IT/Business Strategic Planning Reports

CW500: Key trends for IT leaders in 2017 – business issues
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
PRESENTATION: A look forward to the 12 months ahead for IT leaders and the key trends of the coming year - this presentation came from Neil Ward-Dutton, research director at MWD Advisors, discussing the business trends affecting IT leaders.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 07 Feb 2017

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

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

Ashurst Australia Focuses on Domestic and International Growth
sponsored by IBM
CASE STUDY: This exclusive case study reveals how the right analytics strategy enabled the law firm Ashurst Australia to address the challenges of business growth by analyzing business performance, identifying opportunities for improvement, and more.
Posted: 14 Nov 2013 | Published: 31 Mar 2013

IBM

How to successfully modernize your BI system
sponsored by IBM
EGUIDE: Business intelligence (BI) has become more essential than ever before as organizations strive to stay one step ahead of competitors. Inside this expert resource, learn how IT leaders use emerging strategies for extracting meaningful information from growing stores of data with state-of-the-art BI systems.
Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 04 Jan 2012

IBM

CIO MI E-Zine Supplement: Big Data: Access and Outcome Over Infrastructure
sponsored by TechTarget CIO
EZINE: In their rush to capitalize on big data, enterprises may be putting the cart before the horse, in this case infrastructure before business outcome. This e-zine can help CIOs and business executives formulate a big data strategy that is business-goal and business-value driven, including the choice of big data platforms.
Posted: 10 Apr 2013 | Published: 10 Apr 2013

TechTarget CIO

Managing the Extended Enterprise for Profitable Growth
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: When today's modern, extended enterprises make the move to standardize on a single business software solution, they often find that very few vendors offer products with the necessary scope and flexibility. Read this paper to discover the required elements of successful, unified business software for the extended enterprise.
Posted: 02 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2010

SAP America, Inc.

Fighting the Tide: IBM/Cognos BI Users Reduce Overhead, Increase Operating Profit
sponsored by IBM
ANALYST BRIEF: Read this report to learn what Aberdeen Group found when analyzing the results of 65 IBM/Cognos BI users who participated in a larger study about best practices for business intelligence during a recession.
Posted: 17 Mar 2010 | Published: 14 Sep 2009

IBM

How to select the best ERP strategy for your business
sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation
EGUIDE: In the expert guide discover how the right enterprise resource planning (ERP) strategy can increase overall efficiency and visibility in your enterprise. Learn 6 steps to evaluating ERP vendors, 8 questions that will help you determine your organization’s ERP needs, and much more.
Posted: 01 Jun 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2012

Epicor Software Corporation

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

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