Vendor Research

This report provides guidance to IT vendors and solution providers looking to develop a social media strategy for marketing, sales, and customer service efforts.

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Use this Applications Roadmap Tool to automatically build a roadmap that will allow the organization to leverage apps management resources more efficiently.

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The first step in the development of an infrastructure roadmap is to perform infrastructure assessments and determine the urgency level within each key infrastructure area. This tool will help get that process started and will help guide...

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IT departments are being asked to respond to interest (and sometimes direct pressure) in cloud computing. This strategy position template will help objectively define IT's position on the cloud for the organization and set realistic expectations.

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Understanding the business goals and objectives is critical to creating a business linked IT strategy and increasing alignment between IT and the business.

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Meet with the senior business team and interview them about their specific plans. Understanding the business goals and objectives is critical to creating a business linked IT strategy and increasing alignment between IT and the business.

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In order to set an IT strategy, it's critical to understand the strategy of the enterprise in which IT is operating.

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In order to set an IT strategy, it's critical to understand the IT implications of the business goals and objectives.

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In order to set an IT strategy, it's critical to understand the strategy of the enterprise in which IT is operating.

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Real corporate strategy is often either undocumented, may be in distinct business unit or departmental strategies, or is stated at such a high level that it is not possible for IT to take action.

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The majority of IT departments spend 66% of their time performing operational activity and 34% of their time on strategic activity. Shifting more focus to strategic activity can build competitive advantage, enable innovation, and increase key...

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IT departments that achieve their ideal mix of operational and strategic activity can advance their standing as a strategic partner in the organization. It's a matter of making IT run better so resources can be shifted to innovative and high...

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Answer the questionnaire in this tool to find out whether the organization is prepared to establish an IT Executive Committee.

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The Executive IT Committee is an excellent tool to make the business accountable for the IT investment decisions it wants made. This charter outlines key members, agenda items, the purpose of the committee, as well as the committee's formal mandate.

(6-May-11) Just as the British Empire spread English around the world during the exploration and colonial periods, companies like IBM and Sperry Rand spread COBOL throughout the business world. Even today, according to software developer Micro...

Few firms can get by these days without good information and communications technology (ICT). Thankfully, much of today’s tech is perfectly tailored to the needs of small and mid-sized enterprises; there are software programs, apps and...

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Adoption of cloud storage is sky-rocketing, thanks to its ease-of-use and low cost entry barrier. Cloud storage is a potential solution in several use cases, but issues like reliability and security are not to be overlooked.

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Unified Communications (UC) is an integrated approach to enhancing end-user communications and accelerating key business processes. Enterprises embarking on initial or follow-on UC implementations should leverage the UC Financial Calculator to...

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Unified Communications (UC) is an integrated approach to enhancing end-user communications and accelerating key business processes. Enterprises embarking on initial or follow-on UC implementations should leverage the UC Optimization Business...

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Unified Communications (UC) is an integrated approach to enhancing end-user communications and accelerating key business processes. Enterprises looking to maximize the return on UC investments need to focus on business requirements and execute...

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Unified Communications (UC) is an integrated approach to enhancing end-user communications and accelerating key business processes. Enterprises looking to maximize the return on UC investments need to focus on business requirements and execute...

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Unified Communications (UC) is an integrated approach to enhancing end-user communications and accelerating key business processes. Enterprises looking to maximize the return on UC investments need to focus on business requirements and execute...

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Exploding volumes of data are driving the search for faster and more reliable backup, but data value and restore speed are also critical considerations. Designing a best-fit architecture requires these elements be evaluated alongside total cost...

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The IT Leadership Time Benchmarking Tool allows IT leaders to compare their time allocation to that of the most effective IT leaders and suggests changes to make them more effective.

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IT leaders must focus on strategy and leadership activities, and avoid spending time on most vendor management activities, managing projects, and work their employees could be doing.

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IT leaders have been told by the media, vendors, and analyst community that their role is changing from technology leader to technology strategist, from producer to enabler.

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IT leaders feel the pressure to spend more time leading and less time on the details. However, with limited budgets, obsolete technologies, a looming shortage of skills, and a rapidly growing backlog of unmet business requirements, it's easy to...

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To maintain parity with competitors and exceed their capabilities, IT must take advantage of the ongoing introduction and evolution of new technologies while discarding obsolete ones. Assess which of Info-Tech's 2011 technology trends the...

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To maintain parity with competitors and exceed their capabilities, IT must take advantage of the ongoing introduction and evolution of new technologies and discard obsolete ones. Assess which of Info-Tech's 2011 technology trends the...

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To maintain parity with competitors and exceed their capabilities, IT must take advantage of the ongoing introduction and evolution of new technologies, while discarding obsolete ones. Assess which of Info-Tech's 2011 technology trends the...