ANALYST REPORT - Infosys' Enterprise Architecture (EA) Survey 2008-09 reveals that EA enables business transformation, its practices continue to mature, and increased outsourcing of EA functions is a strong future possibility.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | CIOs | Enterprise | Enterprise Architectures | IT Asset Management | IT Departments | IT Industry | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | IT Spending | Strategic Planning | Surveys

WHITE PAPER - Enterprises that embrace SAP NetWeaver early will gain a tremendous competitive advantage. And by using the proven experience of Atos Origin, nothing is left to chance. Atos Origin will provide transparency regarding the costs and benefits and help turn your vision into results using our proven global SAP expertise and integration experience.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | ERP | J2EE | NetWeaver | SAP (Product) | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This paper outlines the use of Key Performance Indicators (KPI metrics) together with associated Key Performance Drivers (KPD metrics) within the context of value stream management to support continuous operational performance improvement.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Corporate Governance | Corporations | Enterprise | Performance Testing

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines performance metrics and focuses on the nature, identification and use of Key Performance Drivers to enhance business success. It illustrates how these KPD metrics can be visualized and logically related to the Key Performance Indicators that measure those outcomes.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Models | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Equity Financing | Operational Amplifiers | Performance Testing | Sales | Sales Force Automation | Sales Representatives

WHITE PAPER - This is a follow up to "Desperate Times Call for Strategic Measures" which argued that now is the time to consider an IT transformation project. This article will explore the viability and benefits of upgrading to SAP 6.0.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Process Modeling | Business Processes | ERP | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This paper will present you with all the information needed to make an educated decision on whether to commodity coding is right for your organization and it will help with choosing the commodity coding that fits your company.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Outsourcing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Database Management | Inventory Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Banks need to get smarter, attract the right customers, implement customer level risk management, and implement risk adjusted customer relationship pricing and all of this is dependent on trusted data. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on retail banks. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in banking.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Banking Industry | Business Process Management | Customer Data Management | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Marketing | Retail Banking Services | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Sales | Sales and Marketing Software

WHITE PAPER - Only when data is trusted can it be used in confidence in all insurance operational and analytical process activities. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on insurance companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in insurance and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Outsourcing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | ETL (Software) | Insurance Industry | Master Data Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - In this paper a veteran SAP consultant argues why now is the perfect time implement a Business Process Lifecycle Management (BPLM) enabled ERP system.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Process Modeling | Business Processes | ERP | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Microsoft Office | SAP (Product)

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 - IBM Rational ® Requirements Composer helps teams define requirements more effectively and apply 'just enough' management to them across the project lifecycle. Join this webcast to learn more.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Premiered: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Business Systems | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

ASSESSMENT TOOL - Check out these three ROI calculators for estimates on your return on investment using one or more IBM solutions.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Processes | Investments | ROI | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Quality Assurance

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

EBOOK - Manual configuration changes are the no. 1 cause of service disruptions. In this article, customers, analysts and IT experts share strategies to help automate your manual processes and ensure that changes are applied according to configurations – every time. Download the ebook.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Business Intelligence | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Change Management | Configuration 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