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IndustryPlayer 6.6 build 660 (Windows)

IndustryPlayer is a business simulation game which realistically reproduces all aspects of a corporation's business, including it's relationships with the workforce, suppliers, competitors, consumers, banks, insurers, and the government. The simulation is based on real world economic models and genuine industry data. Players take the role of an entrepreneur and...

Tags: Tycoon Systems, Microsoft Windows, IndustryPlayer, Strategic Management, Government, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Santa Clara University Streamlines Financial Processes and Accelerates Admission Application Reviews

Santa Clara University wanted to provide an integrated financial management solution to improve strategic management of university resources and enhance reporting capabilities to reduce reliance on IT staff. The challenge was to increase access to online information and provide functional staff with more system ownership and minimize customizations to reduce...

Tags: Santa Clara University, Oracle Corp., Financial, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Operational Planning, Strategic Management, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Business Operations

Case studies 2009-06-01

10 Key Considerations When Outsourcing QA and Testing Services

Outsourcing is a strategic management option rather than just another way to cut costs. The decision to outsource is often made in the interests of lowering costs, redirecting or conserving energy directed at the competencies of a particular business, or to make more efficient use of labor, capital, technology and...

Tags: AppLabs, Strategic Management, Leadership, Outsourcing, Managed Hosting, Strategy, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

White papers 2008-03-01

Business Intelligence Technical Overview

Today's managers and data analysts are inundated with information and under time constraints to make key business decisions. They need visual cues to identify the latest business trends and then make both operational and strategic management decisions. All of which must be shared with the right people throughout the enterprise....

Tags: Oracle Corp., Strategic Management, Pricing, Leadership, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management

White papers 2005-07-01

Oracle Business Intelligence 10g Technical Overview

Oracle Business Intelligence continues to enhance the industry leading Oracle database platform with capabilities to support business intelligence systems. Today's managers and data analysts are inundated with information and under time constraints to make key business decisions. They need visual cues to identify the latest business trends and then make...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle Business Intelligence, Strategic Management, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Leadership, Databases, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management

White papers 2004-12-01

Dashboards and Scorecards: Executive Information Systems for the Public Sector

Web-based technologies are ushering in a new era of public management by disseminating information to key decision makers through portals known as executive information systems EIS. This paper describes the concept of EIS, identifies the features and functions of leading products, and discusses how EIS can promote strategic management in...

Tags: Public Sector, Information System, Government Finance Officers Association, Dashboard, Strategic Management, Portals, Strategy, Internet, Management

White papers 2001-12-01

Empire of the Ants demo (Windows)

Ants have created a parallel civilization, built real kingdoms, invented the most sophisticated weapons, designed an art of war and the city, and developed amazing technology. This strategic management game unlike any other will throw you into the brutal and amazing world of ants. Fights to the death, resource management,...

Tags: Ant, Microsoft Windows, Microids, Strategic Management, Leadership, Strategy, Games, Management, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2001-06-14

Development of the 3rd Generation Balanced Scorecard, Part I

This paper describes the changes to the definition of the Balanced Scorecard that have occurred since it became popular as a performance measurement framework during the early 1990s. The paper builds on earlier work by the authors that characterised such definitions into three distinct generations of Balanced Scorecard. The paper...

Tags: Better Management.com, Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Management, Marketing, Marketing Research

White papers

Managing Strategy With the Balanced Scorecard: How to Convert Strategic Planning Into Action

Using the Balanced Scorecard, thousands of organizations around the globe have overcome the discouraging odds of strategy implementation by focusing on what is critical to success, alignment from top to bottom, and informed resource allocation decisions. As the tool has evolved over the past 15 years from measurement system to...

Tags: Strategic Planning, Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Management, Strategy, Marketing, Marketing Research, Management

Webcasts

Using the Balanced Scorecard to Improve State & Local Government Performance

Pressures on governments around the world have contributed to the rising adoption of "performance management and measurement" - a focus on program and service outputs and outcomes, and on "managing for results". Specifically, state and local governments are becoming increasingly accountable for results and the cost-effective use of taxpayer money...

Tags: Performance, Better Management.com, Balanced Scorecard, Government, Strategic Management, Vertical Industries, Marketing, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts

Portal Solution Helps Consultant Firm Improve Knowledge Management

German strategic management consulting firm SMP AG historically supported its operations with a file server system built on Microsoft technology. As the company grew, there were only organisational rules for information management; however, they were not supported by formal processes and IT-Infrastructure for information storage. Information was stored in separate...

Tags: Knowledge, Microsoft Corp., File Server, File Servers, Strategic Management, Storage Management, Portals, Knowledge Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Internet, Management

Case studies

Additional Resources

Klondike Battle 2.0 (Mac)

Do you have enough of basic solitaire or just looking for a new challenge? Try Klondike Battle now and defy different opponents! Klondike Battle is a mind challenging and strategic card game, which is based on klondike rules. However in Klondike Battle you directly play against another human or bot...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Opponent, Nifty Inspirations, Klondike Battle, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-15

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

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

Support Strategies: Customer Experience Management

Customer experience is the most powerful tool available today for distinguishing your company from competitors ? each contact with the customer offers an opportunity for strengthening your relationships by delivering value. That makes the support center an extremely strategic contact point. This smith+co white paper explores the importance...

Tags: Strategy, Customer Experience

White papers 2009-11-06

10 ways to evaluate your IT management software

Does your helpdesk work for you or do you work for your helpdesk? Saar Bitner of SysAid Technologies tells how to manage you IT management software. Commentary - Choosing the right IT management software solution is a strategic decision that requires the careful planning and consideration of every IT...

Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Software Solution, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, IT management, software, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-05

Gratuitous Space Battles demo (Windows)

Gratuitous Space Battles is a strategy / management / simulation game that does away with all the base building and delays and gets straight to the meat and potatoes of science-fiction games : The big space battles fought by huge spaceships with tons of laser beams and things going zap!,...

Tags: Ship, Microsoft Windows, Positech Games, Gratuitous Space Battles, GSB, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Strategic Secret Weapon for Tightening Business & IT Alignment: Modeling!

Achieving alignment between an organization's core goals and the IT infrastructure that supports an enterprise's strategic direction is an ongoing challenge. Learn how aligning business processes with data from information systems enables the development of a model-driven approach that will ultimately lead to heightened agility and greater productivity across the...

Tags: Business Process, Information Technology, Sybase Inc., Modeling, Operational Planning, Strategy, Databases, Business Operations, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-11-01

MSFT versus GOOG - there's a big gap

Countering Google[i]At the current rate of Google?s revenue growth, 7 per cent, it would take it more than 3 years to reach Microsoft?s current quarterly revenue.[/i]The above is true if you assume MS will have no growth over the next 3 years. I don't think that will be the case....

Tags: Web browsers, Operational accounting, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

SAP and Siemens: kiss and make up?

The other week news broke that Siemens planned to can its estimated €40 million plus annual maintenance agreement with SAP. What a difference a few weeks makes. According to a press release issued by SAP: SAP...today announced that Siemens AG, a global leader in electronics and electrical engineering, has...

Tags: Siemens AG, SAP AG, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-22