A Practical Guide to Virtualization
This whitepaper discusses the drivers compelling organizations to pursue virtualization as a solution, describes the benefits of virtualization, and demonstrates network virtualization in action.
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Virtualization Challenges
This whitepaper discusses the things to consider before taking the plunge into virtualization – because "Collapsing multiple physical devices into software affects the<br /> people and processes supporting the data center. Therefore, enterprises should thoroughly evaluate how business processes, administrative rights, capacity planning, performance monitoring tools and security strategies will need to change."
The Value of Social Media
Social media is important to creating business value – just how important is it? This research paper answers that question. It introduces a "social media ecosystem" framework to help understand what businesses and customers accomplish using social media – using this as a basis to develop specific measures for activities that have a direct relationship with business value.
What do CEOs Think of Information Technology Strategy?
Do CEOs value Information Technology capability as an essential tool for competitive advantage? This research delves into this issue analyzing CEOs own words – spoken and written to shareholders! Excellent discussion even though dated!
Return on Investment Analysis for IT and E-business Projects
This chapter discusses the key concepts to understand and calculate the Return on Investment (ROI) for IT Projects, limitations of the ROI method, best practices for incorporating uncertainty and risk into ROI analysis, and the role ROI plays in business IT alignment.
Application Investment Management (AIM) Framework
<div>This paper introduces the Application Investment Management (AIM) Framework for "effective" business application planning i.e. the framework helps align "business value with application spending to achieve immediate IT cost savings and reduce ongoing costs by creating a simpler and more disciplined environment."</div>
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Challenges and Best Practices in IT Portfolio Management
This research provides insights, and best practices in successfully adopting information technology portfolio management (ITPM) to help organizations make better IT investment decisions.
IT Portfolio Management for Strategic Results
This paper defines and describes information technology project portfolio management (PPM) and discusses its use for strategic results.
The Benefits of ITIL
This document clarifies, with examples, the benefits obtained from implementing ITIL
IT Portfolio Management: Implementation Steps
This paper defines information technology portfolio management and describes the steps needed to implement it.
