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whitepaper How to Calculate Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) for Electronic Products2009-09-25 PE INTERNATIONAL
  To comply with international standards for carbon footprinting (PAS 2050, ISO 14040, and the upcoming ISO 14067), a product carbon footprint has to account for emissions from cradle to grave - that is, from initial resource extraction to final disposal, including manufacturing, use-related impacts, and transportation or shipping. PE International deployed high-quality process-based datasets which accurately represent typical electronic components. PE International, creators of the GaBi 4 Life Cycle Inventory databases, provides market-leading environmental impact databases for creating product carbon footprints, including an electronics-specific emissions database.

Tags: Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper VocaLink Ensures Secure High-Volume Transaction Processing With Unified, Flexible Infrastructure2009-04-01 Oracle
  VocaLink is a specialist provider of transaction services to banks, their corporate customers and Government departments. In 2000, with automated payment volumes up 50% in the previous five years, the payment landscape was set to change permanently. In addition, and of equal importance, was the industry transition to the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), a European Union initiative geared towards driving down cross-border payment transaction costs. To support these changes and equip itself for the future, VocaLink took the decision to build a new payments platform. To do this, the company looked to Oracle WebLogic Server to provide the foundation for the system that sits at the core of its business.

Tags: Software Development Tools, Security Administration		   
whitepaper Amarillo Independent School District Improves Efficiency Across Its 53 Campuses2009-03-01 Oracle
  Amarillo Independent School District (AISD) wanted to improve operational efficiency to support a growing student body without increasing administrative staff and provide reliable access to easy-to-use applications for thousands of users spread across 70 square miles. The challenge was to comply with new and changing school reporting requirements. AISD upgraded to Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Version 9.0, using new functionality to improve efficiency as well as leveraged PeopleTools to enhance applications with specific tools, such as modules for bus and travel requisitions.

Tags: E-commerce - E-Business		   
whitepaper Leading International Law Firm in Paris Increases Efficiency With New Printing Solution2009-03-01 Dell
  The Paris office of leading global law firm Baker & McKenzie wanted to consolidate its two Paris-based offices. Decision makers chose to make the most of the move to replace their outdated and disparate printing solution. Baker & McKenzie in France worked closely with Dell to establish a strategic printing plan and an advantageous total cost of printing.

Tags: E-commerce - E-Business		   
whitepaper Driving Value Over the Acquisition Lifecycle: Unlocking Value Over the Acquisition Lifecycle - Specialty Pharmaceuticals Industry2009-01-01
  The market leader in a high-growth specialty pharmaceutical segment was searching for growth opportunities to complement its anchor product. Although its product had achieved "Blockbuster" status, the company was actively looking for opportunities to capitalize on its strong market position and build a larger presence within physician specialties. The company engaged Kaiser to identify and prioritize adjacent market opportunities and potential acquisition candidates. After objectively assessing the client's capabilities and relative strengths, Kaiser conducted a detailed analysis of adjacent markets and identified and screened opportunities based on their ability to strengthen the portfolio by acquiring a complementary product or a company with a complementary product portfolio.

Tags: IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper 500% Improvement in Data Processing!2008-12-01 NEC Corporation of America
  Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) has one of the largest Microsoft® SQL database in the world - totaling over 50 billion records. Read how consolidating on NEC's Itanium Servers helped RMS achieve 500% performance gain in data processing and reduced report wait time from months to days.

Tags: Office Equipment, Wholesale - Retail, Data Infrastructure, Enterprise Planning		   
whitepaper ERP Software Upgrade Fuels Collaboration And Growth for Online School-Supply Retailer2008-07-01 Microsoft
  SchoolKidz provides a simple, cost-effective approach to fulfilling the school-supply needs of students, parents, and educators. In 2007, the company was acquired by Staples—a 60,000-employee corporation. Staples plans to aggressively grow SchoolKidz's annual revenue. SchoolKidz upgraded its business management solution from Great Plains 7.5 (now Microsoft Dynamics® GP) to Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 and deployed Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 to support the forecasted growth. With Microsoft Dynamics GP, SchoolKidz employees create reports, place orders, specify delivery methods, and share this information through Office SharePoint Server 2007. Now, employees can coordinate efforts to make better decisions and drive productivity. Since the deployment, SchoolKidz has doubled in number of employees, and Microsoft Dynamics GP has scaled to support this growth.

Microsoft Dynamics provides powerful software that helps organizations drive down costs, improve operations, retain and build customer relationships and continue to innovate in challenging economic times.

Tags: Enterprise Planning, Enterprise Planning, IT Budgeting, User Satisfaction		   
whitepaper Xerox Uses Software as a Service to Meet Contractual Obligations and Optimize Client Value2008-08-01 Oracle
  Xerox wanted to go live, deploy, and roll out solution within tight timescales and ensure 100% up-time and rapid user response times. The challenge was to gain the scalability to transact increasing volumes of sales orders, purchase orders, and supplier invoices throughout the life of the contract and add new services as required by DWP and avoid up-front capital outlay for hardware and facilities and minimize operating overhead to provide best value for DWP. Xerox deployed an Oracle-based infrastructure and processes to make all print and associated services available to DWP staff via a single point of contact and built back-end processes on Oracle E-Business Suite and interfaced with DWP's e-procurement system to create a complete, seamless, automated, workflow-routed solution.

Tags: Enterprise Planning, E-commerce - E-Business		   
whitepaper Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Uses Shared and Self Services to Enhance Efficiency2008-07-01 Oracle
  The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra)wanted to achieve the efficiency savings set by the Gershon Report through optimal asset utilization, sound planning, and world-class business processes. The challenge was to reduce environmental impact of operations in line with the government's "Green" IT agenda. As a solution Defra leveraged existing investment in Oracle applications to streamline and automate processes by rolling out Oracle's self-service applications to all staff and reduced travel and subsistence claims team from 12 in 2002 to 4.5 people in 2008, and cut average reimbursement time from 28 days to five days by automating paper-based processes.

Tags: E-commerce - E-Business, Data Tools, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper It's a Matter of Trust: When the Customer Relationship is Everything, Businesses Bank on SSL Solutions2008-05-16 Verisign
  For large companies, protecting their clients and their assets is a huge responsibility. Whether actually a victim, most individuals see themselves as potential prey to any number of electronic crimes, from an account take-over to credit card fraud or identity theft. All of these threats put financial services organizations at a disadvantage. Customers are wary, unsure of online transactions - especially when financials are involved. And that's made customer confidence, or the lack thereof, one of the biggest issues financial services organizations face today. Customers need to be confident that they are doing business with authentic entities. Read this white paper to learn more about SSL Solutions and how they can help your company protect and reassure your clients in this uncertain time.

Tags: Authentication - Encryption, Authentication - Encryption, Security Administration, Security Administration