Experton Group: Research Notes

13-02-2008: Organizational Productivity – Effective Listening

Throughout last year we published the first four notes on Organizational Productivity. In this note, effective listening is explored, from its challenges to effective listening to strategies to overcome those barriers. ...more details

13-02-2008: Blade Comparison

Based on several inquiries over the past year, Experton Group has created the following contrast and compare analysis between HP and IBM Blade systems. ...more details

13-02-2008: Platforms as a Service

The market for utility computing platforms is morphing once again – this time into a new phenomenon known as platform as a service (PaaS) that has a number of different go-to-market manifestations. ...more details

13-02-2008: New Trends in Notebooks

Recently, a slew of new portable devices has hit the market, including less expensive notebooks and highly portable sub-notebooks and ultra mobile PCs (UMPCs) signifying a directional for the marketplace. ...more details

11-02-2008: Is There A Wireless Personal Area Network In Your Future?

The growth of inexpensive devices has transformed the system comprised of a computer and a few devices into a Personal Area Network (PAN). With the growth of intelligent devices, the PAN will assume a pivotal position in the computing environment. ...more details

11-02-2008: Web 2.0 Overview

Recently, we have had a number of clients ask us to present or participate in discussions regarding web 2.0/enterprise 2.0. The following is an overview of the history, technology, and business applicability. ...more details

11-02-2008: Rethinking Desktop Management and Security

Experton Group believes both internal and external threats including improper system use, insufficient IT control over user practices and software configurations, malware, spyware, and viruses pose significant enterprise risk and frequently result in lost revenues and productivity. ...more details

11-02-2008: Centralized IT – a Best Practice

As companies scrutinize different ways to reduce costs and improve productivity and service, the question of organizational structure – centralized, decentralized, or federated – comes to the fore. ...more details

11-02-2008: Trends in Technology

Sony Orchestrates Warner Blu-Ray Win to Highlight Resurgence at CES
Philips Video Fingerprints to Work Side by Side With Gracenote’s Audio

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11-02-2008: Extract, Transform, and Loading (ETL) - Best Practices and Alternatives

Some enterprises with data warehouses find the most difficult part of the workflow is moving data. ...more details

11-02-2008: Non-Compliance with e-Discovery Rules Costly

A recent study shows that only about one third of U.S. businesses are prepared to meet the strict court requirements for e-discovery and handling of e-records. ...more details

11-02-2008: Best Practices for Service Desks

Experton Group believes executives can dramatically improve business operational performance by evaluating and improve help and service desk functionality. ...more details

17-01-2008: Data Security Classification Guidelines

Client needs to review both their data classification and security practices. The first step is to refine the data classification scheme, solidifying ownership and potentially migrate data to a few “secured” locations. ...more details

17-01-2008: IT Governance Best Practices and Guidelines

Client Challenge: The Project Management Office within the Company is looking for information to support their IT Governance Program. ...more details

17-01-2008: Environmental Technologies in Abundance at CES And Beyond

Interest in energy conservation is at an all-time high, particularly as energy costs rise and consumers and enterprises aim at reducing carbon emissions. One recent survey of 5,000 U.S. adults conducted by an IT research advisory firm found that 12 percent of participants would pay more for electronics exhibiting environmentally friendly characteristics. ...more details

17-01-2008: Top Five Resource Risk Management Challenges

Experton Group believes executives must aggressively pursue a comprehensive resource balancing and staffing initiative so that their companies are able to effectively compete throughout their strategic horizon. ...more details

17-01-2008: Wireless Trends and Commentary

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17-01-2008: Insurance Certificate Management Systems

Recently, a client’s procurement department was interested in a product and/or service that would provide insurance certificate management or tracking. ...more details

17-01-2008: Evaluating Middleware Options

Experton Group Believes IT executives should look at the business requirements along with the existing application environment in order to determine the best middleware architecture to implement. ...more details

17-01-2008: Data Stewardship Roles and Responsibilities

As enterprises work to close the gaps in their information policies and data governance processes, many organizations are creating data stewardship positions. In some companies these individuals are responsible for the data across the enterprise while in others they are line of business (LOB) assignments. ...more details

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