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- Asian Paints enables growth through improved planning
- Asian Paints is India's largest paint company and is ranked among the top 10 decorative coatings companies in the world. When the company needed a competitive edge in the challenging Indian marketplace, it found a clear advantage in establishing a leaner, more agile and cost-efficient supply chain. Its management chose...
- Tags: Supply Chain, I2 Technologies Inc., Asian Paint, Asian Paints, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Change Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies 2009-10-01
- Automating Change Management Responsibly
- Automating Change Management Responsibly Please join Dennis Drogseth, Vice President of Enterprise Management Associates and Stephen Nunn, Associate Partner of Accenture to discuss the economic and procedural value of process automation in your environment. Dennis will provide an overview of the advantages of automating IT processes citing industry statistics...
- Tags: Process Automation, Information Technology, Accenture Ltd., IBM Corp., Change Management, Leadership, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Webcasts 2009-09-17
- Change Reporter for VMware 2.0.45 (Windows)
- The freeware reporting tool for change management of your virtual infrastructure. Reports changes to virtual hardware, configuration of ESX servers, resource pools, clusters, and other virtual and physical objects. The tool sends a daily report, outlining all changes made to virtual infrastructure, including previous values of configuration settings. You can...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Infrastructure, Change Management, Virtualization, Business Intelligence, Ip storage, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-09-16
- Cloud computing uniquely enables product and food recall processes across supply chains
- In conjunction with GS1 Canada, HP announced a product recall process Monday that straddles many participants across global supply chains. The pressures in such multi-player process ecologies can mount past the breaking point for such change management nightmares as rapid food or product recalls. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Supply Chain, Food, Cloud Computing, Change Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Food & Beverage, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- SAP's Schwarz & Sikka: The Road to More Agile Business Performance
- Last week I had the opportunity to spend time with SAP CTO Vishal Sikka and separately SAP executive board member John Schwarz, and I've been ruminating on our conversations a lot since those meetings. Fortunately I was part of a group of bloggers who have been following SAP closely, and...
- Tags: Performance, SAP AG, Financial Planning, Change Management, Performance Management, Strategy, Finance, Tools & Techniques, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-07-31
- Xstrata Consolidates Reporting, Streamlines Change Management, and Gains Visibility Into Best Practices
- Xstrata wanted to centralize management of 32 global financial consolidations annually across five business units, approximately 2,000 entities, and multiple ERP systems with many different ledgers and complete financial consolidation, budgeting, and reporting seven days after month's end, while gaining a real-time view of each business unit. The challenge was...
- Tags: Xstrata Plc., Hyperion Solutions Corp., Oracle Corp., Financial, Best Practice, Financial Management, Change Management, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Tools & Techniques, Management, Software
- Case studies 2009-06-01
- A Three-Step Framework for Increasing ROI, Reducing Risk, and Lowering Costs by Automating IT Change Management
- This white paper outlines the processes and tools organization needs to address the challenge of change chaos and evolve beyond ITIL-based change management to change automation. It will demonstrate how even the most unwieldy and internally resistant IT organizations can be helped by embracing change management solutions from HP and...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, ROI, Change Management, Leadership, Roi/Tco, Tools & Techniques, Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2009-06-01
- dbConstructor 2.0.1.367 (Windows)
- dbConstructor was developed with the main focus on speeding and easing the database schema creation and maintenance process, while maintaining the complete documentation and change management required in today's fast development environment. Maintaining multiple or even a single database platform project can be a very complex task, which has been...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Database Schema, DBDeveloper Solutions, Storage, Change Management, Databases, Hardware, Tools & Techniques, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-05-29
- SysAid Help Desk and Asset Management 6.0 (Windows)
- SysAid is a dynamic and highly intuitive software solution for the small to medium IT Helpdesk. It provides extensive Helpdesk, Knowledgebase, Asset Management, Monitoring, Reports and Analysis applications, in a simple, attractive and easy-to-use package. The software comes with standardized templates to help you get started right away, or fully...
- Tags: Asset, Software, Ilient, Knowledgebase, Problem Management, Microsoft Windows, SysAid, SysAid Software, Change Management, ITIL, Help Desk, Asset Management, Tools & Techniques, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Management, It Services, It Operations, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2009-05-08
- Bugzero 5.7.1 (Windows)
- Bugzero is a Web-based bug tracking, defect tracking, issue tracking, and change management system used in a distributed team environment to track software bugs, hardware defects, test cases, or any other issues. It can also be used equally well as a helpdesk customer support, trouble ticketing, or email management system...
- Tags: Defect, Microsoft Windows, WEBsina, Bugzero, Change Management, Help Desk, Call Centers, E-mail, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Management, It Operations, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2009-04-28
- See What's New in BMC Remedy Change Management in 7.5
- The attendee of this webcast will see what new features and functions are in BMC Remedy Change Management 7.5. From new functionality in Release Management, Change Impact Analysis and Collision Detection, the attendee will learn how this will help make the job easier and bring value to the organization. The...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Change Management, Remedy Corp., It Management, It service Management
- Webcasts 2009-04-22
- DBSignOff 0.9.20 (Windows)
- DBSignOff is an evolution in the database change management process. It is the intent of the engineering team at Logic for Data to create software to simplify database development and maintenance. This tool will hopefully bring this goal closer to realization by enhancing the process by which database modifications are...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, DBSignOff, Change Management, Storage, Databases, Tools & Techniques, Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-04-14
- Change Management Best Practices for the Engineering and Construction Industry
- Construction contracts differ from most legal agreements in that they expect and plan for changes. The purpose of this white paper is to highlight best practices of identifying and managing changes that might occur on a constructing project, and provide a process to effectively manage changes on construction projects. It...
- Tags: Project, Change, Construction Industry, Change Management, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2009-04-01
- Austrian Mobile Provider H3G Dials Up HP Software Professional Services - Saves Time and Improves Customer Service Via Configuration and Change Management Upgrade
- H3G provides 3G (third-generation) mobile communications services to more than 577,000 customers in Austria. The company wanted to improve customer service and reduce system management workloads by upgrading service management processes. H3G developed a service management roadmap and - based on the roadmap - implemented configuration management and change management...
- Tags: Customer Service, Service Management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Professional Services, H3G, Change Management, It Services, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- Closing the Gap Between Apps and Ops: Reducing the Time, Cost and Risk of Application Delivery
- Application deployment and maintenance is far too slow and expensive due to a gap that has long existed between application development and production operations. This gap is the result of competing objectives. "Apps" is about delivering value to the Lines Of Business LOB as rapidly as possible through innovative new...
- Tags: Gap, rPath, Software Development, Change Management, Development Tools, Middleware, Software/Web Development, Tools & Techniques, Management, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2009-03-14
- Jive talking: Easy to underestimate effort required to get people engaged
- Oliver Marks and Larry Dignan both have a take on Jive Software's Social Business Suite 3.0 announcement. As Oliver says, we talked at length about the topic last evening. On the one hand this is unquestionably a brave move. Carving out a new category, complete with TLA...
- Tags: Question, Change Management, AJAX, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Sales Tools, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Human Resources, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- Eliminating Waste in Software Project Management Using Critical Chain Project Management
- Critical Chain Project Management provides measurable benefits of between 10%-50% reduction in the overall cycle time of a project, without impacting project costs. It also shows significant benefits in providing the right controls to effectively manage projects, and allowing actions to be expedited as and when they occur in a...
- Tags: Software, Project, Software Project Management, Software Project, Change Management, Project Management, Benefits, Tools & Techniques, Management, It Operations, It service Management, Human Resources
- White papers 2009-03-01
- Enabling Effective Change Management With an Integrated Change Control Mechanism
- Altering IT systems is a key capability enterprises must possess if they wish to effectively keep pace with an evolving business landscape. Managing this process with the help of a comprehensive, fully integrated change management solution allows organizations to exert a higher degree of control over when, why and by...
- Tags: Change Control, Computer Associates International Inc., Change Management, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2009-03-01
- The inspiration for Business Suite 7
- A different germ for change Earlier today, at the Business Suite 7 (BS7) announcement, I speculated that SAP took some great performance and enhancement technology from its Business ByDesign BBD product line and related architecture and incorporated those into the new BS7 suite. ...
- Tags: SAP AG, Time Frame, Change Management, Leadership, Performance Management, Databases, Tools & Techniques, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-02-04
- How to Set Up Change and Release Management
- View Available Dates and LocationsChange Management and Release Management are key components in any ITIL initiative. In fact, failed changes and releases are the number one cause of outages and customer dissatisfaction. In this course, you'll learn to establish Change and Release Management processes, applying best practices that enable...
- Tags: Global Knowledge, ITIL, Process Improvement, Change Management, It Services, Quality, Business Operations, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Training 2009-02-01
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