SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) is a business model that allows supplier/manufacturer organizations to access, control, and replenish inventory for their customers. Clear Spider is the industry leader in VMI technology.
Posted: September 1, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Barcodes | Cost Benefit Analysis | CRM | Inventory Management | Outsourcing | Sales | Security | Vendor Selection

WHITE PAPER - This e-guide that takes you through the latest contact center technologies, and how they can help you develop brand differentiation, elevate customer loyalty, and keep costs low – even when everyone is tightening their budgets.
Posted: August 22, 2008 | Published: August 22, 2008


Topics:  Brand Loyalty | Budgeting | Contact Centers | Cost Benefit Analysis | Customer Loyalty | IVR | Web Conferencing Services

WEBCAST - As the ERP industry matures and evolves, customers are targeting change management as a means to improve competitive advantage through business agility, while driving costs and inefficiencies out of compliance and availability management.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Premiered: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Cost Benefit Analysis | Document Management | Downtime | eBusiness | ERP | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides insight into the six key areas essential for becoming a value-driven organization. Discover how to gain the visibility and control essential to meet and exceed customer needs.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Competition | Cost Benefit Analysis | Customer Satisfaction | Market Trends | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Product Management | Project Management | Regulations | Revenue Projections

TRIAL SOFTWARE - C.B.Learning has partnered with Microsoft to offer their official online learning in a managed training environment. Microsoft Online Courses harness unique virtual and local lab technology. Download your trial today.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | Employee Monitoring | Interactive Media Applications Software | Microsoft Certified Professional | Microsoft Certified Trainer | Microsoft Office | Staffing | Training and Educational Services | Training Software

PODCAST - Virtualization is now generally recognized as one of the key enablers of these objectives. As organizations explore virtualization solutions, the challenge is to select the right strategic vendor with the best solution set for their business.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Premiered: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Application Service Providers | Capacity on Demand | Cost Benefit Analysis | Customer Satisfaction | Desktop Management | IT Asset Management | Security | Server Virtualization | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - Read this Expert E-Guide–a series of Expert Tips from Search Networking.com–and discover how to keep your application traffic moving smoothly and efficiently across your network, while introducing new applications seamlessly into the mix.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Bandwidth Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | IT Infrastructure | Network Performance | SAP (Product) | VoIP | WAN

WHITE PAPER - This analysis presented by Symplified, shows the compelling Software as a Service (SaaS) Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) advantages over software, driving identity lifecycle costs down by more than 75% based on real-world data. Read this paper to learn more
Posted: August 19, 2008 | Published: August 19, 2008


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Models | Cost Benefit Analysis | Disaster Recovery | IT Infrastructure | Security | Software | Software as a Service | TCO

WHITE PAPER - While the costs of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance continue to add up, executives must recognize the hidden costs. This paper discusses how SOX's ongoing requirements affect the companies who cannot afford to repeat the compliance efforts.
Posted: August 14, 2008 | Published: August 14, 2008


Topics:  Audit Trails | Auditing (Finance) | Business Processes | Cost Benefit Analysis | Employee Monitoring | ERP | Financial Services | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - Tripwire combines configuration assessment with change auditing to achieve and a known and trusted state, this ensures the integrity of your IT configurations by comparing them against internal policies, compliance standards and security best practices.
Posted: August 13, 2008 | Published: August 13, 2008


Topics:  Configuration Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Financial Services Industry | IT Spending | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard | Risk Management | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Security

WHITE PAPER - The Apptio on demand is a powerful new way to bring Cost Transparency to IT in an automated fashion. Learn how it enables progressive IT organizations to lead this change, usher in a new era of strategic IT management and establish a true partnership.
Posted: August 8, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Centers | Data Management | Desktop Management | Investments | SLA | Software as a Service

CASE STUDY - It is discussed in this case study how Apptio's Software as a Service (SaaS) offering allowed HomeStreet Bank to easily establish a model of how costs were flowing across all of IT. This allowed the bank to easily map out their costs.
Posted: August 8, 2008 | Published: August 8, 2008


Topics:  Banking Industry | Banking Software | Banking Systems | Budgeting | Cost Benefit Analysis | Financial Services | Security | Server Virtualization

WEBCAST - This webcast explores the latest trends in evaluating offshore security processes and policies at large organizations. It also discusses strategies for implementing and/or updating offshore outsourcing.
Posted: August 8, 2008 | Premiered: August 7, 2008


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Business Process Outsourcing | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Security | Offshore Outsourcing | Privacy Rights | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Management | Vulnerability Management

PODCAST - Offshore outsourcing for large companies can be cost-effective if properly planned and managed. Listen to this podcast to learn five best practices for Chief Information Officer's (CIO) to meet and maintain compliance regulations when outsourcing.
Posted: August 8, 2008 | Premiered: August 7, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Process Outsourcing | CIOs | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Security | Offshore Outsourcing | Regulations | Regulatory Compliance | Vulnerability Management

BROCHURE - The Dell/EMC CX4 storage arrays build on the CX reputation of flexibility, ease-of-use, and innovation, and are designed to greatly improve levels of performance and expandability. Learn more about it in this brochure.
Posted: August 8, 2008 | Published: August 8, 2008


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | Enterprise | Fibre Channel | High Availability | SAN | Scalability Testing | Server Virtualization | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management