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Ensuring Customer Loyalty: Designing Next-Generation Loyalty Programs
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Loyalty programs are a necessary part of a successful CRM program and long-term customer retention. Compare available programs, learn what a loyalty program can achieve for your business and gain an eight step guide to designing your own successful plan.
Posted: 16 Jan 2007 | Published: 01 Feb 2005

Oracle Corporation

Understanding ITIL® Service Portfolio Management: An Approach For Implementing Effective Service Lifecycle Management
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: IT executives and their teams need a comprehensive and accurate view of IT services. A service catalog includes all relevant details about your services, including which service level agreements (SLAs) are associated with it, who is able to request it, how much it costs, and how to fulfill it. This paper describes the IT Infrastructure...
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 15 Jun 2009

BMC Software, Inc.

Enterprise Risk Management in the Financial Services Industry: International Benchmark Survey May 2007
sponsored by SAS
WHITE PAPER: This report presents the 2007 results of SAS' annual international benchmark survey on enterprise risk management (ERM) in the financial services industry.
Posted: 10 Sep 2008 | Published: 05 Sep 2008

SAS

Achieve True Collaboration in Global Development
sponsored by Telelogic, An IBM Company
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains the effective management of human capital, which includes not just the organization's own employees, but also members of the outsourcing team as well, is a key success factor.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Published: 17 Dec 2008

Telelogic, An IBM Company

ITIL V3 and the PMBOK® - Distinct but Complementary
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the IT Infrastructure Library Version 3® (ITIL V3®) and the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008

Global Knowledge

HRO Innovation: Building Blocks to Derive Full Value
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In this report, BusinessWeek Research Services (BWRS) launched a research program to determine the views of C-level managers—at large companies on how to improve the value derived from human resources outsourcing.
Posted: 18 Sep 2008 | Published: 18 Sep 2008

SAP America, Inc.

Simple Ways to Get the Most from Your Blade Environment
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Bladed environments have proven their ability to reduce complexity and costs, while also delivering an impressive level of flexibility to help organizations of all types and sizes quickly adapt to evolving requirements and realities.
Posted: 20 Dec 2008 | Published: 19 Dec 2008

HP & Intel®

System Recovery-Breaking through the Dissimilar Hardware Restore Challenge
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses how Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Restore Anyware can dramatically change the way organizations perform a wide range of IT tasks, including bare-metal system recovery and restoration to dissimilar hardware.
Posted: 20 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2007

Symantec Corporation

Getting Started with ITIL's CMDB: Best-Practice Tips for Enterprise IT Professionals
sponsored by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA)
WHITE PAPER: Gain insight into ITIL's CMDB, the drivers for adoption, potential pitfalls on the road to CMDB success, and best-practices guidance to organizations undertaking a CMDB initiative.
Posted: 09 Oct 2006 | Published: 01 Feb 2007

Enterprise Management Associates (EMA)

Beyond Disaster Recovery: Becoming a Resilient Business Organization
sponsored by IBM Software Group
WHITE PAPER: Discover how to combine several risk management strategies into a single integrated one, making your infrastructure able to respond to the threat of disaster.
Posted: 05 Dec 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

IBM Software Group