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Enabling Growth for Midsize Companies sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Gain insight into strategies to grow your business and learn what role IT plays in enabling your goals. Posted: 17 Sep 2008 \| Published: 17 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Application Portfolio Management \| Business Intelligence \| Enterprise \| Mergers and Acquisitions \| Productivity \| SMBs

Data Center Transformation sponsored by Raritan Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper presented a disciplined approach to BOCA projects consisting of five phases: assess, plan, build, stabilize, and optimize. Posted: 18 Jan 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Mergers and Acquisitions \| Network Design \| Network Management \| Systems Integration

Becoming a Social Business: The IBM Story sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, IDC explores example case studies of IBM’s internal evolution to a social business as a means to guide other large organisations considering making a similar transition. Posted: 23 Jun 2011 \| Published: 22 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Application Development \| Business Architectures \| Business Environment \| Business Integration \| Business Management \| Business Systems \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Management

Building an ESB without Limits sponsored by IBM Software Group WHITE PAPER: This white paper dives deeper into the area, to answer why you need one in an SOA, and what the ESB will do for you. Posted: 05 Dec 2007 \| Published: 01 May 2007 TOPICS: Business Environment \| ESB \| IBM WebSphere \| IT Infrastructure \| SOA

Using enterprise architecture to develop a blueprint for improving your energy efficiency and reducing your carbon footprint sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper is about enterprise architecture as it pertains to finding and maximizing the business value in greener operations. Higher energy efficiency and a smaller carbon footprint are obvious areas of interest for any business, but how do you balance these goals with productivity, customer service, and all your other business concerns? Posted: 09 Apr 2009 \| Published: 31 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Business Environment \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Performance Management Software \| Data Center Management \| Economic Environment \| Enterprise Architectures \| Enterprise Computing \| Enterprise Systems \| Environmental Compliance \| Political Environment

Evolution Vs. Revolution: Driving B2B Efficiencies Forward with People, Processes and Technology Tools sponsored by SEEBURGER WHITE PAPER: B2B integration technology, offers powerful and complementary tools and services for seamless business integration and meeting the challenges of global collaboration. Posted: 27 Oct 2008 \| Published: 27 Oct 2008 TOPICS: B2B \| Best Practices \| Business Environment \| Business Processes \| ERP \| IT Infrastructure

Infographic: Bridging the Gap Between Business and IT sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This infographic illustrates the necessity of integration between business and IT, as well as the fundamental disagreements that exist between the two groups. Posted: 04 Sep 2014 \| Published: 04 Sep 2014 TOPICS: B2B \| B2B Integration \| Business Integration \| Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Structures \| Collaboration \| Enterprise \| IT Departments \| IT Industry \| IT Management \| IT Managers

Building a Robust Business Case for High Quality Master Data sponsored by Melissa WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the key elements for building a proper, quantified business case. It presents the measures that are favored by corporate finance departments, and helps develop a strong business case for data quality and MDM projects. A number of real-life examples with quantifiable benefits are also included. Posted: 19 Apr 2010 \| Published: 01 Feb 2010 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Business Development \| Business Environment \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Quality \| ERP \| IT Spending \| Master Data Management \| ROI \| SOA

Journal of Management Excellence - Enterprise Performance Management Innovations sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This collection of journal articles focuses on the many facets of enterprise performance management that can help organizations thrive through the recovery, including; integrating the financial close and reporting process, managing the transition to IFRS, centralized enterprise dimension management. Posted: 01 Oct 2010 \| Published: 01 Apr 2010 TOPICS: Business Performance Management \| Business Structures \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| CRM \| Data Management \| Enterprise \| ERP \| Metadata

Lower business risk and increase IT productivity with a managed file transfer solution for SOA sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This IBM white paper provides an introduction to the managed file transfer topic and IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition. WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition is designed to address the needs of organizations that rely on the transfer of files as well as organizations that want more control, manageability and auditability. Posted: 30 Sep 2010 \| Published: 30 Sep 2010 TOPICS: Business Architectures \| Business Environment \| Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Service Management \| File Transfer Protocols \| SOA Governance