IT Business Alignment White Papers

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Eleven habits for highly successful BPM programs
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Using the framework of Stephen R. Covey’s best-selling book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, this resource describes 11 habits IT organizations must develop to foster business process management (BPM) success, including building a complete BPM while also forcing collaboration across the enterprise.
Posted: 06 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2010

IBM

The New Language of Business: SOA and Web 2.0. Download a complimentary chapter
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Sandy Carter, Vice President of SOA and WebSphere Strategy, IBM Corporation, takes readers through a specific roadmap on how, where, when, and why to embrace a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategy in her new book.
Posted: 22 Oct 2007 | Published: 22 Oct 2007

IBM

Digital Transformation: Creating New Business Models Where Digital Meets Physical
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to discover what makes up an enterprise-grade digital transformation strategy. Gain insight into the 3 transformation paths available, 4 factors to consider before choosing a transformation policy, and 5 critical components an effective strategy must contain.
Posted: 22 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

IBM

Supporting information technology risk management
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access the resource to discover the 5 stages of an effective IT risk mitigation program, the 5 components of efficiently managing IT risks and 5 questions to ponder when assessing risk solutions.
Posted: 04 May 2012 | Published: 01 Oct 2011

IBM

New SOA Maturity Model
sponsored by Progress
WHITE PAPER: How can organizations understand SOA and manage the migration to SOA? The New SOA Maturity Model provides a visionary framework that aligns IT action with business benefit. Read this paper to assess your organization's SOA readiness.
Posted: 02 Mar 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2006

Progress

IBM Global CIO Study - Implications for IT Managers
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Recognizing that successful IT innovation requires deep involvement with the business overall, CIOs increasingly help set business strategy, use IT to enable business flexibility, and help corporations meet enterprise-wide goals. Learn what this means to IT managers, operations managers, development managers, strategy and architecture leaders.
Posted: 17 Jun 2010 | Published: 21 Dec 2009

IBM

Identify and Leverage Your Existing Service Life Cycles
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This executive brief will illustrate the progression of service management since the 1990s, illuminate the hidden service life cycles and discuss how, once they are visible, we can start to make them work — to improve services and better align IT with business objectives.
Posted: 22 Jul 2010 | Published: 22 Jul 2010

IBM

Aligning Business and IT through Connected Requirements: Unifying the Development Process
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn how the connected-requirements approach serves as the framework for the use of products and technologies that are designed to allow you to optimize team performance, align the development process with your organization's business goals and meet auditing and regulatory compliance requirements.
Posted: 20 Feb 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2008

IBM

IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Version 6.1 with IBM WebSphere Adapters: Communicating with Enterprise Information Systems
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper reveals how WebSphere® adapter nodes within IBM® WebSphere Message Broker V6.1 speed and simplify the tasks of creating integrated processes, resulting in greater productivity and lower cost.
Posted: 12 Feb 2009 | Published: 11 Feb 2009

IBM

Implementing Best Practices: The Dell Management Console and ITIL
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how reduced budgets and growing demands on IT departments have forced organizations to find ways to cut costs, increase IT resource productivity, and optimize existing investments. Find out more about on this topic and how the new Dell Management Console can assist you.
Posted: 19 May 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009

Dell, Inc. and Intel®