Key trends driving global business resilience and risk - Findings from the 2011 IBM Global Business Resilience and Risk Study
[ Source: IBM ]
November 2011-
Integration, cloud, security and company-wide participation are among key elements of successful business resilience and risk management strategies that deliver business value and competitive advantage - as detailed in the new 2011 IBM Global Business Resilience and Risk Study research report.
Business Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices of Material Master Data Management
[ Source: Zynapse ]
January 2010-
Wondering why most organizations are challenged in driving continuing positive ROI from their system consolidation exercise? This paper focuses on what Meta group analysts Barry Wilderman and Bruce Hudson have to say about the impact of Material Master Consolidation in a system consolidation exercise.
Harnessing Your Tribal Knowledge
[ Source: Altus ]
November 2009-
Corporations are modern tribes, with their own members, culture, and knowledge. Capturing, saving, and sharing the collective knowledge of the tribe can lead to a more informed and productive organization over the long haul.
Most senior corporate leaders would readily agree that the wealth of their organization lies with the knowledge that is locked in the minds and desktops of their employees. The ability to capture and share that knowledge to maintain success and growth ...
Realizing Business Value through Collaborative Document Development
[ Source: Value Prism Consulting ]
October 2009-
Collaborative Document Development is a business process that is common to organizations across all industries and all functional areas. In every business, information is communicated through reports and presentations - documents which are used in decision making at every level within an organization.
Collaborative Document Development describes how process stakeholders collaborate, create content, review content, revise content, publish final drafts, and archive important business documents. This paper describes how groups from a variety ...
Aligning BPM, SOA, and Lean Six Sigma for Real Business Results
[ Source: IBM ]
August 2009-
Lean Six Sigma (LSS) produces real results in difficult economic times by uncovering process waste, reducing non-value adding activity, and increasing productivity. The benefits are even felt in IT. According to the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, “companies can reduce application development and maintenance costs by up to 40%.” That application development productivity can be improved “by up to 50%” by applying LSS techniques, freeing budget for needed investments.
Business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architectures (...
Thinking Outside the Cell: 6 Questions to Ask Yourself About Spreadsheet Security
[ Source: Atlantic Global PLC ]
July 2009-
The overuse and abuse of spreadsheets presents a real danger to the security and competitiveness of your organisation. This paper aims to further the debate over the viability of spreadsheets versus commercial business systems by posing 6 questions you should ask yourself if you use spreadsheets to manage your finances, expenses, projects, contracts or resources. It explores the dangers of using spreadsheets and letting them get out of control.
In this paper are examples of the ...
New Enterprise Integration System At Abqaiq Plants
[ Source: Integration Objects ]
July 2009-
This case study examines the system integration solution provided by Integration Objects for Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq Plants. Saudi Aramco was having difficulties with a complex IT architecture that was cumbersome and a challenge to maintain. A solution from Integration Objects was able to provide a more simple IT architecture that was also more secure and ultimately helped Saudi Aramco optimize its operations.
Are You Giving Metadata Management The Right Attention?
[ Source: Tallan ]
June 2009-
Metadata Management is a critical but often ignored component in a successful data warehouse implementation. It is a path to establishing common understanding between the business and IT, but not often well understood by either side of the organization. Costs attributable to poor metadata management are often hidden in project development inefficiencies, mistakes made from incorrect assumptions about data, and analysis hours spent doing redundant research. The following illustrative study illustrates how recognizing metadata management ...
Open Architectures To Improve Plant Visibility And Performances
[ Source: Integration Objects ]
February 2009-
Manufacturing companies have invested large amounts of money in industrial automation infrastructures, but many have yet to realize the full value from their investment as many of these infrastructures remain islands of automation; information silos disconnected from other systems, including business systems. This paper will discuss some of the options available for integrating automation islands and for distributing information at any level in the organization. In particular, two main players in the system integration arena ...
Improve Your Vision and Expand Your Mind with Visual Analytics
[ Source: Tableau Software ]
April 2009-
Learn why data visualization is important to overcome the limits of short term memory, and how it can result in finding what’s meaningful in your data and then making sense of it.
You will learn how visual analysis can allow you to:
• Identify what’s meaningful in the data in ways that your eyes can see and brain can understand
• Keep focused on what’s important and not ...