Business/IT Alignment White Papers

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Exploiting Enterprise Generation Language for Business Oriented Developers
sponsored by IBM Software Group
WHITE PAPER: The paper goes on to present more details of EGL as it pertains to building applications. Finally, it provides some insight into the architecture behind an EGL-based application. After reading this article, you should have a good understand...
Posted: 17 Nov 2006 | Published: 01 Mar 2006

IBM Software Group

IT governance: enabling high performance in turbulent times
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how CIOs can use governance best practices to mitigate the depth and duration of performance declines that often accompany periods of change and innovation. It will clarify what governance is - and isn't - and articulate how CIOs can begin to improve governance within their organizations.
Posted: 13 Feb 2009 | Published: 13 Feb 2009

IBM

Agentless Application Virtualization: Enabling the Evolution of the Desktop
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In this study, IDC analyst Michael Rose discusses how VMware ThinApp, an agentless virtualization solution, addresses the challenges of desktop computing. Read this paper to learn about the pros and cons of virtualized client computing.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Dec 2008

VMware, Inc.

The New CIO: Change Partner and Business Leader
sponsored by The IBM CIO Interaction Channel
WHITE PAPER: In this study, find out what 765 global CEOs and 170 CIOs have to say about the importance of closing this "business-technology integration gap."
Posted: 16 Aug 2007 | Published: 01 May 2007

The IBM CIO Interaction Channel

Integrating the Finance organization for global business: Important implications for CIOs
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at the growing alignment between the financial and technical disciplines. It examines the results of the Global CFO Study 2008 in the context of IT, identifying the critical implications for CIOs, and the need for a strategic partnership with CFOs and more ongoing collaboration between Finance and IT.
Posted: 13 Feb 2009 | Published: 13 Feb 2009

IBM

The new CIO: insights from the Center for CIO Leadership: An interview with Harvey Koeppel, Executive Director, Center for CIO Leadership
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Harvey Koeppel, executive director of the Center for CIO Leadership, talks about the challenges facing CIOs today and the emerging role of the CIO as a business leader helping to drive change and innovation.
Posted: 13 Feb 2009 | Published: 13 Feb 2009

IBM

BI and ETL - Process Management Pain Points
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Sound business intelligence (BI) reporting can be invaluable in helping your business peers make the best decisions for your company. Ensuring error-free, end-to-end integration of data between processes distributed throughout your organization, however, can be challenging. Learn how scheduling and process automation technologies can help.
Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Value-driven product management: Six keys to product success
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how assessment, alignment, achievability, accessibility, agility and accountability, the six key concepts of value-driven product management, can be applied to create a repeatable process for developing successful products.
Posted: 19 Mar 2009 | Published: 01 Jan 2009

IBM

Metrics-Based Sales Productivity – Delivering Dividends for Forward Thinking Sales Organizations
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: New Sales Performance Management solutions enable sales leaders to align technology to business need and strategy. Read this paper for a series of discussions related to the metrics-based sales productivity solutions that forward thinking sales organizations are employing to harness the power of the pipeline and take advantage of sales analytics.
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 | Published: 05 Mar 2010

IBM

A Guide to SOA Implementation
sponsored by Torry Harris Business Solutions
WHITE PAPER: There is an information overload on SOA's merits, principles and products. This document will help to separate the hype from reality, distill the essential from the desirable, and explicitly address the how-to, nuts and bolts of an SOA implementation.
Posted: 02 Apr 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2006

Torry Harris Business Solutions