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IT firms expand from PCs to payroll
News Gartner estimates the worldwide market for business process outsourcing grew from $115bn in 2000 to $124bn in 2001, and will expand to $178.5bn in 2005. So-called BPO, or business-process outsourcing -- which involves an outside company taking over...
[January 14, 2003, 13:29]
Time Warner moves closer to AOL split
News Time Warner is expected to announce on Wednesday that it has completed the internal process of separating AOL's dial-up internet-access business from its advertising business, the newspaper said. Earlier, Bewkes had said he expected to have the...
[August 5, 2008, 9:14]
Technology hype comes under scrutiny
News More fashionable technologies, such as business process management suites, peer-to-peer VoIP and biometric identity documents find themselves right at the "peak of inflated expectations". Gartner plots the technologies from the first "technology...
[August 24, 2005, 16:15]
Application Lifecycle Management and Business Strategy
White Papers Is building custom software a necessary evil, a process that's divorced from the really important parts of a business? Both the creation and operation of custom applications are accomplished through the process of application lifecycle management...
[May 1, 2009, 13:59]
Governance, guidance and how to get your IT project done
News While governance is a requirement for accounting information and business process, it may or may not be appropriate for every IT project. This is true even for the poor square peg who is forced through your round-hole process.
[May 23, 2005, 11:05]
Oracle Case Study: Northwestern Memorial Hospital
White Papers Northwestern Memorial runs a common system to seamlessly share data and take a consistent business process approach to their procure-to-pay process - from contract negotiation and sourcing to requisitioning and payment.
[November 8, 2005, 23:00]
Glitch halts Small Business Server rollout
News Microsoft said on Friday that it is recalling an update to its Small Business Server product because of a glitch found late in the manufacturing process. Recently, and during a regular audit as part of our software production process, Microsoft...
[July 31, 2006, 9:20]
Travel Booking Platform
White Papers This was followed by a Business Process Improvement (BPI) study. Blue Star Infotech (BSI) with its expertise in process modeling, enterprise architecture and integration combined with its domain understanding, was given the task of modernizing the...
[March 4, 2009, 0:25]
Strategies for Managing IT Equipment Renewal and Replacement
White Papers Business leaders routinely struggle with IT life-cycle management practices - the critical process of evaluating, funding, and retiring IT equipment. IT infrastructure - that diverse collection of hardware, software, and services used to create...
[January 9, 2008, 0:01]
The Balanced Scorecard: A Vision Report Card
White Papers This tool traditionally includes both objective and subjective measures divided into four major areas: Financial Perspective, Customer Perspective, Internal Business Process, and Learning Process and Growth Perspective.
[August 10, 2006, 1:00]
Web services unite Sun and Oracle
News Next Friday a technical committee at the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (Oasis) will convene to discuss the standardisation of the Web services Business Process Execution Language (BPEL).
[May 9, 2003, 12:24]
Architecting on Demand Solutions, Part 18: Use IBM WebSphere Integration Developer to Assemble Components
White Papers One also finds out how to include human tasks within the Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) process. And one also exploits WebSphere Portal V5.1.0.3 business process integration capabilities. In Part 15 of this series, one was introduced to...
[May 9, 2008, 1:02]
Priority One Plus--Business Development Center
Downloads The Person who operates the Business Development Center Software pushes a button to start the process each day, and each time a new output is to be printed Priority One Plus--Business Development Center reminds the operator of the expected output...
[November 1, 2004, 14:47]
Get More Out of Performance Reviews
White Papers Its company-wide solution will transform your employee review process into a springboard that will help you drive real business results. Transform your standard review process into a dynamic 360-degree feedback loop between managers and employees
[March 17, 2009, 23:00]
Electronic Document Management Improves Efficiency and Customer Satisfaction
White Papers The company realized that a business process transformation of such massive scope would require professional help. Furthermore, the process was driving up personnel costs significantly. IBM Global Business Services designed and implemented a robust...
[December 3, 2007, 0:01]
Indian outsourcing set to grow
News In the past, Indian companies have become well known for handling software development work, but now they will step up to so-called "business process outsourcing" (BPO) and call centres, allowing global companies to cut their IT budgets by 50...
[January 29, 2003, 14:15]
Public sector 'lags private outsourcers'
News The figures support recent predictions on the growth of business process outsourcing (BPO) with almost 60 per cent of organisations currently outsourcing or planning to outsource some business processes.
[November 10, 2003, 8:15]
IBM simulates business software in 3D game
News Process improvement is a critical component of service-oriented architecture (SOA), a way of designing software as a series of interlinked, modular business services. The software for modelling and running this modular software is called business...
[May 22, 2007, 13:07]
Hazera Genetics Ltd. Enhances Global Management Capabilities by Streamlining Operations
White Papers The company optimized global management capabilities and business process efficiency with Oracle E-Business Suite applications. It also improved ability to manage the supply chain throughout the delivery process, through real-time data and expanded...
[November 3, 2007, 0:00]
BCS tailors certification to IT specialisms
News The British Computer Society is revamping the assessment process for Chartered IT Professional certifications, with the aim of fitting the qualification to specific business technology needs. The process of accreditation should therefore be...
[September 21, 2009, 17:10]
