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Spend management is the way in which companies control and optimize the money they spend. It involves cutting operating and other costs associated with doing business. These costs typically show up as "operating costs" or SG&A (Selling, General and Administrative) costs, but can also be found in other areas and in other members of the supply chain.
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Optimizing Web and Application Infrastructure on a Limited IT Budget |
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Today’s web and application infrastructure continues to expand applications for e-commerce, and communications with customers, partners and internal employees. For those responsible for deploying, maintaining and supporting these networked applications, there is an increasing need to get the highest performance out of datacenter equipment, while simplifying the complexity that causes excess overhead and unnecessary costs.
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Reducing Cost, Risk, and Errors with IT Process Automation Webcast |
| By :CA WA 2 |
Published Date: Jul 21, 2008 |
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Featuring an expert from Enterprise Management Associates, this webcast discusses some tactical steps towards automation of various IT processes, showing how even in processes with interdependent tasks, IT Process Automation can start IT groups down the path of reducing complexity and error rates, two of the leading drivers of cost and chaos.
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The CIO Wish List: 7 Steps to Mission Critical IT Services |
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CIOs today are being called upon to interpret business strategy and priorities, then add value through information technology initiatives. At a time when "critical to the business" translates to "mission-critical IT", how do you ensure end-to-end availability and reliability of the IT resources that enable your company’s essential business processes.
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Reducing the Cost of Messaging |
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Email is absolutely critical in making users productive: for example, a February 2008 survey conducted by Osterman Research found that 93% of email users consider email to be important or critical in helping them to get their work done. However, most decision makers are not aware of the true cost of providing email functionality to their users.
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Extreme Savings: Cutting Costs with Wide-Area Data Services |
| By :Riverbed |
Published Date: May 14, 2008 |
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Did you know it's possible to cut IT costs without impacting day-to-day IT operations? In fact, when you download this white paper from Riverbed on cost-savings through wide-area data services, you'll discover how businesses of all different sizes have realized a return on investment in just a few months through significant hard cost savings in areas such as bandwidth reduction and IT consolidation.
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Why Buy Pre-Owned? Buyer's Guide 2008 |
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An incredible array of organizations from both the public and private sector are buying pre-owned. These organizations include global public commercial enterprises, small businesses, ISP's, telecoms, non-profits, local and US government, military and educational institutions of all kinds. An overwhelming majority of the customers we've surveyed mention the same fact - they just didn't know pre-owned was a real, safe and viable option. In this guide, we'll present you with critical information you need to make the switch.
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Controlling, Even Reducing, Energy Costs in Data Centers |
| By :IBM |
Published Date: Apr 22, 2008 |
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If you're looking to decrease power consumption in your existing data center (and who isn't?), the first step should be a detailed diagnosis. If, on the other hand, you’re constructing a new data center, or expanding or upgrading your current center, it’s critical that energy efficiency is built in from the start. This short IBM video addresses both.
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Case Study: Extreme Savings with Riverbed |
| By :Riverbed |
Published Date: Apr 17, 2008 |
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Want to understand how other companies are turning their Riverbed investments into cost-saving machines? Download this case study bundle and uncover the money-saving secrets of wide-area data services (WDS) from Riverbed. These four enlightening case studies about very different organizations show how enterprises can slash network and IT costs while simultaneously improving application performance and business processes.
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Total Telecoms Expense Management: Looking Beyond Cost Cutting to Gain Greater Value |
| By :Quocirca |
Published Date: Apr 08, 2008 |
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Voice and data communications are taking up an increasing amount of organizations’ budgets as more information is shared between and across more businesses. Person to person contact now includes richer media, more participants and is becoming increasingly mobile. Historically, telecoms expense management has focused on the mechanistic processing of bills, payment and costs of individual items.
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Reducing IT Energy Drain for Business Gain |
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The crisis of mass power consumption in the corporate data center has come to a head. Power required to run data centers in the U.S. is estimated to be as much as that produced by five power plants in a year. Energy expenditures and requirements have doubled in the last five years, and computer disposal is the fastest growing type of waste in the world, according to top Stanford researchers and Greenpeace.
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Cost Transparency for Business |
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Cost transparency in relation to IT consumption isn't just about showing which applications, physical resources or even individual users increase company's costs (although that can be valuable information). The real goal is to drive efficiencies throughout the whole business. This white paper offers some practical guidance on where to start.
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5 Keys to Getting Started with Interactive Online Training |
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In today's global business environment, organizations have no choice but to seek new ways to optimize their budgets, respond nimbly to change and improve productivity. Download the 1080 Group research brief, Five Keys to Getting Started with Interactive Online Training, to learn how leading trainers are leveraging online tools to extend their reach, deliver more training and lower their costs.
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How To Get More Data Capacity - Quickly, Efficiently and Affordably |
| By :IBM |
Published Date: Feb 27, 2008 |
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Energy costs are rising. Floor space is shrinking. And demand for IT capacity continues to grow. In this white paper, IBM reveals the next generation data center: scalable, modular data centers (SMDC). Brief case studies illustrate how specific SMDC solutions helped solve critical business issues, such as outdated infrastructure and scalability.
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More Capacity, Less Cost. Scalable, Modular Data Centers Have Arrived |
| By :IBM |
Published Date: Feb 27, 2008 |
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When you need to add IT capacity yesterday, but there's no more space and no more budget, what can you do? This IBM white paper has the answer: a new concept known as scalable, modular data centers. You'll learn how and where they work, the substantial cost benefits they deliver, and how eight different firms are using them to meet various business challenges.
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Learn How to Achieve High Availability While Managing IT Costs |
| By :IBM |
Published Date: Jan 31, 2008 |
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This IDC white paper discusses how the current need for server virtualization, infrastructure consolidation and energy efficient technology requires significant changes to IT systems. It describes the steps to take to achieve high availability and reduce operational costs, while still adhering to the requirements of “green IT.”
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Releasing Resources to Support Growth: The Long-Term Benefits of Finance Transformation |
| By :Concur |
Published Date: Jan 26, 2008 |
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CFO Research Services and Concur developed the hypotheses for this research jointly. This study discovers how companies have deployed the savings they’ve realized so far through their transaction-processing improvement efforts. Our survey of senior finance executives in North America reveals that the finance function has freed time and resources to pursue high-value activities like decision support and financial planning and analysis as a result of transaction-processing automation.
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How General Cable Reduces Over 50% of Time and Costs Associated with Purchasing |
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General Cable operates 28 manufacturing locations in 8 countries and is a leader in the development, design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of copper, aluminum and fiber optic wire and cable products. Their products are widely used in communications, energy, industrial and speciality markets. General Cable has nearly 300 suppliers of raw material for their US operations.
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Chase & Sons Gain an Asset |
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Chase & Sons has been delivering innovative engineered products and processes to the wire and cable industry for over 50 years. They supply General Cable with specialty tapes. In the past, Chase & Sons would allocate resources for 'emergency handling' of orders which took time away from planning and other more strategic functions.
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Make Funding and IT Asset Disposal Part of Your Green Strategy |
| By :IBM |
Published Date: Dec 12, 2007 |
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Going green is becoming more than an altruistic aspiration to save the planet. A proactive corporate environmental policy is now an essential part of any company’s overall business strategy. Download this paper to find out how IBM can help you to support environmental initiatives while achieving your company's long-term business goals.
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