Seven Tips for Optimizing IT Costs
[ Source: Digital Fuel Technologies ]
May 2010-
Optimizing IT costs requires the ability to analyze IT service cost, utilization, alternatives, and business priorities together with flexible analysis and the ability to quickly explore what-if scenarios. This gives you the power to make intelligent decisions about investing in IT services that provide the greatest business value. Learn how to apply IT cost optimization to your hardware and software initiatives and service levels, through IT cost management.
Cummins saved $30 Million with IT Cost Management ~ case study video
[ Source: Digital Fuel Technologies ]
May 2010-
View the Cummins case study video to learn how they saved $30 million by implementing IT Financial Management best practices. Learn how they were able to:
• Control IT Spend and Usage
• Reduce inefficiencies
• Reduce waste
• Drive accurate IT cost allocations
Breakthrough Event & Fault Management for the New IT
[ Source: Rivermuse ]
October 2009-
The last twenty years have seen the complexity of enterprise and telecoms service delivery infrastructures grow beyond the economic viability of systems put in place to enable service management personnel to keep order. Infrastructure change and complexity are too great to manually maintain business logic.
RiverMuse ushers in a new era of groundbreaking innovation in event management in order to cost effectively support the rapid adoption of a dynamic service delivery infrastructure by ...
MavenWire Case Study
[ Source: Atlantic Global PLC ]
July 2009-
Read how MavenWire, a provider of independent Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) services, implemented Atlantic Global OnDemand to automate the capture of time and expenditure for its international consultancy operation, which is in a number of countries across the EMEA and North America regions.
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.
Automation As A Component Of IT Risk Management
[ Source: UC4 Software ]
December 2008-
As enterprise software is increasingly used to automate complex business processes, IT is becoming an increasingly important factor for enterprisewide risk management. Unfortunately, as process chains become more and more complex and cross multiple business silos, it is often unclear how various processes link together—until a business function breaks down. If that happens, it is clearly a risk for the company. One method for companies to mitigate risk is to implement an automation solution ...
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 ...
Sustainable Government: Five Ways ECM Can Help You To Be Lean, Clean, And Green
[ Source: Optical Image Technology - DocFinity ]
April 2009-
Government has a tremendous responsibility to lead by example. Nowhere is this truer than in its efforts to lead the way with sustainable business. This article shows how government agencies can operate their agencies in efficiently, be environmentally proactive, save money, and improve constituent services by managing documents and work digitally with ECM.
Ensuring Web Service Quality for Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA's)
[ Source: Oracle ]
March 2009-
Web services hold the promise of integrating software applications from heterogeneous networks and exchanging information in a simple, standardized manner.
Current trends show that the vast majority of companies are moving to services-oriented architectures (SOAs) and deploying Web services within and across their IT infrastructure. However, the success of those deployments is determined not only by the integrations and innovations that Web services make possible, but also by how Web services affect the ...