Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
- Corporate tightwads are troubling travellers
- If you're facing business trips, a cost-cutting travel trend is making that burden even greater. This was recognized two years ago, and that tendency of businesses to demand cheaper travel is accelerating, as discussed in this article from The Wall Street Journal. Stateside hotel rates have risen...
- Tags: Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, John Bartley K7AAY
- Blog posts 2007-07-04
- Strategic approach will help IS organizations survive cost cuts
- By Robert MackEnterprises often cut costs at the expense of their IS organizations. IS teams that take a strategic approach can survive cuts by directing them where they will do the least harm.Getting down to basics“Cut costs” is the rallying cry for businesses trying to reestablish a financial balance. All...
- Tags: business process, Gartner , IS strategy
- Technical articles 2003-06-19
- CRM Is Dead, Long Live CRM
- CRM has many faces. Some view it as a pivotal management strategy - a useful way to improve customer satisfaction - or a complex IT initiative. But all agree that CRM is experiencing a major renaissance as businesses turn their focus from cost-cutting to growth.
- Tags: META Group Inc., CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software
- Webcasts
- The Economist: A new mandate for IT
- Innovation is no stranger to the information technology function. Armed with increasingly sophisticated applications, IT-led teams have consistently found new ways to streamline enterprise business processes, vastly improving operating efficiency and reducing costs. Corporate leaders, however, are raising the bar: they expect IT's core mission to expand from cost-cutting to...
- Tags: Information Technology, SAP AG, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-04-01
- Hudson's Bay Company Saves More Than US$130K Annually in Administrative Cost Reduction and Expects to Achieve 100% ROI Within 2 Years With Oracle E-Business Suite
- Throughout its long history, Hudson's Bay Company HBC has consistently embraced change and innovation to remain successful within the highly competitive Canadian retail market. The company recognized the need to adopt a long-range strategy to improve organizational efficiency and productivity while aggressively pursuing consumer value. In its first phase of...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle E-Business Suite, Cost Reduction, ROI, Hudson, Roi/Tco, Operational Planning, Operational Accounting, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Management, Software
- Case studies
- Opalis Software Contributes to Steria's Successful Automation of IT Operations
- Attention to automating IT operations and management represents something relatively new for an industry that was previously focused on traditional cost-cutting measures. By using Opalis Software's Integration Server in conjunction with HP OpenView Operations and Service Desk, Steria is making significant gains in operational efficiency and reliability - benefits that...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Opalis Software Inc., Steria, Automation, Strategy, It Services, It Management, Management, It service Management
- Case studies
- Move to Windows Eliminates $2.3 Million Mainframe Cost for Credit Union Network
- CO-OP Financial Services, the nation's largest credit union - owned electronic funds transfer network and processor, was spending U.S.$2.3 million per year to keep its shared branching transaction processing system on a Unisys mainframe. By moving the solution to a pair of computers running the Microsoft Windows Server operating system,...
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Corp., Mainframes, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies
- How to Outsource: 4 Simple Steps to Success
- The sluggish economy has made cost-cutting a top priority for most organizations, and IT is no exception. But saving money isn't the only reason to outsource. According to Gartner, it's not even the top one these days. The new number one motivation to outsource is the ability it gives companies...
- Tags: Outsource, Syntel Inc., Economy, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2003-06-25
- Business Turnaround Expert (exe)
- Business Turnaround Expert is a business strategy and performance management program. The program suggests revenue, cost cutting, customer service and advertising strategies based on business type. Business Turnaround Expert also provides daily financial performance variance reports and performance blogs to help businesses improve their performance.
- Tags: Performance, Business Turnaround Expert, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2007-07-02
- Microsoft Business Solutions Webcast: Improving Your Success With Microsoft CRM (Level 200)
- Keeping your customers happy is critical in distinguishing your company from the competition. In today's competitive cost-cutting business environment, the enterprise that takes better care of its customers will stand out. This webcast explains how Microsoft Customer Relationship Management CRM provides the high-quality service that keeps customers coming back time...
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft CRM, CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Media, Software, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Measuring the Performance of the Information Technology Function
- Many executives look at IT as a commodity, so it's important that IT teams differentiate themselves through cost-cutting measures and improved value to the organization. APQC has developed 87 standard measures that organizations can use to benchmark their IT performance. These measures include every major process...
- Tags: Performance, Information Technology, APQC, Strategy, Performance Management, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers
- Business Restructuring Expert (exe)
- Business Restructuring Expert is an all-in-one software program that provides you with the tools needed to restructure a business. The program uses a simple step-by-step process so that you can easily create your business restructuring plan. After you have created your business restructuring plan, Business Restructuring Expert provides you with...
- Tags: Business Restructuring Expert, Strategic Planning, Productivity, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Strategy, Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2008-01-24
- Novell Case Study: Beveridge & Diamond
- Beveridge & Diamond needs access to secure information at their three offices at all times, Internet connections from any local or remote point on the network, quick, confidential communications to clients outside their firm, and the ability to leverage the firm's existing NetWare investment. After careful study, the firm chose...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Internet, E-mail Providers
- Case studies
- IP Communications Express Solution for the Small and Medium-Sized Office or Branch Using Cisco CallManager Express With Cisco Unity Express
- The goal to improve operational efficiency and reduce costs through technology is an ongoing effort for businesses of all sizes, but more importantly for the Small and Medium-sized Business SMB. Over the past two years, customers have been moving from a strictly cost-cutting mode of operation to investment in applications...
- Tags: Cisco Unity, Cisco CallManager, Microsoft Office, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme
- White papers 2006-05-01
- Why Outsourcing Might Be Worth a Fresh Look
- While the concept of outsourcing has been around for at least several decades, a number of factors including the global recession of the last few years, businesses focusing on cost cutting versus capital investment for growth, and the continued pace of IT technological change have recently accelerated the discussion outsourcing...
- Tags: Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2004-07-01
- Small Business Internal Audit (exe)
- Small Business Internal Audit is an all-in-one software program that provides you with the tools needed perform your own internal audit. The program uses a simple step-by-step process so that you can easily perform a small business internal audit. After you have audited your business, Small Business Internal Audit provides...
- Tags: Audit, Small Business, Small Business Internal Audit, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-01-24
- Cost Saving in Business
- Well, across the industries, everyone is trying to reduce costs, keep an eye on spending, yada, yada, yada.....Just thought it might be good to have a running list that we all could enjoy/use/shake our heads at....What's everyone's "pet" Cost Cutting Idea?Don't sweat the small stuffThe amount of effort to save...
- Tags: job, critch, savings, saving money, cost-savings, cost-cutting, it management
- Discussion threads 2006-08-01
- Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies: How Top Process Industry Performers Take Radically Different Actions
- Companies in Process Industries (including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, oil & gas, pulp & paper, and health & beauty aides) have had to cope with rising manufacturing and logistics costs over the past few years. To avoid an average 7.96% increase in logistics costs (what the average company has...
- Tags: Industry, Logistics, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-03-01
- Toshiba Mobile technology today
- The hardware driving mobility is faster, safer and more portable than ever. We take a look at what’s available today, plus the latest market and security trends. With corporate cost cutting on the way out and investment in innovative technologies on the way in, there’s never...
- Tags: Mobile, Toshiba Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Tablets, Security, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- White papers
- Workforce Optimization: A Business Process
- Over the past few years, WorkForce Optimization WFO has evolved from an abstract concept into a viable reality, with the market projected to account for more than $1 billion in revenue from contact center investments by 2008. The cold, hard reality of today's economy is that nearly every organization must...
- Tags: Business Process, Optimization, Contact Center, Workforce, Call Centers, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-06-08
