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- Do More with Less: Merging Enterprise Applications with Desktop Tools
- Find out what Aberdeen Group has to say about tools for business users. This report examines key trends for enterprises seeking to improve end user productivity, including the integration of business applications with desktop tools such as e-mail.
- Tags: SAP AG, Tool, Enterprise Application, Productivity, Desktops, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software
- White papers 2009-06-17
- Application Delivery over the WAN: Acceleration Alone is not Enough
- Looking to maximize IT performance by leveraging WAN optimization solutions across your entire organization? Today, the simple fact is that acceleration alone is not enough. In this report, Aberdeen Group report examines best practices for managing application performance over the wide area network. No matter where your company is at...
- Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., WANs, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Why EMC for IP Storage and Simple Unified Storage
- This paper showcases a 2008 Aberdeen report based on a survey of more than 4,500 companies worldwide. It found that 47% of companies have a Green strategy. Stressed along with these results is the fact that going green does not mean "going broke." Users of EMC report increasing storage capacity...
- Tags: IP, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-03-30
- Google Street View launches in U.K.
- Google today launched its controversial Street View service in Britain, offering Internet users panoramic street-level images of 25 cities, including London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast. Captured by cameras mounted on cars driven along British roads last summer, Street View offers photo montages of Aberdeen, ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Car, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
- Smart Turn: blowing up inventory management cost
- I recently spent time noodling around SmartTurn an on-demand inventory and warehouse management application. I also spoke at length with Jim Burleigh, CEO and Richard Yim, VP products and marketing. Inventory and warehouse management is at once complex and costly, especially for tier 2 companies that have...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Pricing Strategy, SmartTurn, Richard Yim, Pricing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Marketing Research, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- What the statistics are telling us about SOA
- There were plenty of surveys and studies around SOA adoption and issues this past year. Overall, the surveys point to widespread interest in SOA, and results among those companies with SOA already in progress. Here are a few highlights from this year's studies of SOA adoption: ...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- 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
- Who's Got the NAC? Best Practices in Protecting Network Access
- For many would-be network access control NAC adopters, what NAC is or is supposed to be is unclear. However, the companies who are successfully protecting their network aren't confused - they also have more demanding views as to what they think a NAC solution should provide. This report from Aberdeen...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Network, Sophos Plc., Best Practice, Networking
- 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
- Survey: Done right, SOA pays
- Is your company a best-in-class enterprise or a laggard when it comes to SOA adoption? Is you're part of a best-in-class operation, chances are good you have seen appreciable payback from your SOA efforts. If you're a laggard, well, chances are you're still fussing around with Just a Bunch...
- Tags: Laggard, Middleware, SOA, Survey, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
- 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
- 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
- SOA saves, not bites, budgets
- Last week, I reported on AberdeenGroup's survey findings around SOA deployments and calculations for potential cost savings. The report was very informative, but the accompanying press release seemed to imply that SOA efforts would eat up about 40% of IT budgets, and was interpreted that way in some articles. ...
- Tags: SOA
- Blog posts 2006-07-20
- 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
- BEA, Cape Clear claim no. 1 ESB spot
- BEA, Cape Clear claim no. 1 ESB spotAberdeen looks at ESB differentlyhttp://www.aberdeen.com/summary/report/benchmark/RA_IT_ESB_PK_3170.aspRecent survey-based research report on ESBs:- Half aren't even looking to buy an ESB. They are doing "SOA Lite" web services- 19% will get an ESB and SOA middleware built into their ERP package (e.g., SAP NetWeaver)- In...
- Tags: Middleware, BEA Systems Inc., Enterprise Service Bus, Cape Clear Software
- Discussion threads 2006-07-08
- 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
- Analysts who really understand on-demand
- There are plenty of industry analysts out there who will rent-a-quote about SaaS and on-demand, but only a handful really understand what it's all about. As part of my occasional series of postings about where you can learn about on-demand, here's an introduction to them all (obviously you already know...
- Tags: Saas, on-demand
- Blog posts 2006-01-20
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