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whitepaper Dell - Saving Money on Printing and Imaging Solutions2009-09-30 Dell
  Purchasing a new printer is often an intimidating process due to the number of options now available on the market. In this TechRepublic Resource Guide on printing and imaging solutions, learn about the most critical features and benefits that must be considered in the research, planning, and purchase of any new printing and imaging solution. Plus, gain a better understanding of what it takes to determine the total cost of ownership for printing and imaging hardware, service, and consumables. And discover the undeniable value of so-called all-in-one devices that combine the functions of a printer, copier, scanner, and fax at prices that make sense for practically every type of business. Download this TechRepublic Resource Guide right now to learn about all of this and much more.

Tags: Peripherals, Workflow Management, Business Functions, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper Strategic Asset Management2009-09-18 IBM
  An effective asset management system is designed to increase asset and resource effectiveness by providing a platform to support all types of asset classes and all types of work in a dynamic organization. In fact, proper use of an asset management system can significantly help maximize the utilization of both operating and IT assets and help reduce costs to ultimately provide a solid return on asset (ROA).

In this video, Enterprise Asset Management: Cost Avoidance, learn how successful organizations use asset management as part of an overall to save money by avoiding unnecessary costs in the first place:
  • Learn how an effective asset management system provides visibility into the future needs of your organization to utilize your workers more efficiently and take better care of your assets
  • Discover the true value of consolidating information from multiple projects to make sure you have the right assets on hand when you need them
  • Gain a better understanding of the concept of cost avoidance when you're able to look at the entire range of projects in similar areas of your business.


Tags: Enterprise Planning, Business Functions, Business Functions, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper The 2009 Handbook of Application Delivery2009-09-15 Riverbed
  Ensuring acceptable application delivery will become even more difficult over the next few years. As a result, IT organizations need to ensure that the approach that they take to resolving the current application delivery challenges can scale to support the emerging challenges. This handbook elaborates on the key tasks associated with planning, optimization, management and control and provides decision criteria to help IT organizations choose appropriate solutions.

Tags: Business Functions, Handhelds, Handhelds, Education		   
whitepaper Google Apps 2nd Wind ROI Case Study2009-09-01 Google
  Nucleus Research conducted an ROI study with 2nd Wind Exercise and found that this 300-user specialty retail company achieved an ROI of 837% and a one-month payback. 2nd Wind replaced its existing Microsoft Exchange environment with Google Apps,reducing IT costs while improving cross-company communication and collaboration.

Tags: Business Functions, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper Barts and the London NHS Trust Lowers Procurement Costs to Become One of the Most Efficient NHS Trusts2009-08-01 Oracle
  Barts and The London NHS Trust wanted to gain real-time view of spend commitment, increase purchase order accuracy, and automate complete procure-to-pay process and leverage multimillion pound annual spend on specialist medical and general supplies to maximize volume discounts. The challenge was to enable buyers, analysts, and contract managers to track spending, monitor suppliers and costs, and identify savings. Barts and The London NHS Trust replaced disparate standalone, paper-based legacy purchasing systems with Oracle Purchasing and Oracle iProcurement and rolled out self-service requisitioning to over 200 clinical and nonclinical users within three years, accounting for 80% of purchase order activity.   
whitepaper Ten Steps to Lower Procurement Costs in Life Sciences: Drive Bottom Line Results in Only Four Months2009-07-16 SciQuest
  Regardless of the economic conditions, companies that can quickly respond and take action to stay in the game ultimately emerge as market leaders. Now more than ever, the next generation of pharmaceutical and biotechnology leaders is being tested. Organizations that manage their cost structures and position themselves for growth can gain significant market share as the economy improves and the U.S. healthcare reform program evolves. The economy is expected to bear the worst of the recession through 2009, and companies that want to offset these effects must launch initiatives that will show definitive results this year. As companies look for ways to reduce costs as well as generate revenue, procurement has an opportunity to step up to the plate and provide these results.

Tags: E-commerce - E-Business		   
whitepaper Absolute Scalability: SoftLayer improves IT staff efficiency by 15% while introducing more flexible services for customers with Dell storage2009-05-18 Dell
  These days, just about all organizations need to invest in information technology in one form or another, whether it's managed in-house or via an outsourcing arrangement. Either way, deciding on the amount of IT resources to purchase is usually a guessing game. Companies often overbuy to accommodate peak demand, wasting money in the process—or worse, fail to plan for growth and find themselves unable to capitalize on new business opportunities.

Tags: Business Functions, Business Functions, Security Administration, User Satisfaction		   
whitepaper Imperial College Streamlines Purchasing and Improves Efficiency With e-Auction-Based Sourcing2009-05-01 Oracle
  Imperial College wanted to maintain and improve the college's position as a leading academic institution with the help of very careful spending and realize greater savings and efficiencies across all categories of supply by driving value through the full supply chain. The challenge was to increase transparency and attain a complete audit trail of all sourcing events and intensify competition among suppliers. Imperial College used Oracle Sourcing to source 5% to 6% of a US$365 million purchasing budget and have plans to increase that percentage over time and sourced key commodities, such as utilities, office supplies, laboratory supplies, computer peripherals, and hardware by e-auction and aim to extend this to other areas, such as facilities management and construction services over time.

Tags: Government		   
whitepaper Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Establishes Efficient Administrative Systems to Support Airline Launch2009-05-01 Oracle
  Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras wanted to implement a robust solution to support operations in record time for an airline and develop in-house tax, accounting, and human resource processes, replacing outsourced solutions to reduce costs. The challenge was to comply with requirements imposed by regulatory agencies, including Brazil's Civil Aviation National Agency and Secretary of Internal Revenue and maintain necessary transparency for regulatory groups and company stakeholders. Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras worked with Oracle Partner Ninecon to implement Oracle Financials and Oracle Purchasing to consolidate and integrate all accounting and purchasing information and improve processes.

Tags: Business Functions, Business Functions		   
whitepaper Calgary Co-op Expands Human Resource Solutions to Further Drive Efficiency and Transparency2009-04-01 Oracle
  Calgary Co-op wanted to leverage existing human resources and financial solution investments and to deliver on strategic vision and increased productivity of employees to drive continued profitable revenue growth. The challenge was to simplify and rationalize the IT landscape and articulate and quantify a business case to support additional IT investment. Calgary Co-op engaged Oracle Insight to review Calgary Co-op's HR, Finance, and Procurement strategies and objectives and to assess processes, issues, and challenges and identified and prioritized capabilities required to address the organization's challenges.

Tags: Business Functions, Business Functions