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Gain a competitive advantage by Aligning Your IT Infrastructure with Business Objectives: This paper looks at what IT Security means to your company and how services can assist in the battle against the threats.; Tags: IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, Competitive Advantage, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management; White papers 2008-05-12
IT optimization as a source of sustainable competitive advantage: Over the last ten years enterprises worldwide have transformed the way they do business by investing trillions of dollars in IT. They've expanded their marketplace reach while working more closely with customers and suppliers. The most innovative of these companies have created a substantial competitive advantage in the marketplace.Read this...; Tags: Optimization, Information Technology, Competitive Advantage, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management; White papers 2008-04-23
The CIO profession: driving innovation and competitive advantage: Can the CIO profession evolve rapidly enough to match the pace of global competition and technological change?Last year, the prospects were far from encouraging. In 2006, CIOs felt that senior management did not understand the transformative power of technology and did not appreciate the contribution that CIOs could make to...; Tags: Innovation, CIO, Competitive Advantage, Leadership, Strategy, Groupware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2008-04-18
Healthcare Solution Provider Finds competitive advantage in Move From SCO UNIX to Windows: American HealthNet wanted to increase ease of use for both the business users and IT staff at its customers; customers neither knew nor wanted to learn SCO UNIX. The company also wanted to expand functionality - both by adding modules for new uses, and by enabling interactivity over the Web....; Tags: Competitive Advantage, SCO Group Inc., Health Care, Microsoft Corp., SCO Unix, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, E-health, Healthcare, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software; Case studies 2008-03-28
Get Clean, Stay Clean - competitive advantage through Data Quality: The purported benefits of advanced IT investment are many. Systems promise to provide executives with comprehensive, timely, and accurate data to support better decision making. Whether the strategic goal is better customer targeting and servicing Customer Relationship Management, streamlined logistics Enterprise Resource Planning, or an integrated view of the enterprise...; Tags: Data Quality, Information Technology, Competitive Advantage, IT Investment, Netrics, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2008-01-01

Productivity Success Factors for the Midmarket: How to gain competitive advantage using the latest conferencing and collaboration technologies: Read this UCStrategies.com paper to see why Unified Communications UC technologies such as conferencing and collaboration have been providing significant benefits including enhanced productivity to large enterprises for several years, but the mid-market -- those companies with between 100 and 1000 employees -- are just now embracing these technologies for...; Tags: Collaboration, Competitive Advantage, Worker, Collaboration Technology, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2008-01-01
Popular Apple rumor Web site to shut down: Popular Apple rumor Web site to shut downIs anyone else amazed....how Apples reputation remains untarnished? Good products or not they are weasily little jerks. Either way probably the best thing that ever happened to the thinksecrets guy.Their primary concern here is the shareholderApple is worth more than most household names:...; Tags: Web site development, Strategy, competitive advantage, Web site, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-12-20
Global Mold Production Yields competitive advantage: Perlos Corporation, headquartered in Finland, is the world's largest supplier of mechanical modules for the telecommunications industry and one of the world's biggest manufacturers of dry-powder inhalers for the pharmaceutical industry. The company challenge was to lower cost economies that are leading to price erosion with tool design and manufacturing...; Tags: Siemens AG, Competitive Advantage, NX, Product Development, Manufacturing, Product Marketing, Productivity, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Management; Case studies 2007-12-01
Leverage Session Control for Sustainable competitive advantage: As the telecom industry migrates towards real-time interactive multimedia communications for fixed and mobile networks, the role of session border controllers will expand in scope and importance. The Stratus Session Controller provides an easy-to-use, scalable solution that resolves the complexities associated with the interconnection of calls across wireline, cable and...; Tags: Multimedia, Stratus Technologies, Competitive Advantage, Stratus Session Controller, Wireless; White papers 2007-11-01
Quality of Experience: A Strategic competitive advantage of Microsoft Unified Communications: Voice Quality, as measured by the subjective perception of users, is key to the success of IP telephony implementations. Managing it however is a very complex task in the absence of comprehensive real time measurement of Voice Quality in traditional enterprise voice solutions. As a substitute for direct management of...; Tags: Telephony, Network, Competitive Advantage, Unified Communications, IP Telephony, IP, Microsoft Corp., VOIP, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking; White papers 2007-10-01
Corporate DNA and competitive advantage: Corporate DNA and competitive advantageApple getting startedNothing beats a forked tongue. Steve Jobs speaking out about how DRM doesn't work and then making his products the most locked-down devices on the market today. I wonder if there is some kind of "release" command on those devices to turn off the...; Tags: Strategy, competitive advantage, DNA, Nothing, Apple Inc., Newton Co., Steve Jobs; Discussion threads 2007-09-27
Corporate DNA and competitive advantage: Apple seems to be making more aggressive moves against those who wish to customize its products. A firmware update slated for release soon will break, possibly permanently, iPhones that have been "unlocked." Combined with take-down notices sent to a site dedicated to iPod hacking, Apple seems to be drawing a...; Tags: Apple iPhone, DNA, Competitive Advantage, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Developer Orientation, Tools & Techniques, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Linux, Digital Media, Management, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, John Carroll; Blog posts 2007-09-27
SAP Business ByDesign: competitive advantage and the Dynamics of Enterprise Software: There are lots of reasons why companies chose SaaS/On Demand applications, but driving competitive advantage is not always at the top of the list. That's why SAP's Business ByDesign announcement this week in New York looked a little more interesting than other SaaS/OD announcements I've attended. The customers that SAP...; Tags: Competitive Advantage, SAP AG, SOA, Business ByDesign, SaaS/OD, BBD, Market-leader, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategy, Roi/Tco, Model-Driven Development, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2007-09-20
Trust and competitive advantage: An Integrated Approach to Governance, Risk Management and Compliance: Burned by Enronesque accounting scandals, investors and governments are imposing rigorous reporting requirements to keep companies on the straight and narrow. These reactions are a symptom of a fundamental force in the economy: a crisis of trust among stakeholders of corporations. Stakeholders are not only a company's...; Tags: Accounting, Compliance, Competitive Advantage, SAP AG, Risk Management, Trust, Financial Services, Government, Operational Accounting, Strategy, Finance, Management; White papers 2007-09-18
Actionable Analytics: Creating competitive advantage in Growing and Midsized Businesses with Business Intelligence: "Business intelligence" BI is not only an imperative for big companies. Growing and midsized business also require visibility into all aspects of the company for their day-to-day decision-making, with accurate, reliable and up-to-date information. This White Paper outlines the issues, business ramifications, and solutions for the business intelligence requirements of...; Tags: Analytics, Competitive Advantage, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management; White papers 2007-09-17
Enterprise software marketing: time for a rethink: Enterprise software marketing: time for a rethinkThat's not what that quote is sayingIt's saying that although some software companies might be capable of developing a top-quality "Stratocaster" product, it will still be of no use to customers who don't understand how to use it to their full advantage.Not defeatist, realisticERP...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise software, software, ERP, competitive advantage; Discussion threads 2007-09-10
CAD/CIM and the SAB software selection: This is a guest column by frequent contributor Erik Engbrecht. It's part of the SAB software discussion and represents exactly what I'd hoped to spawn with this whole imaginary company business: an interesting dialogue. That said, here's Erik: Innovative information technology can be a critical means for...; Tags: Software, Core Competency, Information Technology, Competitive Advantage, Product, Manufacturing, SAB, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2007-09-06
Amarr Company Maintains competitive advantage and Prepares for Rapid Growth: Amarr Company is an international manufacturer and distributor of residential and commercial garage doors. The company wanted to prepare the company for future growth and expansion and reduce customizations built over many years. The challenge was to establish a best-of-breed information platform across applications and technology and maintain a competitive...; Tags: Oracle Corp., J.D. Edwards & Co., Competitive Advantage, Strategy, Product Marketing, Management, Marketing; Case studies 2007-09-01
Overnite Express delivers competitive advantage with Palm Treo smartphones protected by OtterBox cases: Overnite Express is a regional express carrier serving California, Arizona, Nevada and Mexico. Having grown to almost two million deliveries annually, the company sought an innovative and robust solution to replace its existing dispatch and delivery technology. The customized Palm&#reg; Treo smartphone solution gives Overnite Express the distinction of being...; Tags: Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Competitive Advantage, Palm Treo, Overnite Express, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware; Case studies 2007-09-01
Embedded experience as primary software determinant: Embedded experience as primary software determinantCostly proposition"(2) making a big package decision while setting the pieces in place for its replacement in the future gives senior management the widest possible range of options, first to adapt their business plans as reality evolves and secondly to change their strategic systems directions...; Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Team management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Open Source CRM solution, open source, competitive advantage, ERP, software; Discussion threads 2007-08-29