Project Management White Papers

Increase Efficiency and Reduce Costs with Data Deduplication

This IDC Buyer Case Study explores the benefits EMC realized from the use of a range of EMC's own backup and recovery solutions that leverage deduplication technology.

Sponsor: EMC Corporation

Priorities for Reversing Services Decay

The state of the high tech services industry is in flux as never before. With changing patterns of software/solution consumption and pressure on traditional service delivery models increasing, many leaders "get it" and want to move services forward. But we are often reactive given the reality of the world we live in. Reversing the decay simply put is all about visionary and pragmatic leadership. For many high tech companies, growth and profitability will only come from moving services forward.

Sponsor: serVelocity

Five Myths of Cloud Computing

In recent years, cloud computing has been as visible as any topic in IT. Its front-page news status has been accelerated by Amazon, Salesforce.com, Yahoo, and Microsoft®, among other firms, aggressively vying for leadership in providing cloud infrastructure or services. However, this race for mindshare has obscured cloud computing facts. Many admit to the haze surrounding cloud computing.

This white paper sponsored by HP and Intel® separates fact from fiction, reality from myth, and, in doing so, will aide senior IT executives as they make decisions around cloud computing. While dispelling cloud computing myths, we will answer tough questions: How hard is it to adopt a private or hybrid cloud? How difficult is it to maintain and secure a cloud? How will the cloud transform my business? Do I have the right skill sets in place? What are some of my cost considerations? HP and Intel are committing extensive resources to helping customers with all of their questions and concerns around cloud computing.

Intel, and the Intel logo, are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP and Intel®

Six Keys for Services to Maximize PSA Implementation Success

Even for successful services organizations, transformational initiatives are simply very challenging to deliver. Driven by the pace of business and our "can do" attitudes, we often struggle to apply the rules of successful change to internal initiatives in the manner we apply them to customer programs. Spending relatively little time in the early stages of PSA implementations ensures success through agreed upon outcomes, business and process design changes, and the commitment to managing organizational change. The results - greater value, higher ROI, less disruption, and higher adoption.

Sponsor: serVelocity