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whitepaper Application Case Study: Green IT Project Management2009-02-20 AMULET Development
  Going "Green" is a mission of many companies around the globe not just for reasons of environmental responsibility, but also for cutting costs in these extremely tight economic times. In order to make the project management application readily available to all participating parties over the web, the company chose to use an on-demand software solution from HostedDatabase.com. The Project Management application is quick to set-up and simple to use. The HostedDatabase.com Green IT Project Management application only contains a single project although the software can be used to manage any number of projects. Each project is defined in the View Projects tab which contains project-level data such as project name, project manager, category, priority, status, date range, budget, etc.

Tags: IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper TEAM International Provides Effective Outsourced Testing Services to a Major Client2009-02-05
  The Client's leading software product is the benchmark recruitment software that is used by more than 90% of the world's leading recruitment agencies. The Client challenged Team International to assist in improving product quality, reduce time to market and have a positive impact on customer relations for the core database engine for their data warehousing system. The Client called on Team International to develop an alternative to its internal QA & Testing Function. The Client chose to use SCRUM methodology. Each SCRUM cycle lasts four weeks. The Client provides Team with a detailed scope of work. For each new Build within the cycle, acceptance testing is performed. Results from all the tests are stored in a bug tracking system called TTPro.

Tags: Internet and Web, Software Development Tools		   
whitepaper Where 2 Get It, Inc. Maintains Competitive Edge by Facilitating Innovation and Minimizing Customer Costs2009-02-01 Oracle
  Where 2 Get It, Inc. wanted to provide a robust foundation for the company's complex geospatial information system applications and improve management of multiple geospatial services. The challenge was to facilitate the development of new offerings and improve customer service and maintain competitive edge by reducing costs and licensing fees. Where 2 Get It, Inc. integrated all of the company's geospatial services onto Oracle Database 11g, a unified, scalable system - lowering total cost of ownership and enabling the company to maintain competitive pricing for its customers as well as boosted productivity and minimized time devoted to customer maintenance - enabling IT staff to focus on more strategic activities.

Tags: Data Tools, 		  
whitepaper Superintendencia de Electricidad y Combustible Improves Efficiency and Service While Reducing Risks2009-02-01 Oracle
  The Superintendencia de Electricidad y Combustible wanted to integrate information systems to automate data collection and improve efficiency within the public sector organization and automate procedures for authorized agents ' oversight and inspection reporting to improve service quality and reduce time to approve electrical project plans. The challenge was to improve accident prevention and enable the agency to quickly intervene to avoid potential risks and improve electricity distribution to guarantee citizens' right to reliable power. The Superintendencia de Electricidad y Combustible worked with Oracle Partner In Motion to implement Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, which enabled the agency to integrate, gather, store, and analyze information on the energy industry.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, 		  
whitepaper Yantai Wanhua Cuts Budgeting Time From Three Months to Two, Strengthens Cost Control2009-02-01 Oracle
  The downturn in the global economy has required many organizations to strengthen financial management and replace systems that no longer deliver the information needed to weather the financial crisis. For Yantai Wanhua, that meant replacing the hundreds of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets it used for budget management with a more effective and comprehensive solution. This would enable the company to minimize errors, improve efficiency, and gain tighter control over spending. In January 2007, Yantai Wanhua began using Oracle's Hyperion Planning to plan, manage, and forecast budgets. The solution helped the company develop, break down, and calculate spending, and enabled more timely, accurate, and comprehensive budget analysis.

Tags: IT Budgeting, Business Functions		   
whitepaper IBM Case Study: Wander2009-02-01 IBM
  Wander's objective was to obtain a profitability calculation for each individual customer and improve the accuracy of its sales planning. It also aimed to improve the planning of brand contributions, introduce a common planning and monitoring tool for brand and market investments, integrate the key account manager into the planning process, and provide an overview of the planning workflow. Wander deployed IBM Cognos Planning.   
whitepaper Integrated Business Software Delivers Better Data Management and Insight2009-01-14 Microsoft
  COMPAREX Deutschland GmbH specializes in the design, development, and support of IT infrastructure projects. The group of companies, with 300 employees, achieved 2007 revenues of more than ?200 million Euro. An initial ERP project did not produce the desired integration employees needed. Instead of upgrading to a newer version of the software, Comparex opted to deploy a new solution. COMPAREX Deutschland GmbH selected business management software Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Decisive factors here included the wide range of services, the low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and the SITE industry solution from the Microsoft partner Singhammer.

Tags: Enterprise Planning, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper Green Mountain Coffee Achieves 50% Reduction in Total Cost of Ownership2009-01-01 Oracle
  Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) wanted to expand information systems to keep up with global growth of innovative coffee company that is focused on ensuring quality from the tree to the consumer's coffee cup and support a complex, multichannel distribution model that includes sales through wholesale channels and direct consumer sales via the Web, direct mail, and retail. The challenge was to provide consistent, integrated applications and reliable support. GMCR partnered with Oracle Advanced Customer Services to gain additional support services for various enterprise application implementations, helping to strategically deploy IT and run the company efficiently and maintained ongoing dialogue with Oracle to discuss changes in the company's business and needs and to receive updates.

Tags: Business Functions		   
whitepaper Brigham Young University-Idaho Builds a Roadmap for Student Growth With Predictive Analysis Tool2009-01-01 Oracle
  Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-Idaho) wanted to evaluate the risk involved in revamping the university's admissions and enrollment structure to accommodate its shift from a two-year to a four-year institution and implement a forecasting system that allows the university to determine how many offers to make to prospective students. The challenge was to predict student enrollment and tuition stream to improve operational efficiency and make more informed decisions about enrollment and staffing and manage the university's scholarship program more effectively. Brigham Young University-Idaho deployed Oracle's Crystal Ball to assess the inherent risk in altering the university's enrollment model and used the application to make better predictions and improve the university's decision-making process for enrollment, tuition, and scholarships.

Tags: IT Budgeting, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper SourceGuardian Case Study: Blue Moon IT2009-01-01 SourceGuardian
  Blue Moon IT is based in The Netherlands and specializes in CMS/CRMsystems and specialty Internet software. World Enquirer is a completely web-based product which requires nothing more than a browser to run. This broad usage required security that would allow Blue Moon to license the product for use only on specific servers. The company researched other encryption software, but chose SourceGuardian because of its ease of use, numerous options, customer service, and reasonable price. Using SourceGuardian has allowed Blue Moon to make its software user-friendly. World Enquirer and other software are ready to be quickly installed by customers without Blue Moon putting its valuable source code at risk.

Tags: Intrusion - Tampering, Security Administration