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- Avengers, Assemble! Marvel's first strategic IT plan comes from superpowered collaboration between the CIO and the lines of business
- Read this Profit Magazine article to see how Marvel Entertainment is working to expand its existing Oracle footprint to merge and unify existing data with the ultimate goal of improving data accuracy and reducing the time to market of data. See how and why Marvel Senior...
- Tags: Collaboration, Oracle Corp., Line Of Business, Information Technology, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Branding, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing
- Case studies 2008-05-01
- Master Customer Data Integration: Regulatory Compliance Meets Revenue Generation in Financial Services
- All banking, insurance, and capital markets firms face regulatory requirements for managing their master customer data, yet few have taken advantage of this authoritative source of information for new revenue generation. However, that's beginning to change, as a growing number of firms are recognizing the potential of using their...
- Tags: Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Finance, Digital Media, Basel II, Financial Services, Data Integration, Financial Planning, Regulatory Compliance, Revenue Generation, Financial Services Company, Financial Service, Webcast, banking, capital market, compliance, financial, IBM Corp., industry, insurance, line of business, Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Webcasts 2007-09-27
- Helping a Service Provider Deliver Software as a Service More Effectively
- nGenX, a subsidiary of Q-Comm Corporation, delivers office productivity and line of business applications on a "Software as a Service" basis to small and midsize organizations around the world. nGenX wanted to grow its business and expand its capacity to meet customer needs, but its existing service delivery infrastructure would...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Line Of Business, Load Balancing, Microsoft Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Network Technology, Emerging Technologies, Networking
- Case studies 2007-08-10
- Federal Enterprise Architecture: A New Perspective on Infrastructure Optimization
- This Government Insights White Paper presents a new scenario for infrastructure optimization. It identifies key government drivers that are forcing government to transition from a siloed business model to a more collaborative, fully integrated line of business service delivery model as exemplified by Centers of Excellence. The analysis describes the...
- Tags: Optimization, Line Of Business, Enterprise Architecture, Analysis, International Data Group, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-11-01
- SAS Delivering End-to-End System Data Collection and Interpretation
- Suncorp-Metway is one of Australia's 25 largest companies and boasts a share market value of around AUD$5.8 billion (US$3.7 billion). As in all insurance companies, the actuary's role within Suncorp is one of constant collection and interpretation of numerical data. The result is critical information that is used right across...
- Tags: Suncorp, SAS Institute, insurance, line of business, acquisition
- Case studies 2006-10-20
- Reform Standard (exe)
- Reform is a Variable Data Printing Solution. Reform seamlessly delivers print jobs from your line of business application to any type of printer. Reform monitors print jobs then automatically delivers them to the proper output device. It converts ordinary-looking forms into graphically enriched forms. Reform includes a designer that enables...
- Tags: Job, Line Of Business, Form, Reform, Recruitment & Selection, Monitors & Displays, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2006-02-22
- MSDN Webcast: Creating a Windows Mobile Line of Business (LOB) Application (Part 04 of 13): Dealing With Data (Level 200)
- This webcast covers the capabilities of Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 devices. The webcast demonstrates how to create a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition database that runs on a mobile device. The presenters also explain how to fill a database from inside Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and how this skill...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Webcast, Line Of Business, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Development Tools, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Storage, Databases, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- Webcasts
- MSDN Webcast: Creating a Windows Mobile Line of Business (LOB) Application (Part 02 of 13): The .NET Compact Framework (Level 200)
- This webcast focuses on the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 that ships with Visual Studio 2005 and explains the functionality that is available in the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 and shows how to deploy it to a device. It gives an overview of the features and capabilities of the .NET...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Webcast, Line Of Business, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .NET Compact Framework, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- MSDN Webcast: Creating a Windows Mobile Line of Business (LOB) Application (Part 01 of 13): Introduction (Level 200)
- This webcast shows how to create a line of business application that runs on a Microsoft Windows Mobile device and introduces Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and describes its capabilities for developing this type of application.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Webcast, Line Of Business, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts
- MSDN Webcast: Consuming Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Data From Your Applications for Windows Vista (Level 200)
- This webcast shows how support for Really Simple Syndication RSS in the Windows Vista operating system makes it easy to incorporate live data into the applications. The webcast shows how to enable the applications to subscribe to live information, such as news, lists of contacts, rich media, and lines of...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Line Of Business, Microsoft Windows Vista, RSS, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Media, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Use Location Information in Enterprise Reporting
- Location information is everywhere; it can be found across all lines of business, all industries, and in virtually every organization and department in the world. Although location information is essential, it is seldom ultimately used to integrate data across the systems and provide actionable business intelligence to the organization. It's...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Line Of Business, Location Information, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers
- Lafarge Standardizes Financials, Supply Chain Across All Lines of Business
- Founded in 1833, Lafarge is the world leader in construction materials. The company wanted to standardize its IT tools and management systems on one Enterprise Resource Planning ERP solution for all four of its major lines of business: cement, roofing, granulates and concrete, and plaster. The issue was to leverage...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Oracle Corp., Line Of Business, ERP, Lafarge, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- Best Buy Supports New Line of Business and World-Class Sales Force
- Best Buy for Business, an expanding unit of Best Buy Company, has more than 1,000 consultants who sell, implement, and support solutions for small-business customers. Saddled with a home-grown business-management tool originally designed for its retail business, the growing business unit sought a solution that would support its extensive outside...
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Consultant, Line Of Business, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales Force Management, Strategy, Software, Marketing, Sales, Management
- Case studies
- HypoVereinsbank Connects Systems, Offering New Services
- The Corporates & Markets Line Of Business LOB of HVB HypoVereinsBank needed to improve its ability to offer new services to its customers. The LOB's IT department, known as HVB Information Services GmbH couldn't respond quickly to capitalize on market opportunities, meet customer demands or fully support its business strategies....
- Tags: Line Of Business, Market Opportunity, IBM Corp., HypoVereinsbank, Enterprise Service Bus, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- MSDN Webcast: Creating a Windows Mobile Line of Business (LOB) Application (Part 09 of 13): Using Web Services (Level 300)
- This webcast shows how to extend the functionality in the sample application to make use of the Microsoft MapPoint Web service when a connection to the Internet is available. The presenter also compares and contrasts the differences between making synchronous and asynchronous Web service calls.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Web, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Webcast, Line Of Business, Web Service, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2006-03-01
- MSDN Webcast: Creating a Windows Mobile Line of Business (LOB) Application (Part 07 of 13): Adding Data-Driven Functionality to the Application (Level 300)
- The presenter of this webcast shows how to add data-driven functionality to their sample application. The attendee will learn how to display data from the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition database, and how to quickly search through a database table. The presenter also explains how to use data binding...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Webcast, Line Of Business, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2006-02-15
- MSDN Webcast: Creating a Windows Mobile Line of Business (LOB) Application (Part 08 of 13): State and Notification Broker and Message Interception (Level 300)
- The presenter of this webcast explains how to use the new Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 State and Notification Broker Application Programming Interface API to determine whether the host device is connected to a network. The presenter also shows how to intercept text messages to be processed by the application instead...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Webcast, Line Of Business, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware
- Webcasts 2006-02-22
- MSDN Webcast: Creating a Windows Mobile Line of Business (LOB) Application (Part 3 of 13): Windows Mobile 5.0 (Level 200)
- This webcast discusses the features and capabilities of the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework. The functionality that is exclusively available to devices running Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 is examined in this webcast. In the webcast, you will learn how to get the most out of these devices and how to deal...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Webcast, Line Of Business, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Handhelds, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Webcasts
- MSDN Webcast: Creating a Windows Mobile Line of Business (LOB) Application (Part 2 of 13): The .NET Compact Framework (Level 200)
- This webcast focuses on the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 that ships with Visual Studio 2005. The webcast looks at functionality that is available in the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 and shows how to deploy it to a device. The webcast provides an overview of the features and capabilities of...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Webcast, Line Of Business, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .NET Compact Framework, .Net, Digital Media, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- Top Down Vs. Bottom Up
- Financial service companies are currently implementing or planning to implement the last major improvement to management reporting. This change will significantly upgrade the quality and quantity of information available to support the professional management of the business. They are moving from a top down design to a bottom up design...
- Tags: Line Of Business, SAS Institute, Profitability
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