WHITE PAPER - In a challenging economy, the price paid for bad decisions can be dire. Even average decisions can cost your organization dearly. See how information sweet spots and performance management can help you not only weather the storm, but be better prepared to steer your way with greater agility into the upturn.
Posted: July 20, 2009 | Published: March 11, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Service Management | Business Structures | Economic Environment | Enterprise Resource Management | Performance Testing

WHITE PAPER - With the current economic state the way it is CIOs must rethink how they manage IT costs and operations. This white paper will take a closer look at how virtualization can help cut down the costs as well as improve efficiency of the data center.
Posted: July 2, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | CIOs | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Economic Environment | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | TCO

WHITE PAPER - As the following pages will demonstrate, the evidence is that improving Business Transaction Assurance presents a real bottom-line opportunity and is moving high up the business agenda. However, companies' current systems are not equipped with the necessary tools to manage and control such transactions.
Posted: June 30, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Customer Satisfaction | Economic Environment | IT Infrastructure | Leisure Industry | Telecommunications Industry | Transaction Processing Services | Travel Industry

WHITE PAPER - With the economy down it is important for IT organizations to be as efficient as possible. This means that IT operations, those responsible for the product and health of the enterprise, must have full visibility and control over their resources - and of course, the technology to do so.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Economic Environment | Investments | IT Governance | IT Management | Lean Production | Risk Management | Scalability Testing | Service Level Management

WHITE PAPER - More than ever, business and IT must collaborate to meet current business realities. Significantly, CIOs must map out long-term strategies that address business plans over the next three to five years, with the delivery of high-quality IT services as a key element of strategic planning. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: June 22, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | CIOs | Economic Environment | IT Asset Management | IT Governance | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Outsourcing Services | IT Services | IT Spending | IT Systems

WHITE PAPER - Do you know what it really costs to operation your Service Desk? If your organization has not addressed Total Cost of Ownership, you are probably experiencing out-of-control cost increases and reduced service quality for end-user support. Read this white paper to learn about CompuCom's Service Desk solution.
Posted: June 22, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Intelligence | Customer Satisfaction | Economic Environment | IT Spending | Service Level Management | SLA | Strategic Planning | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses how an organization can Survive poor economic conditions with strategic thinking and use of Project ERP by managing a downturn like a variance in a project.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: May 22, 2009


Topics:  Economic Environment | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Systems | Project Management | Project Management Software

EGUIDE - In today's dynamic economy it is important for CIOs to be thinking about how to strengthen their organization and position themselves for success for a future economic upturn and growth. Read this guide to learn how a company can make changes to IT that generate real business value.
Posted: June 18, 2009 | Published: June 18, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Intelligence | CIOs | Economic Environment | Infrastructure Management | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | Server Virtualization

PODCAST - Bill Martorelli, principal analyst for Forrester Research, discusses trends in the SAP managed hosting arena, myths about SAP managed hosting, and gives advice on creating RFPs and negotiating SLAs.
Posted: June 16, 2009 | Premiered: June 16, 2009


Topics:  Application Infrastructure Providers | Application Outsourcing | Data Centers | Economic Environment | Hosting Services | IT Infrastructure | Market Trends | Request for Proposals | SAP (Product) | SLA | SLA Management Services

WHITE PAPER - This paper analyzes the impact of the cloud on the IT Ecosystem and provides answers to what an organization needs to do in embracing a right cloud strategy.
Posted: June 12, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Continuity Planning | CIOs | Cloud Computing | Competition | Data Center Management | Economic Environment | IT Managers | IT Services | Regulatory Compliance | Web Services

VIDEO - The best time to streamline and turbo-charge the sales process is when competitors are looking the other way. That's why now is a good time to make the shift to a CRM solution that can catapult your organization into the next round of growth.
Posted: June 10, 2009 | Premiered: June 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | CRM | Customer Loyalty | Customer Satisfaction | Customer Service Best Practices | Economic Environment | Sales

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 - This white paper will explore the global retail industry's movement towards the attainment of total immersive shopping experience (ISE) abilities, and discuss how integrated customer relationship management (CRM) software suites will represent the key technological enabler to achieve this fundamental strategic business objective.
Posted: June 10, 2009 | Published: March 9, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | Cost Benefit Analysis | CRM | Economic Environment | Global Economy | Oracle (Product) | Sales | Sales Force Automation

WHITE PAPER - When the economy turns around, as it will, how will your organization be poised to take advantage of the next expansion? Read the latest white paper written by Steve Diamond, Sr. Director, Product Marketing at Oracle, to learn six areas your organization can focus on to improve business results.
Posted: June 10, 2009 | Published: June 10, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | CRM | Customer Retention | Customer Service Best Practices | Downtime | Economic Environment | Sales

EBOOK - Selling in today's economy is tough. And simply doing more of the same is not the way to survive, much less thrive, in today's economy. There are important dos and don'ts in times like these. This eBook is your industry-specific roadmap out of the economic slump.
Posted: June 10, 2009 | Published: June 10, 2009


Topics:  CRM | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | Economic Environment | Marketing | Sales Representatives