Building Return On Investment From Cloud Computing [ Source: Open Group ]
April 2010- With so much discussion about cloud computing today, many questions arise. This white paper from Open Group introduces the main factors affecting ROI from cloud computing, and compares the business development of cloud computing with that of other innovative technologies; describes the main approaches to building ROI by taking advantage of the benefits that cloud computing provides; and describes approaches to measuring this ROI, absolutely and in comparison with traditional approaches to IT, by giving ...

Six Calls To Success: Call Attempt Case Study [ Source: Leads360 - Sales Software ]
October 2009- Leads 360 recently performed a study that shows six calls equals success when trying to contact a lead. According to Leads 360, on the first call attempt there is only a 39% chance of contacting that lead, making just one more attempted call increases the chance of contact to 72%. That’s an increase of 87% simply by making one more call attempt. However six is the magic number of call attempts.

The Greening of Training: How Sustainability Is Reshaping Organizational Learning [ Source: SkillSoft ]
February 2009- More and more companies are making sustainability a highly visible part of their corporate strategy. There are many factors driving companies to go green, from the desire to improve corporate image to competitive differentiation in the market. But whatever the reason, the training department can be a key part of a green strategy. This dovetails nicely with the overall trend in training to align learning with corporate initiatives. If your company is championing a green ...

Underwriting Just Got Easier: Technology Integration at Unitrin Direct Enhances Customer Service [ Source: Optical Image Technology - DocFinity ]
October 2007- Unitrin Direct, an insurer that sells direct-to-consumer automobile insurance nationwide, had a vision to significantly expedite services and increase efficiency with integrated technologies. They began by automating the processing of returned mail, incomplete customer submissions, and collection of signatures required on underwriting documents. Integration of DocFinity document management and digital workflow software with their third-party automated call system, policy management software, third-party capture and indexing provider, claims management system, and data review criteria stored on ...

10 Best Practices for Reducing the Stress of IT Audits [ Source: Quest Software ]
October 2008-
It’s a no brainer: IT audits cause a lot of stress, and recurring IT audits cause stress over, and over, and over again. It doesn’t matter if the audit is internal or external – preparing for and conducting an audit leads to a lot of frayed nerves.

As an IT administrator, it’s vital for you to spend less time, money and effort in internal and external audit preparation – while reducing ...

Webcast: Protecting Critical Data in Physical & Virtual Environments with Guest IDC Analyst Robert Amatruda [ Source: Quest Software ]
January 2012- On-Demand Video: Data Protection for Mixed Environments <br><br> Today's unprecedented growth in data, combined with both physical and virtual environments, means you need an effective, integrated data protection solution. In this video, IDC analyst Robert Amatruda and other experts explore data protection and management across physical and virtual environments.

10 Questions to Identify Compliance Risks [ Source: Brainloop ]
January 2012- Corporate and regulatory compliance policies have forced companies to ensure that information flows are documented, auditable, and highly secure. Yet in order to conduct their business, companies must share sensitive information outside the firewall, introducing serious potential information risk. How can companies enforce security policy and cost-effectively meet compliance objectives when documents must be shared with partners, investors, board members, bidders and others outside the enterprise? <br><br> This white paper ...

Security Policy: Five Keys to User Compliance [ Source: Brainloop ]
January 2012- Business users are a key part of a company's security, and even the most conscientious employees can introduce serious breaches of security policy. IT can do everything in its power to secure the company's confidential documents - provide first-class security infrastructure, develop reasonable security policies and engage in extensive communication and training - yet still people fail to comply. The solution is to provide security that helps people do their jobs more efficiently, thereby inducing ...

JBoss Operations Network: Measuring Business Impact and ROI [ Source: Red Hat ]
December 2011- IDC conducted a series of in-depth interviews with staff members of IT organizations that have deployed JBoss Operations Network to manage their JBoss Enterprise Middleware environments, including applications and underlying operating systems and hardware infrastructure. Structured questions were used to assess and quantify the internal and external costs of performing certain administrative, operational, and support functions and how costs changed as a result of implementing JBoss Operations Network.

The Return-on-Investment of BPM Suites in Addressing Regulatory Compliance [ Source: Fujitsu ]
September 2011- In the wake of the financial meltdown of 2008, new regulatory measures were instituted to govern the financial services, banking, and private equity industries. But the concerns behind these policies are not limited to the finance world. <br><br> New regulatory measures are impacting diverse industries including healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceutical, and utilities, just to name a few. Join our featured speaker Clay Richardson of Forrester Research as he shares the results ...