These are the Knowledge Network documents uploaded for the week of July 14 - 17, 2009. Don't miss out.

“Dot Cloud - The 21st Century Business Platform Built on Cloud Computing” Excerpt

In this book, business strategy expert and former CIO Peter Fingar explains the main ideas of cloud computing in lay terms, and what cloud computing means for business.

Present Value Calculator

Present value is often more appropriate to use than ROI when it comes to financial decision making. This tool will help you evaluate the impact of any future payment option on current cash flow.

Business Performance Management Research Notes

This document provides users with notes and thoughts from Ventana Research’s benchmark research on business performance management.

The Hackett Group's IT Metric of the Month - July 2009

This month's Hackett Group IT Metric of the Month focuses on outsourcing allocations.

Guide to Greener Electronics V.12

This quarterly report of Greenpeace's "Guide to Greener Electronics" ranking reveals that the world's biggest PC makers – HP, Dell and Lenovo -- have failed to improve their low scores.

A Scenario-Based Technique for Developing SOA Technical Governance

In this technical note, provided by the Software Engineering Institute, a lightweight and extensible technique is proposed, one that employs scenarios to tailor existing SOA governance frameworks to the specific needs of an organization.

A Practical Field Guide to ISO 9001:2008 Excerpt

The purpose of this guide is to assist organizations, step by step, in implementing a quality management system (QMS) in conformance with ISO 9001:2008, whether from scratch or by transitioning from ISO 9001:2000.

Job Description: IT Security Manager

Use this IT Security Manager Job Description template to help the enterprise’s hiring and job-definition processes.

Info-Tech’s TCO Calculator

IT decision makers can use this Total Cost of Ownership calculator to determine if the enterprise can reap TCO benefits from an IT project.

TCO Research Notes

In this research note, Info-Tech defines TCO and examines the most useful context for this measurement framework.