CRM - Worth the Investment
[ Source: AbilityCRM ]
April 2008-
The process of determining the value of an investment in CRM differs depending on the viewpoint of the decision maker. This special report examines the decision criteria from three viewpoints: the CEO, the CFO and the CIO.
Advancing Maturity With BTM Fusion 360
[ Source: BTM Corporation ]
May 2009-
Bringing business and technology together remains one of the fundamental problems encountered in management practices today. The industry is still searching for a "lingua franca" or common language that enables leadership teams to operate together. BTM Fusion 360 combines a digitized standard framework for business technology management with a design environment. Built from the experience gained from 10 years of R&D and usage across a
dozen industries, this powerful combination is now available to enable individual ...
How Executives and Boards Can Help Improve Large Technology Projects
[ Source: Brand Velocity ]
October 2008-
Project failure in large enterprise technology projects is, unfortunately, very common from an operating and financial perspective. In fact, independent studies have shown that 7 in 10 technology projects struggle – or fail completely. With millions of dollars, key resources and company reputations on the line, a 30% enterprise project success rate is alarming.
However, large-scale technology project failure is not inevitable – nor irreversible – if the right steps are taken. In this study, Jack Bergstrand, CEO of the Atlanta-based ...
Mentor Graphics Collects Customer Feedback for Product Innovation
[ Source: Brightidea, Inc. ]
December 2008-
In June 2008, Mentor Graphics launched Mentor Ideas, a Web-based environment for capturing product enhancement ideas from customers. This initiative is focused on the Mentor Graphics PADS product line and customers, and, due to the success of the initial pilot, the company has now launched a similar initiative for its Expedition product line.
CA Interactive IT Executive Series: Application Lifecycle Management Part 1
[ Source: CA Technologies ]
June 2011-
Emerging service delivery models are changing the nature of the application lifecycle. Cloud computing and managed services promise substantial cost and flexibility benefits, but make the performance of applications dependent on services outside the enterprise. Highly virtualized, dynamic infrastructures make it difficult to predict or assess exactly what makes up the production environments. As a result, offline testing models are becoming obsolete and meaningful metrics can only come from real-world, production environments. Organizations once solely ...
CA Interactive IT Executive Series: Application Lifecycle Management Part 2
[ Source: CA Technologies ]
June 2011-
As organizations recover from the global recession and begin to look to more efficient and effective expansion of services provided to end-users, many organizations are struggling with how to thrive as IT environments become more and more complex. One way IT executives are addressing this, is to break down on the traditional IT silos that have hampered successful service deployment and management and to look at applications, infrastructure, and management as one organization working together ...
Understanding the Importance of a Disaster Recovery Strategy
[ Source: CDW ]
June 2009-
Read this Tech Specialist interview with CDW's Moosa Matariyeh to understand the importance of having a disaster recovery strategy, and answers to questions like these:
> What can companies do to prepare for disaster recovery effectively, and what
are some best-practice examples from medium-sized enterprises?
> How have companies successfully made the case for adequate funding?
> What role does data deduplication technology play in disaster planning
and recovery?
Do I Really Have To Interview?
[ Source: CampusCareerCenter.com ]
January 2008-
This paper from CampusCareerCenter.com explains that one goes through various kinds of emotions when they hear word interview. Fear of not giving correct answer would be the problem faced by the large number of people. Overcoming fear is not mandatory in finding a job opportunity to match ones needs. As the old cliche states: ""We fear what we do not know"", by learning to compensate for weak spots by finding strengths, and realize that ...
Case Interviews
[ Source: Carnegie Mellon University ]
January 2008-
This paper published by Carnegie Mellon University explains about case interview. According to author, case interview is a scenario-based, problem solving activity. It is used by consulting firms, financial services firms, and other industries to evaluate if one has problem solving skills, analytical skills and communication skills. The best preparation for case type interviews is a great deal of practice answering questions that are typical for intended industry.
Cold Calling And Telephone Interviews
[ Source: Carnegie Mellon University ]
January 2008-
This research paper explains the career quick tips & academic resources, cold calling and telephone interviews, 10 rules for every job search related phone call one makes - on the phone; when they call back; other variables; and when they don’t call back. In nutshell it provides with tips to connect to the desired careers successfully.