SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn how the Network Integrator is responsible for managing subprojects within the context of multivendor agreements with the appropriate third parties and service providers.
Posted: November 17, 2008 | Published: November 17, 2008


Topics:  Billing Systems | Business IT Alignment | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Operating Systems | Operational Support Systems | Research and Development | Supplier Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides guidance on how to develop a good, simple strategy to evaluate and choose the right ERP software package for your company.
Posted: November 14, 2008 | Published: November 14, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Enterprise Systems | ERP | IT Managers | SMBs | Software | Strategic Planning | Vendor Selection

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes the business context out of which grew the need for a service oriented approach, and the Microsoft approach to achieving successful SOA implementations.
Posted: November 7, 2008 | Published: November 6, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Business IT Alignment | Business Processes | Intellectual Property | IT Infrastructure | Productivity | SOA | Web Services

SOFTWARE DEMO - Looking to improve service quality? HP has the most comprehensive ITSM solution in the industry. By aligning services, software, education, and hardware around service management, HP is able to deliver a complete and comprehensive I...
Posted: November 6, 2008 | Published: November 6, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Hardware | IT Service Management | ITIL | QOS | Service Level Management | Software

PODCAST - Discover an IT consolidation platform that effectively runs applications such as Oracle and SAP.
Posted: November 5, 2008 | Premiered: November 5, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Database Security | Encryption Standards | ERP | High Availability | Oracle (Product) | SAP (Product) | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Scalability Testing | SQL | SQL Server | TCO

BOOK - Aberdeen surveyed 206 organizations to examine best practices for managing application performance. These findings serve as a guideline to organizations looking to improve the performance of their business critical applications.
Posted: November 3, 2008 | Published: November 3, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Monitoring | Application Performance Management | Best Practices | Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | CRM | ERP | Testing

VIDEO - View this Videocast to discover what key points your organization needs to consider when selecting a business intelligence (BI) solution.
Posted: October 30, 2008 | Premiered: October 30, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | Enterprise Systems | IT Managers | Performance Testing

WEBCAST - Learn how you can benefit from a solution to simplify the process of integrating business processes no matter what integration technology, industry standards, or communication protocols are being used.
Posted: October 30, 2008 | Premiered: October 30, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | Communications Systems | Emerging Technologies | Financial Management | Infrastructure Management | NetWeaver | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how enterprise process modeling; analysis, architecture and implementation are at the core of business process management and optimization.
Posted: October 21, 2008 | Published: October 21, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | CRM | Enterprise Systems | ERP | SOA

WHITE PAPER - ITIL is emerging as the standard way of managing IT service delivery; the latest Version 3 has extended this, aligning service design, development, and delivery more closely with business goals.
Posted: October 20, 2008 | Published: October 17, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | CMDB | Configuration Management | IT Service Management | ITIL | Network Management | Productivity | Regulatory Compliance

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, you will gain insight into five myths commonly associated with agile development. Explore what agile development is in reality, what it is not, and the true benefits of transitioning to agile methods in your organization.
Posted: October 15, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Productivity | Project Management | Software Best Practices | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Engineering Institute | Software Quality Assurance | Testing

WEBCAST - This web seminar from the experts at Sybase explores how to achieve alignment between business and IT by examining the intersection between business models and data models.
Posted: September 30, 2008 | Premiered: September 30, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Business Models | Business Processes | Data Management | Data Modeling | Model Driven Architecture | OLAP | Professional Services Industries

WHITE PAPER - All technologies start out as unproven, but some quickly make the leap to demonstrating real business value. Virtualization is one of those technologies. This white paper offers simple advice for realizing the promise of virtualization.
Posted: September 29, 2008 | Published: September 29, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Data Center Management | IT Service Management | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | TCO | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn why Ventana Research believes that organizations must act to deploy performance management in order to avoid failure and to deliver the results they expect.
Posted: September 25, 2008 | Published: September 25, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | ERP | ERP Software | Operational Support Systems | SOA

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how enterprise planning must be built on the ability to operate across an organization, to collaborate across business lines and to access large volumes of enterprise data.
Posted: September 25, 2008 | Published: September 25, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Systems | CRM | Data Warehouses | ERP | SAP (Product)