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- CAL-AIR Reaches New Levels of Cost Control and Process Efficiencies
- CAL-AIR, incorporated in California in 1953, provides a wide range of engineering, design, construction, maintenance, and repair services for nearly every type of mechanical and process system in commercial/industrial facilities. To keep pace with what technology could offer the company and its customers, CAL-AIR began to look at options for...
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Cost Control, CAL-AIR, PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne, Hardware Upgrade, Financial Services, Hardware
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- Cost Control: Inside the Oracle Optimizer
- Oracle's Cost-Based SQL Optimizer CBO is an extremely sophisticated component of Oracle that governs the execution for every Oracle query. The CBO has evolved into one of the world's most sophisticated software components, and it has the challenging job of evaluating any SQL statement and generating the "Best" execution plan...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Cost Control, CBO, Tools & Techniques, Financial Services, Programming Languages, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development
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- Cost Control: Inside the Oracle Optimizer, Part 2
- In Part 1 of the series, the author discussed the basic mechanisms of Oracle's cost-based SQL optimizer for making the best decisions about the access paths to data. In this concluding paper, the author will address the use of histograms, external costing features, SQL hints for changing execution plans, and...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Cost Control, SQL, Programming Languages, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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- Leading the Market Through Innovation: BLANCO Migrates Its SAP Systems to an HP-UX 64-Bit Platform
- Based in southern Germany, BLANCO GmbH + Co KG is one of the leading providers of innovative, design-oriented system solutions for workstations in KITCHEN TECHNOLOGY, CATERING + MEDICAL SYSTEMS. One of the company's biggest challenges is to maximize efficiencies across all lines of business. Aggressive competition dominates the market for...
- Tags: Innovation, Health Insurance, HP-UX, 64-bit, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Competition, Cost Control, Logistics, SAP AG, Supply Chain, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Strategy, UNIX, Operating Systems, Business Operations, Human Resources, Corporate Insurance, Management, Software
- Case studies
- West Corporation Improves Cost Control and Competitive Advantage With Optimized IT
- West Corporation is a leading provider of outsourced communication solutions to many of the world's largest companies, organizations and government agencies. To ensure the agility and responsiveness of these systems, which includes 6,000 servers, they needed to find an Enterprise IT Management EITM solution that could help it deliver a...
- Tags: Information Technology, Competitive Advantage, Cost Control, Computer Associates International Inc., Outsourcing, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- Schedule and Cost Control
- View Available Dates and Locations Learn the skills you need to effectively establish and manage a realistic schedule and detailed budget. Through hands-on exercises, you'll learn to develop a work breakdown schedule, grasp diagramming techniques, identify task relationships, determine the critical path, employ estimating techniques, and...
- Tags: Technique, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Schaumburg, Cost Management, Cost Control, Work Breakdown Structure, Productivity, Project Management, Managerial Accounting, It Operations, It service Management, Finance
- Training 2008-02-01
- Transport Firm Gains Effective Job Management, Multicurrency Transactions
- Kasembo Transport is a leading Zambian transport company, situated in the copper belt region. Kasembo Transport needed to upgrade its stock and cost control systems, which were run on an outdated version of the Pastel accounting system. Further, with the growth of its business, Kasembo had identified additional requirements for...
- Tags: Job, Cost Control, Microsoft Corp., Kasembo Transport, Financial Services, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Case studies 2006-10-01
- Accountancy Firm Boosts Confidence and Cost Control With Software Asset Management
- H W Fisher & Company - a top 25 firm of chartered accountants - uses a range of Microsoft products, including Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Microsoft encouraged H W Fisher to implement Software Asset Management SAM as an exercise in corporate governance that would benefit...
- Tags: Accountancy, Cost Control, Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Tools & Techniques, Corporate Governance, Groupware, Benefits, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Data Management
- Case studies 2007-05-01
- Predictive Monitoring and Alerting in Heterogeneous IP Networks
- AdRem NetCrunch goes a long way to redefine the common perception of core or standard network management functionality based on agentless monitoring, to include features such as physical and logical topology mapping, fault and performance management, and capacity planning, to name a few. With reasonable purchase costs, quick deployment and...
- Tags: Network, Cost Control, Monitoring, IP, IP Network, Network Management, AdRem NetCrunch, Networking, Financial Services, Network Administration
- White papers 2006-07-04
- IT Professional's Guide to Budgeting and Cost Control - ISO
- Burn your own CD version of TechRepublic's IT Professional's Guide to Budgeting and Cost Control . This download is a complete image of the CD available for sale in our TechRepublic catalog. Whether you are experienced at running the budget gauntlet or brand new to the process, you will...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Budgeting, Cost Control, ISO, IT Professional, Financial Services
- Download resources 2005-03-16
- Asserting Control, Seizing Opportunity in High Tech: Five Critical Success Factors
- High-tech manufacturers need integrated enterprise systems that allow them to identify and act quickly on new business opportunities. This white paper highlights five critical success factors that will help you do just that. They include: Dynamic market responsiveness Value network collaboration Product lifecycle management ...
- Tags: Marketing, Financial Services, Product Marketing, performance, product lifecycle, product lifecycle management, cost control, collaboration, Microsoft Corp., industry
- White papers 2006-01-01
- The Hosted Customer Service Desk - It's About Cost, Control, and Reliability
- Support organizations today face many similar business challenges as they strive to effectively service their internal and external customers, regardless of their size or industry. In the face of these challenges, customer service managers may find themselves searching for new technology to address their customer service initiatives. One of the...
- Tags: Customer Service, Cost Control, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2004-09-08
- Cost control: Quick tools to help win the battle of the budget
- Controlling costs is a daily struggle. We want to be yournumber one source of tools to help you win the battle. TechRepublic isgathering a collection of cost control tools and we're hoping you can help! Send us cost-control tools you've created—orsimply an idea for such a tool—that provide quickinformation. If...
- Tags: calculator, tool, Beth Blakely, cost control
- Technical articles 2004-06-24
- 3 Questions: Cost controls in the "super virus" age
- By Terry SweeneyWith Mark A. McManus, vice president of technology and research for Computer Economics Inc., a consultancy in Aliso Viejo, Calif.This interview originally appeared in the IT Business Edge weekly report on Fortifying Network Security. To see a complete listing of IT Business Edge weekly reports or sign up...
- Tags: security, IT Business Edge , McManus, revenue, cost control, virus
- Technical articles 2004-04-12
Additional Resources
- Opera Mini 4 cellphone browser beta lightens cellular bills
- Is mobile data cost control concerning you?Is your department engaged in cost control, informal or otherwise, or do your users have 'unlimited' cellular data service?
- Tags: Financial services, johnbartley, Opera Software, cell phone, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2007-06-28
- Access Control, Energy and the Environment
- Purchase price alone is not an accurate measure as to the true costs of a system. When evaluating the products offered by different vendors, the purchaser should take into consideration: purchase cost of equipment and software; cost of installing the infrastructure including data cable and mains power outlet and power...
- Tags: Cost, Environment, Access Control, Borer Data Systems, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Version Control on the Cheap. a User-Friendly, Cost-Effective Revision Control System for SAS
- Revision control is an integral component of code development in many languages but is often absent from SAS programming. Cost and ease of use are often cited as two of the primary reasons why a revision control system is not used. However, the need for such a system is growing....
- Tags: Revision, SAS Institute
- White papers 2006-02-28
- True Labor Cost (zip)
- Knowing the true cost of labor is critical to managing your business. You must know what labor really costs you to best determine how to price your products and services. The largest determining factor in business profits is the management of labor costs. Most business owners know the cost of...
- Tags: Cost, Benefits, Strategy, Human Resources, Management
- Software downloads 2005-11-08
- VoIP and the law: An overview
- Hype about VoiPVoiP is now legal in my country - the Republic of South Africa. All the hype around VoiP lowering the cost of calls, caused alot of small business people to invest into this wonderful technology. However, as is the case in most new technologies in Africa, our esteemed...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, mmukudden@..., VoIP
- Discussion threads 2007-03-29
- Watching Your Vendors
- The hidden costs are shown on average to be between 60% to 75% of cost per page. Many proactive corporations have begun to address out-of-control printing costs by outsourcing the problem. After outsourcing, how to know that printing costs are now under control? Best practices always include measurement, and that...
- Tags: Printing, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
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