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.
Vendor Demonstration Guidelines And Best Practices For Clients
[ Source: Infosys Technologies Ltd ]
April 2010-
In a vendor evaluation project, clients or buyers typically invite the short-listed vendors to demonstrate their product or solution through an in-person presentation. This is referred as “vendor demonstration” in this article. Vendor demonstration is an important step in vendor selection process. The purpose of this article is to share guidelines and best practices for the vendor demonstration process from client’s or buyer’s perspective.
IBM Rational To MyEclipse Blue Edition Migration
[ Source: Genuitec, LLC ]
September 2009-
The goal of this white paper is to explore and resolve common concerns and issues surrounding a migration of your development environment from IBM’s Rational Application Developer (RAD) to MyEclipse Blue Edition from Genuitec. Why might a company choose to migrate their development tools? If the migration is decided upon, how would this be done easily and effectively? This paper will answer these common types of questions, as well as explore any intangibles that ...
Insights: Looking Outside Your Industry for Innovation
[ Source: Satyam Computer Services Ltd. ]
March 2008-
Executives at most companies recognize that today's need for innovation is greater than ever, and tomorrow's will be higher still. Customers are better informed, more demanding, and more likely to take advantage of increased market transparency. They see alternatives everywhere; if another company provides a better solution or product, they will know it, and switch to it quickly.
Unfortunately, innovation does not happen on its own. Some of the world's most powerful and ...
A New Way of Working Smarter - Insights from Global Leaders
[ Source: IBM ]
April 2010-
It pays to work smarter not harder. According to a recent study by the IBM Institute for Business Value, organizations that are significantly outperforming their industry peers also happen to be making more headway on newer approaches to work.
They’re using dynamic, collaborative and connected ways of working to get things done effectively within a constantly changing environment. But most organizations are not yet meeting their ambitions in these areas.
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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 ...
Don't Get Stumped By Off-The-Wall Job Interview Questions
[ Source: Quintessential Careers ]
January 2008-
Welcome to the world of the off-the-wall interview question - weird, wacky, gimmicky, and off-beat ""Wild card"" questions that seem to have nothing to do with ability to handle a job. If they’re irrelevant to job performance, why do employers ask them? They want to see how well one can think on their feet. They may want to test creativity or sense of humor. In creating stress by asking a weird question, the interviewer ...
Beyond the Crossroads: How Business-Savvy CIOs Enable Top-Performing Enterprises and How Top-Performing Enterprises Leverage Business-Savvy CIOs
[ Source: IBM ]
January 2010-
According to industry leaders and pundits in 2006, the role of the CIO was at a crossroads. Read the white paper to see how CIOs are beginning to seize this opportunity to play increasingly impactful strategic roles within their enterprise, and how IBM research can provide CIOs with the skills necessary to become a Business-Savvy CIO.
10 Sticky Job Interview Situations And How To Handle Them
[ Source: Quintessential Careers ]
January 2008-
Job interviewing can be an unnerving experience, but if one know how to handle some of the stickiest situations encountered in interviewing, they can be that much more confident. Job-seekers need to think of each interview question as an opportunity to showcase an accomplishment or strength. Every response should build momentum toward convincing the interviewer that deserve to advance to the next level, whether that level is another round of interviews or a job offer. ...
The Job Interview As Sales Call: Three Essential Interview Skills
[ Source: Quintessential Careers ]
January 2008-
With competition for good jobs at an all-time high, candidates who conduct their job search as a sales campaign consistently win out over those who don’t. When job-seekers practice the skills of sales experts, they learn to apply the strategies of a sales presentation to their job interviews. To get to the top of the candidate list, one will need three essential sales skills explained in this paper published by Quintessential Careers: pre-interview preparation; ...