IT/Business Alignment
Aligning the goals of IT with a company’s business objectives requires insight into the spectrum of hardware, applications and management techniques that are available in the marketplace. Whether you’re looking for information on how to improve operations management, increase customer service levels, maximize business performance or you just want to get the latest scoop on service-oriented architecture (SOA), we have the resources that you need to create a seamless integration between the potential of your IT assets and the realization of your company’s business initiatives.
Check out these IT/Business Alignment white papers and other sponsored resources for the best ways turn IT from a cost center into a source of business innovations and profit-building strategies.
The 11 Secrets of Business Rules Success
This white paper details the 11 secrets to business rule success, and explores how to balance speed and quality when building a rules-based approach to decision management.
Smart Work for a Smarter Planet
In this ebook, you'll get an in-depth look at how some organizations are using the right technology solutions to work smarter.
A Dynamic Solution to Processing Paper
Discover a document management system that preserves company profits by reducing the overhead of paper invoices, utilizing employee time effectively, and significantly reducing collection cycle times.
Collaboration Without Boundaries: Enabling Innovation, Changing the Workplace
In today's competitive environment, sharing information and expertise can be critical in driving organizational success. To foster innovation, it's important to create collaboration communities of employees, as well as customers and partners "outside the firewall." Read this white paper to learn how to tap into both internal and external knowledge.
How Midsize Businesses Are Using ERP to Gain Competitive Advantage in a Tough Economy
Read this case study to learn how Gavina Coffee defied the current challenging economic conditions by leveraging an ERP solution to improve company efficiencies, reduce costs and improve competitiveness.
Informal Learning: Extending the Impact of Enterprise Ideas and Information
This white paper discusses how eLearning gives enterprises the ability to respond to many of the formal learning and performance support needs of a diverse, distributed and increasingly mobile workforce.
Hosted CRM Comparison Guide
This in-depth guide compares 15 of the top CRM vendors' features and costs. Preview this guide today to ensure that you are making the right decision for your company.
Time to Change: New Thoughts on Supporting Business Change Fast and Flexibly
Learn how a new, interconnected economy is forcing companies to manage an ever-growing information network — and the best way to adopt new technologies to give you greater flexibility for faster growth while maintaining business integrity.
Leveraging Log Management to Provide Business Value
This white paper discusses the top ten insider activities you have to monitor to make sure your employees are not violating security policy or opening up easy routes for insider abuse.
IBM Smart Business — Rewriting the Rules of IT for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Read this white paper to learn about a new three-in-one solution that makes it easier than ever to find, run and manage your business applications.
Eliminating Paperwork Is More than Just Efficient
Read this white paper to learn how you can implement an automated, paperless workorder system that helps you meet not only your profitability goals, but your green ones too.
Turn Sustainable IT Strategies into Real ROI
When the right hardware meets the right software, efficiencies happen. Explore this new interactive eBook and discover ways to better manage PCs while saving money and lowering your environmental impact.
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Choosing a Standard for BI and Reporting: Simplify the IT Environment, Reduce Your TCO, Increase Your ROI
Read this white paper to learn how the right BI solution lets business users move among capabilities in a guided way, get the answers they seek, and collaborate while giving IT complete control over the BI environment.
Realizing Enhanced Productivity and Timely ROI from Your DLP Security Technology
Read this white paper to learn how using data loss prevention (DLP) technology will allow your organization to reduce the proliferation of sensitive data and enable your business operation to improve its data protection controls.
Advanced Compression with Oracle Database 11g Release 2
Read this white paper to learn more about how data compression technologies can help customers reduce the resources and costs of managing large data volumes.
Four Imperatives that Make Better Decision Management Essential in Uncertain Times
This white paper shares FICO’s decades of experience helping enterprises compete more effectively using decision management technology.