SmartBiz IT Research Library

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD - Try IBM® Rational® System Architect® V11.3, which enables business managers and IT professionals to plan, model, and execute changes to improve their business strategy and process as well as the IT systems and infrastructure that support them, enabling successful enterprise planning and transformation.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Processes | Enterprise Asset Management Software | Enterprise Resource Management | Enterprise Systems | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Spending | IT Systems

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines performance metrics and focuses on the nature, identification and use of Key Performance Drivers to enhance business success. It illustrates how these KPD metrics can be visualized and logically related to the Key Performance Indicators that measure those outcomes.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Models | Business Processes | Equity Financing | Operational Amplifiers | Performance Testing | Sales | Sales Force Automation | Sales Representatives

WHITE PAPER - This is a follow up to "Desperate Times Call for Strategic Measures" which argued that now is the time to consider an IT transformation project. This article will explore the viability and benefits of upgrading to SAP 6.0.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Process Modeling | Business Processes | ERP | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - In this paper a veteran SAP consultant argues why now is the perfect time implement a Business Process Lifecycle Management (BPLM) enabled ERP system.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Process Modeling | Business Processes | ERP | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Microsoft Office | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - In this paper a 20 year veteran in the chemical manufacturing sector provides Best Practices for BPLM enabled SAP implementations.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Enterprise Content Management | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | ERP Software | SAP (Product)

WEBCAST - IBM Rational ® Requirements Composer helps teams define requirements more effectively and apply 'just enough' management to them across the project lifecycle. Join this webcast to learn more.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Premiered: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Business Systems | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

ASSESSMENT TOOL - Check out these three ROI calculators for estimates on your return on investment using one or more IBM solutions.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Processes | Investments | ROI | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Quality Assurance

WEBCAST - Learn how the new IBM Performance management and measurement solution automatically provides real-time information from across the entire development lifecycle for complete visibility into progress.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Premiered: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Processes | Performance Testing | Real-time Analytics

WEBCAST - Join this webcast to learn how organizations can leverage process and technology analysis and planning; then design, execute and govern effectively and efficiently.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Premiered: November 5, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Business Systems | Enterprise Resource Management | Enterprise Systems

WEBCAST - This webcast shows the potential roles of both general and complex event processing within your SOA initiative, and how these two approaches can be applied in a complementary fashion to meet a variety of business objectives.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Premiered: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Development | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Processes | SOA | SOA Governance

WHITE PAPER - IBM has created a pair of complementary views to bridge the communication gap between the business and the technical perspectives of security to enable convergence in thought and process. The IBM Security Framework addresses the business view, and the IBM Security Blueprint addresses the technical view.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: July 22, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Business Processes | Business Systems | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Payment Card Industry | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Security Management | Security Policies

WHITE PAPER - This paper introduces actions that organizations can take to drive security efforts from a business and operational perspective and discusses how security leadership from IBM can help enable their success.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: March 6, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Business Processes | CRM | Risk Management | Security Management | Security Threats | SOA | Vulnerability Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes how security that is built into a dynamic infrastructure can mitigate risks, enabling agility, secure collaboration, and business transformation. The IBM Security Framework and lifecycle approach can help address changing business requirements.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: June 12, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Processes | Business Systems | Collaboration | IT Infrastructure | Risk Management | Security Infrastructure | Security Management

CASE STUDY - Following a Business Process Outsourcing agreement for the administration of Life and Pension products, HCL Insurance BPO Services, undertook a full analysis of the inherited infrastructure. A risk was identified with the third party mainframe used to host its CAPSIL insurance application.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Outsourcing | Business Processes | COBOL | Data Migration | Insurance Industry | IT Managers | Mainframe Server Hardware

WHITE PAPER - The SAP® Business All-in-One fast-start program enables you to configure a solution online, obtain an estimate of costs, and implement the solution quickly and cost-effectively. It delivers rapid time to value and lets you tailor the solution to meet your changing needs, protecting your long-term investment.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: February 8, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Processes | IT Services | IT Spending | Operational Metrics (Systems) | SAP (Product) | SMBs