September 2008 - (Free Research) Forward-thinking technology developers and their customers agree to put source code and other proprietary materials into escrow to secure access. This paper examines the types of verification services by the escrow industry, and why verification has become a best practice for both the licensees and developers.
June 2008 - (Free Research) What’s the truth behind the failure of many BI projects? Read this paper to learn the main factors leading to disappointment. These pitfalls are not those of new entrants to BI but have been repeated by smart and well managed companies worldwide.
September 2008 - (Free Research) This paper addresses how your IT group can prepare for and participate in mergers and acquisitions. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) business initiatives help to maximize the deal’s value, minimize risk, and speed time to benefit after the deal is signed.
September 2008 - (Free Research) Data governance establishes policies and procedures for sharing data, as well as improving data’s quality, structure, and auditability.
September 2008 - (Free Research) You did your research and comparisons, and convinced your boss you'd found the right product to suit your company's needs.
June 2007 - (Free Research) Previously, a storage device could reveal its confidential information to anyone who had network access to or possession of the device. This report from the Mesabi Group explains how conforming to the Trusted Computing Group’s specification can eliminate the unacceptable misuse of information on mobile, server, and data center storage devices.
August 2008 - (Free Research) CA Workload Automation accelerates the design and delivery of composite and virtual applications making them more reliable. Learn how automation achieves consistency with traditional hard-coded or manual approaches ensuring uniformity.
September 2008 - (Free Research) CIO Jeff Connery created a services organization that supplies IT to two credit unions. Here he shares his rules of the road.
September 2008 - (Free Research) This SAP Executive Insight explains the challenges inherent in three common growth models and describes how to implement a solid, flexible, and adaptive foundation that supports corporate growth objectives.
September 2008 - (Free Research) In the two and a half years we have been publishing CIO Decisions, we've seen a lot of change. We've watched some of you weather a merger or acquisition, a job change, a tech overhaul, new executive leadership, project failures and more.
September 2008 - (Free Research) This paper offers an overview of who is using technology escrow services, as well as why. You’ll learn the key criteria to use in making an effective evaluation when you are ready to select an escrow agent.
September 2008 - (Free Research) In many corporations, network management practices are out of date. New tools and approaches are needed. In this white paper IT departments are advise to change from reactive to proactive and become more vigorous in
the process of network management.
June 2008 - (Free Research) To achieve the necessary continuity in a post-merger environment, HR must synchronize many processes, data sources, and other moving parts in a compressed timeframe--all while maintaining existing service levels for all employees.
February 2008 - (Free Research) Discover how a financial institution overcame the challenges of manual processing and lack of integration after a merger and how they consolidated their fax and document storage products and methods into an integrated document delivery solution.
June 2008 - (Free Research) Many emerging businesses today are searching for a way to move into new markets and achieve cost effective product growth. Learn how to improve your business and acquire new product segments without experiencing an increase of internal resources.
June 2008 - (Free Research) The AX4-5 has allowed McNeil to stand shoulder-to shoulder with much larger enterprises when it comes to data storage sophistication and efficiency.
June 2008 - (Free Research) You're invited to join Workday VP of Integration Annrai O'Toole as he reveals the company's vision for making integration a seamless function of core HR and financial systems.
July 2008 - (Free Research) Through a series of online presentations, industry experts will offer advice on how to standardize and automate management processes and integrate performance management and BI solutions to optimize enterprise-wide performance.
December 2007 - (Free Research) In this paper ZapThink, an IT advisory and analysis firm, examines how with the acquisition of Mercury and its Systinet division, HP has propelled itself into a leadership position in the SOA governance space.
