Business & Operational Support Systems Reports

IDC - Supporting the Complex Data Center
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Learn the importance of support services in data center environments. Inside, you'll learn about the role of vendor-supplied support services, how to evaluate the support offerings and capabilities of each vendor,and more.
Posted: 12 Sep 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2013

DellEMC and Intel®

Technology industry at the cross-roads: Transforming quote-to-cash operations
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This report from PwC, highlights the urgency for technology companies to reinvent their existing operating models to meet the fast-changing buying process.
Posted: 05 Mar 2013 | Published: 05 Mar 2013

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

A Breakthrough Approach for Efficient IT Service Delivery
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Organizations in every industry are exploiting advanced technologies to gain a competitive advantage. In this whitepaper learn about IBM's vision for the new enterprise data center which offers an evolutionary new model for efficient IT delivery.
Posted: 29 May 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008

IBM

Practical Steps to Achieve and Maintain NERC Compliance
sponsored by Tripwire, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes seven practical steps information security professionals can take to integrate controls into IT production operations, to simultaneously achieve NERC compliance goals, and also IT operational and security goals.
Posted: 31 Jul 2009 | Published: 08 Dec 2008

Tripwire, Inc.

Squeezing More Value out of Data Warehouses through the Power of Database Compression
sponsored by Vertica Systems
WHITE PAPER: Data compression features in data warehouse databases are the current trend, and this paper explains the benefits of compression in data warehousing and differentiates compression approaches taken by different databases.
Posted: 03 Dec 2008 | Published: 03 Dec 2008

Vertica Systems

Portugal Telecom Optimizes Its Data Center to Serve Expanding National Telco Market with Parallels
sponsored by Parallels, Inc.
CASE STUDY: Read this case study to learn the benefits of choosing Parallels Sitebuilder solution for Portugal Telecom's internet services future as well as the automation benefits of increased revenue, a decrease in operation costs, and a decreased time-to-market for customized service plans.
Posted: 09 Apr 2010 | Published: 09 Apr 2010

Parallels, Inc.

IT@Intel: Using TCO to Determine PC Upgrade Cycles
sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: At Intel, we've developed a comprehensive methodology, based on total cost of ownership (TCO), that lets us calculate the real cost of operating more than 90,000 PCs. Using it, we can understand the real cost of deploying and maintaining our PCs across varying time horizons.
Posted: 30 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009

Intel Corporation

Case Study: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
sponsored by HP and Microsoft
CASE STUDY: A department of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia sought to improve its data analysis and operational management processes. They implemented a management solution based on Microsoft BI technologies and gained more insight into its data and has automated reporting processes, which reduced laboratory result turnaround times by 50 percent.
Posted: 25 May 2011 | Published: 25 May 2011

HP and Microsoft

BI: The Inconvenient Truth
sponsored by Kalido
WHITE PAPER: What’s the truth behind the failure of many BI projects? Read this paper to learn the main factors leading to disappointment. These pitfalls are not those of new entrants to BI but have been repeated by smart and well managed companies worldwide.
Posted: 04 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2008

Kalido

Hedge Funds: Why Comply? - A Practical Guide to Developing a Culture of Compliance
sponsored by Advent Software, Inc
WHITE PAPER: This white paper written by Advent Software outlines how hedge funds can create a "culture of compliance" with best practice ideas for accurate record keeping and reporting, transparency in operations and, putting the interests of investors first.
Posted: 10 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2006

Advent Software, Inc