WHITE PAPER - When an IT skill falls out of favor, it rarely ever comes back. Here's our list of 10 dying IT skills. If any of these skills are your main expertise, perhaps it's time to think about updating your skill set.
Posted: May 13, 2009 | Published: May 13, 2009


Topics:  COBOL | Code Management | IT Best Practices | IT Departments | IT Governance | IT Industry | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | IT Services | IT Systems | IT Workforce | Programming | Programming Languages

WHITE PAPER - Manufacturers are feeling new pressure on their operations from many directions. Dynamic market needs, increased compliance requirements, more distributed manufacturing operations, rapid product innovation, lean manufacturing, and the transition to new IT technology all manifest themselves on the plant floor and throughout the enterprise.
Posted: January 26, 2009 | Published: January 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Systems | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Management | Databases | ERP | Manufacturing | Quality Control | Real-time Analytics | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - The ability to manage data is becoming increasingly key to a company's ability to compete effectively in today's ever more competitive business environment. The following paper outlines some of these drivers and examines the strategic role enhanced data management can play.
Posted: March 16, 2010 | Published: March 16, 2010


Topics:  Business Management | Business Service Management Software | Business Systems | Customer Service | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Information Management | Knowledge Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explores how today's advanced business intelligence solutions can put powerful, informative BI information into the hands of more users.
Posted: July 20, 2009 | Published: April 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Integration Software | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Service Management | Business Structures | Business Systems | Dashboards | Data Management | Data Management Software | Decision Support Systems

WHITE PAPER - Directors of IT operations are under pressure to control or reduce mainframe operating costs while maintaining service levels to the business. This paper describes how BMC® MAINVIEW® from BMC Software uniquely delivers aggressive and strategic performance management and optimization.
Posted: April 17, 2009 | Published: April 17, 2009


Topics:  IT Management Services | IT Services | IT Systems | Mainframe Operating Systems | Operating Systems | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides a survey of the practices and technology related to business process management (BPM). Basic concepts are explained, the transformational effect on the enterprise is examined, and the value that BPM can create is analyzed. The paper then presents a survey of the vast array of technology that is related to BPM.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Models | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Process Modeling | Business Processes | Business Structures | Business Systems | CEOs | CIOs | ERP | Model Driven Architecture

WHITE PAPER - Business intelligence (BI) allows organizations to better understand, analyze, and even predict what's occurring in their company.
Posted: June 9, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | Business Systems | Customer Satisfaction | Dashboards | Data Management | Decision Support Databases | OLAP | Reporting Software | SMBs | Spreadsheets

WHITE PAPER - This paper will assess how to locate and account for functionality gaps. It will also illustrate a methodology for realigning applications with business goals.
Posted: December 4, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Application Portfolio Management | Business Intelligence | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Business Systems | ERP | ERP Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores how contextualization and insight into existing applications accelerates the discovery and transformation of logic into refined, true business rules. It also includes a discussion of best practices around this semantic capture of technical rules and their abstraction into business rules.
Posted: December 7, 2009 | Published: November 25, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Business Systems | SOA

WHITE PAPER - To help control costs, improve business agility, and remain secure and in compliance, many IT organizations are taking steps to transition to a truly dynamic infrastructure. Microsoft® System Center is a family of leading IT management solutions that helps IT departments proactively plan, deploy, manage, and optimize an IT environment.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  IT Asset Management | IT Governance | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Spending | IT Systems | Regulatory Compliance | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains how data center efficiency can be measured, evaluated, and modeled, including a comparison of the benefits of periodic assessment vs. continuous monitoring.
Posted: April 29, 2009 | Published: February 3, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Energy Efficiency | Equipment Maintenance Management Software | IT Asset Management | IT Consulting Services | IT Systems | Power Supplies

WHITE PAPER - Our experience suggests that Enterprise Architecture (EA) governance determines the impact of the architecture team to a great degree. We describe and manage EA governance along six dimensions.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2005


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | CIOs | Enterprise | Enterprise Architectures | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Systems | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how to implement a tape encryption strategy that aligns with business practices, security objectives and compliance drivers.
Posted: February 24, 2010 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Systems | Data Encryption | Data Security | Encryption Standards | Regulatory Compliance | Tape Drives

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how IT decision makers can drive better business performance through strong strategic, tactical, and advanced reporting.
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Published: July 25, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Systems | Reporting Software | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - Companywide BI deployment that adapts to the analysis needs and styles of key sets of users within the organization is the key to unlocking the true potential of BI. Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Published: July 25, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Systems