Strategic Alignment White Papers

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Value-driven product management: Six keys to product success
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how assessment, alignment, achievability, accessibility, agility and accountability, the six key concepts of value-driven product management, can be applied to create a repeatable process for developing successful products.
Posted: 19 Mar 2009 | Published: 01 Jan 2009

IBM

Infographic: Bridging the Gap Between Business and IT
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This infographic illustrates the necessity of integration between business and IT, as well as the fundamental disagreements that exist between the two groups.
Posted: 04 Sep 2014 | Published: 04 Sep 2014

IBM

Workload Automation: Helping Cloud Computing Take Flight
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Many data centers are using the cloud to host applications and data storage but typically aren’t using the cloud to process effective batch computing workloads. Enterprise workload automation tools can give businesses a chance to take a much greater advantage of cloud computing. Read this whitepaper to learn how.
Posted: 06 Apr 2010 | Published: 06 Apr 2010

BMC Software, Inc.

Ten Critical Success Factors for CRM: Lessons Learned from Successful Implementations
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Customer relationship management (CRM) deployments can be complex and difficult. This white paper provides a checklist of the ten critical success factors for organizations to follow to avoid common pitfalls as they design and deploy their CRM system.
Posted: 16 Jan 2007 | Published: 01 Aug 2006

Oracle Corporation

IBM SOA Business Value Assessment
sponsored by IBM Software Group
WHITE PAPER: The IBM Online SOA Business Value Analyzer will help you better understand your specific IT and business related goals, the priority of each goal, IBM entry point projects designed to reach your specific goals and the benefits of these projects.
Posted: 03 Aug 2007 | Published: 01 Aug 2007

IBM Software Group

IBM Service Management: Driving growth for Managed ICT Service Providers
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Integrated Service Management offerings from IBM are designed to help managed service providers (MSPs) accelerate growth by supporting cost reduction programs, service delivery excellence, and the enablement of new and innovative business models such as cloud-based services.
Posted: 03 Oct 2011 | Published: 03 Oct 2011

IBM

Better Decision-Making: How Smart Companies Win with Cognos Management
sponsored by IBM Cognos
WHITE PAPER: Learn how to utilize performance management solutions to prepare for the unknown future. Answer your fundamental business questions and gain deeper insight into your business to enable for better decision-making.
Posted: 29 May 2007 | Published: 01 Feb 2007

IBM Cognos

Enhancing Your Infrastructure in an Uncertain Economy to Support Your SOA Business Initiatives
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper defines the challenges facing today's IT executives and steps you can take now to support your organization’s SOA-based initiatives by cutting costs, leveraging your existing IT infrastructure and improving productivity.
Posted: 11 Nov 2009 | Published: 15 Jan 2009

IBM

Business Case Development Best Practices for Data Center and IT Projects: Speed Up Your Project Approval and Start with Confidence
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: How do companies create winning business cases to justify key data center and IT initiatives and speed-up the budget approval process? Read this paper for tips and best practices for how to succeed in the budget approval process and business case development.
Posted: 28 Sep 2009 | Published: 25 Jun 2009

HP & Intel®

IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Version 6.1 with IBM WebSphere Adapters: Communicating with Enterprise Information Systems
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper reveals how WebSphere® adapter nodes within IBM® WebSphere Message Broker V6.1 speed and simplify the tasks of creating integrated processes, resulting in greater productivity and lower cost.
Posted: 12 Feb 2009 | Published: 11 Feb 2009

IBM