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RSS idcExecutive Insight: Hinge Technologies for the Dynamic Enterprise
White Paper The next generation of IT - what IDC calls "dynamic IT" - is about creating a high performance IT capability that can support the rapid pace of the business change. This paper looks at the key building blocks, the "hinge" technologies, for evolving... [03 Jul 2008]
HP's Strategy in the Midrange: Reducing Total Cost of Ownership
White Paper Finally, it provides IDC analysis on opportunities and challenges facing computer systems vendors in helping customers manage costs. This white paper considers total cost of ownership (TCO) for IT infrastructure, along such dimensions as... [03 Jul 2008]
Extending Business Systems With InLine Analytics
White Paper Join IDC, SympohnyRPM and Alphablox for an insightful Web seminar where industry experts discuss the growing market opportunities in analytic applications, and how ISVs and VARs can maximize these opportunities immediately. [03 Jul 2008]
At the Speed of Business: 5 A's of the Corporate Learning Chain
White Paper IDC estimates that fruitless information searches cost the Fortune 500 as much as $85 billion per year in lost productivity. Business professionals are constantly learning, yet corporate resources often fail to help those professionals winnow the... [03 Jul 2008]
Delivering the Business Value of Automating Business Processes to Small and Medium Enterprise
White Paper This paper provides the information on IDC? s study conducted by interviewing companies regarding their business processes prior to and after the implementation of SAP Business One. These companies were identified by SAP. [03 Jul 2008]
Itanium® 2-based Servers: Platforms for Flexible IT Deployment IDC analyst report
White Paper IT managers know that the demand for computing resources may vary based on time of day or seasonality. That is precisely why IT managers need the flexibility to "dial up" and "dial down" computing resources to meet changing user requirements as... [03 Jul 2008]
Consolidating and Optimizing the Distributed Enterprise
White Paper In this white paper, IDC reviews the factors driving the move to large-scale distributed systems and the increased management challenge these systems bring. The paper then looks at some keys to meeting this management challenge, including tools and... [03 Jul 2008]
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 - Getting Ready for an Assault on the Datacenter
White Paper Although introduced at a particularly difficult time economically, IDC expects it to help grow server sales. In this white paper, IDC describes the current state of datacenters and the concerns of IT directors and chief information officers. [03 Jul 2008]
HP IT Consolidation Services - Do More With Less
White Paper These are the reasons IDC rated HP the number one server and storage consolidation program in June 2002. This document is for the enterprises that are serious about employing IT consolidation strategies partner with HP to help lower IT costs and... [03 Jul 2008]
Sun Microsystems Messaging IDC Reference Architecture
White Paper This paper provides a review of Sun Microsystems Messaging IDC Reference Architecture, providing a real-world testing environment for Sun customers and partners in which to prototype their solutions, as well as to stress test the performance of... [03 Jul 2008]
AIS and SurfControl Win the Battle Against Spam
White Paper As the largest mobile telephone network operator in Thailand, Advanced Information Service (AIS) has more than 13 million customers. To provide subscription, billing and technical help, AIS relies on sophisticated computerized systems to support... [03 Jul 2008]
What You Can and Should Do About the Rising Cost of Spam
White Paper The analysis presented in this IDC white paper reflects research conducted in an IDC multiclient study. IDC designed, conducted, and analyzed the research to develop the conclusions on the true cost of spam and the business value of anti-spam... [03 Jul 2008]
Determining the Return on Investment for Automated IP Address Management
White Paper IP name and address services are critical to ensuring service availability and performance. Without an IP address or the application host name, users cannot communicate or access needed services and applications. [03 Jul 2008]
Brenntag: An IBM Solution Produces Good Chemistry with Customers
White Paper Brenntag’s high-level goals were to: increase the ease and frequency of data sharing within the company, establish the foundation for its current and future B2B e-commerce initiatives and improve its disaster avoidance readiness. [03 Jul 2008]
Worldwide Web Services Competitive Analysis, 2003: Accenture Profile (Excerpt from IDC# 28845)
White Paper An IDC report on 14 leading IT services companies positions Accenture as one of the key leaders in the hot Web services market. IDC is the world's leading provider of technology intelligence, industry analysis, market data, and strategic and... [03 Jul 2008]
