WHITE PAPER - A new approach to Business Process Management (BPM) is the use of BPM and SOA together in a layering strategy. This white paper explores the BPM layered concept and offers a case study of how ABN AMRO, one of the world's largest financial institutions, has benefited from its deployment.
Posted: December 21, 2009 | Published: January 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Management | Business Models | Business Process Management | Business Process Modeling | Business Processes | Oracle (Product) | Productivity | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses considerations for A&D manufacturers in the context of enterprise information systems and how they can help address 5 areas of concern: compliance, control, communications, competitiveness, and cutting cost, waste and complexity. The needs of the A&D market aren’t easily addressed by one-size-fits-all products.
Posted: February 4, 2011 | Published: February 4, 2011


Topics:  Aerospace and Defense Industry | Competition | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Compliance Best Practices | Compliance reporting software | Cost Benefit Analysis | Lean Production | Manufacturing Industry | Reporting Software | Software Selection | Work Breakdown Structure

WHITE PAPER - This Aberdeen Research brief hones in on the critical time element of a Best-in-Class BI strategy. The research shows that these top performers are leveraging real-time or near real-time analytics in order to proactively manage their business and drive substantial performance improvements.
Posted: March 22, 2011 | Published: March 22, 2011


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Intelligence | Data Analytics | Data Modeling | Data Quality | Predictive Analytics | Real Time Enterprise

WHITE PAPER - This paper aims to explore the role and relevance of organisations in a future defined by economic uncertainty, changing workforce demographics, globalisation and rapid developments in social and business technologies.
Posted: October 24, 2011 | Published: June 15, 2010


Topics:  Economic Environment | Service Level Management

WHITE PAPER - IT spending is often an issue for any organisation, but especially in harsh economic times it is even more important to see what benefit IT brings to the business. This report looks at the degree to which UK organisations understand what IT is doing for their business, and in particular how some companies measure this and benefit from it.
Posted: October 20, 2011 | Published: October 18, 2010


Topics:  Competition | Performance Testing | Spend Management

WHITE PAPER - More than ever, small businesses need to efficiently control costs and optimise cash flow, but how, and what role does automation play in this process?
Posted: October 20, 2011 | Published: October 27, 2010


Topics:  Auditing (Finance) | Financial Services | Financing | Small Businesses

WHITE PAPER - What can you, as a buyer do to strengthen your business case for Cloud and keep your company competitive? What are some real-world success stories where companies have applied Cloud to solve specific business challenges? What business risks are clients facing which have influenced Cloud buying decisions?
Posted: October 21, 2011 | Published: August 16, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Cloud Management | Competition

WHITE PAPER - Web applications are extremely flexible and valuable assets to any organization. But they’re also vulnerable to threats like hijacking, splitting, forging and injection. Read this white paper to find out how IBM Rational® AppScan® solutions can help your agency overcome virtual threats to achieve mission objectives.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: July 10, 2009


Topics:  Globalization | Internet Security | Strategic Planning | Web Application Security | Web Applications Management | Web Protocols

WHITE PAPER - Enterprise analysis by a Business Analyst (BA) is a method used to identify and define why an organizational change is needed. Read this whitepaper to learn the importance of this process to an organization.
Posted: August 26, 2010 | Published: August 26, 2010


Topics:  Business Metrics | Business Models | Business Process Management | Enterprise Architectures | Enterprise Asset Management Software | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

WHITE PAPER - During past economic slowdowns companies didn’t plan ahead to safeguard the ability to grow profitably. While the current economic downturn shows a need to reduce costs, many SMMs are also pursuing growth. They’re responding to market pressures and rising costs by targeting IT solutions like industry-specific ERP to set the stage for future growth.
Posted: January 6, 2011 | Published: January 6, 2011


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | Economic Environment | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | ROI | Small Businesses | SMBs | Software Implementation | Strategic Planning | Vendor Selection

WHITE PAPER - Although enterprise resource planning (ERP) is an important tool for boosting operational efficiency and cost savings, it also offers manufacturers a leg-up in their globalization efforts. Read this white paper to see how critical ERP can be to global business, and how to choose the best solution to support this imperative.
Posted: April 29, 2011 | Published: April 29, 2011


Topics:  Business Process Management | Competition | Enterprise Resource Management | Globalization | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | Manufacturing Systems

WHITE PAPER - The three main drivers of SaaS adoption-low initial cost of ownership, speed of deployment, and low internal IT resource profile-make SaaS solutions attractive at any time, but even more so in times of a challenging market, provided there is a bona fide business need and the initiative can be expected to create additional revenue or save money.
Posted: June 10, 2009 | Published: January 8, 2009


Topics:  CRM | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | Customer Satisfaction | Customer Self-Service | Economic Environment

WHITE PAPER - So you have a requirements plan. You have elicited functional, non-functional, and quality of service requirements. You have validated and verified them, and your stakeholders are satisfied. Now what? Read this paper to learn more about the tools needed for business process improvements.
Posted: July 15, 2010 | Published: July 15, 2010


Topics:  Business Models | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Change Management | IT Management

WHITE PAPER - Conducted 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.
Posted: March 12, 2012 | Published: September 6, 2011


Topics:  Competition | Cost Benefit Analysis | Database Administration | Database Management | Database Performance Management Software | Databases | DB2 | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - The globalization of all industries, the need to decrease application lifecycles and the adoption of agile tools and methods are building momentum and taking on a life of their own. Enterprises of all kinds are realizing that their traditional software development tools and approaches can no longer deliver end-to-end ALM for business agility.
Posted: April 8, 2011 | Published: April 8, 2011


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Life-Cycle Management Software | Cloud Computing | Collaborative Applications Software | Globalization | Health Care Applications Software | Health Care Software | Open Source | Open Source Software | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Tools