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Garnering Executive Support: Building Your Business Plan for Strategic Meetings Management sponsored by StarCite WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, brought to you by StarCite, corporate travel and meetings professionals will learn why executive support is vital to a strategic meetings management effort and how to garner that support - even if it requires investment and resources from upper management. Posted: 10 Mar 2009 \| Published: 09 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Cost Benefit Analysis \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Social Networking \| Strategic Planning \| Teleconferencing Services \| Videoconferencing Services \| Web Conferencing Services

Transforming Storage Operations from Entrepreneurial to Predictive sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: Some organizations continue to operate without documented processes, procedures and polices. Learn how to avoid risks to services levels, business continuity - and a new approach to IT - one that moves from a reactive to a more predictive model. Posted: 13 Dec 2004 \| Published: 01 Dec 2004 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Models \| Business Performance Management \| Change Management \| CMM (Capability Maturity Model) \| Document Management \| IT Best Practices \| ITIL \| Network Management \| Operational Metrics (Systems) \| Records Management \| SLA \| Storage Management \| Strategic Planning

SOA Implementation with an Offshore Partner sponsored by Torry Harris Business Solutions WHITE PAPER: Learn how to overcome the cost and time of service-oriented architecture (SOA) development by collaborating with an experienced offshore partner. Posted: 31 Oct 2006 \| Published: 01 Oct 2006 TOPICS: Application Development \| Business IT Alignment \| IT Outsourcing Services \| Outsourcing \| SOA \| SOA Governance \| Strategic Planning

Effective SOA Governance sponsored by IBM Software Group WHITE PAPER: Understand how SOA governance can fit within an overall corporate governance framework and learn how to effectively apply SOA governance through the appropriate decisions and progress measurements. Posted: 14 May 2006 \| Published: 01 Mar 2006 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Process Management \| SOA \| SOA Governance \| Strategic Planning \| Web Development \| Web Services \| Web Services Management

Enhancing Interaction Center ROI in Turbulent Economic Times sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Interaction center managers, along with their counterparts in sales, marketing, and service, are being asked to deliver greater value on shoestring budgets. While the conventional reaction in tough economic times is to simply cut costs and services, the nature of the current downturn indicates that austerity measures of the past won't work today. Posted: 27 Apr 2009 \| Published: 27 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Business Communications \| CRM \| CRM Best Practices \| CRM Software \| Customer Interaction Services \| Customer Loyalty \| Data Integration \| Data Quality \| Economic Environment \| ROI \| SAP (Product) \| Strategic Planning \| Workforce Management Software

SOA Governance: Framework and Best Practices sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines a framework and best practices for governance as it specifically relates to Service Orientated Architecture (SOA). It also introduces a Six Steps to Successful SOA Governance model. Posted: 16 Mar 2009 \| Published: 01 May 2007 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Best Practices \| Business IT Alignment \| Enterprise Architectures \| Policy Management \| SOA \| SOA Governance \| Strategic Planning

IONA Artix Registry/Repository sponsored by IONA Technologies WHITE PAPER: SOA is distributed by nature and enterprise SOA initiatives require a level of governance to succeed long-term. Read this white paper and learn how Artix Registry/Repository effectively addresses the challenges of deploying and managing a distribut... Posted: 19 Jun 2007 \| Published: 01 Jun 2007 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| SOA \| SOA Governance \| Strategic Planning \| Web Development \| Web Services Management

The Alignment-Focused Organization: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Take a look at how organizations are taking strides to align business strategy with actual initiatives, projects, and daily activities - in short, to close the gap between strategy and execution. Posted: 24 Mar 2008 \| Published: 01 Nov 2007 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Performance Management \| IT Best Practices \| Strategic Planning

SOA: The Missing Link between Enterprise Architecture and Solution Architecture sponsored by Infosys Technologies Limited WHITE PAPER: Service-oriented architecture (SOA) and enterprise architecture (EA) strive to tighten the business and IT alignment. Learn about the dependencies between an EA framework and an SOA strategy and how services impact the way applications are developed. Posted: 14 May 2007 \| Published: 01 Mar 2007 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Process Management \| Enterprise Architectures \| IT Infrastructure \| Service Level Management \| SOA \| Strategic Planning

How to Implement Technology Portfolio Management sponsored by Borland Software Corporation WHITE PAPER: Technology Portfolio Management is an essential component of any complete Technology Governance strategy. Understand the Technology Portfolio Management process and introduce Portfolio Management into your organization. Posted: 24 May 2006 \| Published: 01 Apr 2006 TOPICS: Application Portfolio Management \| Business Metrics \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| IT Governance \| Strategic Planning