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Building a Robust Business Case for High Quality Master Data sponsored by Melissa WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the key elements for building a proper, quantified business case. It presents the measures that are favored by corporate finance departments, and helps develop a strong business case for data quality and MDM projects. A number of real-life examples with quantifiable benefits are also included. Posted: 19 Apr 2010 \| Published: 01 Feb 2010 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Business Development \| Business Environment \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Quality \| ERP \| IT Spending \| Master Data Management \| ROI \| SOA

Air-Cooled High-Performance Data Centers: Case Studies and Best Methods sponsored by Intel Corporation WHITE PAPER: Combining innovations and best-known methods for air-cooled data center design helps provide new approaches for power and cooling. This white paper discusses real world examples of how to lower costs and improve performance within the IT infras... Posted: 31 Aug 2007 \| Published: 01 Nov 2006 TOPICS: Cooling Equipment \| Data Centers \| IT Spending \| Load Balancing \| Multi-core Processors \| Power Supplies \| Server Appliances \| Server Management

Server Consolidation Blooming in Production Environments sponsored by VMware and Intel WHITE PAPER: Learn how a virtual infrastructure empowers small and medium-sized businesses with the ability to transform, manage and optimize their IT infrastructure. Posted: 15 Nov 2007 \| Published: 15 Nov 2007 TOPICS: IT Asset Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Managers \| IT Spending \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software

5 Ways IT Equipment Rentals Can Save Your Neck sponsored by Canvas Systems WHITE PAPER: Find out how renting pre-owned IT equipment can help your business succeed in completing projects. Posted: 14 Dec 2007 \| Published: 01 Dec 2007 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| CRM \| Disaster Recovery \| IT Spending \| Software

Advances in Data Warehouse Performance sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Learn how DB2 can help you meet the demands of business intelligence by reducing query response time from hours to seconds, supporting real time data warehousing, and optimizing your storage while lowering operating costs. Posted: 28 Nov 2007 \| Published: 01 May 2007 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Clustering \| Data Storage \| Data Warehouses \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| DB2 \| IT Spending \| Logical Partitions \| Query Tools \| Self-Service Applications Software \| Server Management

Accelerate Value Creation: The Virtuous Cycle of Using Technology to Maximize Business Value sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Understanding how IT can drive value and competitive advantage for your company is important for executives in all industries. This SAP Executive Insight paper explores the relationship between IT investment and performance and productivity gains. Posted: 30 Jan 2009 \| Published: 18 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Process Management \| Investments \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Spending \| Productivity \| ROI \| SAP (Product)

The Top 3 Cost-Cutting Mistakes CIOs Make And How to Avoid Them sponsored by Rally Software WHITE PAPER: The current economic downturn has resulted in contraction of IT Department budgets and a mandate to allocate resources to only the most critical projects, then execute it flawlessly. In these tough times, it is imperative for CIOs to deliver more value as IT budgets fall. Posted: 03 Apr 2009 \| Published: 03 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business Process Management \| CIOs \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| Manufacturing \| Project Management \| ROI \| Software Development Methodologies

Impact of Cloud on IT Consumption Models: Top 10 Insights sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper reviews the conclusions from a survey of IT leaders around the world. Posted: 08 Nov 2013 \| Published: 08 Nov 2013 TOPICS: CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| IT Managers \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| IT Systems \| IT Workforce

The IT Management Software Megavendors sponsored by BMC Software, Inc. WHITE PAPER: The current recession and credit crunch deeply affected IT spending in the last quarter of 2008 and into 2009. This SWOT Analyst report for Q3 2009 regroups the market contenders by categories for an easier evaluation to enable vendor strategy professionals to substantiate decisions about their partnership and go-to-market strategies. Posted: 27 Oct 2009 \| Published: 27 Oct 2009 TOPICS: IT Management \| IT Spending \| Middleware \| Software Implementation \| Software Licensing \| Storage Management \| Vendors

Dell PowerEdge Half-height M610 and Full-height M710 Blade Servers sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers help cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space. When combined with Dell's world-class storage, management, and support offerings, the result is a total enterprise solution that can help you simplify and save on IT expenses. Posted: 03 Sep 2009 \| Published: 03 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| CIOs \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| High Availability \| IT Spending