SmartBiz IT Research Library

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Celebrating Midmarket IT Success.
Posted: October 9, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2007


Topics:  CIOs | Leadership | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the impact agile development methodologies are having on the Business Analysts community, what new skills are required, and what BAs can do to ease the transition.
Posted: October 2, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Collaboration | Leadership | Project Management | Software | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies

PODCAST - Our IT careers expert will discuss four qualities midmarket CIOs should have to become better leaders in both their IT organization and the executive suite.
Posted: September 29, 2008 | Premiered: September 29, 2008


Topics:  Adaptive Enterprise | Business Processes | CIOs | Information Management | Leadership | Management Change | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - CFOs are moving move beyond administrative and transactional tasks, becoming catalysts to improve business performance. This whitepaper discusses important questions that need to be answered to provide the decision support that finance needs.
Posted: September 18, 2008 | Published: September 18, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Management | CFOs | Collaboration | Data Management | Leadership | Metrics | Operating Systems | Operational Support Systems | Product Development

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides a guide for choosing an appropriate storage architecture for Dell Database Solutions deployed on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault and Dell/EMC storage.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Leadership | RAID | Software | SQL Server | Testing | Windows

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes about the convergence of two significant trends that we are seeing across our client base, and also the four specific drivers that are causing people to think about transforming their data centers.
Posted: July 21, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  BASIC | Business Intelligence | Data Centers | Environmental Compliance | Environmental Industry | Environmental Law | Leadership | Risk Assessment | SOA

WHITE PAPER - Today, most applications can efficiently run inside virtual machines (VMs), and application vendors have a responsibility to develop licensing and support policies offering virtualization compatibility without the expense of added management to...
Posted: July 18, 2008 | Published: January 22, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Downtime | Leadership | Licensing | Middleware | Server Virtualization | TCO | Vendors | VMware

WHITE PAPER - While many enterprise architecture (EA) programs may be less than effective or threatened by extinction, the EA discipline is still an important set of skills and processes that improve IT decision-making and CIO effectiveness.
Posted: July 18, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | Enterprise | Enterprise Architectures | IT Governance | Leadership

WEBCAST - Join us as we examine ways to improve efficiency through outsourcing or out-tasking, plus, special guests discuss how and why to go multinational the day you open your doors.
Posted: February 22, 2008 | Premiered: February 21, 2008


Topics:  IT Management Services | Leadership | Medium-Sized Businesses | Outsourcing | Training

WHITE PAPER - Download the eGuide "Roadmap to Success: Driving Bottom-Line Results with People Performance" and learn from the insights of today's leading HR experts.
Posted: February 8, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Best Practices | Human Resources Management | IT Workforce | Leadership

WHITE PAPER - Small and mid-sized businesses: Discover how to make your company's employee review process easier-and more effective-with the free eGuide, "The Secret to Effective, No-Hassle Performance Reviews."
Posted: February 8, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Best Practices | Compensation | IT Workforce | Leadership | Management Training | Staffing | Workforce Planning

WHITE PAPER - To learn more, download the complimentary eGuide "9 Critical Reasons to Automate Performance Management" today.
Posted: February 8, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Best Practices | Human Resources Management | Leadership | Productivity

WHITE PAPER - Small and mid-sized businesses: Learn you can tap into - and manage - the full potential of every employee. Read the free small business eGuide, "Changing the Game: 4 Ways to Unlock Your Employees' Performance Potential."
Posted: February 8, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Best Practices | Compensation | Leadership | Management Training | Productivity | Staffing | Workforce Planning

WHITE PAPER - Following a greener path has become much more than an altruistic endeavor, organizations are focusing on developing green data centers in order to reduce the exorbitant power and cooling costs as well as improve operational efficiency.
Posted: February 8, 2008 | Published: February 5, 2008


Topics:  Benchmarks | Blade Servers | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Leadership | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Power Generation Equipment | Productivity | Server Consolidation | Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to discover the top 10 reasons why customers choose SAP for their business transformation.
Posted: February 1, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2006


Topics:  Customer Loyalty | Customer Satisfaction | Customers | Enterprise Applications | Leadership