WHITE PAPER - The Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research (formerly the HDMA Research & Education Foundation) recently published an important study concerning data management and data sharing in the healthcare supply chain. This whitepaper discusses the key conclusions of their study.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Visualization | Data Visualization Software | Health Care Applications Software | Health Care Industry | HIPAA Compliance | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Management | Supply Chain Management

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD - Using OS lock down scripts can be time consuming and error prone. Keeping those scripts up-to-date as new guidelines are published requires a continuous cycle of research, interpretation, and script revision. Do you really have time for this? Security Blanket automates the process of locking down Linux and Solaris operating systems.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Linux | Operating Systems | Scripting | Security | Security Audits | Security Event Management | Security Management

WHITE PAPER - In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Balance Sheets | Business Intelligence | CFOs | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Financial Systems | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | SAP (Product) | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WEBCAST - This webcast, featuring Forrester Research, explains how Software as a Service business intelligence can deliver a more cost-effective way to get relevant information to those who need it faster than traditional business intelligence can.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Premiered: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | CRM Analytics | Decision Support Systems | Real-time Analytics | Self-Service Applications Software | Software as a Service | Web Analytics | Web Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses the use of industry standard servers, with an abundance of CPU and memory as storage controllers by leveraging industry standard hardware and general purpose software to create a high performance storage architecture.
Posted: December 2, 2008 | Published: November 27, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | Data Storage | RAID | Storage Devices | Storage Management | Storage Systems

WEBCAST - This webinar demonstrates how DataDirect's Data Integration Suite can help automate mission-critical EDI transactional processing for a variety of commercial industries.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Premiered: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Automatic Test Pattern Generators | Business Integration | Business Integration Software | Commercial Internet eXchange Association | EDI | Integration Server Software | Integration Testing | XML | XML Publishing

WHITE PAPER - The main focus of this white paper is about revealing key factors in sales rep productivity, including what helps improve their efficiency (increasing selling time) and effectiveness (getting better results from the available selling time). Both are important and require strong leadership and teamwork between the sales and IT departments.
Posted: August 18, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  CIOs | CRM | Knowledge Management | Metrics | Productivity | Sales | Sales Force Automation | Sales Representatives

WHITE PAPER - This paper will show you how to navigate around the usual hurdles and deliver collaborative BI that works.
Posted: May 30, 2008 | Published: May 4, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Collaborative Applications Software | Data Visualization | ERP

BOOK - Enterprises that employ advanced sourcing strategies are positively impacting product development cycles and building stronger supplier relationships by making better, more informed decisions. Get the details in the results of this Aberdeen Group survey.
Posted: February 4, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Contract Management | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Procurement | Strategic Planning | Supply Chain Management

EZINE - In this issue you will learn about some handy tools and utilities that are helpful to fill in SharePoint functionality gaps.
Posted: March 13, 2009 | Published: March 13, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | Collaboration | Freeware | Industry Organizations | IT Governance | IT Workforce | Scalability Testing | SQL Server

WEBCAST - In today's highly regulated IT environment, organizations frequently overspend on compliance. The first step in becoming compliant is understanding your level of risk. In this webcast, get advice from the Aberdeen Group that aids your organizations in providing greater visibility, mitigating technical and operational risks, and reducing costs.
Posted: October 14, 2009 | Premiered: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Data Security | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Assessment | Security | TCO

VIDEO - Are the products you see advertised real, or is it mostly hype? Robert McFarlane, Principal Data Center and Financial Trading Floor Consultant, goes over the products and methods that aren’t as green as they'd like you to think and summarizes ways to extend the life of your data center.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Premiered: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Design | Green Data Center | Power Consumption Monitoring | Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)

VIDEO - Robert McFarlane, Principal Data Center and Financial Trading Floor Consultant, runs through what it means to really have a green data center and offers suggestions on what you can do to get there.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Premiered: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Design | Green Data Center | Power Consumption Monitoring | Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)

VIDEO - Everywhere we look, there's another "green" product for the data center. How do you know what really makes a data center "green"? Beth Nicholson, Senior Editorial Events Manager at TechTarget sits down with Bob McFarlane, Principal Data Center and Financial Trading Floor Consultant to take a closer look at energy efficiency in the data center.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Premiered: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Design | Green Data Center | Power Consumption Monitoring | Power Supplies

WEBCAST - In this webcast, learn about a wide range of high availability (HA) alternatives that meet IT requirements and reduce the risk of downtime. Determine ways to justify an HA investment and how to mix and match tools for faster ROI. Watch this webcast to learn how to align your business needs with a high availability strategy.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Premiered: November 10, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Clustering | Data Centers | Downtime | High Availability | Network Management | ROI | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides an overview of the PMBOK® and the key process areas and functions within the IT Infrastructure Library.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2006


Topics:  Change Management | Content Delivery | IT Service Management | ITIL | Project Management | Risk Management

PODCAST - What do SOX, GLBA, and HIPPA all have in common? These important regulations all require technical safeguards to protect or guarantee the veracity of critical information. In this Q&A podcast, gain an understanding of the above regulations and discover what capabilities and organization must have in place to address the requirements.
Posted: September 1, 2009 | Premiered: August 24, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Audits | Compliance Best Practices | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act | HIPAA | Regulations | Regulatory Compliance | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Security | Security Best Practices

WEBCAST - In this webcast, learn how two leading data modeling tools compare and how utilizing advanced data modeling improves productivity, standards compliance and knowledge sharing.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Premiered: November 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Data Management | Data Modeling | Data Visualization | Data Warehouses | Database Management Software | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software | SQL Server

PODCAST - In this podcast, learn how two leading data modeling tools compare and how utilizing advanced data modeling improves productivity, standards compliance and knowledge sharing.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Premiered: November 5, 2009


Topics:  Data Governance | Data Management Software | Data Modeling | Data Modeling Languages | Data Visualization Software | Database Administration | Database Management | Knowledge Management | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper investigates various levels of business intelligence, discusses the challenges organizations face with today's typical BI deployments, and highlights how many high-growth companies have implemented strategic, analytical, and operational initiatives to work seamlessly together to enhance performance and boost competitive advantage.
Posted: June 22, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | CIOs | Customer Satisfaction | Dashboards | SMBs

WEBCAST - Do you have the right technologies to compete in today's economic times? IBM's Dynamic Infrastructure™ initiative combined with Resilience 2.0 technologies from Vision Solutions deliver a secure, virtualized, energy efficient, and highly resilient IT environment for businesses of any size.
Posted: March 5, 2009 | Premiered: March 5, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Structures | Disaster Recovery | Infrastructure Management | IT Infrastructure | Risk Management

EZINE - Find out how to incorporate governance into SharePoint customization to empower users while setting boundaries.
Posted: February 16, 2009 | Published: February 16, 2009


Topics:  Business Processes | Collaboration | Document Management | Email Archiving | IT Governance | IT Managers | Microsoft Exchange | Network Service Providers | Windows

EZINE - Learn how to integrate change management into a document library using SharePoint's own framework.
Posted: January 19, 2009 | Published: January 19, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Intelligence | Change Management | Document Management | Server Management | Server Software | SLA | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - This white paper addresses twelve common issues that network administrators should examine when troubleshooting network problems.
Posted: December 12, 2008 | Published: December 12, 2008


Topics:  Network Management | Network Managers | Network Security | Operating Systems | Routers | Switches | Troubleshooting

WHITE PAPER - This white paper examines the IT Infrastructure Library Version 3® (ITIL V3®) and the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: December 10, 2008


Topics:  Business Service Management | Change Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Service Management | ITIL | Project Management