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- 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
- 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, 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 Best-in-Class technologies 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
- 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: B2B, Integration, ROI, Sterling Commerce, Aberdeen Group Inc., E-business/E-Commerce, Internet
- White papers 2006-07-01
- 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, Aberdeen Group Inc., Data Protection, Apani Networks, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Security, Data Management
- 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
- Aberdeen Council Selects Visual|QSM
- Vested in 1996, Aberdeen City Council is responsible for all local government services in Aberdeen and is the city's largest employer. Following success in addressing Year 2000 issues, a central Finance & ICT Information Communication Technology Service was created. The Finance and IT Service inherited Quetzal from pre-reorganisation days and...
- Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Datawatch Corp., ITIL, Help Desk, Call Centers, Process Improvement, Y2K, It Services, Financial Accounting, It Operations, Quality, Business Operations, Finance
- Case studies
- Novell Case Study: Aberdeen City Council
- Aberdeen City Council ACC is responsible for all local government services in Aberdeen, a thriving port in north-eastern Scotland. Without a single, integrated system for e-mail and calendaring, staff at ACC could not easily share information or collaborate on projects, and had problems managing attachments sent from other e-mail client...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Aberdeen Group Inc., Aberdeen City Council, E-mail, Groupware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
Additional Resources
- Automatic eyeglasses prescriptions?
- For its space missions, NASA wants astronauts with excellent vision without corrective lenses or glasses. This doesn't prevent its Vision Science and Technology Group to study human vision of ordinary people like you and me. Two members of this group recently discovered that a new formula connecting optical quality with...
- Tags: NASA, Vision, Model, Metric, Strategy, Management, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- US cable companies added 1.19 mln new broadband subscribers in Q1 2008
- Largest cable companies in the US added 1.19 mln broadband subscribers in Q1 2008, according to Leichtman Research Group. Phone companies added 1.01 mln DSL customers in Q1 2008. Since Q3 2004, phone companies had been adding subscribers faster than cable, closing in on cable’s lead in total subscribers. But...
- Tags: Phone, Telephone Company, Cable Company, Broadband, Cable, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, AM
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- No, really, we're studying physics
- I've only recently discovered the joys of roller coasters; according to my 13-year old, I have a very manly scream. I guess that's a compliment. Regardless, I'm taking my physics class to Six Flags New England (made possible in part by a generous donation from Rocky's Ace Hardware,...
- Tags: Physics, Insurance, Financial Planning, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO
- Microsoft's participation in the One Laptop Per Child OLPC initiative has been fraught with mystery and disinformation from the get-go. But on May 15, Microsoft officials finally gave the OLPC project Redmond's official blessing. Up to this point, OLPC Chief Nicholas Negroponte preannounced Microsoft's every move on...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
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