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NetSuite + AdaptivePlanning = BPM disruption

This slipped under the radar but on June 10th NetSuite and AdaptivePlanning announced a marketing and integration partnership that will see NetSuite acting as a reseller for AdaptivePlanning's business performance management BPM solution. Why should this matter? So far, the saas/on-demand transaction app...

Tags: BPM, Business Performance Management, NetSuite Inc., Adaptive, Business Intelligence, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Executives Gain Flexible Budgeting and Forecasting With Microsoft Data Management

Aevum provides retirement accommodation and care services for Australian seniors in New South Wales and Western Australia. Retirement village operator Aevum needed sophisticated business reporting to maintain and grow its portfolio of properties. In 2007, it deployed the CALUMO business performance management suite from Microsoft Gold Certified Partner CALUMO Labs....

Tags: Budgeting, Business Performance Management, Microsoft Corp., Forecasting, Aevum, Business Intelligence, Data Management, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Enterprise Software, Financial Accounting, Software, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Finance

Case studies 2008-02-01

Business Performance Management (BPM) in the Mid-Enterprise

Hyperion Mid-Enterprise Solutions is a set of products designed to bring the power and reliability of Hyperion's Business Performance Management BPM applications and Business Intelligence BI tools to mid-enterprise companies globally. The Hyperion Mid-Enterprise Solutions address small and mid-enterprise customer requirements for more effective financial reporting...

Tags: Hyperion Solutions Corp., Business Performance Management, Hyperion Mid-Enterprise Solutions, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2006-11-01

Defining an Enterprise-Wide Business Performance Management Architecture

From the perspective of today's business users, there is a growing demand for a single system that will address all of their business performance management requirements. Adding to the complexity, most organizations cannot afford to replace their existing infrastructure and therefore require solutions that work in conjunction with as many...

Tags: Hyperion Solutions Corp., Business Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2006-10-01

Model Driven Development for Business Performance Management

Business process integration and monitoring provides an invaluable means for an enterprise to adapt to changing conditions. However, developing such applications using traditional methods is challenging because of the intrinsic complexity of integrating large-scale business processes and existing applications. Model Driven Development MDD is an approach to developing applications -...

Tags: Business Process, Business Performance Management, IBM Corp., Model-Driven Development, Business Intelligence, Operational Planning, Enterprise Software, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Data Management, Business Operations

White papers 2006-07-31

Business Performance Management: Merging Business Optimization With IT Optimization

This white paper explains how Business Service Management BSM is really a special case of Business Process Optimization BPO - one that is applied specifically to the IT operation. This paper also describes how top management needs to embrace Business Performance Management BPM - something that goes beyond BPO. By...

Tags: Business Process, Optimization, Business Performance Management, Information Technology, Business Service, Business Service Management, Operational Planning, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Software, Data Management

White papers 2004-03-01

BPM Revealed: The Naked Truth About Implementation

On paper, Business Performance Management BPM is one of the smartest things a company can do. Unfortunately, implementing BPM hasn't been that simple for many companies. And ultimately, companies need to know if BPM is helping them make - or save - more money. This webcast shows what other companies...

Tags: BPM, Business Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Webcasts

Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Implementing Successful Business Strategies at Microsoft, Dell, and Motorola Using Business Performance Management

Business Performance Management BPM holds the great promise of enabling a person to implement strategic objectives across the organization. However, building a successful BPM solution can be a daunting task. How have other high-visibility, enterprise organizations tackled this problem? What are the pitfalls? Is there a recipe for success? The...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Webcast, Business Performance Management, Microsoft Corp., Motorola Inc., Business Strategy, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Webcasts

Solution Provider Uses New Tools to Boost Productivity, Increase Time-to-Market

Cartesis, the largest business performance management software specialist in the world, creates applications that help its customers improve BPM. The organization's reporting, consolidation, forecasting, and budgeting solutions provide Global 2000 companies with cost-effective solutions that unify processes and increase efficiencies. Cartesis wanted to find a more productive and faster method...

Tags: Business Performance Management, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Case studies

Additional Resources

Reduce Cost and Improve Service Levels with Application Performance Monitoring Simplification

Organizations are feeling the pressure of economic uncertainty. They strive to closely align IT infrastructure to the business and also face challenges to reduce costs. While virtually every IT organization has multiple management solutions in place, the unfortunate truth is that most companies are struggling to develop a product mix...

Tags: Performance, Information Technology, Performance Monitoring, IBM Corp., Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Webcasts 2009-11-19

FusionOps launches business intelligence, process automation modules

FusionOps, an on-demand enterprise performance management company, will launch a new business intelligence module that may compete with the very ERP vendors it partners with. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Process Automation, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Databases, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-17

'The Purpose of a Business is to Create a Customer' - Peter Drucker Centenary

This month marks the centenary of Management guru Peter Drucker's birth, and the Harvard Business Review - the Vogue magazine of management fashions - has a terrific section devoted to his legacy and ideas this month. The paper version is a keeper. Drucker's...

Tags: Performance, Knowledge, Drucker, John Hagel, Knowledge Stock, Lloyd, Strategy, Collaboration, Groupware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-16

Understanding Enterprise 2.0 Tolerances & Scale

We're at an interesting intersection in the collaboration world where projects both large and small tend to be discussed with the same terms. This can be very confusing to the lay person since it's hard to know what sort of scale is being described. ...

Tags: Environment, Enterprise 2.0, Small And Medium Business Need, European Enterprise 2.0 Scene, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-14

Microsoft patches Windows worm holes, drive-by download flaws

HolesIt is like trying to patch a rotten ship!Does that mean Linux is a rotten ship too?NTAnd unfortunately most of the world is on that ship And unfortunately most of the world is on that ship RE: Microsoft patches Windows worm holes, drive-by download flawsAll OS are subject to "Intrusion...

Tags: Linux, Patches, Construction, Operating systems, SECURITY, Microsoft patches Windows worm hole, Microsoft patches Window, worm hole, Microsoft Patches, flaw, Microsoft Corp., patch management, attacked, window, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Enterprise mashup, defined

SoIt is Enterprise Performance Management and Business Intelligence with the ability for end users to create their own analysis and data views? Nothing new there.There is something new here...Yes, end users have been creating their own spreadsheets and working with desktop tools for some time now. And a handful of...

Tags: enterprise mashup

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Arguing About the Collaboration Toolkit: Cisco's Enterprise Collaboration Platform

In the aftermath of last week's San Francisco Enterprise 2.0 conference there's been some lively debate about what constitutes '2.0', including some great comments on my previous post. Meanwhile Cisco have literally just announced their Enterprise Collaboration Platform, which will be broad set...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Cisco Systems Inc., Tool, Productivity, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-08

HSTracker 1.3.9 (Mac)

HSTracker is a simple to use asset management application that helps you keep track of hardware and software in your business and stay on top of software licensing. Among its features: Manage key data such as serial numbers, MAC addresses, hardware configuration and software licenses Import Apple Remote Desktop...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Software License, Computer, Gal Consultancy, HSTracker, Asset Management, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Finance, Business Operations, Management

Software downloads 2009-11-08

Enteprise 2.0 - the non-debate

Mega-Corps & the worldThere is life beyond the Mega-Corp droneculture where management punishes theworker ants for a mistake and threatensthem with layoffs and pay cuts.No thanks, small enterprise businessis the groundwork, big mega-corpsare puppet shells with CEO's pullingthe strings.RE: Enteprise 2.0 - the non-debateWell putRE: Enteprise 2.0 - the non-debateUnfortunately...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enteprise 2.0, Enterprise 2.0

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

News to know: Microsoft store; Domain names; Blackberry Storm2; VoIP; Android

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.: Robin Harris: A visit to Microsoft's first store Zack Whittaker: Web addresses to extend to non-English languages...

Tags: Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Domain Name, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Sales Strategy, Telephony, VOIP, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Data Management, Sales, Networking

Blog posts 2009-11-02

Five reasons to deliver a virtual service, not a virtual server

What began as an interesting technological experiment has now become an opportunity for IT to shape its future, says Fortisphere's Lilac Berniker Commentary - As virtualization becomes an increasingly commonplace technology in the datacenter, the breadth of stakeholders in the virtual environment is growing. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Workload, Virtual Server, Server, Strategy, Management, virtualization, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-10-29