SmartBiz IT Research Library

EBOOK - As IT shops continue to look for ways to cut costs, increase efficiency and improve service, many turn to IT Service Management frameworks for guidance. Learn how to adopt or advance your use of ITSM practices to streamline IT and build an efficient, service-oriented organization.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 20, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | IT Service Management | ITIL | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management

WEBCAST - Quebec organizations, compared to others in Canada, display much higher satisfaction with their IT effectiveness. They continually place a high priority on IT process improvement and the establishment of procedures for management and oversight of IT operations.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Premieres: December 16, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | IT Services | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Software Development Tools | Strategic Planning

WEBCAST - Join us for a discussion with Tommy Thompson, IT Security and Compliance Coordinator at Williams Company and Bob Shapiro, Principal Business Analyst at OpenPages, in which we will uncover strategies for implementing a more effective IT risk and compliance management program.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Premieres: December 9, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Compliance Software | Internal Controls | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WEBCAST - Join this webcast to learn how Enterprise Architecture integrated with Portfolio Management is empowered to integrate your strategic goals into your organization's capital planning, business planning and technology architecture activities. In this way, your strategic planning outputs become actionable.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Premiered: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Systems | Enterprise Architectures | Enterprise Resource Management | IT Management | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Portfolio Management (IT Management)

WEBCAST - In this webcast, learn about an IT service catalog that will help you achieve virtualization benefits like cost savings and IT agility. Discover a new operating model that enables effective virtualization and cloud computing management. Learn how IT can become more cloud-like and explore how to pave the way for an internal cloud.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Premiered: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Infrastructure Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Management Services | IT Service Management | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | ROI | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Project portfolio management solutions, such as Oracle's Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management, help oil and gas executives successfully manage their daily and routine maintenance projects, by enabling them to more effectively manage resources, capture best practices and complete projects on-time and within budget.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Oracle (Product) | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

WHITE PAPER - Project portfolio management solutions, such as those from Oracle, enable project leaders to successfully manage risk, even in this volatile climate. They also enable companies to identify the best strategies for pursuing existing projects and to identify the most-promising future projects for investment.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Economic Environment | Oracle (Product) | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

EZINE - Is your present mix of short and long-term projects putting you on a path to success? Read CIO Decisions Ezine on The Portfolio Approach and gain insight into successful PPM and IT project governance strategies. Access this CIO Decisions Ezine and subscribe instantly.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: September 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Health Care Industry | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management

PODCAST - Listen to this podcast to learn how CIOs drive value and innovation through project portfolio management and IT governance. Innotas' founder, Demian Entrekin, interviews Mykolas Rambus, CIO at Forbes.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Premiered: September 4, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Compliance (Finance) | Compliance (Systems Operations) | IT Governance | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

PODCAST - Listen to this podcast to learn why the City of Memphis implemented Innotas IT governance solutions and how they were able to improve project response times and achieve significant cost savings.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Premiered: September 4, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | IT Governance | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | SaaS ERP | Software as a Service

PODCAST - Listen to this podcast to learn how an IT organization serving four credit unions adopted Innotas project management solutions to identify the difference between requested project portfolio and actual company resources, and how Innotas solutions helped them make drastic process improvements and reset expectations.
Posted: September 4, 2009 | Premiered: September 4, 2009


Topics:  IT Governance | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | SLA | Workflow Software | Workload Automation

CASE STUDY - To be successful, your organization needs the ability to see what happened, what’s happening now and what is going to happen. In this paper, learn how leading companies taking the ambiguity out of managing their organizations and are now leading their businesses into the next business boom.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | IT Governance | IT Management | IT Management Services | IT Managers | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will answer the question of whether or not these standards are necessary in project management by exploring what can happen in the absence of these regulations.
Posted: August 28, 2009 | Published: August 27, 2009


Topics:  IT Management | Manufacturing | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management | Regulatory Compliance

WHITE PAPER - This guide is intended to help advisors who are considering going independent or who have already struck out on their own to better understand and navigate their technology options.
Posted: August 13, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Compliance (Finance) | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Financial Reporting | Financial Services Industry | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Reporting Software | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - The product portfolio decisions you make today will determine whether your company is relevant tomorrow. To increase the chances of marketing a successful product, organizations must deliver products and services to the consumers they value the most, and they must provide those deliverables when their consumers want them. Read on to learn more.
Posted: July 24, 2009 | Published: June 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Processes | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Product Development | Product Life Cycles | Product Management | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management