the leader in enterprise cloud computing services, enabling organizations to manage every part of the customer relationship without having to maintain expensive, in-house applications. Read this case study to learn how Saleforce.com made room for new service and customer growth with Dell's PowerEdge servers.
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Intel's Vision for the Ongoing Shift to Cloud Computing
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®Cloud computing promises large gains in efficiency and flexibility at a time when demands on data centers are growing exponentially. Intel’s vision for the future of this technology focuses on key principles to make the vision a reality. View this resource to learn more.
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Tactical Data Quality: How to improve data quality with a tight budget
Sponsored by: TalendIn this e-book, you'll learn how to manage data quality efforts during an economic downturn and find out what trends are emerging in the data quality market. You’ll also learn about common mistakes, the financial costs of poor data quality and how data quality tools and strategies can improve data quality.
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The Importance Of Real-Time Executive Dashboards
Sponsored by: ASG Software SolutionsIn conducting in-depth surveys with 154 IT decision-makers in North America and the UK, Forrester found that enterprises achieved better IT efficiency and better support for corporate goals by providing integrated, real-time, and accurate information through the implementation of customizable, real-time dashboards.
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The Economics of Cooperative Control Protocols are Free
Sponsored by: Aerohive NetworksThe key takeaway here is that inter-AP protocols are free, but controllers are not. In a market where all enterprise-class APs cost roughly the same, removing the controller hardware and feature licensing from the equation results in an immediate and extremely significant CAPEX decrease.
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FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises: Complete Desktop-to-Datacenter Enterprise License Optimization Solution
Sponsored by: Flexera SoftwareLacking a strategic solution for Enterprise License Optimization most organizations are greatly overspending on some licenses and out of compliance on others, putting them at risk of costly software license audits. FlexNet Manager Suite is a comprehensive and proven solution for Enterprise License Optimization and license compliance management.
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ECM as a Cloud Platform: Keep it simple
Sponsored by: SpringCMManual and siloed document processes can leave you literally drowning in paper with higher operational costs, less visibility and reduced agility. ECM can bring greater speed, reliability and efficiency to business processes as well as provide better assurance and process visibility to managing contracts and slash document processing costs.
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Distributed Data Capture: Reducing the Cost of Remote Business Processes
Sponsored by: Kofax, Inc.In today’s global economy, information exchange is vital. Competitive advantage goes to the companies that can share information and collaborate quickly and accurately in the most cost-effective manner. Read this white paper now to learn how to effectively lower the costs of your business's document capture process.
