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Prepare to Sell a Business

whitepaper Small companies that are confronted with the possibility of a merger or acquisition may not have the luxury of an investment banker at their disposal. As a result, a small company's controller may need to wear many hats during this complicated...

Tags: business management

[13 May 2008]

Spanish Manufacturer Boosts Sales and Productivity With Business Management Tool

whitepaper They now serve customers faster and have boosted sales, resulting in a rapid return on investment for TECNIDOS. Spanish company TECNIDOS manufactures and sources solutions for cosmetic and pharmaceutical customers.

Tags: customer support services

[13 May 2008]

Vodafone gets speedy with broadband

News Vodafone is extending its fast mobile broadband coverage to a further three million people this summer as part of a multimillion pound investment. The extension will cover Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester and Reading and is due...

Tags: hsdpa, vodafone, broadband, mobile

[12 May 2008]

Use ROI Analysis for Business Software Investments

whitepaper As they must do with any major investment, finance and technology leaders must develop a Return-On-Investment (ROI) model to justify software purchases. Including such a model within a well-rounded business case can help managers determine whether...

Tags: business management

[12 May 2008]

Evaluate the ROI of Recruiting Software

whitepaper Because these investments are large, organizations need to carefully evaluate the Return On Investment (ROI). Technology investments in the recruiting process help organizations achieve their business goals.

Tags: it hr - staffing - training

[12 May 2008]

SGI Altix: Enhanced Return on Investment for the Datacenter

whitepaper SGI offers customers a new choice for maximizing Return On Investment (ROI) with a highly scalable platform based on industry standards. SGI Altix servers and clusters eliminate bottlenecks, enable real-time access to complex data sets, and scale...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

Consulting Services Help Building Services Provider Maximize IT Investment

whitepaper CPG Corporation (CPG) is a Singapore-based infrastructure, building development and management services provider with clients throughout Asia Pacific. The company needed rapid and effective IT deployment, best new technology utilization, proactive...

Tags: customer support services

[11 May 2008]

Proactive Services and Quick Response Help Service Firm Maximize Value of IT Investment

whitepaper Rapidly growing HDR relies heavily on Microsoft software to provide employees with access to business resources around the clock. For many years, HDR purchased telephone support incidents from Microsoft Services as needed.

Tags: customer support services

[11 May 2008]

Create a Channel Partner Scorecard

whitepaper And like any investment, they need active management to ensure maximum return. Use the information to calculate for each channel partner a Return On Investment (ROI) that is based on actual revenues and expenses.

Tags: word processing

[11 May 2008]

IBM Solutions Technical Brief: Diagnosing Oracle Database Performance on AIX Using IBM NMON and Oracle Statspack Reports

whitepaper For Oracle Database environments, ongoing performance monitoring and tuning activities are essential to getting the most of your systems investment. In order to be most effective, monitoring and tuning must be performed at multiple levels of the...

Tags: database management

[11 May 2008]

A Functional Comparison of Systems Management Tools From IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell

whitepaper To get the most value out of the technology investment throughout its life cycle, one needs smart, effective systems management that can help ensure high availability while minimizing the ongoing ownership costs.

Tags: high availability

[11 May 2008]

Manage Marketing Plans to Achieve Corporate Goals

whitepaper Too often, marketing is not viewed as an investment that can grow revenue today and position the company for revenue tomorrow. At many companies, marketing is perceived by those outside the marketing department as just another expense.

Tags: sales - marketing

[11 May 2008]

A Pragmatic Approach to Server and Data Center Consolidation

whitepaper This paper provides an overview of the factors driving consolidation initiatives and considers best practices for ensuring a successful consolidation initiative and a maximum return on investment. It also provides an introduction to workload...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

Reduce the Total Cost of Ownership of Your Virtual Data Center With BMC Software and VMware Solutions

whitepaper Virtualization solutions from VMware reduce TCO and increase Return on Investment (ROI) by providing opportunities for server consolidation, rapid provisioning, and availability and resource management, thereby creating an efficient, highly...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

Why Upgrade to SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence - A Technical Overview

whitepaper Upgrading to the SQL Server 2005 BI components offers immediate returns on investment - more efficient use of the existing hardware, better team collaboration and management, increased security capabilities and flexibility, and better organization...

Tags: application servers

[11 May 2008]

Data Center Projects: Commissioning

whitepaper Integrated commissioning of all physical infrastructure components assures maximum data center performance and justifies the physical infrastructure investment. Failure to properly commission a data center leaves the door wide open for expensive...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

Embracing SOA for the Legacy World: Architectural Strategies to Give Your Mainframes and Legacy Applications a New Lease on Life

whitepaper Explore ways to stretch the return on IT investment of legacy platforms, such as mainframes, by using SOA-based technologies to expose critical business functions as business services. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is becoming widely accepted...

Tags: mainframes

[11 May 2008]

Design an SOA Solution Using a Reference Architecture: Improve Your Development Process Using the SOA Solution Stack

whitepaper One can use the reference architecture to organize one's own SOA design, development, and deployment to obtain better results and return on investment. IBM Service-Oriented Architecture experts define an SOA reference architecture based on multiple...

Tags: software engineering

[11 May 2008]

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 30 Day Trial

whitepaper Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is a groundbreaking new hosted solution that gives you Microsoft Dynamics CRM capabilities without the investment in IT infrastructure and staffing. If you're looking to take your customer relationship management to...

Tags: back-office

[11 May 2008]

IBM and the Systems House Enable a Start-Up to Gain Firm Footing

whitepaper Heartland Medical Supply wanted to permit a small business to get started without heavy up-front investment in hardware, software and IT personnel. Heartland Medical Supply, LLC, a sales and distribution company in Iowa City, Iowa, serving...

Tags: infrastructure management

[11 May 2008]

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