A Complete View Of The Enterprise: Linking Operational And Financial Planning In Global Organizations  by SAP America, Inc.

May 01, 2008 - In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.

A Guide to the Value of Reliable Data in Retail Banking  by DataFlux Corporation

November 02, 2009 - This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on retail banks. Defining the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in retail banking, it offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data, and shows how you can get started in making trusted data available to improve marketing, customer service, risk management and more.

A Platform Approach To Manufacturing Operations Management  by Apriso Corporation

March 06, 2009 - From a manufacturing executive's perspective, focusing on an open and flexible Manufacturing Operations Management platform creates a competitive weapon. This research provides a roadmap for creating such a platform in a cost effective way that still delivers benefits, such as higher levels of profitability.

A Standard Approach to Process Documentation  by Lombardi Software

December 21, 2009 - Rachel Pace-Maron, Director of Operations Support Service at PRC, was asked to document, standardize and communicate all of her company's processes to help improve business processes across 15 domestic and 5 international call centers. Listen as Rachel shares her experience and covers key learnings.

Accelerate Innovation & Productivity with Rapid Prototyping and Development: Model New Ideas, Land More Business, and Control Costs  by Attivio, Inc.

February 24, 2010 - This paper discusses how a new generation of platforms in the application stack is designed to both deliver a specific layer of functionality and enable rapid prototyping, allowing development teams to focus their efforts on the value they add and gain time for more innovation.

Accelerating Return on Investment through B2B Outsourcing  by Crossgate

February 18, 2010 - In the past, companies relied on software, developers, and consultants to adapt internal technology to fit their business. By outsourcing B2B to integrate suppliers and operations, companies can reduce ongoing infrastructure costs, reduce the amount of staff required to perform daily tasks, and most importantly, create organizational agility.

Achieving Business Agility with BPM and SOA Together: Smart Work in the Smart Enterprise  by PointSource

March 05, 2010 - This white paper describes the principles for the convergence of BPM and SOA from a business perspective. The primary audiences are leaders and architects that need to understand how to effectively combine BPM and SOA as a key differentiator for successful enterprises in their drive toward business agility.

Achieving Rapid Data Recovery for Credit Union Core Processing Applications  by Vision Solutions

December 12, 2008 - EchoStream for AIX is a proven solution to the data recovery problem that is in use at a variety of referenceable accounts today.

Addressing the challenges of implementing a customer-centric strategy  by Infor CRM

December 05, 2008 - The need for customer insight and responsiveness to that insight is the foundation and driving rationale for the emerging CRM concept of continuous customer dialogue through multi-channel touchpoints.

Advancing Return on Investment Analysis for Government IT: A Public Value Framework  by SAP America, Inc.

January 23, 2009 - The range and complexity of government information technology (IT) investments makes assessing their returns a daunting prospect. This white paper presents a public ROI assessment framework that addresses the shortcomings in the available methods and models for assessing public returns.

Application Availability for Remote Locations: Top 5 Best Practices from Forrester Research  by Marathon Technologies

January 14, 2010 - Keeping your IT infrastructure up and running is always challenging, but is particularly tricky for remote locations where you likely have little or no IT staff. In this webinar, learn more about supporting critical applications at remote or branch locations and learn the top 5 best practices for optimizing availability at remote locations.

Architecting PCI DSS compliance with encryption, tokenization, and key management  by Thales

March 01, 2010 - Securing cardholder data is not just about passing annual PCI DSS audits. Depending on your key management architecture, you could be spending too much time maintaining compliance or not even meeting the PCI DSS requirements for scope reduction. View this webcast to learn more about where encryption and tokenization fit in a merchant architecture.

Are Your Business Critical Systems Capable of Scaling to Match Increased Demand?  by Red Hat

January 19, 2010 - Carnation auto needed to establish a centralized IT system that would consolidate information across the entire Indian automobile industry landscape to provide their customers with a wide array of services. Read this case study to see how they used applications in the SAP Business Suite on Enterprise Linux to help them.

Automated, Integrated IT Operations Improve Efficiency and Deliver Cost Savings  by Kaseya

January 20, 2010 - Tight budgets and complex IT environments mean that IT operations teams must operate as efficiently as possible. Read this Q&A session with Mary Johnston Turner, research director for IDC's System Management Software service, to better understand how integrated, automated management tools can improve IT productivity.

Automotive Essentials ERP Solution  by Infor

December 03, 2009 - This demo will show how easy it can be to use Infor Automotive Essentials to maintain a lean, yet flexible global automotive supply chain while surviving aggressive cost cuts and supply chain complexity. Watch to learn how to turn the adversity of today's automotive industry into a long-term advantage with Infor Automotive Essentials.