Actionable Metrics White Papers

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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

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

Enhancing the Customer Experience with Loyalty Management
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: By implementing loyalty programs that are integrated across sales, service, and marketing - across all channels of interaction - a firm can greatly enhance the customer experience, increase customer retention, and foster development of a community of people who serve as advocates for the business.
Posted: 27 Apr 2009 | Published: 27 Apr 2009

SAP America, Inc.

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

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

Improving Operations with Reports, Plans and Metrics
sponsored by IBM Cognos
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the critical roles IT plays in providing Operations with timely information in areas such as quality management, supply chain, and cost control.
Posted: 11 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

IBM Cognos

JBoss Operations Network: Measuring Business Impact and ROI
sponsored by Red Hat
WHITE PAPER: In today's economic climate, IT organizations are looking for ways to achieve cost savings in the short term. Based on this study, the IT organizations achieved this goal by realizing an average payback period for JBoss Operations Network of a short 5.3 months - recovering their initial investments well within the first half-year of deployment.
Posted: 16 Feb 2011 | Published: 16 Feb 2011

Red Hat

Implementing Cloud Storage Metrics to Improve Efficiency
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: When moving to the cloud, storage metrics can significantly help to improve efficiency and capacity management, optimizing your SAN environment. Access this white paper to learn how these metrics can help you effectively manage your computing and traditional environments.
Posted: 04 Oct 2011 | Published: 04 Oct 2011

Intel