SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD - Try IBM® Rational® System Architect® V11.3, which enables business managers and IT professionals to plan, model, and execute changes to improve their business strategy and process as well as the IT systems and infrastructure that support them, enabling successful enterprise planning and transformation.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Processes | Enterprise Asset Management Software | Enterprise Resource Management | Enterprise Systems | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Spending | IT Systems

WHITE PAPER - This guidebook provides the answers with a series of detailed sections including essential activities such as planning, forecasting, risk management, team selection, communication and collaboration.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Data Migration | Data Quality | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Enterprise Content Management | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - In this paper a 20 year veteran in the chemical manufacturing sector provides Best Practices for BPLM enabled SAP implementations.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Enterprise Content Management | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | ERP Software | SAP (Product)

WEBCAST - Join this webcast to learn how organizations can leverage process and technology analysis and planning; then design, execute and govern effectively and efficiently.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Premiered: November 5, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Business Systems | Enterprise Resource Management | Enterprise Systems

WEBCAST - Join this webcast to learn how Enterprise Architecture integrated with Portfolio Management is empowered to integrate your strategic goals into your organization's capital planning, business planning and technology architecture activities. In this way, your strategic planning outputs become actionable.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Premiered: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Systems | Enterprise Architectures | Enterprise Resource Management | IT Management | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Portfolio Management (IT Management)

ANALYST REPORT - This part of Panorama’s ERP Report outlines the use of ERP software at companies in the hospitality and entertainment industry, including a comparison of ERP results to other industries. This study includes ERP implementation results surrounding average budget, duration, actual costs, and implementation variables.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Process Management | Enterprise Resource Management | Entertainment Industry | ERP

WHITE PAPER - Operational excellence is a simple concept with complex implications. Consistently doing things well across every element of the value chain is clear enough in principle. The ultimate goal is a "single source of truth" where senior executives have shared visibility into all parts of the organization, enabling management by facts.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Metrics | Business Process Management | Enterprise Resource Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Systems | Financing | Marketing | Operational Metrics (Systems) | Sales Information Systems

PODCAST - Tune into this podcast for expert insight into the impact of cloud computing on your IT infrastructure. Hear from cloud computing expert, Jeff Kaplan, as he explains the basic pressures driving cloud computing. Learn about Amazon's influence on the cloud market and discover the 3 elements that attract enterprises to the cloud.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Premiered: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Enterprise Resource Management | Infrastructure Services | IT Infrastructure | IT Systems | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - A disciplined IT performance measurement program is critical not only for business growth but also for economic viability. This paper provides a framework for a Return on IT (ROIT™) methodology and discusses how to deploy it within a company's business processes.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: December 29, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Business Systems | Enterprise Resource Management | Enterprise Systems | IT Spending | ROI | SAP (Product)

EGUIDE - Read this E-Guide to learn what businesses are doing to streamline processes and enhance productivity by successfully implementing business process management (BPM).
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Business Processes | Business Systems | Enterprise Resource Management | SOA | SOA Governance

VIDEO - Join Robin Johnson, Dell's Chief Information Officer, as he explains the most efficient way to run an IT enterprise. You'll learn how a basic management philosophy and a belief in industry standard technology can lead to great success.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Premiered: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Desktop Management | Enterprise Resource Management | Enterprise Systems | IT Spending | Order Management Systems | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This paper will address how current performance management challenges can be resolved through HP Storage Essentials Performance Edition (HP SEPE) software.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: July 16, 2009


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Enterprise | Enterprise Resource Management | Enterprise Systems | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - SAP ERP applications can help you increase productivity, reduce costs, and gain strategic advantage. However, they touch every business process across your company and the risk for problems with implementation, management, and upgrades can be high. This paper identifies the most common SAP pitfalls and explains the best ways to resolve them.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Enterprise Asset Management Software | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | ERP Software

ANALYST REPORT - The purpose of this Forrester study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of the Dell Solution. Read this study to better understand and evaluate Dell's server consolidation and virtualization solutions.
Posted: September 30, 2009 | Published: August 11, 2007


Topics:  Enterprise Resource Management | Enterprise Systems | Scalability Testing | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | VM

WHITE PAPER - By complementing a solid technological approach with an additional protection strategy and the best support services, Global Business Protection offers your company peace of mind, so you can focus on what is really important for your company.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Management | Data Security | Enterprise Resource Management | Enterprise Systems | Malware | Strategic Planning