As manufacturing goes global, initiatives to standardize processes and key performance measurements across the enterprise to unite the greater supply chain are emerging. The main catalyst? Driving down costs in response to customer and market pressures. However, mid-size companies in particular are driving performance improvements with a more proactive, strategic vision for improving performance than reactively responding to cost pressure.

We’ve heard it over and again: mid-sized manufacturers need to increase efficiencies while protecting their existing infrastructure and boosting profits. IBM can help, with tailored solutions. Click for the complimentary report, "Ten Insights for Success in an On Demand World".

Point of service is the key to every retail operation. But with e-mail marketing, in-store/self-service kiosks and more, the definition of point of service is changing. These changes create a unique opportunity to utilize advanced technologies to improve the customer experience. The IBM Retail Environment for SUSE LINUX (IRES) is designed to help retailers do just this -- while generating higher profits.

It’s tough for community financial institutions to succeed, especially when faced with fierce competition from large banks with large budgets. See how IBM can help with solutions tailored for community banks. Click now and receive the new 18-page report from TowerGroup on CRM Metrics and how smart banks measure success.

Marketing executives, face a constant stream of business pressure. At the same time, customer expectations are increasing and customer satisfaction is becoming increasingly difficult  This report provides a blueprint of what best-in-class CMO's (Chief Marketing Officers) do differently to improve marketing effectiveness through marketing automation.

An organization’s success and ability to react to market and environmental changes are now more dependent than ever on an effective and efficient IT infrastructure. This white paper provides a starting point for organizations contemplating server consolidation. Download this guide for an overview of server consolidation concepts and techniques, plus guidance on methodologies that should be employed.

It has become clear that storage virtualization has become a core element of the storage strategy of forward-thinking end users and that the technology is finally delivering the value that it had promised earlier this decade. In this paper by Taneja Group, you'll learn about IBM SAN Volume Controller, its architecture and features, and about 5 tangible benefits of storage virtualization.

This reference guide can help you understand IBM’s capabilities in the site and facilities services area through real-world scenarios that demonstrate those services in action. Download this guide now and use it to quickly find stories that illustrate how IBM has delivered high-quality, value-add services for the site and facilities needs of companies of all sizes in a variety of industries around the world.

This paper describes the evolution of IBM X-Architecture technology and demonstrates how the melding of industry-standard components with IBM innovation produces servers that offer you a unique set of capabilities with which to effectively manage your business. You’ll see why IBM systems equipped with X-Architecture technologies run faster—yet cooler—use less power, and are more reliable, easier to manage and better for virtualization than competitive servers, and offer a lower total cost of ownership (TCO).

Competitive pressures, increased marketplace demands and the constant need to reduce expenses have only intensified the demands put on companies to develop and deploy their software applications quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively. Read about the key barriers companies must cross as they attempt to streamline their software delivery processes and learn how to bridge the gap between development and operations in this paper.

This document introduces the reader to the concept of Enterprise Portals as a means of conducting business on the Internet. We continue on to a discussion of the value of using Enterprise Portals, combined with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) methods, to tie existing processes and applications together to support the Enterprise.

Self-service Web portals enable governments to help citizens obtain information, apply for services and complete transactions more quickly than ever before.  Download this paper to find out how, through the power of Web portals, IBM can help your government agency make information more accessible, and processes more efficient for citizens, businesses and government employees.

Regardless of what department you work in, it is business critical to ensure that your team members have easy and ready access to the latest information and project team members. Whether you work in sales, marketing, human resources, research and development, or any other functional area, you need a centralized virtual place where all of your team members can collaborate in realtime, share ideas and documents and be more productive online.

Smaller businesses represent the entrepreneurial engine of the U.S. economy - that's why IBM has extended the BladeCenter value proposition to smaller businesses and organizations in a compact, affordable package. Read more about how BladeCenter can benefit your business in this report by Pund-IT.

The all-in-one configuration of the IBM BladeCenter S makes it a perfect fit in a small office. It integrates servers, storage, networking and I/O into a single chassis, which uses a standard electrical outlet. Plus, it's easy to use and manage, with tools that help manage energy use to lower total operating costs. Read all about this flexible, blade-based chassis and see how it streamlines and simplifies small office IT.

In this era of unprecedented change, organizations need agility to adapt rapidly. Part of what separates winners from losers is the ability to respond quickly and intelligently to market opportunities, competitive threats and regulatory constraints — in short, to innovate and create value. The best companies understand how to use technology for strategic advantage to help accomplish these goals.

If you're looking to decrease power consumption in your existing data center (and who isn't?), the first step should be a detailed diagnosis. If, on the other hand, you’re constructing a new data center, or expanding or upgrading your current center, it’s critical that energy efficiency is built in from the start. This short IBM video addresses both.

As service execution becomes increasingly important and complex, traditional job management tools aren't cutting it. With IBM Tivoli workload automation products, you can easily automate and manage simultaneous workloads across heterogeneous environments.

Imagine using your personal desktop on any computer. You can, with the IBM Virtual Client Solution. This demo explains the backend process of server-hosted services, shows how a user’s desktop is delivered through a remote connection, and demonstrates how an administrator can shift servers for IT simplification without interrupting users.  Watch the demo now.

The IBM Active Energy Manager is a unique software tool that gives you the detailed information you need to closely and accurately monitor power consumption in your data center. Watch this IBM demo to see the extensive capabilities of Active Energy Manager, from setting automatic caps on energy usage to tracking trends over any time period you specify.

This white paper explains the why's and how's of data center transformation. It reveals the breakthrough IBM approach that supports dynamic, service oriented applications and consolidates systems, servers and networks for decreased operational costs on all fronts—freeing up funds for business innovation. Download white paper on new data center.

The lack of trusted information - information that is accurate, timely and relevant - is on the minds of CEOs and senior executives around the world. The cost and complexity of managing increasing volumes of data and content, combined with the need to provide trusted information to every user for every transaction, is driving CIOs to rethink their approach to information delivery.

Organizations with data-sharing environments, complex information and systems hinder business responsiveness and decision makers’ ability to make informed decisions. This white paper will describe how engaging in a master data management (MDM) project enables effective governance of data - specifically master data - and achieves maturity in key categories of the IBM Data Governance Maturity Model.

This white paper, authored by industry analyst IDC, explores the problems confronting IT organizations today as they seek to bring data together from disparate sources in order to achieve better information coherence, operational efficiency, and more effective overall governance. Specifically, the paper considers the problems posed by the complexity of "data integration" technology in terms of its configuration and maintenance. It looks at the utility of a grid computing approach in providing scalability and manageability for "data integration" and considers how an appliance approach can further reduce cost and risk for customers.

WinterCorp analyzes IBM's DB2 Warehouse and how it addresses twin challenges facing enterprises today: improving the value derived from the torrents of information processed every day, while lowering costs at the same time. Discover why WinterCorp believes the advances in data clustering strategies and intelligent software compression algorithms in IBM's Data Warehouse improves performance of business intelligence queries by radically reducing the I/O's needed to resolve them.