WHITE PAPER - To address the growing demand for smarter products, many manufacturers are incorporating embedded systems into their products. While this approach offers exciting opportunities for innovation, it also adds a level of complexity to products that have zero tolerance for bugs and that must beat the competition to market. Read more to find out!
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Published: March 17, 2009


Topics:  Code Management | Customer Satisfaction | Economic Environment | Embedded Systems Hardware | Embedded Systems Software | Integrated Development Environments | Management Change | Manufacturing | Real Time Operating Systems

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes the market drivers (intelligent operational efficiency, competitive differentiation, sustainable growth) for enterprise carbon management and how companies are implementing strategies to address these current and future developments of next-generation sustainability.
Posted: March 12, 2010 | Published: March 12, 2010


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Processes | Data Management | Economic Environment | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Green Data Center | Green Storage | Inventory Management | ROI

ANALYST REPORT - In conducting in-depth interviews with four existing customers, Forrester found that the four organizations in this study achieved significant benefits, some easily measured for this ROI study and others that are equally valuable but that we could not quantify. Read this analyst report to learn about these benefits.
Posted: February 25, 2010 | Published: April 14, 2009


Topics:  Economic Environment | IT Management | Job Scheduling Software | ROI | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Workload Automation

ANALYST REPORT - In this analyst report, Forrester Consulting examines the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises can realize by deploying mobility solutions using BlackBerry® smartphones and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server software.
Posted: February 19, 2010 | Published: February 19, 2010


Topics:  Economic Environment | Mobile Device Management | Mobile Device Management Software | Mobile Middleware | Productivity | ROI | Server Software | Smart Phones

VIDEO - In this video, David Merrill, Chief Economist of Hitachi Data Systems describes the principles of storage economics, the 33 point calculation used to show you how make your storage infrastructure more efficient and increase your ROI.
Posted: February 2, 2010 | Premiered: February 2, 2010


Topics:  Economic Environment | ROI | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This study provides a framework for evaluating the potential financial impact of investing in a media streaming platform. By reviewing the calculations and assumptions used in Forrester's multi-company analysis, readers can better understand and communicate a business case for increasing their investment.
Posted: February 1, 2010 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Content Delivery | Economic Environment | ROI | Server Management | Software | Streaming Media Services | Web Server Software

NEWSLETTER - This newsletter will focus on the fundamental issues and key trends in deploying a smart data center using a Unified Physical Infrastructure℠(UPI) approach.
Posted: January 28, 2010 | Published: January 28, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Economic Environment | Infrastructure Management | Infrastructure Services | Networking | Physical Security | Scalability Testing | Security | Virtualization Security

WHITE PAPER - The economy has taken center stage in businesses' strategic thinking. This IDC Workbook discusses the issues enterprises are facing in terms of the resource squeeze and provides a checklist designed to help enterprises determine needs and plan accordingly.
Posted: January 15, 2010 | Published: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Business Structures | Business Systems | CIOs | Economic Environment

WHITE PAPER - In this paper Matt Healey, research manager of IDC's Software and Hardware Support Services program, shares his thoughts on the economy, its prospects for recovery, and how it relates to support services and driving IT and business efficiency.
Posted: January 15, 2010 | Published: October 14, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Environment | Business Integration | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Economic Environment | IT Infrastructure | IT Management

WHITE PAPER - To help companies form their 'down economy' contingency plans, IDC performed an analysis of past recoveries from economic recessions to find out the type of impact these recoveries had on companies and what the implications are on IT operations and ongoing support. This paper gives the details.
Posted: January 15, 2010 | Published: January 15, 2010


Topics:  Business Environment | Business Intelligence | Business Logistics | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Economic Environment | ERP

WHITE PAPER - This paper focuses on the key benefits virtual workforces bring to a business as well as the three key initiatives to focus on to overcome both business and IT challenges.
Posted: January 7, 2010 | Published: June 22, 2009


Topics:  Collaboration | Desktop Virtualization | Economic Environment | Human Resources Management | IT Management | Mobile Workers | Productivity | Remote Network Management | Remote Offices | Remote Users

WHITE PAPER - A constrained economy hasn't offset the need for increased business integration within the fast and responsive enterprise. Learn how a careful choice of technologies and middleware such as Sun's LightWeight services platform, become even more critical.
Posted: January 5, 2010 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Server Hardware | Application Server Software | Business Integration | Economic Environment | ESB | Identity Management | Middleware | SOA | Software Development Methodologies | Web Services

WHITE PAPER - Enterprises are always seeking to cut costs and optimize resource utilization. Now, in this harsh economic climate, the need is more compelling than ever. This paper highlights potential savings exceeding $5,000,000 per year for each 1,000 employees through the application of Microsoft Unified Communications to your business and IT operations.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Collaboration | Communications Hardware | Communications Systems | Economic Environment | Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Office | Mobile Workers | Teleconferencing Software | Unified Messaging | VoIP | Web Conferences

WEBCAST - In this economic downturn, organizations are looking to cut costs. Agile teams produce higher quality work, are quick to deliver and provide greater ROI. What can these teams do now to cut costs? Join us as Scott Ambler, Practice Leader Agile Development, provides his expertise and guidance on this pressing topic for today.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Premiered: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Economic Environment | ROI | Software Best Practices | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - Project portfolio management solutions, such as those from Oracle, enable project leaders to successfully manage risk, even in this volatile climate. They also enable companies to identify the best strategies for pursuing existing projects and to identify the most-promising future projects for investment.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Economic Environment | Oracle (Product) | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management