SmartBiz IT Research Library

VIDEOCAST - Effective management is critical to addressing IT challenges. In this program, leading experts David Williams of Gartner and Roger Pills of CA break down IT's three key challenges to managing IT complexity: aligning IT to the business, managing costs, and IT maturity.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Premiered: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | IT Asset Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Spending | IT Systems

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 - 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 - BMC helped the Dell IT group to consolidate job scheduling and job monitoring within a single dashboard, reduce by 75 percent the number of IT administrators needed for patch management, and accelerate trouble-ticket resolution with automation. Watch the customer video.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Premiered: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Dashboards | Job Scheduling Software | Patch Management | Patch Management Software

VIDEO - As your company grows, you have the opportunity to benefit from economies of scale; but growth can be fraught with challenge. Production disruptions and operational inefficiencies can quickly negate the advantages you hope to achieve. Watch this informative video to learn about SAP solutions for small businesses and midsize companies.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Premiered: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | CIOs | Enterprise Applications Software | Productivity | Reporting Software | SAP (Product) | Small Businesses | SMBs

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

WEBCAST - Oracle WebLogic Suite, a foundational element of Oracle Fusion Middleware, offers the ideal mix of performance, scalability, and operational efficiency to support modern IT requirements driven by ever-changing business needs.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Premiered: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Data Management | Data Management Software | Oracle (Product)

PODCAST - Today, more than ever, organizations must deliver the benefits of cost optimization and business agility. This podcast series explains how that goal can be realized through dynamic Business Processes Management. The series focuses on banking, government, healthcare, insurance, cross-industry and retail.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Premiered: October 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Business Systems | SOA

WEBCAST - Tune into this Web Seminar to hear BPM industry analysts, Dr. Bruce Silver and Amy Lipton share how dynamic BPM powered by the IBM Smart SOA approach can help you react quickly and drive ROI. After the seminar you'll receive a complimentary IBM BPM assessment for a targeted analysis of your current situation.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Premiered: October 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Processes | SOA

WEBCAST - There has never been a more important time to uncover process waste, reduce non-value adding activity, and increase productivity. Accelerate results by aligning Lean Six Sigma, BPM and SOA. Find out more about best practices, the value of measures and monitoring, and how to get started in this webcast.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Premiered: February 18, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Process Reengineering | Business Processes | Six Sigma | SOA

WEBCAST - View this on demand Dynamic Infrastructure Worldwide Virtual Forum for advice from leading experts on today's IT challenges.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Premiered: June 17, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Development | Business Environment | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Services

PODCAST - Join us to learn how to leverage IBM’s software, hardware and services to achieve competitive advantage.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Premiered: October 6, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Selection | Systems Management

VIDEO - Rational Talks to You - Scott Hebner sits down with Redmonk Analyst Michael Cote to discuss latest announcements around the IBM Rational Jazz platform.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Premiered: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | CIOs | Collaboration | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Systems

WEBCAST - IBM has been leading the charge for smarter collaboration solutions for the past 20 years. Learn about the expereince and expertise IBM can bring to your busniess.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Premiered: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Collaboration | Enterprise Systems | Unified Messaging

PODCAST - Learn how your business can work smarter and optimize cost with BPM solutions from IBM.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Premiered: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | CIOs