Business IT Alignment White Papers

Most companies divide their operations into separate silos, each evaluated by finance through separate P&Ls. In this white paper, Sage argue that this is often a damaging approach which conceals the true profitabiltiy (or otherwise) of specific customers. VIEW SUMMARY

This web seminar will discuss the benefits of and barriers to pervasive BI deployment, such as the culture of the organisation, the role of the CIO, the relationship between IT and the rest of the business and data quality and data management issues. VIEW SUMMARY

This guide walks you through quantifying the impact on your VIEW SUMMARY

Organisations are looking to virtualisation to improve their reliability and agility. This white paper describes the way the concept and successful deployment of virtualisation changes the way organisations view IT and also at the varying stages of evolution in this process. VIEW SUMMARY

To investigate the impact of recent changes on business, Microsoft commissioned a comprehensive survey of 500 UK directors. Results showed technology as an enabler of change when businesses successfully deploy technology that helps them gain visibility of their internal processes & financial health. VIEW SUMMARY

Ultimately, for executing business strategy, dashboards and scorecards are complementary tools. Dashboards typically help you to understand and manage tactical operations while scorecards help you to understand and manage strategy. VIEW SUMMARY

This solution brief looks at the difficulties faced in bringing IT and the Business together to ensure successful Business Process Management projects and offers guidance on the steps that will will create further value and ROI. VIEW SUMMARY

Learn why IT managers need to look beyond the reducing costs of hardware and software licenses and view IT from a different perspective to ensure that they are supporting the business. VIEW SUMMARY

In this white paper, discover how on-demand data warehousing allows you to undertake large-scale data analytics as and when you need it and at the price you can afford. VIEW SUMMARY

This journal from Oracle argues that operational excellence may no longer be enough to make a strategic difference. Competitive advantage is not achieved simply by eliminating cost while improving quality and increasing speed. Competitive advantage comes from being smart, agile, and aligned. VIEW SUMMARY