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- Business Advisory Services Finance Improvement
- Industry challenges have never been greater for chief financial officers CFOs. The current market conditions and the pace of regulatory change have all pushed CFOs into a more active role. Today, the role of the CFO has evolved beyond being the director of a support function to being a true...
- Tags: Ernst & Young LLP, Performance, CFO, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Performance Management, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2009-08-14
- One hundred sixty and counting
- One hundred sixty and countingJust how many people lined the roadto see the emperor in his new clothes? 160 and counting . . .I'm seeing a common theme hereIt seems that although virtualization technology has been in productive use for over 30 years on mainframes, 20 years on midrange systems...
- Tags: cloud computing, Utility computing, Storage management, virtualization, virtualization technology
- Discussion threads 2009-08-04
- Understanding the Components of Business Confidence
- Companies of all sizes and in all sectors are investing significant resources in improving their business effectiveness. Their efforts focus on a number of key areas, including technologies to improve efficiencies and remove bottlenecks, human resources to select and equip the best and the brightest, and processes to maximize the...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Operational Planning, Business Operations
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Dell's major units take first quarter hits; IT demand indicators 'remain mixed'
- Dell's major units take first quarter hits; IT demand indicators 'remain mixed'Wow!I don't like Dell, but those are horrible numbers.Where is all that government stimulus money?How does Dell compare to Apple these days?Forget market share.How does Dell compare in terms of Net Profit Dollars?The embarrassing part is that Dell has...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Supply chain management (SCM), Desktops, Sales strategy, information technology, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-28
- Dell's major units take first quarter hits; IT demand indicators 'remain mixed'
- Dell's major business units---public sector, large enterprise, small and medium business and consumer---suffered double digit sales declines in the first quarter as net income fell 63 percent from a year ago. For the first quarter ended May 1, Dell reported earnings of $290 million, or 15 cents...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, IT-spending, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-28
- The 'Social Media' Quality Problem: What a Racket
- Gary & the Hornets Oskar Weiner US TV Commercial, 1967 While it is highly desirable to stimulate dialog between business units, individuals, partners and of course customers in order to encourage cross pollination and capture ideas collaboratively, there is a parallel challenge of the quality...
- Tags: Social Media, E-mail, Tammy Erickson, Marketing Research, Marketing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- Process Readiness: Are you ready to run a Marathon?
- April 19 is Patriot’s Day in Boston. The reenactment of the Shot Heard Round the World on Lexington Green, the parades, the Red Soxâ€"maybe I’ll pop over to Hopkinton and run the 26 miles of the Boston Marathon. I think not â€" I’ve never run more than three miles in...
- Tags: Business Process, Training, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Operational Planning, Human Resources, Business Operations, AMR Research
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- Mainframe Security and Compliance - Getting It "RIGHT" the First Time
- The move from a reactive posture to a proactive one that is characterized by automated, repeatable processes for security management is the key to reducing the total cost and complexity of compliance - "Doing the right things, and doing things right". To achieve it, one must go beyond the minimum...
- Tags: Compliance, Mainframe, Computer Associates International Inc., Security
- White papers 2009-04-01
- Using Microsoft Excel and Business Intelligence to Thrive in Economic Uncertainty
- Microsoft's vision for Business Intelligence is to improve organizational effectiveness so that organizations of all sizes can overcome the challenges that arise from economic uncertainty. For example, using Microsoft Excel - a familiar and intuitive tool - as part of a complete, integrated Business Intelligence environment, one can empower more...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Excel, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Microsoft Office, Office Suites
- White papers 2009-03-01
- Dell's fourth quarter sales stumble; Plans more cost cutting
- Dell's revenue fell 16 percent in the fourth quarter, but the company was able to top Wall Street expectations courtesy of cost cutting. Dell indicated that it will now aim to save $4 billion in expenses by 2011, up from an initial $3 billion target. Dell reported...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Sales, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- Making the case for SOA in a tough economy: remember, services are the business
- There's been no shortage of fretting that today's rough-and-tumble economy may cut SOA-related efforts to shreds. Not to worry, says one commentator, who says if anything, a tough economy will prove the mettle of SOA. As I mentioned before on this blogsite, the principles...
- Tags: SOA, Service Orientation, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-02-16
- Honey I just blew up the ERP
- Sigurd Rinde, one of my Irregular pals is also one of the sharpest people I know. He constantly challenges the status quo in a creative way. This morning's offering made me smile: Good thing about working from home is that I can watch webstreams from conferences -...
- Tags: Innovation, Business Process, Accounting, Crowdsourcing, ERP, Sig, Dick, Steve, Effectiveness, Operational Planning, Web 2.0, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Business Operations, Internet, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-01-29
- Numara FootPrints 9.0 (Windows)
- Numara FootPrints offers a highly flexible, multi-dimensional and unique platform for managing the service desk and extends business process automation, throughout the organization without the overhead of other solutions. The award-winning and ITIL-compatible solution gives support professionals the power to: Manage service delivery for internal and external customer support with...
- Tags: Numara Software Inc., Microsoft Windows, UniPress Software, Numara FootPrints, ITIL, Operational Planning, It Services, Process Improvement, Business Process Automation, Business Operations, Quality, It Operations
- Software downloads 2009-01-06
- Web 2.0 @ work: how CIOs can help drive business returns by improving organizational effectiveness
- Without access to historical information, organizations today would be severely limited in their ability to make informed, appropriate decisions regarding even the most basic aspects of their business. However, the challenges encountered during attempts to gather, codify and distribute this knowledge can be daunting. The answer for many organizations and...
- Tags: Web, CIO, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing
- White papers 2009-01-01
- CIO strategy: 10 qualities of IT greatness
- CIO strategy: 10 qualities of IT greatnessTwo interesting edits.The organizational emphasis of this Comment is worthwhile. The CIO can apparently judge his effectiveness by attention paid and influence exerted.With that in mind, a couple of your edits highlight assumptions in the original.First, Point 3:Original:3. The IT shop uses up-to-date...
- Tags: strategy, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-12-29
- What's next after server virtualization
- Virtualization in the form of the use of virtual machine software isn’t the panacea that many seem to believe. While the use of this technology is very helpful if an organization’s goal is consolidation to achieve some level of cost reduction, cost avoidance or, on occasion a more agile environment,...
- Tags: Virtual Machine, Organization, Virtual Machine Software, Desktop Virtualization, Data Centers, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Servers, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Streamlined and Sustainable: The Dynamic Enterprise: The Role of ICT in Realizing the Business Benefits of Eco-Sustainability
- By focusing in a holistic way on organizational priorities that integrate the network, people, processes and knowledge, 'green' initiatives can marry eco-sustainability with core operational and strategic objectives. Applications such as teleworking, videoconferencing and others both reduce energy requirements helping enterprises meet their environmental targets and contribute to improved efficiency...
- Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., Benefit, Alcatel, Information And Communication Technology, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-09-16
- Ticking bombs in enterprise land
- I believe the enterprise software industry is heading for major problems. It started when I read Francine McKenna where she talks about what she sees as a doomsday scenario for at least one of the Big Four audit businesses. Francine's focus is on questioning the effectiveness of current methods for...
- Tags: Software, Audit, Francine, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Lowering Organizational Barriers to Improve Communication and Collaboration
- A regional professional services firm was struggling with some of the less positive aspects of rapid business growth. The desire to maintain a "Small family firm culture vs. a territorial corporate culture, generational obstacles,, and high turnover were combining to chip away at the firm's effectiveness in the short term,...
- Tags: Barrier, Collaboration, Firm, Leadership, Management
- Case studies 2008-06-24
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