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Five Fundamental Data Quality Practices
sponsored by Pitney Bowes Business Insight
WHITE PAPER: When developing or reengineering the enterprise architecture, implementing fundamental data quality practices can reduce the complexity of the data management framework thus reducing effort, risk, and leading to a high degree of trust in enterprise information. Read this paper to learn more about data quality practices and core data services.
Posted: 11 Jan 2010 | Published: 11 Jan 2010

Pitney Bowes Business Insight

CIO2CIO Global Research Study: Business Intelligence and Master Data Management (MDM)
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This global CIO2CIO research program was conducted for SAP, Inc. to gain insight into information management practices in various regions of the world and the research was conducted among IT professionals in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Posted: 18 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2007

SAP America, Inc.

Quick Guide: Getting to Grips with Service Desk Metrics
sponsored by Citrix Online UK
WHITE PAPER: This quick guide from Service Desk Institute identifies the most popular industry metrics that you should be employing, considers the best ways to measure them and demonstrates how to utilise these measures to improve your service delivery.
Posted: 05 Apr 2011 | Published: 05 Apr 2011

Citrix Online UK

Energy Logic: Calculating and Prioritizing Your Data Center IT Efficiency Actions
sponsored by Emerson Network Power
WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews the challenges of measuring data center energy efficiency and proposes a solution: a new metric called CUPS, or Compute Units per Second, that allows data center managers to calculate data center efficiency.
Posted: 07 Jul 2009 | Published: 07 Jul 2009

Emerson Network Power

The CIO Profession: Leaders of Change, Drivers of Innovation
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: CIOs are emerging as leaders of innovation and bringing those ideas to the table, putting their end-to-end knowledge of the business to use in thinking through new technology-based opportunities.
Posted: 11 Feb 2009 | Published: 10 Feb 2009

IBM

Best Practices: 10 must-have metrics and benchmarks for better recruiting
sponsored by SuccessFactors
WHITE PAPER: To maximize company performance, you need the best talent – and the best talent comes from superior recruiting. This resource counts down 10 must-have metrics and benchmarks for better recruiting.
Posted: 25 Feb 2014 | Published: 25 Feb 2014

SuccessFactors

Measuring the Business Impact of Support
sponsored by Citrix Online UK
WHITE PAPER: Customer support has long been a business mainstay. Yet, the business impact of support is seldom measured - despite the influence of support on higher revenue, customer satisfaction and increased productivity. This new ServiceXRG white paper explores the importance of quantifying the impact of support on your business.
Posted: 16 Jul 2010 | Published: 16 Jul 2010

Citrix Online UK

Management Excellence: The Metrics Reloaded
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: In performance management, consistency is king. The simple sounding steps-identify and focus on value drivers, and align the organization to drive results - beg the question: What's the best performance management framework? Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2008

Oracle Corporation

7 Requirements of Data Loss Prevention
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This report provides a clear understanding of the capabilities a successful data loss prevention solution must deliver. It also incorporates insight into the capabilities that companies require from their solution.
Posted: 10 Mar 2009 | Published: 10 Mar 2009

Symantec Corporation

The Green Data Center: Energy-efficient Computing in the 21st Century: Chapter 1, 2008 Update
sponsored by Rackable Systems
WHITE PAPER: This green data center e-book serves as an all-in-one guide to lead you through the process of creating an energy-efficient data center.
Posted: 31 Oct 2008 | Published: 31 Oct 2008

Rackable Systems