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Aberdeen Street Map 1.1 (Mobile)

Aberdeen is a complete street level map for your iPhone. The entire map is stored on your iPhone, so it works where you have no access to the Internet - it works where Google Maps is inaccessible. This prevents expensive data roaming charges by loading all the map data to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Aberdeen Group Inc., Mobile, Network, Street, Dubbele.com, Smart Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-08-28

The Value of Network and Application Visibility by Aberdeen

This survey-based paper analyzes best practices for improving application visibility and analysis. This paper can help serve as a guideline for organizations looking to achieve higher levels of business performance for applications

Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Riverbed Technology Inc., Network, Marketing Research, Marketing

White papers 2009-05-14

Aberdeen - A Fresh Look at SAP's Software as a Service (SaaS) Solution

After a year of silence surrounding SAP's newest Enterprise Resource Planning ERP solution, SAP Business ByDesign is back. Aberdeen takes a fresh look at the solution.

Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Software-as-a-service, SAP AG, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Software

White papers 2009-05-01

Application Performance Management: The Challenge for Enterprise GIS

Most businesses and organizations cannot survive without the applications and services their IT infrastructure delivers. Reliance on web-based information systems continues to increase. A majority of organizations are using web applications to support their employees; communicate with customers, prospects and partners; and generate revenues. Geographic Information Systems GIS is now...

Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Application Performance, Application Performance Management, geoXMF, GIS, Software

White papers 2009-01-01

Remote medicine ready for prime time?

The flip answer is yes. Didn't you see House after the Super Bowl? Since I last wrote about this a week ago, there has been a flood of new publicity in this area. Much of the push is fueled by Cisco, which has a...

Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Medicine, Problem, Diagnosis, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-07

Aberdeen Group: On-Demand Mid-Market CRM: Front-to-Back Office Integration a Clear Differentiator

This Aberdeen Executive Analyst Whitepaper discusses the importance of front-to-back integration when evaluating CRM vendors.

Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Microsoft Office, On-demand, NetSuite Inc., Clear, Integration, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2008-02-05

Aberdeen - ERP in SMB-Exploring Growth Strategies

Read this report from Aberdeen to discover their findings about the benefits of an implementing an ERP system. Companies which are growing and improving performance have often invested in an ERP system that will grow with them. An ERP system can help small and mid-size businesses develop a balance between...

Tags: Strategy, Aberdeen Group Inc., ERP System, ERP, Small And Medium Business, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-12-01

Travel and Procurement: The Convergence

According to a recent Aberdeen Group survey, companies that don't use an integrated travel and entertainment (T&E) expense management service, like Concur Travel & Expense, are falling behind in almost every measure of financial management. Aberdeen refers to these companies as "laggards" and presents figures showing that...

Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Procurement, Convergence, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations

White papers 2007-10-01

Study: Good SOA testing needs a lot of sign-offs

Last month, I talked about Aberdeen Group's latest survey that contrasted the SOA practices of "best-in-class" companies versus those of the "laggards." In that survey, it was found that the top companies were seeing greater payback and customer satisfaction as a result of their efforts because they were "enterprise-aware." ...

Tags: Laggard, Aberdeen Group Inc., QA, SOA, Automation, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2007-09-06

SOA Middleware Starts Where Web Services Leave Off

Aberdeen analysis of approximately 400 companies over the past 18 months has shown a deep division between organizations that are deploying web services based applications, what one calls SOA Lite, and those that are building out full SOA middleware infrastructure. With two such different software investment profiles, one expects to...

Tags: Web, Aberdeen Group Inc., Web Service, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-07-01

The Ins and Outs of Email Vulnerability - Aberdeen Group

This report from Aberdeen Group focuses on the threats posed by both inbound and outbound email as well as the strategies, capabilities, and technologies Best-in-Class companies use to mitigate these threats.

Tags: Google Inc., Aberdeen Group Inc., Vulnerability, E-mail, Online Communications

White papers 2007-07-01

Survey: even the best of the best are still new at SOA

Aberdeen Research has just completed and published a survey of 950 companies, and concluded that "between a third and half.. are having serious difficulties getting their SOA-enabled applications into stable deployment." The survey was underwritten by three SOA specialty vendors -- iTKO, Mindreef, and Progress Actional. Many companies...

Tags: General, SOA Surveys and Research, Business ROI

Blog posts 2007-04-11

The Next-Generation Product Documentation Report

Causing a missed product launch because of incomplete product documentation is the nightmare of every documentation manager. But the harsh reality is that documentation departments are expected to do more work in much less time as cycles become compressed. Some documentation departments, however, are not only meeting their product launch...

Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Product Marketing, Marketing

White papers 2006-12-01

ERP in the Mid-Market: An Aberdeen Benchmark Report

This Aberdeen Group white paper offers three key recommendations for mid-market companies that are looking to implement an enterprise resource planning ERP system within the larger context of a service-oriented architecture SOA. "Best in Class" mid-market companies, according to Aberdeen, will: Make consolidation decisions that carefully...

Tags: Business Process, Aberdeen Group Inc., SAP AG, ERP, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Business Operations

White papers 2006-10-01

Aberdeen Group: For Mid-Size Manufacturers the Issue is Visible

As manufacturing goes global, initiatives to standardize processes and key performance measurements across the enterprise to unite the greater supply chain are emerging. The main catalyst? Driving down costs in response to customer and market pressures. However, mid-size companies in particular are driving performance improvements with a more proactive, strategic...

Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Performance, Manufacturing Intelligence Solution, Manufacturing, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2006-08-08

Study: SOA shaves costs five percent a year

Lately on this site, we have been discussing the investments necessary to get SOA going, and where the money will come from.A new study of 120 companies out of Aberdeen says organizations can shave off at least five percent a year off integration costs with SOA methodologies. Aberdeen looked...

Tags: SOA

Blog posts 2006-07-14

Aberdeen Group: B2B Collaboration: Assessing the ROI of Process Integration

By helping companies assess their own B2B collaboration maturity and making specific recommendations for action based on maturity levels and business objectives, this Aberdeen Group report enables companies to determine and justify the right B2B collaboration priorities and build an effective business case for B2B collaboration investments.

Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Sterling Commerce, ROI, Integration, B2B, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet

White papers 2006-07-01

Aberdeen Group: Achieving More Value From Enterprise Applications

Moving information between business applications such as ERP often requires custom programming, which diverts time and attention from high business value projects, and delays value delivery. Customers complain they have no flexibility in integrating business processes and the associated costs related to investment trade-offs. Good news, the antiquated IT business...

Tags: Business Process, Aberdeen Group Inc., SOA, Enterprise Application, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Pricing, Operational Planning, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Middleware, Databases, Software, Marketing, Business Operations, Data Management, Management

White papers 2006-05-01

Insider Threat Report by Aberdeen Group: Strategies for Data Protection

This research report by Aberdeen Group discusses key findings from 88 companies surveyed to determine the degree to which best-in-class organizations are utilizing a security solution to address the risk of the insider threat, also referred to as "data leakage" or "data loss prevention." In the report you will find...

Tags: Strategy, Insider Threat, Aberdeen Group Inc., Data Protection, Apani Networks

White papers 2006-01-01

Perceptions of industry analyst firms vary between end users and vendors

Azul Partners recently surveyed 40 end-users and 40 vendors to determine what the perceptions are of industry analyst firms Aberdeen Group, AMR Research, ARC Advisory Group, Butler Group, Forrester Research, Gartner, and Yankee Group. Here are the key findings:Aberdeen Group ranks as both the most insightful and valuable firm...

Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., AMR Research, Gartner Inc.

Blog posts 2005-06-14