WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 17 Mar 2010 | Published: 17 Mar 2009
To address the growing demand for smarter products, many manufacturers are incorporating embedded systems into their products. While this approach offers exciting opportunities for innovation, it also adds a level of complexity to products that have zero tolerance for bugs and that must beat the competition to market. Read more to find out!
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 12 Mar 2010 | Published: 12 Mar 2010
This paper describes the market drivers (intelligent operational efficiency, competitive differentiation, sustainable growth) for enterprise carbon management and how companies are implementing strategies to address these current and future developments of next-generation sustainability.
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 01 Feb 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2009
This study provides a framework for evaluating the potential financial impact of investing in a media streaming platform. By reviewing the calculations and assumptions used in Forrester's multi-company analysis, readers can better understand and communicate a business case for increasing their investment.
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 15 Jan 2010 | Published: 14 Oct 2009
In this paper Matt Healey, research manager of IDC's Software and Hardware Support Services program, shares his thoughts on the economy, its prospects for recovery, and how it relates to support services and driving IT and business efficiency.
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 15 Jan 2010 | Published: 18 Nov 2009
The economy has taken center stage in businesses' strategic thinking. This IDC Workbook discusses the issues enterprises are facing in terms of the resource squeeze and provides a checklist designed to help enterprises determine needs and plan accordingly.
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 15 Jan 2010 | Published: 15 Jan 2010
To help companies form their 'down economy' contingency plans, IDC performed an analysis of past recoveries from economic recessions to find out the type of impact these recoveries had on companies and what the implications are on IT operations and ongoing support. This paper gives the details.
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 07 Jan 2010 | Published: 22 Jun 2009
This paper focuses on the key benefits virtual workforces bring to a business as well as the three key initiatives to focus on to overcome both business and IT challenges.
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 05 Jan 2010 | Published: 01 Sep 2009
A constrained economy hasn't offset the need for increased business integration within the fast and responsive enterprise. Learn how a careful choice of technologies and middleware such as Sun's LightWeight services platform, become even more critical.
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2009
Enterprises are always seeking to cut costs and optimize resource utilization. Now, in this harsh economic climate, the need is more compelling than ever. This paper highlights potential savings exceeding $5,000,000 per year for each 1,000 employees through the application of Microsoft Unified Communications to your business and IT operations.
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 09 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009
Project portfolio management solutions, such as those from Oracle, enable project leaders to successfully manage risk, even in this volatile climate. They also enable companies to identify the best strategies for pursuing existing projects and to identify the most-promising future projects for investment.
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 02 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009
With the current economic state the way it is CIOs must rethink how they manage IT costs and operations. This white paper will take a closer look at how virtualization can help cut down the costs as well as improve efficiency of the data center.
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 22 May 2009
This paper discusses how an organization can Survive poor economic conditions with strategic thinking and use of Project ERP by managing a downturn like a variance in a project.
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 09 Jun 2009
This white paper looks at the top three reasons that CRM initiatives fail to achieve their goals and provides clear, practical recommendations for ensuring that your CRM initiative avoids these pitfalls and delivers desired returns.
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Nov 2008
Downturns give companies a chance to buck conventional wisdom and increase their IT investments. Targeted investments in many areas can generate efficiencies and revenue growth that surpass the savings from straight cost reductions.
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 04 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009
In this research, we examine the lessons that have been learnt from the current financial crisis, and propose ten practical lessons that could help to address perceived weaknesses in risk identification, assessment and management.
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