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Case Studies

Oracle Global IT (GIT) Streamlined Security To further enhance its IT system risk management capabilities, Oracle GIT has deployed an on-demand software vulnerability and compliance management solution that allows Oracle GIT to gain significant efficiencies and enhance the company's information security. In addition, Oracle GIT can now more efficiently manage the security of highly-sensitive vulnerability information throughout the deployment of its Security Operation Center.

Harry Fox Agency: Linking IT Investments to Business Value In a rapidly shifting business environment, the IT group at the Harry Fox Agency (HFA) was confronted with the challenge of aligning with this music rights licensing organization's strategic direction. To address this, the CIO instituted a disciplined project portfolio approach driven by metrics that linked the business heads into the IT planning process. In a market with declining revenues, this has allowed HFA to make the appropriate investment to capture new sources of revenue and stay ahead of the curve.

Customer-friendly Communications with HP Exstream at Health Net: Health Net needed a cost effective and efficient solution to provide members and providers with more customer-friendly communications...

Read about how HCL delivered cost savings for up to 59% for one of the leading insurance service providers through data center services.

Insurance Solutions - 8x8 Hosted PBX VoIP Phone Service. How does an industry already stretched thin come up with new ways to capture business, win loyalty, and prepare for the changes that lie ahead without incurring significant added expense or implementing major changes to infrastructure?

Whitepapers

Achieving ROI through Application Integration Meeting the desktop challenges of complex IT environments This 2-part white paper examines ways you can optimise your software management once and for all, with a particular focus on the associated installation, integration and migration of applications into an existing environment. It includes examples that demonstrate cost reduction, improved ROI & TCO, and technological innovation capable of delivering greater desktop-user satisfaction by leveraging a business's intellectual capital.

Putting Cloud security in perspective The move towards Cloud Computing will be seen as one of the defining trends of 2010. There is growing acceptance that the Cloud delivery model offers real business benefits, however perceived security concerns threaten the general uptake of the Cloud Computing model. Many take the view that the Cloud Model is somehow inherently less secure than more traditional IT delivery models. This paper examines how organizations can take advantage of Cloud-based services while managing risk responsibly.

Ramp Up Your Virtualization Benefits Through in-depth interviews with numerous IT professionals across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, Forrester found that the companies that had optimized their infrastructure and that had more mature practices achieved higher return on investment, greater administrator productivity, substantially faster provisioning of new applications, and simpler problem identification and resolution.

Intel SOA Expressway for Healthcare combines a message gateway, service mediation engine and integrated security into a single, tightly integrated software appliance that carries the industry's best price-to-performance ratio.

Horizon Report 2009 The sixth annual report of Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the NMC's Horizon Project, a long-running qualitative research project that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, research, or creative expression within learning-focused organizations.

Executive Content

Using Business Intelligence to Get Ahead In this Thought-leadership Series interview, Sean Devine, Vice President at Con-way Freight, explains how he leverages business intelligence to improve shipping processes, the financial performance of the company, and help executives make smarter business decisions for the future of the organization.

Perfecting the IT Purchasing Supply Chain Ronald Franz, Process Information Officer at General Motors discusses GM's IT purchasing supply chain, including what changes were made during the economic downturn, what quality control measures are used to ensure information entering the system is accurate and what strategies are used to guarantee seamless communication between GM and its suppliers.

15 Minutes with Parsh Mishra: As the VP Technology Infrastructure - WHG Compliance, Citigroup, Parsh Mishra works on the Risk Management side. The foremost function of his team is to bring down IT inherent risk to tolerable or non-affecting levels.

Exploring the Cloud - In this podcast, Surendra Reddy, Former VP of Cloud Computing at Yahoo!, defines 'cloudonomics,' talks about cloud security, and explains why he believes companies should deconstruct their IT infrastructure and embrace cloud.

15 Minutes With David Wade, CIO/EVP of Primerica Financial Services ITO America sat down with David Wade, CIO/EVP of Primerica Financial Services, for a quick chat about the importance of business and IT alignment at organizations.

Growing the Nationwide Development Center: In this podcast, Srini Koushik, SVP and CTO at Nationwide Insurance, describes the driving factors behind the Nationwide Development Center.