In this issue, Eric shares data with us on new strategic issues and movements that are moving minds and money in Japan, ASEAN, and China: post-crisis reawakening of the nuclear export market, U.S. pressure on the new TPP agreement, Japan's...

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Info-Tech's analysis of IT budgets across North America reveals a strong upward trend since 2009. Organizations are benefiting from the economic recovery and the effects of government incentive programs such as the American Recovery and...

This issue is based on the transcript of an interview of Mark Anderson, CEO of SNS, by Art Kleiner, editor-in-chief of strategy+business, which took place at the SNS Future in Review conference at the Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, California,...

(11-Feb-10) Eighty-three per cent of organizations gearing up for cloud computing are planning to start with private clouds, according to a recent survey from Platform Computing Corp. Forty-five per cent are already committed to the idea and in...

While having satisfied end users may mean that incident management practices are responsive, it does not mean that the organization's service management discipline is successful. An over-emphasis on one process, such as incident management, can...

Close to three-quarters of manufacturing firms are rearranging cost management priorities to meet cost reduction targets mandated by senior management. The day-to-day cost management strategies at manufacturing firms are not yet off the table....

As part of IT cost management efforts, manufacturing industry shops focus on three IT service areas ? network and telephony, servers and storage, and discretionary and IT administrative spending. Info-Tech's research suggests three key...

Info-Tech Research Group recently asked 46 manufacturers about their experience with IT application outsourcing. These manufacturers reported faster application delivery, greater resource availability and increased knowledge transfer opportunity...

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Small enterprises utilizing a Wireless LAN Real Time Location System can find significant benefits in certain vertical markets. Tracking high-value assets, inventory, and people in healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics has the potential to...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology that is poised for explosive growth. Existing and emerging applications of the technology have revolutionized the way some small enterprises do business. As RFID permeates the small...

Voice-directed warehouse technology is now affordable and increasingly common in the manufacturing industry. Evaluate the potential advantages and risks to determine if a voice-driven system can benefit the enterprise.

Lean and green thinking for manufacturing should extend beyond the shop floor. Most data center operations are ripe for improvement. Applying a few green principles can minimize energy use in the data center. And it will help erase some of the...

Use this introductory research note to gain knowledge about industry Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) vendors IFS, Infor, Lawson, and Sage. Learn about their history, current offerings, recent developments, and where they are heading next.