business consulting services

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Higo Bank's Grid Adoption Enhances Its Financing Business and Better Services Its Customers

Higo Bank in Japan cut loan-processing times nearly in half, increased its efficiency by 40 percent and eliminated 1.5 million sheets of paper wasted annually when it engaged IBM Business Consulting Services to design and implement a finance-management system. Higo Bank wanted to improve customer credit risk management and upgrade...

Tags: Consulting Service, Business Consulting Services, Financing, IBM Corp., Higo Bank, Business Services

Case studies

Fairchild Semiconductor Centralizes Supply Chain Management Planning

Fairchild Semiconductor, a leading global player in the multi-market semiconductor industry, is focusing on streamlining its supply chain planning and production processes. The company faces a number of significant business challenges as it seeks to gain at least a 10 percent market share in the projected $56 billion target market...

Tags: Supply Chain, Consulting Service, Business Consulting Services, Fairchild Semiconductor Corp., SCM, IBM Corp., IBM Global Services, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Services, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies

Additional Resources

Before you do that BPO, Audit, Consulting or other services deal, check out these costs

How service providers spend money on T&E is your business. You'll pay for it one way or another. Check out these numbers and the questions you should pose to your next service provider. by Brian Sommer

Tags: Audit, BPO, Service Provider, Consulting, Business Services, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-11-15

Epicor's implementation cost drive: what does it really mean?

Epicor's announcement Monday that it has created a shared benefits program for implementations looks like a step in the right direction for those of us that want to see lowered implementation costs. On the face of it, the offer is compelling. According to the press release:...

Tags: Epicor Software Corp., Customer, Benefits, Roi/Tco, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Finance, Managerial Accounting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-11

Dell finalizes $3.9 billion offer for Perot

The takeover of Perot has created a new business arm called Dell Services, which will provide IT services to customers, and extend Dell's reach into technology hosting, consulting, and application outsourcing, among other segments. Dell announced on Tuesday that it has completed its $3.9bn offer to buy technology...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Perot Systems Corp., Outsourcing, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dell, Perot, Lance Whitney CNET News

News items 2009-11-04

RationalPlan Multi Project 3.15.6 (Windows)

RationalPlan Multi Project by Stand By Soft is a powerful project management software designed to assist project managers in developing plans, allocating resources, tracking progress, managing budgets and analyzing workload. If you are working in the area of construction, engineering, services&consulting, business, software development or even working on a simple...

Tags: Project, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Project Management, Software Development, Strategy, Management, It Operations, It service Management, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-27

RationalPlan Single Project 3.15.6 (Mac)

RationalPlan Single Project by Stand By Soft is a powerful project management software designed to assist project managers in developing plans, allocating resources, tracking progress, managing budgets and analyzing workload. You can use RationalPlan in the area of construction, engineering, services&consulting, business, software development or even for a simple student...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-27

RationalPlan Multi Project 3.15.6 (Mac)

RationalPlan Multi Project by Stand By Soft is a powerful project management software designed to assist project managers in developing plans, allocating resources, tracking progress, managing budgets and analyzing workload. If you are working in the area of construction, engineering, services&consulting, business, software development or even working on a simple...

Tags: Project, Apple Macintosh, Tools & Techniques, Project Management, Software Development, Strategy, Management, It Operations, It service Management, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Stallman admits GPL flawed, proprietary licensing needed to pay for MySQL development

You really believe that?Look at Red Hat. $5.1 Bln market cap and they're not making *any* money with free software? There is plenty of money out there for consulting services and support. Just ask IBM.Proprietary software is not religion.The problem with Sun was that they couldn't commit either...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Websters, MySQL, GPL, Stallman

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

IBM adds to green consulting services

The business consulting division for IBM has come out with a new sustainability consulting service that focuses on helping companies measure and address the energy efficiency and environmental impact of their supply chain partners. The IBM Sustainable Supplier Information Management service is focused on helping businesses define...

Tags: Sustainability, Supply Chain, Consulting Service, Supplier, Consulting, IBM Corp., IBM Sustainable Supplier Information Management Service, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Finally! A Three-Cornered Consulting Service for Enterprise 2.0

Its not too often I endorse a new service - in fact, I never have without a lot of due diligence and at least some production history.   So, for the first...and potentially only....time ever, I'm telling you that I'm truly excited about the launch of Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0.  I'm...

Tags: Socialtext, Enterprise 2.0, Framework, Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0, Michael Krigsman, Ross, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Perot Systems acquires BearingPoint's China consulting unit

Perot Systems, set to be acquired by Dell, said it is acquiring BearingPoint's China consulting unit out of bankruptcy. BearingPoint, which is currently in bankruptcy, has a China consulting unit that was formed in 2001 statement. BearingPoint China Consulting specializes in the energy, automotive, insurance and financial...

Tags: China, Perot Systems Corp., Consulting, BearingPoint Inc., Consulting Unit, BearingPoint China Consulting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-12

The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing

Some facts and inferences should be updatedAccenture's Consulting revenue dropped 12% and Outsourcing grew by 1%http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Accentures-Future-Remains-Bright-ACN-IBM-HPQ1005.aspxSome of the issues you highlighted around process innovation, dated technology, etc will continue to remain. However, the nimbler players will also adopt the benefits of innovations like SaaS and Cloud platform.Underlying platform is an...

Tags: Managed hosting, Business process outsourcing (BPO), Programming languages, outsourcing, BPO, COBOL, outsourcing company

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

News to know: XP Mode; Cisco; Comcast; 'Ardi'

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing [video=346621] Larry Dignan: Cisco doubles down...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows XP, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Channel Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-10-02

AT&T acquires VeriSign's security consulting unit

AT&T said Thursday that it has acquired VeriSign's security consulting business in a move to beef up its services. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. AT&T said in a statement that it will use the acquired VeriSign team, which counsels large companies on vulnerabilities,...

Tags: VeriSign Inc., AT&T Corp., Consulting, Outsourcing, Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billion

Dell says it has agreed to buy the IT services company Perot Systems for about $3.9 billion as it looks to expand beyond the PC business. The Round Rock, Texas-based Dell said Monday that it will offer $30 per share in cash for Perot, which is based...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Perot Systems Corp., It Services, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Does Oracle matter to open source

only as long as Oracle fights M$the reason OSS is doing very well is because people hate M$ and proprietary software in general.As long as Oracle will fund this insurgency against the evil M$ empire everybody will be better off.Eventually M$ will collapse like the Soviet Union and great days...

Tags: open source, proprietary software, OSS, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Fat Spaniel digs deeper into renewables with new software for solar plant operators

Fat Spaniel Technologies has retooled its approach to create an entire suite of applications that renewable energy plant providers can use to management their plants, financing and marketing activities. The application suite, called Fat Spaniel Solar Plant Vision, is offered as a service for either plant operators or solar plant...

Tags: Software, Operator, Spaniel, Fat Spaniel, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Verizon enters mobile management services; enough to take it beyond early adopters?

Verizon will announce its entry into a new market today, offering a full suite of services designed to help business customers analyze usage, manage devices, maintain security and more through a suite of software tools. Deja Vu. Just yesterday, I posted about Zenprise, a...

Tags: Mobile, Information Technology, Verizon Communications Inc., Mobility, IT Organization, Wireless And Mobility, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-09

McKinsey's 'Business and Web 2.0' Report and the new Consulting Landscape

McKinsey, the venerable management consulting company, has produced their second piece of 'Web 2.0 in business' research this year. This is arguably a sign of the rapid maturation of the 2.0 technology and associated (and I'd argue more important) change management sector: the pricey consulting company...

Tags: Web, McKinsey & Co., Consulting, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-02