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whitepaper Service-oriented architecture2006-10-01 IBM
  If you're struggling to build a business case for service-oriented architecture (SOA), this IBM white paper can help. It proposes a simplified approach to analyzing the ROI of SOA -- a framework that strikes a balance between the need to be rigorous and the need to act fast. IBM's five-step method for measuring ROI makes it clear that the benefits of SOA outweigh the costs. It also demonstrates that the benefits of SOA grow over time while the costs decline. To learn more about IBM's no-nonsense approach to quantifying the business value of SOA, download this informative white paper today.   
whitepaper SpringCM Delivers Cost Savings and Scalable Business Growth for Priority Solutions International2007-01-08 13:50:20 SpringCM
  Read about the business benefits that Priority Solutions International (PSI) has realized since it began using SpringCM's electronic document management system. Headquartered in Traverse City, MI, PSI is a global, non-asset-based supply chain management company that helps its customers simplify, automate, measure, manage, and improve their supply chain. This case study explains how the SpringCM solution has helped PSI:
  • Reduce headcount dedicated to Proof of Delivery (POD) management from five part-time workers to one full-time employee
  • Expand into new, paperwork-intensive business areas without getting bogged down in manual processes
  • Improve quality of service for clients and vendors
  • Ensure regulatory compliance
   
whitepaper UNC Greensboro Improves Enrollment Measures2006-09-28 01:00:20 SAS Institute
  Each spring, leaders at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) set enrollment goals for the upcoming school year. The UNCG wanted to set and monitor university enrollment strategies that can be changed midcourse. Using SAS Strategic Performance Management, enrollment managers, financial aid administrators and college deans can quickly view the latest results for each category and delve further into hundreds of underlying metrics to see how their policies are influencing each Key Performance Indicator (KPI).   
whitepaper Making the Case for Storage Virtualization2006-10-10 09:00:27 ZDNet
  It's been around for years, but major vendors are breathing new life into storage virtualization. Virtualizing your storage resources not only simplifies data management, but it can also improve storage utilization rates. In this ZDNet Webcast, we discuss the immediate and long-term benefits of storage virtualization and go over the keys to picking the right solution.

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whitepaper 'Must Have': Defining Your IP Phone System2006-09-26 01:00:16 Cisco Systems
  This article from voip-magazine.com discusses how decision makers seeking a new communications solution can understand the critical core, culture-driven features necessary for any organization. The article also includes a top-ten action items and features list to help guide the reader through the process of separating must-haves from nice-to-haves.   
whitepaper Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Banking2006-09-26 01:00:16 IBM
  Community financial institutions, including retail and commercial banks, savings & loans, and credit unions, along with larger institutions and other commercial enterprises, continue to face increasing information security threats. Compounding these threats is an ever increasing regulatory burden and focus from initiatives like Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, U.S. Patriot Act, PCI, etc. However, IBM is helping community financial institutions proactively defend against and respond to these various threats.   
whitepaper Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Insurance2006-09-26 01:00:16 IBM
  The challenges being faced by mid-market insurers today are no secret. Companies have to introduce new products quickly, improve their flexibility to make system changes faster, battle to retain existing customers, acquire new business, and overcome operational and organizational inefficiencies. But how can insurers achieve speed and agility when their IT systems are inflexible and expensive to maintain? A key step to meeting today's challenges is for the business to move toward a service-oriented architecture or SOA to better align business with IT goals and eliminate IT roadblocks.   
whitepaper Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Healthcare2006-09-26 01:00:16 IBM
  Electronic health records or electronic medical records (EMR) is a hot topic in the healthcare industry today. Healthcare organizations know the value proposition of having immediate, accurate and secure access to patient information at the point of patient care but are unsure how to begin the migration to a more paper lite environment. Part of our discussion today will help us learn how the migration to EMR is much more than installing software; it's changing how people and processes work.   
whitepaper Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Industrial/Manufacturing2006-09-26 01:00:16 IBM
  Manufacturers of all types are faced with challenges on many fronts. Globalization has reshaped our view of supply and demand. Customer expectations continue to increase while customer loyalty can be lost with just one misstep. As a result, manufacturers develop and execute various strategies to win in the marketplace. A key step to meeting these challenges is to select IT solutions that work well together and support both the processes and the strategies that drive success for the company.   
whitepaper Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Retail2006-09-26 01:00:16 IBM
  From self-scan checkouts at grocery stores to information kiosks at retail chains, businesses are realizing the benefits of technology on the overall shopping experience. Next generation "super shoppers" have become empowered by their ability to access data online. This ability translates into an extremely knowledgeable consumer base, with specific customer service needs. As customers seek out more productive shopping experiences, retailers will have to tailor to the needs of individual consumers and supply greater convenience, lower prices, and easy-to-use technologies. But technology for technology's sake is not enough. In-store technologies must provide clear benefits....and they do.