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whitepaper Cognos Case Study: Miami-Dade County Public Schools2007-10-01 Cognos
  Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is the fourth-largest school district in the U.S. M-DCPS is committed to providing educational excellence for all by providing the highest quality education so that students are empowered to lead productive and fulfilling lives as responsible citizens. In support of its vision, the M-DCPS pursues the highest standards in academic achievement and organizational performance. To help build a better foundation for higher performance across the district, the M-DCPS decided to deploy an enterprise planning solution for its 150 school administrative support sites. The M-DCPS selected Cognos 8 Planning to enable it to integrate its budgeting and strategic planning processes in real time, gaining immediate insight into resource requirements and future business potential.

Tags: IT HR - Staffing - Training, Strategic Planning		   
whitepaper AMR Research: Enterprise Architecture Techniques for SAP Customers2007-10-01 SAP
  Enterprise architecture has rapidly matured in recent years as a business-driven technique to provide companies with the big picture needed to optimize long-term IT investments. Some of the leading SAP customers have been quietly deploying enterprise architecture techniques to transform their business and prepare for SOA. Why haven't you?

Tags: Strategic Planning, Service-Oriented Architecture, Application Development		   
whitepaper Business First Video Series: Special Investigations in Green2007-10-01 IBM
  Watch this short video to learn what defines a true green data center. This initial Business First investigation report helps answer these questions -- what is a green data center and why do I need one?

Tags: Data Center, Cost Control - Risk Mgmt., Resources Mgmt., Strategic Planning, Green IT		   
whitepaper Personalization is the prescription for new drugs2007-09-28 IBM
  Despite many advances, the new molecular approach to drug research relies heavily upon technology. This article shows how by examining disease with the right technology, pharmaceutical researchers are able to more accurately define disease and understand how it affects certain people differently.

Tags: Groupware - Workflow, Cost Control - Risk Mgmt., Strategic Planning, HIPAA		   
whitepaper Transforming Your Software Product Into a Service2007-06-14 OpSource
  This white paper highlights many of the key issues associated with moving to the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, including the potential need for fundamental changes to your business model, software architecture, and operational structure. The paper explores these topics and more:
  • The differences between single- and multiple-instance applications
  • Modifying single-instance Web applications to support multiple tenants
  • How to drive down costs by moving to open source databases
  • Functionality and performance concerns
  • Using Web services, the SOAP protocol, and WSDL for data transfer and integration


Tags: Service Level Management, Strategic Planning, Service-Oriented Architecture, Application Development		   
whitepaper Compare IP PBX systems from leading vendors like Cisco, Nortel and Avaya2008-02-12 VoIP-News
  This Comparison Guide features the leading PBX systems from established vendors like Siemens, Cisco, Avaya and Nortel as well as cutting edge systems from new vendors like Shoretel and Fonality.

The Enterprise IP PBX market is rapidly changing to keep pace with the rapid technological and business process changes going on in the typical enterprise. Does your organization now need IM embedded in its communications infrastructure, seamless wireless connectivity, integration with business applications, voicemail to email, or any of a dozen other new technologies? How do you tell which are the critical technologies and solutions and find out which solutions offer the right blend of features, services, SLAs and price to meet your organizational needs?

The Enterprise PBX Comparison Guide from VoIP-News compares leading IP PBX systems from both established and new vendors that are all enterprise class. It looks at the features and services that are important and provides an easy to read summary table of all this information to help you in your research and evaluation of IP PBX Systems.

Download this Comparison Guide now to help you in your evaluation.

Tags: Telephony Systems - PBX, Voice - Data Integration, Telecom Hardware, Strategic Planning		   
whitepaper Premise IP-PBX Checklist2007-07-25 VoIP-News
  Everything you'll need to know before talking with a premise-based PBX provider.

This checklist organizes all of the basic information about your current situation that you'll need to effectively negotiate with a premise-based PBX provider--like the number of locations you have that need VoIP services, your current broadband connection details and your projected budget. With this information, you can lay out your business requirements up front, thoroughly assess trade-offs, and prepare for future possibilities.

Questions addressed in this white paper include:
  • How many remote or mobile users do you have that will not have a local office?
  • Do you use conference calls--how large and across how many locations?
  • Do you need integrated voice response (voice menus)?
  • How fast are you going to need to grow the system and how frequently?
Download this paper now and learn more.

Tags: Telephony Systems - PBX, Voice Mail, Telecom Hardware, Strategic Planning		   
whitepaper IT MOOSE Management -- 20 Best Practices2007-09-20 Forrester Research
  How does a CIO judge whether he or she is using IT resources in the most effective and efficient manner? If the CIO is successful, how does he or she demonstrate this to the CEO and senior management? While IT spending benchmarks are commonly referenced, using them may raise more questions than they answer. Do differences reflect wholly different computing environments, staff skill levels and competencies, management practices, processes, or some combination? To help CIOs answer those questions, Forrester has developed a checklist of 20 best practices to enable CIOs to score themselves on their ability to control their IT MOOSE costs (spending to Maintain and Operate the Organization, Systems, and Equipment).

Tags: Cost Control - Risk Mgmt., Resources Mgmt., ROI - TCO, Strategic Planning		   
whitepaper How to Choose an Offshore Outsourcing Development Partner2007-01-01 SolovatSoft
  Offshore software development outsourcing offers many benefits, among them faster time to market, lower costs, access to high-level programming talent without hiring hassles, and more time to focus on core competencies. But you'll get those benefits only if you choose the right outsourcing partner--the wrong choice can leave you worse off than before.

Fortunately, just as there are tried and true methodologies for software development, the same is true of choosing a outsourced software development vendor. This white paper outlines a simple, three-step process for narrowing down your choices in outsourced software development so you can quickly find the right partner to help ensure success for your project.

Tags: HR, Cost Control - Risk Mgmt., Resources Mgmt., Strategic Planning		   
whitepaper MortgageSA Changes South African Market: Network Investment Pays Off for Business2007-09-18 Cisco Systems
  Business leaders discuss how MortgageSA, a medium sized business with less than 1,000 employees transformed the mortgage industry, improved customer service and increased efficiency using the network.

Tags: Customer Support Services, Strategic Planning		   


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