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- Renaissance in Portfolio Management & GRC?
- Why Oracle Bought Primavera Now ? (Note: I actually prepared this post 24 hours before the Oracle - Primavera announcement. Now, it seems a bit obvious.) A few months ago, businesses had access to vast amounts of inexpensive capital. With lots of exceptionally low cost...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Initiative, Project Portfolio Management, Primavera, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Alabama's Broadband Tide
- BROADBAND INITIATIVE – If you really want anywhere access to the Internet, you understand the value and you'll pay for it. A DirecWay dish on an RV at Gulf State Park, on the so-called "Redneck Riviera," at Orange Beach, Alabama. ORANGE BEACH, Ala. – No more...
- Tags: Initiative, Broadband, Alabama, DirecWay, RV, Johnson, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, TVs, Telecommunications, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- A Major Industrial Manufacturer Is Able to Quantify the Value of Strategic Supply Chain Initiatives and Determine the Best Timeline for Implementation
- The company needed to fulfill orders for products and services faster than its competition. In order to do this, it needed to improve collaboration with partners throughout its supply chain. The challenge was to determine which set of initiatives would deliver the most impact. An IBM Global Business Services team...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Initiative, Rational Quantify, IBM Corp., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Lessons Learned in Master Data Management
- Master Data Management MDM is getting the attention it deserves. In hindsight, it's surprising how master data that forms the foundation of any enterprise initiative was never discussed holistically when organizations initiated multimillion dollar initiatives such as Customer Relationship Management CRM, supply chain integration/optimization, Data Warehousing DW, Business Intelligence BI...
- Tags: Initiative, Master Data Management, Investcorp, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-12-13
- Green initiatives take off at SFO
- San Francisco International Airport CIO, John Payne discusses SFO's energy reduction initiatives including buying energy compliant computers and recycling older equipment. by Andrew Mager
- Tags: Initiative, Productivity, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- The Lean Advantage for Complex Equipment Manufacturers
- Increasingly, complex equipment manufacturers are implementing lean initiatives to create competitive advantage. What specifically are these initiatives? Can they really achieve on-time delivery, improve operational excellence, shorten order-cycle times, and reduce costs, to name a few? On the road to initiating these lean processes, what obstacles and challenges are complex...
- Tags: SAP AG, Initiative
- White papers 2007-06-01
- Swedish Local-Authority Association Improves Healthcare With Unique Telephone System
- In a bid to reduce the strain on medical resources, the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions required a unique telephone-based service patients could use anytime of the day or night. A service employing Microsoft technology was created that gives citizens immediate access to a wide range of medical...
- Tags: Phone, Initiative, Mobile, Health Care, Telephone System, Association, Microsoft Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing
- Case studies 2007-01-10
- Ask these questions to help secure funding for IT initiatives
- Winning executive support for technology spending has traditionally been a challenge for IT departments, often leading to frustration and failure despite the clear need to fund a particular initiative. The key is to effectively communicate the business justification for the spending--not an easy task for many IT pros. IT management...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Initiative, Information Technology, Strategy, Management
- Download resources 2005-05-24
- E-Authentication Handbook for Federal Government Agencies
- The E-Authentication Initiative Initiative will simplify secure interaction with Government Agencies through a trust network that links Agency Applications AAs and Credential Services CSs. The Initiative assists those who are E-Authentication-enabling AAs by providing a variety of resources, such as guidance, tools and technical information. This paper offers guidance to...
- Tags: U.S. General Services Administration, Agency, Government, Initiative, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers 2005-05-04
- One-to-One Laptop Initiatives: Providing Tools for 21st Century Learners
- K-12 schools are rapidly deploying one-to-one student laptop initiatives across the nation. The definition of one-to-one computing is essentially providing every staff member, teacher and student with a portable laptop, notebook or tablet PC for continuous use both in the classroom and at home. This paper will explore the goals...
- Tags: Initiative, e.Republic, Tool, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- White papers 2005-03-16
- Using Portal Technology for Collaborative E-Commerce
- This paper presents one approach to increasing the successful adoption of e-commerce by SMEs. This paper discusses adoption constraints for SME's and focuses on the requirements gathering process relating to the development and implementation of a Web Portal initiative in the local region (Illawarra NSW, Australia). The initiative is a...
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, Initiative, E-business, Portals, Smb/Sme, Web Technology, Internet
- White papers 2004-09-06
- Preparing America's Future: The High School Initiative and Career and Technical Education
- This webcast gives an overview of the department's high school initiative called Preparing America's future. The Preparing America's Future initiative was launched in October 2003 at the first national high school leadership summit. The purpose of the initiative is to encourage leaders at both state and local levels and at...
- Tags: Education, Initiative, High School, Preparing America, Professional Development, Leadership, Career, Management
- Webcasts
- Sentteri-Finland's Web-Based Solution Links All the Steps in e-Procurement
- Sentteri is an e-procurement solution developed by Trading House Hansel, the government-owned company responsible for government procurement and purchasing in Finland. Sentteri covers the entire e-procurement process, starting with notification, through tendering, evaluation, ordering, logistics management and electronic payment procedures. Its electronic systems for ordering and for tendering are regularly...
- Tags: Web, Initiative, E-procurement, Logistics, Sentteri-Finland, Sentteri, Supply Chain, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
- Case studies
- High Schools Adopt Adobe Software as Part of the Web Tech Curriculum, a High-Caliber Curriculum That Meets Federal IT Career Cluster Standards
- The Web Tech Curriculum is a year-long course that shows high school students how to complete a Web site design project using five Adobe software applications. The initiative's goal is to create a national model and career cluster curricula framework for IT careers that involve the design, development, support, and...
- Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Initiative, Information Technology, Standards, Web Tech Curriculum, Channel Management, Strategy, Marketing, Management
- Case studies
- Customer Relationship Management to Sustain Competitive Advantage
- The diagnostics market was becoming increasingly competitive. With the high speed of technological changes as well as the characteristics of Roche Diabetes Care's (RDC's) customer base, there were few, if any, barriers of entry for RDC's market. It became increasingly clear that in addition to excellent products and services resulting...
- Tags: Initiative, Competitive Advantage, CRM, RDC, Research & Development, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Marketing, Software, Management
- Case studies
- Master/Reference Data Management as an Enterprise Data Quality Initiative: Challenges and Best Practices
- Enterprises have realized that if they want to leverage information as a key asset, they have to understand and take a serious look at master data. Whether master data is necessary for a data quality or data integration effort, or a data initiative to meet regulatory requirements or CRM initiatives,...
- Tags: Data Quality, Initiative, SAS Institute, Data Integration, Best Practice, Data Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
Additional Resources
- America's airways ready for NextGen
- It's time – long past time – to upgrade the U.S. air traffic control system. The current system, designed during World War II, contributes mightily to flight delays, customer dissatisfaction and a massive energy wastefulness. But a GPS satellite-based system, on the drawing board for more than a decade, has...
- Tags: FAA, Air Traffic Control, Greenhouse Gas, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical
- It will be a very busy Patch Tuesday for administrators managing Microsoft Windows computer systems. According to Microsoft's advance notice mechanism, 11 security bulletins will drop next Tuesday (October 14, 2008), covering a wide range of serious vulnerabilities. Four of the 11 bulletins are...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Teaching telecommuting
- I had to commute this morning. I left the commuting behind about 5 years ago and dread the drive from middle-of-nowhere Massachusetts to Boston. We have a lot more horses than traffic jams out my way, so I've definitely lost my tolerance for traffic. The local troopers...
- Tags: Boston, Tool, Telecommuting, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Capital, Capital. Wherefore art thou scarce capital?
- My Kingdom for Capital Expenditure Funding The current meltdown on Wall Street is definitely having an impact on the technology sector. This week's recent earnings forecast from SAP rather convincingly showed us that the capital markets will adversely impact technology sales. Capital for...
- Tags: Wall Street, Firm, Borrower, Pricing Strategy, Banking Relationship, Sales Strategy, Banking, Pricing, Sales Force Management, Roi/Tco, Sales, Financial Services, Marketing, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
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