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Seeing the Big Picture: A Corporate Guide to Better Decisions through IT

whitepaper Executives at small and midsize companies make critical business decisions every day based on the information available to them. This is particularly worrisome given the lack of confidence in data available to decision makers: a 2007 report...

Tags: knowledge and data management

[07 May 2008]

The Naked CIO: Animal farm

Comment I sometimes wonder if there is any place for it in a modern organisation that prides itself on competition between executives and relies on Darwinism - the survival of the fittest - for long-term success.

Tags: development, software, evaluation, projects

[25 Mar 2008]

Get mobile addicts out of the BlackBerry jam

Comment As the mobile industry started its grand annual event, Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona last week a breakdown in the BlackBerry email service meant many thumb-weary executives had an enforced break from their mobile email habit.

Tags: blackberry, pdas, email, mobile

[21 Feb 2008]

Best Practices for Resource Management

whitepaper With HP Project and Portfolio Management Center, executives, managers and IT staff gain real-time visibility into the work being asked of IT and related priority levels, helping managers make better decisions and plan for unexpected change.

Tags: resources mgmt., demand, managers, decisions

[14 Nov 2007]

Dell explains "inappropriate accounting"

News Carty said executives knew and even encouraged it but he won't say exactly who those executives were, and is so far refusing to single anyone out for responsibility. They seem to have done that with the knowledge of, or sometimes at the request of...

Tags: finances, accounting, profits, dell

[17 Aug 2007]

CIOs: Reduce Costs By Scoring Applications

whitepaper As long as IT spends the majority of the IT budget for "lights on" operational and maintenance activities against existing applications, CIOs will be criticized by business executives for their inability to respond fast enough to new business needs.

Tags: infrastructure management, maintenance, mechanism, budget

[26 Jun 2007]

Improved Office Business Application Empowers Better, Faster Business Decisions

whitepaper Senior executives and financial analysts required more flexible data visualization and dynamic state of business notifications to improve real-time decision making. The Rhythm of the Business application provides a worldwide corporate...

Tags: business management, microsoft office, excel, analysts

[22 May 2007]

Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Enhancing Productivity in Your Organization With Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (Level 100)

whitepaper It also provides managers and executives with immediate access to a rich arsenal of business intelligence and analytical tools that can help them make better, faster decisions. Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 gives the staff a familiar, comfortable...

Tags: dynamics, business intelligence, decisions, intelligence

[01 Feb 2007]

Microsoft Dynamics: Enhancing Productivity in Your Organization With Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (Level 100)

whitepaper It also provides managers and executives with immediate access to a rich arsenal of business intelligence and analytical tools that can help them make better, faster decisions. Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 gives the staff a familiar, comfortable...

Tags: dynamics, business intelligence, intelligence, microsoft dynamics gp

[01 Feb 2007]

Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 Solutions for Manufacturing and Distribution (Level 100)

whitepaper For managers and executives, Dynamics GP offers fast access to a rich arsenal of business intelligence and analytical tools so they can make better, faster decisions. Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 provides a familiar, comfortable software environment...

Tags: dynamics gp, enhancements, executives, flexibility

[01 Feb 2007]

Momentum Webcast: The Importance of Software Asset Management During Mergers and Acquisitions (Level 100)

whitepaper A practice known as Software Asset Management (SAM) is important for IT executives to understand and implement during this critical time, because mergers can fail when two organizations do not fully understand the technology used by the other party.

Tags: software asset management, decisions, facilitate, asset

[01 Feb 2007]

CIOs must not fear M&A deals

News There is lots of data to analyse there, so the CIO has the opportunity there to help the executives make decisions quickly and decisively. Garter also said CIOs put themselves in a better position to take on the CIO role of the new organisation by...

Tags: m&a, gartner

[25 Oct 2006]

Getting More Value From Performance Measurement Systems: A Call to Action

whitepaper If executives and line managers receive good management information, they can use it to drive sustainable, strong performance through stronger decision-making. Management information produces value in one way - it supports better decisions.

Tags: strategic planning, decisions, measurement, questions

[10 Aug 2006]

Aligning IT and the Business: An In-Depth Look at Scoring, Selecting and Scheduling the Project Portfolio

whitepaper Senior executives must seek tools to help balance efficiency, effectiveness, cost, and growth in concert with new investments. It provides organizations with the visibility and control to make better business decisions and ensure continuous...

Tags: alignment, decisions, balance, efficiency

[23 Feb 2006]

Q&A: CEO of Business Objects, Bernard Liautaud

Comment Like many high-tech executives who lived through the internet bubble, Bernard Liautaud knows that the good times can be awfully good and the bad times can be awfully - well, just awful. Because companies like Business Objects can say they have a...

Tags: business objects, liautaud, q&a

[24 Aug 2005]

Information Management Trends in 2005

whitepaper In this complimentary white paper from TechRepublic, hundreds of IT executives were polled to find out—and the answers may surprise you. While some companies are still focused exclusively on storage and access, others are leveraging their critical...

Tags: knowledge and data management, data management, decisions, executives

[30 Jul 2005]

silicon.com revamps - bigger and better

News We have always catered for executives who didn't come up through the IT department - but who often make key IT decisions - and now is the time to highlight the best of our jargon-free content. silicon.com has had a makeover.

[04 Jul 2005]

Israel's Leading HMO Gets "Mainframe-Class" Performance and Reliability While Cutting TCO by 67 Percent

whitepaper Clalit Health Services Group, Israel's largest health maintenance organization, put a strategic emphasis on customer service - which required healthcare providers and executives to make faster and better decisions affecting customers.

Tags: roi - tco, health, edition, maintenance

[07 May 2005]

Devil's Advocate: The true information age

Devil's Advocate: The true information age

Comment The information given out by companies has been increasingly manipulated in the interests of executives, right up to the point where Enron, an apparently rich and profitable company, turned out to be a bankrupt shell.

Tags: information age, customer churn, corporate governance

[12 Apr 2005]

Devil's Advocate: Microsoft, Fair Trade and justice

Devil's Advocate: Microsoft, Fair Trade and justice

Comment Top Microsoft executives have talked about "playing hardball" in relation to competitors. It commissioned a survey from YouGov to find out about people's attitudes to the ethics of buying decisions. A large number are prepared to pay a bit extra...

Tags: microsoft

[18 Jan 2005]

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