WHITE PAPER - Leading life sciences companies are recognizing the need for synchronized, enterprise-wide pricing and contract management processes. An integrated solution can provide the transparency needed to satisfy auditors, balance pricing with go-to-market strategies, and support sales and finance teams - including accurately predicting margins.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Business Process Reengineering | Contract Management | Contract Management Software | Contract Manufacturing Services | Integrated Development Environments | Life Sciences Industry | Pricing | Product Management | Productivity | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This SAP Executive Insight examines specific concerns that confront utility executives in today's economy. Further, it describes how gaining greater business visibility and transparency can enable organizations to execute decisively and effectively in this challenging climate.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Service Management | Circuit Boards | Economic Environment | Power Consumption Monitoring | Power Generation Equipment | Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) | Regulatory Compliance

WHITE PAPER - Recently, many businesses have used lean principles to move from a decentralized corporate management mode to a hybrid model - recognizing that different functions require different levels of centralized management to be efficient and effective. Read this whitepaper to learn a three-tiered approach to improving your operations.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Process Reengineering | Business Processes | Corporate Governance | Enterprise Architectures | Enterprise Resource Management | Lean Production | Marketing | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - The need for timely and succinct business intelligence (BI) continues to grow as executives demand critical information to seize opportunities faster than competitors and to address potential problems in the making. But increasingly, it is not just C-level executives and upper management who need access to business intelligence.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Access Control | Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Customer Data Integration | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Visualization | Information Management | Information Retrieval Software

WHITE PAPER - To truly meet the needs of the modern banking customer, banks must do more than simply provide multi- siloed, disconnected, and inconsistent channels. This business whitepaper includes recommendations from a leading analyst on driving customer retention.
Posted: May 7, 2009 | Published: May 5, 2009


Topics:  Banking Software | Business Process Management | CRM | Customer Data Management | Customer Self-Service | Customer Service | Financial Services Industry | Online Banking Services | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This white paper is intended to help support center managers self-assess their center's primary functions and maturity level in order to choose an incident management system that best fits their needs without wasting money on features that will not be used.
Posted: April 21, 2009 | Published: March 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Customer Service | Customer Support Software | Help Desk Management Services | Help Desks | IT Infrastructure | ITIL | Operational Support Systems

WHITE PAPER - Enterprise job scheduling is a mature and mission-critical IT capability that supports some of the most important business processes throughout a modern enterprise. This EMA whitepaper will review the implementation and benefits of agentless job scheduling.
Posted: April 17, 2009 | Published: April 17, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Processes | Enterprise Systems | Job Scheduling Software | TCO

WHITE PAPER - Northern Storage Suite delivers financial returns in three ways: by improving utilization of existing resources, by reducing the pace of hardware investment and by reducing the need for administrative intervention in data management. This paper provides details on these three benefits and how this storage solution can benefit your organization.
Posted: April 10, 2009 | Published: December 5, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | NAS | RAID | ROI | SAN | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | TCO

WHITE PAPER - The current economic downturn has resulted in contraction of IT Department budgets and a mandate to allocate resources to only the most critical projects, then execute flawlessly. In these tough times, it is imperative for CIOs to deliver more value from as IT budgets fall..
Posted: April 3, 2009 | Published: April 3, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Process Management | CIOs | IT Best Practices | IT Management | IT Spending | Manufacturing | Project Management | ROI | Software Development Methodologies

WHITE PAPER - This document provides you with the knowledge to gain a complete understanding of all the issues you'll face when implementing a BI solution. In this paper, you'll find numerous examples of current Business Objects customers who are using BI in a variety of creative ways to make their organizations more responsive, productive, and profitable.
Posted: March 31, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | Decision Support Systems | Executive Information Systems | Knowledge Management

WHITE PAPER - The purpose of this paper is to outline how IBM Cognos 8 Performance Management software and solutions are best suited to drive maximum value from investments in the SAP Business Warehouse. This topic is of interest to Business and IT Executives as well as SAP Solution Managers and Project Managers.
Posted: March 31, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Information Management Software | Knowledge Management Software | NetWeaver | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This document describes how to deploy DataDirect XML Converters for .NET on Microsoft BizTalk to help control the input and output ports of BizTalk applications that need to convert data in native formats to XML.
Posted: March 16, 2009 | Published: March 16, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Process Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | SOA | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

WHITE PAPER - In this product review, Benefitfocus IT professionals discuss their experiences with DataDirect XML Converters 4.0. They rate the product using several criteria and detail how the implemented the product into their IT enterprise.
Posted: March 16, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Process Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | SOA | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

WHITE PAPER - Data transformation and integration are key areas where specialized products can yield impressive time and cost efficiencies and The DataDirect Data Integration Suite is one of the leaders in this space. Read this paper for a detailed analysis of this product.
Posted: March 16, 2009 | Published: March 16, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Process Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | SOA | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, we're taking a closer look at how cost control goes hand-in-hand with process flexibility. Your IT infrastructure can help, with integrated, automated processes that enable your staff to get things done faster.
Posted: February 25, 2009 | Published: February 24, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Systems | Database Management | Database Management Software | Oracle (Product) | SMBs