Madness? Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures  by SAP America, Inc.

October 18, 2008 - This paper discusses why failure happens and how to prevent it by following the overriding best practice in successful acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures: preparedness.

Make the Most of Your Customer COE: A 3-Step Approach  by SAP America, Inc.

June 23, 2010 - To achieve effective objectives and drive effective Application Lifecycle Management, an organization must transform its Customer COE by enhancing the value it delivers to the business. Read this paper to learn so much more.

Making the Case for BPM: A Benefits Checklist  by Lombardi Software, An IBM Company

May 17, 2010 - BPM is the best investment a company can make in establishing a platform for continuous improvement. The challenge for many companies is justifying the BPM investment instead of traditional paths for solving process problems – like buying an application or building a custom application. This paper provides a virtual checklist for the benefits.

Managing for Profitability in Europe  by Oracle Corporation

October 20, 2009 - Read this paper for a look at recent information that has been gathered about managing for profitability in European countries. This paper examines what European CFOs have been doing to maximize profits and business success.

Managing Risk In Perilous Times: Practical Steps to Accelerate Recovery  by SAP America, Inc.

June 02, 2009 - In this research, we examine the lessons that have been learnt from the current financial crisis, and propose ten practical lessons that could help to address perceived weaknesses in risk identification, assessment and management.

Managing IT Complexity: A CIO Roundtable Discussion  by ASG Software Solutions

August 12, 2010 - Join JP Garbani, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research and Alan Bolt, CIO at ASG, for a roundtable discussion of complexity issues facing CIOs today. Find out how they are addressing these growing problems within their own IT organizations.

Manufacturing Operations Management: Choosing Between ERP Extension and Dedicated Platform  by Apriso Corporation

November 23, 2009 - This paper describes the issues to consider when comparing a dedicated manufacturing operations platform with an ERP supplier's operations management extension. It’s based on interviews with two sources. One uses the dedicated platform approach and one uses an ERP application.

Master Data Management: Extracting Value from Your Most Important Intangible Asset  by SAP America, Inc.

January 01, 2007 - Effective master data management can save time and money - even enable the capture of incremental revenues, it can also reduce costs while improving customer service.

Message-driven SOA: Getting Rapid Results with SOA  by Fiorano Software, Inc.

July 01, 2008 - In this whitepaper learn how Service Orientated Architecture crosses the boundary between IT and business disciplines. It discusses why business executives are attracted to the improved IT alignment with business objectives that it offers.

Mobilizing Applications Lotus Domino Databases  by BlackBerry

August 18, 2008 - The ability to access and update Lotus Domino applications can be a simple and effective way to improve efficiency. Read this paper and learn how easy it can be to create BlackBerry applications that integrate with your Lotus Domino applications.

Mobilizing SAP: Extend the reach of SAP Business Suite Applications with Sybase Mobile Solutions for SAP  by Sybase, Inc.

March 31, 2010 - Mobilizing CRM systems automates sales processes, increases productivity and enhances customer service. Sybase Mobile Sales for SAP CRM equips sales professionals with the capabilities they need to view and track opportunities, contacts, leads pipeline activity and more from anywhere, anytime. Read this virtual brochure to learn more.

Multi-channel Marketing: Orchestrate Message, Channels and Countries  by SDL Web Content Management Solutions Division

July 27, 2010 - Online marketing needs to be coordinated and consistent with marketing communication and business objectives. SDL Tridion provides unique opportunities to coordinate communications through different channels, across sites and different countries. SDL Tridion enables marketers, technical staff, and corporate communicators to collaborate as well.