Experton Group: Research Notes

19-04-2012: RFP Inclusions

1One of our clients is building an RFP and is looking for some guidance on what to include in the document. ...more details

19-04-2012: Next Generation Systems – Part 1

Experton Group believes the simplicity offered through the next generation of computer systems is achieved through its forced standardization aspect more than the consolidation and virtualization components. ...more details

12-04-2012: 12 Ways to Contain Storage Costs

One conundrum that continues to confound executives is how to reduce the cost of storage when the demand for data keeps expanding by 25 percent or more at most enterprises. ...more details

29-03-2012: Data Center Operations Audits

Experton Group believes there is still ample room for improvement in the operations of data center systems, especially for non-mainframe servers, in all organizations. ...more details

29-03-2012: Managed Services and Cloud Computing Service Providers

A client of ours was interested in identifying service providers that could support their current and future workload. ...more details

15-03-2012: Example of ERP SOW Template

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15-03-2012: Case Study: Tollpost Globe Turnaround Thanks to Business Analytics Apps

Experton Group believes Tollpost Globe AS's turnaround is a testament to the power of having real-time analytics apps at management's and employee's fingertips. ...more details

08-03-2012: Partnering with Large Companies

With the trend towards partnering with larger companies, a client of ours was looking for a document that addresses a partnership from a small business perspective. ...more details

08-03-2012: AMD Acquires SeaMicro: A Sea Change

Experton Group believes Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (AMD) $344 million acquisition of SeaMicro Inc. ramps up the pressure on Intel Corp. and providers of server components, expands AMD into a system-on-chip (SoC) company, and will dramatically change the topology of future computer systems. ...more details

27-02-2012: IT/Business-Related Certifications

We have a client that is looking at offering certifications in IT ...more details

27-02-2012: Top 10 Money Savers for 2012

IT executives still have a number of major initiatives available to them for cutting capital expenses and operational costs in 2012 that together can trim the overall IT budget by forty percent or more. ...more details

13-02-2012: Business Apps – Next Disruptive Technology

Experton Group believes mobile business apps, especially business analytics apps, will be the next distruptive technology to impact business users and IT departments. ...more details

06-02-2012: Data Center Effectiveness Metrics – 1H12

Most data center executives are now finding ways to improve on data center effectiveness and efficiency within and across data centers. ...more details

06-02-2012: Financial System Cloud Hosting Contrast/Compare

A client of ours needed a follow-up contrast/compare analysis where a number of different service providers were reviewed who focused on Hyperion support. ...more details

26-01-2012: Contrast and Compare

One of the most frequent inquiry requests Experton Group receives is to contrast and compare vendors, products and/or services. ...more details

26-01-2012: Predictions for 2012: Technology

Experton Group believes 2012 has the likelihood of being a constrained growth year globally, forcing executives to pick and choose their initiatives. ...more details

19-01-2012: Predictions for 2012: Process

Experton Group believes process improvement will receive a significant amount of attention due to mobility and social media advances and the desire to employ cloud computing. ...more details

19-01-2012: Shareminds

As a result of research that we conducted on a client’s behalf, we “discovered” a web-based content management system that appears to solve many of the issues that have plagued enterprises for many years. ...more details

12-01-2012: Predictions for 2012: HCM, Risk, and Vendor Management

Experton Group believes 2012 is unfolding as year of constrained growth globally ...more details

12-01-2012: CES: Ultrabooks Everywhere, But Intel‘s Creation May Go The Way Of Smartbooks

Ultrabook more important to Intel‘s ambitions than to the consumer experience. ...more details

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