Strategic Alignment White Papers

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Eleven habits for highly successful BPM programs
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Using the framework of Stephen R. Covey’s best-selling book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, this resource describes 11 habits IT organizations must develop to foster business process management (BPM) success, including building a complete BPM while also forcing collaboration across the enterprise.
Posted: 06 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2010

IBM

Supporting information technology risk management
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access the resource to discover the 5 stages of an effective IT risk mitigation program, the 5 components of efficiently managing IT risks and 5 questions to ponder when assessing risk solutions.
Posted: 04 May 2012 | Published: 01 Oct 2011

IBM

New SOA Maturity Model
sponsored by Progress
WHITE PAPER: How can organizations understand SOA and manage the migration to SOA? The New SOA Maturity Model provides a visionary framework that aligns IT action with business benefit. Read this paper to assess your organization's SOA readiness.
Posted: 02 Mar 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2006

Progress

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

 CIO Strategies for Consumerization
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: New technology and the expanding role of the Internet are forever changing social relationships, management philosophies, and business models around the world. Access this white paper for insights into current mobile computing trends and recommendations for making the most out of these trends in the enterprise.
Posted: 28 Dec 2011 | Published: 23 Dec 2011

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

How Do You Measure Up Against Top IT Service Provider Benchmarks? 13 Must See Charts
sponsored by Autotask Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This graphic whitepaper features 13 charts that will show you how your IT department compares to some of the top service providers.
Posted: 04 Feb 2014 | Published: 04 Feb 2014

Autotask Corporation

Cloud Security Myths and Strategies Uncovered
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Security and compliance is the most often-cited barrier to cloud adoption. Read what David Hunter, CTO of Platform Security from VMware, and Art Coviello Jr., Executive Chairman of RSA, say about ensuring control and visibility in a secure cloud.
Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

VMware, Inc.

Identify and Leverage Your Existing Service Life Cycles
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This executive brief will illustrate the progression of service management since the 1990s, illuminate the hidden service life cycles and discuss how, once they are visible, we can start to make them work — to improve services and better align IT with business objectives.
Posted: 22 Jul 2010 | Published: 22 Jul 2010

IBM

BI and ETL - Process Management Pain Points
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Sound business intelligence (BI) reporting can be invaluable in helping your business peers make the best decisions for your company. Ensuring error-free, end-to-end integration of data between processes distributed throughout your organization, however, can be challenging. Learn how scheduling and process automation technologies can help.
Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Aligning Business and IT through Connected Requirements: Unifying the Development Process
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn how the connected-requirements approach serves as the framework for the use of products and technologies that are designed to allow you to optimize team performance, align the development process with your organization's business goals and meet auditing and regulatory compliance requirements.
Posted: 20 Feb 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2008

IBM