Consulting Whitepapers and Ebooks
This sections provides whitepapers on Consulting that details on trends, analysis and latest happenings in the industry.
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Software Company Reaches Global Markets with Efficient TranslationUsing Smartling's cloud-based translation management platform and Global Delivery Network, NiceLabel, a leading developer of barcode and RFID labeling software, has simplified and accelerated its translation projects. NiceLabel now translates faster, with higher quality, and at lower cost: The amount of developer time spent on translation and website maintenance has been reduced by more than 90% Translated content takes only days to deploy, facilitating truly global launches and more agile marketing Because Smartling's solution is fully SEO-compatible, NiceLabel has seen a 45% increase in website leads Total cost of ownership for 8 fully translated websites is comparable to prior spend on just 3 incomplete translated websites Download this case study to learn about how Smartling's cloud-based solution can simplify and accelerate your translation projects and enable your business to reach new markets quickly. -
Boost IT Visibility and Business Value with Service CatalogMany CIOs are being pressured to demonstrate the value of IT. Senior executives often question the investment in IT because they don't understand ITIL® or the value delivered by IT service management. Read this white paper to learn how creating a great service catalog can help alleviate these pressures, best practices for making your services easy to request while clearly communicating what the customer receives for each service, and avoid burdening customers with the details of service delivery, but make them easily accessible to IT. -
A Simple Approach to BYODWith 81% of employees using their phones at work, companies have stopped asking: "Is corporate data leaking from personal devices?" and started asking: "How do we effectively prevent corporate data from leaking from personal devices?" The answer has not been simple. ZixOne raises the bar on BYOD security by not allowing email data to reside on the device. In addition, Zix allows employees to maintain complete control of their personal device, therefore satisfying privacy demands of valued employees and the security concerns of IT departments. -
The Buyer's Guide to Financial Management SoftwareManaging your company's financials is the backbone of your business and is vital to the long-term health and viability of your company. To continue applying the necessary financial rigor to support rapid growth, the accounting department needs the right tools to most efficiently do their job. Read this white paper to understand the 10 essentials of a complete financial management system and how the right solution can help you keep up with the rapidly changing business world. -
Top Ten Criteria for Selecting a Managed Services ProviderWhen you're faced with growing expectations to create business value with limited resources, where can you turn? Increasingly, IT organizations are looking to trusted IT services providers like IBM to help reduce cost, manage complexity, maintain leading-edge skills and adopt technology innovation. Read the white paper to find out how managed services and cloud computing can help you deliver on the transformation agenda your business requires. Plus get guidance on the top 10 criteria to consider when selecting an external partner.
Top White Papers
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The Future of e-Learning
Corporate e-Learning technology has a long and diverse pedigree. As far back as the 1980s, companies were adopting computer-based training to supplement traditional classroom activities. More recently, rich web-based applications have added streaming audio and video, real-time collaboration and other new tools to the e-Learning mix.
At the same time, the growing availability of informal learning tools--a category that includes everything from web searches to social media posts--are having a major impact on how, where and when employees engage in job-related learning.
In some ways, these changes have turned the corporate e-Learning landscape into a place that workers 20 years ago would not recognize. According to analyst Josh Bersin, for example, more than 70% of all corporate training today is now done online.
In spite of these changes, some aspects of e-Learning have not evolved. Many "new" learning applications simply provide another channel for presenting traditional classroom materials, such as lectures and presentations. As a result, e-Learning often continues to be a relatively passive, highly structured activity that is rooted firmly in the past.
Over the next several years, this situation will change. New technology promises to take e-Learning out of the traditional, classroom-based paradigm and into a true "digital native" context. These new e-Learning tools will allow employees to engage in more active and realistic training activities, and they will incorporate emerging social learning and informal learning methods.
This white paper will explore the nature and implications of these next-generation e-Learning trends. Specifically, it will answer three fundamental questions:
What unique traits set today's cutting-edge e-Learning tools apart from their predecessors?
What are some specific examples of next-generation e-Learning tools?
How can these tools increase e-Learning ROI and enterprise productivity?
The changes described in this paper have significant implications for companies that invest in e-Learning programs. Download it now to find out more.
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The Buyer's Guide to Financial Management Software
Managing your company's financials is the backbone of your business and is vital to the long-term health and viability of your company. To continue applying the necessary financial rigor to support rapid growth, the accounting department needs the right tools to most efficiently do their job. Read this white paper to understand the 10 essentials of a complete financial management system and how the right solution can help you keep up with the rapidly changing business world.
