Business/IT Alignment Reports

Strive for Simplicity: IT infrastructures that cut through complexity to drive business benefits
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Through this white paper learn the business value of simplifying IT infrastructure and processes. Learn 4 areas of IT that can easily be simplified, the 5 substantial business benefits of simplification, and much more.
Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 25 Jun 2012

Oracle Corporation

IBM’s Three Server Approach to Workload Optimization vs. Oracle’s Exadata Single Server Approach
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to  learn about IBM vs. Oracle’s different methods of workload optimization. Review the differences between IBM’s three server approach and Oracle’s one-size-fits-all approach to deep analytics, operational analytics, and transaction processing, and decide which technology best suits your organization.
Posted: 07 Jun 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2012

IBM

A Geek’s Guide to Presenting to Business People
sponsored by Citrix Online
WEBCAST: Giving presentations to business stakeholders is often a struggle for IT executives because they don’t know how to speak business executives “language”. Attend this live webcast on June 20th to learn what business-minded individuals need in a presentation and practical tips for how to make your presentations more compelling.
Posted: 05 Jun 2012 | Premiered: Jun 20, 2012, 01:00 EDT (05:00 GMT)

Citrix Online

What CFOs Should Ask their Software Development Leaders
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper illustrates a new way of thinking about the funding of IT software projects, one that considers funding in terms of investment, and value as an expansive, longitudinal variable.
Posted: 20 Sep 2011 | Published: 20 Sep 2011

IBM

CIO Decisions e-zine: Big data analytics, the power of personalized data
sponsored by TechTarget CIO
EZINE: This edition of the CIO Decisions e-zine demonstrates how BI and data analytics are dramatically changing the way businesses interact with their data. Inside, learn how the Obama campaign used "microtargeting" techniques to read the polls and understand how they were changing and evolving during the campaign.
Posted: 08 Feb 2013 | Published: 08 Feb 2013

TechTarget CIO

The Evolving Role of the Business Analyst
sponsored by IBM
TECHNICAL ARTICLE: With the advent of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), the business analyst now has to think about issues such as IT services and how to define business logic as rules for easier and faster change cycles. Thus, a new position called the business rules analyst has emerged. This article will examine the role of this new star in the business world.
Posted: 24 May 2010 | Published: 03 Jun 2008

IBM

Real-Time BI Gives Performance Envelope a Big-Time Push
sponsored by TechTarget Business Analytics
EBOOK: Read this four-part expert e-book for practical advice for evaluating, planning, and managing deployment of real-time analytics systems for maximum insights and minimal complications.
Posted: 08 Jul 2014 | Published: 07 Jul 2014

TechTarget Business Analytics

Better Healthcare Starts with Better Information
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines Dell's holistic solutions, bringing together implementation services, process improvement consulting and customized IT technology so caregivers have better information for better patient care.
Posted: 20 Jun 2012 | Published: 20 Jun 2012

DellEMC and Intel®

Is your data center holding you back?
sponsored by HP Inc
WHITE PAPER: Access this essential resource to discover five crucial steps to jump-start business and IT agility by becoming an instant-on enterprise, including planning, standardizing, virtualizing, and more.
Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Oct 2011

HP Inc

Introduction to Business Rules: Taking Advantage of Business Rules Management Systems
sponsored by IBM
TECHNICAL ARTICLE: Business users sometimes try to control and manage business rules without directly having to deal with IT, which isn’t always successful. Using an example from the insurance industry, this article provides an introduction to business rules and the importance of Business Rules Management Systems (BRMS) in bridging the gap between business and IT.
Posted: 24 May 2010 | Published: 05 Feb 2008

IBM