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How Does your Service Measure Up? Getting to Grips with Metrics
sponsored by GoToAssist
WHITE PAPER: This quick guide will identify some of the most popular metrics that you should be measuring, look at ways in which you can measure them, and how to utilize these measures to improve your service delivery.
Posted: 19 Jul 2011 | Published: 19 Jul 2011

GoToAssist

Best Practices: 10 must-have metrics and benchmarks for better recruiting
sponsored by SuccessFactors
WHITE PAPER: To maximize company performance, you need the best talent – and the best talent comes from superior recruiting. This resource counts down 10 must-have metrics and benchmarks for better recruiting.
Posted: 25 Feb 2014 | Published: 25 Feb 2014

SuccessFactors

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

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

CIO2CIO Global Research Study: Business Intelligence and Master Data Management (MDM)
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This global CIO2CIO research program was conducted for SAP, Inc. to gain insight into information management practices in various regions of the world and the research was conducted among IT professionals in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Posted: 18 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2007

SAP America, Inc.

Measuring the Business Impact of Support
sponsored by Citrix Online UK
WHITE PAPER: Customer support has long been a business mainstay. Yet, the business impact of support is seldom measured - despite the influence of support on higher revenue, customer satisfaction and increased productivity. This new ServiceXRG white paper explores the importance of quantifying the impact of support on your business.
Posted: 16 Jul 2010 | Published: 16 Jul 2010

Citrix Online UK

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

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.

The Truth about Agent vs. Agentless Monitoring
sponsored by uptime software inc.
WHITE PAPER: This brief paper will examine the differences between Agent and Agentless monitoring, so you can make the right decision based on your company’s needs.
Posted: 30 Sep 2010 | Published: 30 Sep 2010

uptime software inc.

The Agile CFO: Enabling the Innovation Path to Growth
sponsored by IBM Line of Business
WHITE PAPER: This paper proposed several actions financial executives can take to become agile CFOs.
Posted: 12 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2006

IBM Line of Business