SmartBiz IT Research Library

VIDEOCAST - In this videocast Tim Curran briefly explains the State of IT Distribution today. He also touches on the future of IT Distribution and how coming trends and techniques might effect your company.
Posted: September 24, 2008 | Premiered: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Hardware | IT Industry | IT Management Services | IT Service Management | Software and Information Industry Association

WEBCAST - James Champy will discuss the research and findings from his new book, "OUTSMART!, How To Do What Your Competitors Can't."
Posted: September 18, 2008 | Premiered: September 22, 2008


Topics:  Business Models | Information Management | Information Technology Association of America | Information Technology Professionals | IT Industry | IT Infrastructure

JOURNAL ARTICLE - The IT industry can be like an accordion, playing v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y. After eight or 10 years of gradual expansion, there's a period of consolidation that seems to take nearly as long.
Posted: September 3, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  IT Industry

WHITE PAPER - The movement to a Software as a Service (SaaS) model is placing pressure on software vendors. This paper examines the trends which are transforming the software industry and independent Software Vendors to leverage on-demand financial applications.
Posted: July 28, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | IT Industry | OEMs | Software as a Service | Software Selection

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper describes the business motivations for using storage virtualization and the benefits it can deliver. Basic storage virtualization approaches are described and their benefits and limitations are compared.
Posted: July 1, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Data Migration | IT Industry | Network Management | Productivity | SAN | Storage Management | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the implications of the emerging economic slowdown for IT and telecom managers and lays out strategies for proactively managing through the downturn.
Posted: July 1, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Budgeting | IP Telephony | IT Industry | IT Service Management | Management Service Providers | Operational Support Systems | ROI | Staffing | Telecommunications Industry

WHITE PAPER - This glossary is a guide to the most commonly used and confused IT terms, designed to help managers better communicate with (and understand) their IT staff.
Posted: March 14, 2007 | Published: March 1, 2007


Topics:  IT Best Practices | IT Industry | IT Management