SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - This white paper recognizes three principal solution areas in the capital project delivery lifecycle: project design, project execution, and organizational governance. In particular, it addresses the area of project execution and the means available today to drive successful project delivery on a consistent basis.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: January 1, 2009


Topics:  Architectural Services Industry | Business Process Automation | Collaboration | Construction Industry | Engineering Services Industry | Oracle (Product) | Program Management | Project Management | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Oracle's Primavera enterprise project portfolio management solutions help organizations effectively and efficiently invest their funds for the good of the public.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Collaboration | Program Management | Project Management | Project Management Software | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software

CASE STUDY - Read this case study to see how Intel reduced software rework and mitigated business risk by using Black Duck™ Protex to validate that open source, 3rd party and internal software usage strictly adhered to Intel's software licensing policies.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Open Source | Programming Languages | Project Management | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing | Software Testing | Source Code Control

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Register Now to take advantage of this complimentary collection of resources to discover how IBM Rational Software may cut your maintenance cost and give you the flexibility to transform your business with assets you already have without spending a fortune.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Systems | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management

EZINE - Is your present mix of short and long-term projects putting you on a path to success? Read CIO Decisions Ezine on The Portfolio Approach and gain insight into successful PPM and IT project governance strategies. Access this CIO Decisions Ezine and subscribe instantly.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: September 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Health Care Industry | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management

WHITE PAPER - With recent AS/400 announcements, companies operating on the AS/400 today have a decision to make—rehost, rewrite, or replace. The key thing to remember when migrating your AS/400 application infrastructure is that it is all about delivering the intended business outcome— generating new services to win new customers.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Published: July 16, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Management | Platform as a service | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | Software Configuration Management | Software Migration

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper for a detail comparison of AS/400 WebSphere and HP/Oracle/INFINITE. Points of contrast include initial cost, ease of upgrade, return on investment, duration and intensity of training, and total cost of investment.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Published: September 28, 2009


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Oracle (Product) | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | ROI | TCO | WebSphere

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This is a transcript of a presentation by Brian Turner, Chief Service Delivery Officer at Point consulting firm. He discusses how to keep governance relevant and effective in today’s tough times, what factors drive effective governance structures and what strategies make those governance structures in your organization more effective.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Published: September 15, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | IT Governance | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management | Software Project Management | Strategic Planning

TRIAL SOFTWARE - IT needs tools that help their database and application developers produce high quality SQL code faster. To meet the demands of the business they need to accelerate application devlopment cycles and improve team collaboration and resource sharing.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Collaboration | Database Administration | Database Management | Debugging | Object Management Group | Project Management | Scripting | SQL | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - This paper will take a look at some of the problems that project data and process architects face in working with other IT roles as well as seven easy and inexpensive steps they can take to ensure a collaborative team environment.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Processes | Collaboration | Collaborative Master Data Management | Data Management | Database Administration | Database Administrators | Databases | DB2 | IT Management | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management | Regulatory Compliance

WEBCAST - This webcast explains the business value of unified communications to improve productivity by streamlining processes. Discover how to get started and which considerations to keep in mind when implementing this technique. Gain an understanding of various use cases of this approach and determine which applications best fit your needs.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Premiered: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Communications | Business Processes | Collaboration | Communications Hardware | Communications Networks | Communications Systems | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Project Management

ANALYST REPORT - Leaders of business intelligence and performance management (BIPM) initiatives often have a charter that spans the enterprise. Success requires these pervasive initiatives to use enterprise information management. Read this Gartner paper on how to link the two initiatives for a greater chance of project success.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Processes | Enterprise | Information Management | Metrics | Project Management | Reporting Software

PODCAST - Listen to this podcast to learn how CIOs drive value and innovation through project portfolio management and IT governance. Innotas' founder, Demian Entrekin, interviews Mykolas Rambus, CIO at Forbes.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Premiered: September 4, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Compliance (Finance) | Compliance (Systems Operations) | IT Governance | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

PODCAST - Listen to this podcast to learn why the City of Memphis implemented Innotas IT governance solutions and how they were able to improve project response times and achieve significant cost savings.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Premiered: September 4, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | IT Governance | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | SaaS ERP | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - The basic principles for managing an archiving project presented in this paper can help you initiate and plan an archiving strategy that meets your organization’s requirements.
Posted: September 4, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Data Center Management | Data Management | Enterprise | Enterprise Content Management | Project Management