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• Over the prior 24 month period, Best-in-Class increased the number of employees included in their mobility initiative by 44%.
• Over the prior 24 month period, Best-in-Class companies employee increased productivity by 36%.
• Over the prior 24 month period, Best-in-Class companies grew the number of mobile devices in full compliance with IT mandates by 33%.

Despite the global economic downturn, or perhaps in part because of it, the enterprise demand for mobility has remained steady or even increased. However, mobility initiative budgets have not; in fact capital equipment budgets are being cut dramatically, and operating expense budgets are being scrutinized and reduced wherever possible. This study reports how Best-in-Class companies – those that are performing in the top 20% across multiple metrics – are managing to maintain or increase their level of mobility support while their budgets are being cut.

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• Best-in-Class have 33% more aggressive plans yet are 150% more likely to meet expectations of ROI in expected timeframes.
• Best-in-Class companies reduce administrative cost by 22% as a result of ERP while Laggards see no reduction at all.
• 100% of Best-in-Class companies use estimated ROI to cost justify ERP projects.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is more than a necessary infrastructure that forms the transactional system of record upon which a business is based. ERP is the potential source of cost savings and operational improvements. It is also a serious undertaking. This report serves as a roadmap to Small to Midsize Businesses (SMBs) for realizing the maximum Return on Investment (ROI) from ERP implementations. A well-managed ERP implementation can be a continuing source of cost savings and operational improvements which help companies survive and thrive in these troubled economic times.

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Read this insightful Nucleus Research note to see how your midsize peers have handled their application deployment projects.
With both Oracle and SAP ramping up their efforts to attract midsize businesses to their enterprise applications, many have wondered: can they deliver successful deployments to smaller customers? Although larger companies may be able to invest in consulting or additional personnel to properly manage integration projects within budget and delivery timeframe, that’s often not possible for a midsized business — and unexpected disruptions and other risk factors can have a greater impact. You’ll gain insight into the strengths and weaknesses of each provider in various deployment scenarios and you will see the key measures of success like ROI and progress against project timeframe and budget.

Written by Nucleus Research, Inc.

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Now more than ever, IT managers must spend carefully to keep from negatively impacting the bottom line. Download this paper to learn how you can realize significant savings in storage.
IT budgets are shrinking even as the reliance on data availability grows. Now more than ever, IT managers must spend carefully to keep from negatively impacting the bottom line. One area where IT departments can realize significant savings is in storage.

Download this informative white paper to get a simple breakdown of the actual costs paid for storage when real-world utilization and performance numbers, in addition to costs, are surfaced.

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The most critical component of an Exchange deployment is the storage subsystem where the data is held. Download now to learn best practices in storage sizing and deployment.
Microsoft Exchange is the world’s most widely deployed email and collaboration solution. With Exchange 2007, Microsoft continues to improve the product and push the limits of existing server and storage devices.

Download this informative best practices to learn why you must take the following into consideration for a successful Microsoft Exchange implementation:

• Storage configuration: DAS vs. SAN
• Sizing metrics for Exchange, including user I/O profiles
• Capacity requirements
• Considerations for Storage Group, Volume, and LUN Design

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Learn about Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and its many components—all in this one guide.
This paper provides a comprehensive look at what ECM can do for you. Use it to assess your own ECM requirements while delving into such issues as scalability, usability, and security—and how such objectives can be addressed in your organization. You’ll also get a high-level view of the capabilities of the EMC Documentum product portfolio.

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Learn how to drive multi-channel original and aftermarket sales, create a lean, intelligent supply chain and outpace your competitors in business model agility.
To maintain your competitive edge, you must take advantage of growth in emerging markets, new channels, the highly profitable aftermarket, balance longer lead times, customer responsiveness, and profitability. Sterling Commerce enables you to adapt and execute complex order selling and fulfillment processes that make you faster, more reliable and more profitable than your competitors.

Your Manufacturing Executive Kit includes:

• Roadmap to the Perfect Order
• Roadmap to the Flexible Supply Chain
• Multi-Enterprise SOA: The Most Important Paradigm Shift for Enterprise Revenue Growth
• Increasing Efficiencies and Reducing Costs of Selling Configurable Products and Product Bundles
• Case Studies: Irish Dairy Board, Sauer-Danfoss

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• Best-in-Class companies reduce their total cost of ownership by about for every endpoint system.
• Over the last year, Best-in-Class companies have reduced the number of actual security-related incidents by 13.5%.
• Best-in-Class companies have reduced the number of non-compliance incidents (e.g., audit deficiencies) by 8%.

This benchmark report is for any organization that relies upon end-user computing platforms (e.g., personal computers, workstations, laptops, notebooks) – and their associated applications, data, and network connectivity – to carry out strategic business objectives. It describes not only how the companies with top results keep these endpoints “clean and ready,” but also how companies that excel at both endpoint security and endpoint management are cutting the average total cost per endpoint.

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• Best-in-Class companies are 3.1x as likely as all others to have reduced negotiated freight rates in the last 12 months.
• The cost of processing an invoice for Best-in-Class is 33% less than Industry Average.
• Best-in-Class companies are 4.5x as likely as all others to have reduced their baseline freight spend by 5% or more in the last 12 months.

The logistics eco-system is a critical driver in the growth of a nation’s economy and it is important that all efforts be taken to keep it running smoothly. In the past 12 months, transportation professionals have been faced with an unfortunate asymmetry: the carrier rates and charges that rose with spiking fuel prices have not fallen to the same degree as a barrel of oil. This persistence, when coupled with present and future concerns over the continued viability of large-scale carriers and its effect on available capacity, call attention to the importance of transportation procurement and payment to the overall performance of the enterprise.

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• In the last year, Best-in-Class companies have reduced the number of security incidents by 13.8% compared to Laggards.
• Over the last 12 months, Best-in-Class companies have reduced the number of audit deficiencies by 16.7% compared to Laggards.
• Best-in-Class companies have reduced the amount of human error related to leveraging security logs, information and events by 8.4%.

Enterprises today are doing their best to address three simultaneous objectives regarding their IT infrastructure: to enhance security, to achieve and sustain regulatory compliance, and to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of their ongoing operations. This report describes how Best-in-Class companies are successfully leveraging security-related logs, information and events to derive more value from the complex IT environments and services that are the foundations for running and growing their business.

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