Real-Time Business: Playing to win in the new Global marketplace
[ Source: SAP ]
December 2011-
To stay ahead of the competition in a global marketplace, firms are increasingly speeding up operations, in many cases adopting real-time systems and tools to allow for instant decision-making and faster business cycles.<br><br>
According to a new report from Oxford Economics and SAP, Real-time business: Changing the game in the new global marketplace, which included a survey of 525 business executives worldwide, 30% of companies have already adopted real-time business applications ...
The Road to BI Success
[ Source: SAP ]
December 2011-
It's not surprising that BI continues to be a top investment priority, given mounting evidence of bottom line benefits. Yet despite all the benefits available, not all organizations are seeing maximum value from their BI investments.<br><br>
Both SAP and industry analysts agree that the key success factor for BI projects is an end-to-end strategy – that can help prioritize investments across the company, articulate how BI can solve business pains, ...
Bringing Quests to the Enterprise
[ Source: Enterprise 2.0 Conference ]
November 2011-
Over 80% of the US workforce manages information in some form, yet most people rely on tools and systems based on metaphors from the pre-digital workplace. Our economy desperately needs a productivity revolution, and one way to accomplish this is to fundamentally change the way we manage and coordinate information to get work done. Join Alexi Robichaux, head of product management at Socialcast, and learn about Strides, a new lightweight social application that manages work and ...
Itanium: Slip/Sliding Away
[ Source: IBM ]
November 2011-
Oracle has followed the trend of other major ISVs and terminated further software development for the Itanium platform. Looking at the decline in revenue of HP's Itanium-based servers, combined with loss of support by Microsoft, Red Hat, VMware and Fujitsu (in addition to Oracle), it's clear that the Itanium ecosystem is collapsing quickly.<br><br>
Due to HP Itanium's decline to date, Microsoft and Oracle have already pulled out to avoid ...
Enterprise 2.0 Boston 2011 Keynote: Bert Sandie, Director, Learning & Development, Electronic Arts, Inc
[ Source: Enterprise 2.0 Conference ]
June 2011-
The Hardest Problem in E2.0 - Changing Our Culture
State of Community Management 2011: From Exploration to Execution
[ Source: Enterprise 2.0 Conference ]
March 2011-
In the past year, not only has organizational use of social technologies come of age but the market has found a term that better expresses the scope and intentions behind the use of social technologies ? social business. Social business is the result of making organizations more humane, adaptive, and resilient in order to increase revenue through relevance and reduce costs through crowdsourcing. Communities sit at the heart of these efforts.
Notebook and Netbook Adoption
[ Source: Dell ]
May 2011-
Notebooks have become the standard computing device for most enterprise workers. Download this independently-produced technology adoption report to learn the key factors to consider when planning the purchase of mobile computing platforms.
Solving the Challenge of Lead Management Automation
[ Source: SAS ]
March 2011-
Digital technology has changed everything. For business-to-business (B2B)
marketers, not only have the channels increased, but buyer behavior has changed dramatically.
Buyers now spend a lot more time online researching, engaging with
colleagues and vendors, and evaluating offerings. This all happens, typically, before
any person-to-person sales engagement occurs.
Online is where prospective buyers will indicate that there is a sales opportunity and tell you what their distinct business issues are – ...
CIO Challenges: The Best Defense is a Good Offense
[ Source: Oracle ]
March 2011-
Today, there is a lot of pressure on executives, and, in particular, on CIOs to perform during this time of economic recovery. Survey results show that the best defense from the downed economy is an aggressive offensive of current and future revenue generation. It is also clear, however, that this is a short-term strategy.
Read this white paper to learn how CIOs are building a foundation for a much more agile business that ...
Deployment Design & Implementation
[ Source: Dell & Intel ]
February 2011-
Complement & integrate best of breed Deployment design & process to gain speed and reduce total cost.<br><br>
Dell recommends E family latitude series for all Windows7® installs.