This ISG white paper discusses the benefits of linking IT costs to business activity, and of analyzing the potential impact of IT investment on performance improvement
Creating IT Value-A Better Way to Make IT Investment DecisionsScottMadden, Inc.
All IT organizations are resource constrained—demand exceeds supply. Organizations need criteria to decide which projects warrant allocation of high-value constrained resources. This is the second in a series on maximizing IT investment value.
Investment in business information technology (IT) should not be valued in a vacuum. The investment must be for business purpose that is used to increase company revenue, market share and profit (via reduced expenses); therefore, IT projects need to be evaluated as any corporate use of funds.
The number of cyber attacks against organizations continues to grow in complexity, frequency, and severity. SSOs handle confidential and restricted personal data, making them a target for cyber crimes. Since the SSO is accountable for protecting sensitive corporate and employee information, care must be taken to understand and protect the flow of this sensitive data.
How do you properly manage cyber threats? A robust cybersecurity program is imperative to protect your organization, employees, and customers.
In this report, find out about the building blocks needed for an effective SSO cybersecurity program.
To learn more, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
Creating IT Value-A Better Way to Make IT Investment DecisionsScottMadden, Inc.
All IT organizations are resource constrained—demand exceeds supply. Organizations need criteria to decide which projects warrant allocation of high-value constrained resources. This is the second in a series on maximizing IT investment value.
Creating IT Value-A Better Way to Make IT Investment DecisionsScottMadden, Inc.
All IT organizations are resource constrained—demand exceeds supply. Organizations need criteria to decide which projects warrant allocation of high-value constrained resources. This is the second in a series on maximizing IT investment value.
Investment in business information technology (IT) should not be valued in a vacuum. The investment must be for business purpose that is used to increase company revenue, market share and profit (via reduced expenses); therefore, IT projects need to be evaluated as any corporate use of funds.
The number of cyber attacks against organizations continues to grow in complexity, frequency, and severity. SSOs handle confidential and restricted personal data, making them a target for cyber crimes. Since the SSO is accountable for protecting sensitive corporate and employee information, care must be taken to understand and protect the flow of this sensitive data.
How do you properly manage cyber threats? A robust cybersecurity program is imperative to protect your organization, employees, and customers.
In this report, find out about the building blocks needed for an effective SSO cybersecurity program.
To learn more, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
Creating IT Value-A Better Way to Make IT Investment DecisionsScottMadden, Inc.
All IT organizations are resource constrained—demand exceeds supply. Organizations need criteria to decide which projects warrant allocation of high-value constrained resources. This is the second in a series on maximizing IT investment value.
Creating A Necessary Dependence - IT Business Alignmentgmwhitfield
In order to achieve the outcome IT Business Alignment, a dependence on IT and the Business must be created. This slide deck presents a brief history of IT business alignment and presents a framework for helping an organization create a necessary dependence for alignment to be achieved
The evolution of the Architecture of Enterprises (AKA Enterprise Architecture) Leo Barella
We are in the era of competitive advantage through smart information and analytics. Process automation and leveraging transactional systems is a "thing of the past". To advance organizations need to start designing their architecture leveraging microservices and focus on data management / analytics efficiency.
Your Challenge
Infrastructure, by focusing on the reliability, availability, and serviceability of existing platforms, is perceived as a cost center rather than a business enabler.
Business stakeholders look to external vendors, rather than Infrastructure, to exploit emerging technologies. This leads to duplication of effort, inconsistent standards, and ineffective IT governance.
Infrastructure directors are unable to draw a line showing how their activities directly support the overall business goals.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
Think of the roadmap as a service, not a product. Its value is inversely proportional to the time since its last update.
Alignment perception issues can be addressed by having the infrastructure practice formally engage and communicate with business stakeholders.
Shadow IT can provide business-ready initiatives that need only to be tweaked to align with Infrastructure’s internal goals.
Impact and Result
This blueprint will help you build:
A formal channel and way of communicating value bottom-up and top-down between IT and the executive team.
A methodology to prioritize and create projects that generate business value.
A tool that can produce multiple outputs of value for different audiences using the same data.
An ongoing roadmap process, rather than a static document, that is able to adjust and react to evolving business circumstances.
Fundamentals of Designing, Building, & Implementing a Service Delivery CenterScottMadden, Inc.
ScottMadden recently partnered with APQC for a complimentary three-part webinar series focused on shared services.
This webinar session focused on the essential activities to plan, launch, and stabilize a new shared services operation including: critical success factors for your business case, top 10 implementation challenges, and three keys to post-launch success.
Business-IT Alignment:Getting IT AND Keeping IT - Kappelman & PettitLeon Kappelman
Aligning IT with the business is about knowing your customer, the business. In IT we call this "knowing their requirements." Based on research sponsored by the Society for Information Management's Enterprise Architecture Working Group, this presentation provides performance measures to determine and improve your capabilities to do Requirements Analysis: specifically to assess your capabilities to effectively do Systems Analysis and Design and Enterprise Architecture. A software development capabilities measure is also provided.
I believe in developing enterprise architecture principles as a foundation for the definition of solutions that meet the strategic needs of an organization. These principles don’t reference technology—instead, they drive tech- nology decisions.
If used correctly, these principles allow companies to avoid building the right solution the wrong way, or worse, building the wrong solution the right way.
The focus of this article is not the Design Principles of the Architecture but the Principles that guide Enterprise Architects.
These are principles that I shared with the Enterprise Architecture teams I led
Join Decision Management Solutions, Velocity Business Services and Datarobot as we discuss the importance of operational decisions, industrialized predictive analytics and business learning in creating a predictive enterprise.
M&A’s are among the biggest challenges for companies and their IT organizations to navigate. They often create issues that cannot be dealt with conventional leadership and management techniques. The role of information systems in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) becomes increasingly important as the need for speed of reaction and information is growing.
Craft an End-to-End Data Center Consolidation Strategy to Maximize BenefitsInfo-Tech Research Group
Your Challenge
Data center operating costs continue to escalate as organizations struggle with data center sprawl.
While data center consolidation is an attractive option to reduce cost and sprawl, the complexity of these projects makes them extremely difficulty to execute.
The status quo is also not an option, as budget constraints and the challenges with managing multiple data centers continues to increase.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
Despite consolidation being an effective way of addressing sprawl, it is often difficult to secure buy-in and funding from the business.
Many consolidation projects suffer cost overruns due to unforeseen requirements and hidden interdependencies which could have been mitigated during the planning phase.
Organizations that avoid consolidation projects due to their complexity are just deferring the challenge, while costs and inefficiencies continue to increase.
Impact and Result
Successful data center consolidation will have an immediate impact on reducing data center sprawl. Maximize your chances of success by securing buy-in from the business.
Avoid cost overruns and unforeseen requirements by engaging with the business at the start of the process. Clearly define business requirements and establish common expectations.
While cost improvements often drive data center consolidation, successful projects will also improve scalability, operational efficiency, and data center redundancy.
Aligning business and tech thru capabilities - A capstera thought paperSatyaIluri
Enterprises the world over spend billions of dollars on technology enablement of business functions. A significant portion of those dollars end up creating suboptimal solutions. Most IT project problems are rooted in ambiguous business definition, churn in requirements gathering, scope creep beyond a minimum marketable feature set, wild cost guestimations, not planning for interdependencies, and a lack of strong governance.
This Capstera white paper seeks to address some of these problems and provide a framework to minimize the challenges.
Read this Executive Brief to understand why your team should make the case to modernize your communications and collaboration infrastructure.
Understand why it's time to move forward with modernizing your communications infrastructure.
Discover the productivity and efficiency gains you can achieve.
Redefine how you think about communications.
Learn how to build a strategy that addresses both unified communications and collaboration.
Understand Info-Tech's methodology and approach to modernizing communications and collaboration infrastructure.
At the 2013 ISG Sourcing Industry Conference, a panel of ISG Partners discussed how the Request for Solution (RFS) can help clients join sourcing solutions with innovation.
Creating A Necessary Dependence - IT Business Alignmentgmwhitfield
In order to achieve the outcome IT Business Alignment, a dependence on IT and the Business must be created. This slide deck presents a brief history of IT business alignment and presents a framework for helping an organization create a necessary dependence for alignment to be achieved
The evolution of the Architecture of Enterprises (AKA Enterprise Architecture) Leo Barella
We are in the era of competitive advantage through smart information and analytics. Process automation and leveraging transactional systems is a "thing of the past". To advance organizations need to start designing their architecture leveraging microservices and focus on data management / analytics efficiency.
Your Challenge
Infrastructure, by focusing on the reliability, availability, and serviceability of existing platforms, is perceived as a cost center rather than a business enabler.
Business stakeholders look to external vendors, rather than Infrastructure, to exploit emerging technologies. This leads to duplication of effort, inconsistent standards, and ineffective IT governance.
Infrastructure directors are unable to draw a line showing how their activities directly support the overall business goals.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
Think of the roadmap as a service, not a product. Its value is inversely proportional to the time since its last update.
Alignment perception issues can be addressed by having the infrastructure practice formally engage and communicate with business stakeholders.
Shadow IT can provide business-ready initiatives that need only to be tweaked to align with Infrastructure’s internal goals.
Impact and Result
This blueprint will help you build:
A formal channel and way of communicating value bottom-up and top-down between IT and the executive team.
A methodology to prioritize and create projects that generate business value.
A tool that can produce multiple outputs of value for different audiences using the same data.
An ongoing roadmap process, rather than a static document, that is able to adjust and react to evolving business circumstances.
Fundamentals of Designing, Building, & Implementing a Service Delivery CenterScottMadden, Inc.
ScottMadden recently partnered with APQC for a complimentary three-part webinar series focused on shared services.
This webinar session focused on the essential activities to plan, launch, and stabilize a new shared services operation including: critical success factors for your business case, top 10 implementation challenges, and three keys to post-launch success.
Business-IT Alignment:Getting IT AND Keeping IT - Kappelman & PettitLeon Kappelman
Aligning IT with the business is about knowing your customer, the business. In IT we call this "knowing their requirements." Based on research sponsored by the Society for Information Management's Enterprise Architecture Working Group, this presentation provides performance measures to determine and improve your capabilities to do Requirements Analysis: specifically to assess your capabilities to effectively do Systems Analysis and Design and Enterprise Architecture. A software development capabilities measure is also provided.
I believe in developing enterprise architecture principles as a foundation for the definition of solutions that meet the strategic needs of an organization. These principles don’t reference technology—instead, they drive tech- nology decisions.
If used correctly, these principles allow companies to avoid building the right solution the wrong way, or worse, building the wrong solution the right way.
The focus of this article is not the Design Principles of the Architecture but the Principles that guide Enterprise Architects.
These are principles that I shared with the Enterprise Architecture teams I led
Join Decision Management Solutions, Velocity Business Services and Datarobot as we discuss the importance of operational decisions, industrialized predictive analytics and business learning in creating a predictive enterprise.
M&A’s are among the biggest challenges for companies and their IT organizations to navigate. They often create issues that cannot be dealt with conventional leadership and management techniques. The role of information systems in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) becomes increasingly important as the need for speed of reaction and information is growing.
Craft an End-to-End Data Center Consolidation Strategy to Maximize BenefitsInfo-Tech Research Group
Your Challenge
Data center operating costs continue to escalate as organizations struggle with data center sprawl.
While data center consolidation is an attractive option to reduce cost and sprawl, the complexity of these projects makes them extremely difficulty to execute.
The status quo is also not an option, as budget constraints and the challenges with managing multiple data centers continues to increase.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
Despite consolidation being an effective way of addressing sprawl, it is often difficult to secure buy-in and funding from the business.
Many consolidation projects suffer cost overruns due to unforeseen requirements and hidden interdependencies which could have been mitigated during the planning phase.
Organizations that avoid consolidation projects due to their complexity are just deferring the challenge, while costs and inefficiencies continue to increase.
Impact and Result
Successful data center consolidation will have an immediate impact on reducing data center sprawl. Maximize your chances of success by securing buy-in from the business.
Avoid cost overruns and unforeseen requirements by engaging with the business at the start of the process. Clearly define business requirements and establish common expectations.
While cost improvements often drive data center consolidation, successful projects will also improve scalability, operational efficiency, and data center redundancy.
Aligning business and tech thru capabilities - A capstera thought paperSatyaIluri
Enterprises the world over spend billions of dollars on technology enablement of business functions. A significant portion of those dollars end up creating suboptimal solutions. Most IT project problems are rooted in ambiguous business definition, churn in requirements gathering, scope creep beyond a minimum marketable feature set, wild cost guestimations, not planning for interdependencies, and a lack of strong governance.
This Capstera white paper seeks to address some of these problems and provide a framework to minimize the challenges.
Read this Executive Brief to understand why your team should make the case to modernize your communications and collaboration infrastructure.
Understand why it's time to move forward with modernizing your communications infrastructure.
Discover the productivity and efficiency gains you can achieve.
Redefine how you think about communications.
Learn how to build a strategy that addresses both unified communications and collaboration.
Understand Info-Tech's methodology and approach to modernizing communications and collaboration infrastructure.
At the 2013 ISG Sourcing Industry Conference, a panel of ISG Partners discussed how the Request for Solution (RFS) can help clients join sourcing solutions with innovation.
The ISG Index™ provides a quarterly review of the latest sourcing industry data and trends for clients, service providers, analysts and the media. For more than a decade, it has been the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence related to outsourcing transaction structures and terms, industry adoption, geographic prevalence and service provider performance.
The ISG Index™ provides a quarterly review of the latest sourcing industry data and trends for clients, service providers, analysts and the media. For more than a decade, it has been the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence related to outsourcing transaction structures and terms, industry adoption, geographic prevalence and service provider performance.
The 3Q12 Global TPI Index, which measures commercial outsourcing contracts with an annual contract value (ACV) of $5 million or more, totaled $4.8 billion, the second-highest third-quarter total on record but a decline of 6 percent from the third quarter of 2011 and 10 percent from the second quarter of 2012. Excluding the Atos-Siemens mega-deal awarded a year ago, third-quarter ACV would have been up 18 percent year-over-year.
Through the first three quarters of 2012, ACV has grown 3 percent to $14.8 billion, led by the ongoing surge of outsourcing activity and contract values in Asia Pacific, a continued climb in the value of contracts for business process outsourcing (BPO) globally, and an increase in large contract activity, especially in emerging markets. The number of mega-relationships, defined as contracts with an ACV of $100 million or more, is up 100 percent year-to-date and has already exceeding the full-year total from 2011.
This talk discusses advanced computationally assisted reasoning about large interaction-dominated systems and addresses the role of involve details of huge numbers and levels of intricate interactions in current fields of research.It was delivered at the SMART Infrastructure Facility by Professor Chris Barrett on September 26, 2012. For more detail, see http://goo.gl/gLp7c.
Technology Cost Management 4D Framework: A Smarter Way to Manage IT CostsCognizant
A framework for financial services IT cost management optimization based on a 4D approach: defining business vision, documenting current state, delineating business architecture and deciding build vs. buy.
10 Key Action to Reduce IT Infrastructure and Operation Cost StuctureIcomm Technologies
With NetApp, we have realized major cost savings in terms of our storage and server infrastructure. This has allowed us to catch up with other colleges and universities that compete with us by freeing up budget to invest
in classroom technologies.”
Understanding the Real Value of IT and Proving it to the BusinessTeamQuest Corporation
CIOs want IT to demonstrate business value, but only 27% of those surveyed believe IT contributes to the company's strategic business goals. Find out how IT can effectively measure cost and value, properly plan for future business successes, and focus on business goals in this special report from Computer Weekly.
Leveraging IT to create business agility: Why leading IT organisations are re...3gamma
CIOs are under pressure. Some analysts are even predicting the end of the CIO role. In the light of digitalisation and an ever-increasing need for business agility, IT is becoming an embedded part of the business. Information technology is no longer just a utility but a deeply integrated driver of products and services within most companies. An ever-changing environment means that old assumptions on how to deliver IT services need to be revisited if the IT organisation is to remain relevant.
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology
The Role of IT in Supporting Mergers and AcquisitionsCognizant
Involving IT teams early and often during mergers and acquisitions can help enterprises realize more value from the operational and market synergies that bring businesses together.
The ideal IT budget: Best Practice vs RealityCRMT Digital
Best practice and reality are often at odds when it comes to winning the ideal IT budget. But collaboration can bridge the gap and deliver great results for marketing and other key business areas.
Closer collaboration between Marketing and IT can help your business make better use of its IT budget, boost the impact and ROI of successful campaigns, and take IT to the strategic heart of the enterprise.
VMware Business Agility and the True Economics of Cloud ComputingVMware
New groundbreaking global survey findings demonstrate
the true value of cloud computing to the business. While it is understood in the industry that cloud computing provides clear cost benefits, CIOs are having difficulty getting a true fix on the business value that cloud might offer beyond cost reduction. These survey results reveal a direct link between cloud computing and business agility—how business outcomes are associated with agility, the role of IT for agile companies and the importance of cloud computing to business leaders.
For 80 consecutive quarters, the ISG Index™ has detailed the latest data and trends for the global IT services market for investors, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
It is the preeminent outsourcing index that includes coverage of the global combined market, including both managed services and the fast-growing as-a-service market.
One of the few global indices of the global IT market, the ISG Index measures the significant impact cloud-based services are having on digital business transformation and provides ongoing analysis of automation and other digital technologies.
For over 75 consecutive quarters, the ISG Index™ has detailed the latest data and trends for the global IT services market for investors, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
It is the preeminent outsourcing index that includes coverage of the global combined market, including both managed services and the fast-growing as-a-service market.
One of the few global indices of the global IT market, the ISG Index measures the significant impact cloud-based services are having on digital business transformation and provides ongoing analysis of automation and other digital technologies.
For over 75 consecutive quarters, the ISG Index™ has detailed the latest data and trends for the global IT services market for investors, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
It is the preeminent outsourcing index that includes coverage of the global combined market, including both managed services and the fast-growing as-a-service market.
One of the few global indices of the global IT market, the ISG Index measures the significant impact cloud-based services are having on digital business transformation and provides ongoing analysis of automation and other digital technologies.
For over 75 consecutive quarters, the ISG Index™ has detailed the latest data and trends for the global IT services market for investors, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
It is the preeminent outsourcing index that includes coverage of the global combined market, including both managed services and the fast-growing as-a-service market.
One of the few global indices of the global IT market, the ISG Index measures the significant impact cloud-based services are having on digital business transformation and provides ongoing analysis of automation and other digital technologies.
For over 75 consecutive quarters, the ISG Index™ has detailed the latest data and trends for the global IT services market for investors, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
The ISG Index™ is recognized as the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence on the global technology and business services industry. For 75 consecutive quarters, it has detailed the latest data and trends for the global IT services market for financial analysts, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
The ISG Index™ is recognized as the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence on the global technology and business services industry. For 73 consecutive quarters, it has detailed the latest industry data and trends for financial analysts, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
The ISG Index™ also includes coverage of the fast-growing as-a-service market, measuring the significant impact cloud-based services are having on digital business transformation. ISG provides ongoing analysis of automation and other digital technologies in its quarterly ISG Index™ presentations.
The ISG Index™ is recognized as the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence on the global technology and business services industry. For 73 consecutive quarters, it has detailed the latest industry data and trends for financial analysts, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
The ISG Index™ also includes coverage of the fast-growing as-a-service market, measuring the significant impact cloud-based services are having on digital business transformation. ISG provides ongoing analysis of automation and other digital technologies in its quarterly ISG Index™ presentations.
The ISG Index™ is recognized as the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence on the global technology and business services industry. For 73 consecutive quarters, it has detailed the latest industry data and trends for financial analysts, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
The ISG Index™ also includes coverage of the fast-growing as-a-service market, measuring the significant impact cloud-based services are having on digital business transformation. ISG provides ongoing analysis of automation and other digital technologies in its quarterly ISG Index™ presentations.
The ISG Index™ is recognized as the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence on the global technology and business services industry. For 73 consecutive quarters, it has detailed the latest industry data and trends for financial analysts, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
The ISG Index™ also includes coverage of the fast-growing as-a-service market, measuring the significant impact cloud-based services are having on digital business transformation. ISG provides ongoing analysis of automation and other digital technologies in its quarterly ISG Index™ presentations.
The ISG Index™ is recognized as the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence on the global technology and business services industry. For 73 consecutive quarters, it has detailed the latest industry data and trends for financial analysts, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
The ISG Index™ also includes coverage of the fast-growing as-a-service market, measuring the significant impact cloud-based services are having on digital business transformation. ISG provides ongoing analysis of automation and other digital technologies in its quarterly ISG Index™ presentations.
The ISG Index™ is recognized as the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence on the global technology and business services industry. For 70 consecutive quarters, it has detailed the latest industry data and trends for financial analysts, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
The ISG Index™ is recognized as the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence on the global technology and business services industry. For 70 consecutive quarters, it has detailed the latest industry data and trends for financial analysts, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
The ISG Index™ is recognized as the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence on the global technology and business services industry. For 70 consecutive quarters, it has detailed the latest industry data and trends for financial analysts, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
The ISG Index™ also includes coverage of the fast-growing as-a-service market, measuring the significant impact cloud-based services are having on digital business transformation. ISG provides ongoing analysis of automation and other digital technologies in its quarterly ISG Index™ presentations.
The ISG Index™ is recognized as the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence on the global technology and business services industry. For 70 consecutive quarters, it has detailed the latest industry data and trends for financial analysts, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media.
The ISG Index™ also includes coverage of the fast-growing as-a-service market, measuring the significant impact cloud-based services are having on digital business transformation. ISG provides ongoing analysis of automation and other digital technologies in its quarterly ISG Index™ presentations.
The ISG Index™ provides a quarterly review of the latest industry data and trends for financial analysts, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media. For more than 15 years, it has been the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence related to outsourcing transaction structures and terms, industry adoption, geographic prevalence and service provider performance.
The ISG Index™ provides a quarterly review of the latest industry data and trends for financial analysts, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media. For more than 15 years, it has been the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence related to outsourcing transaction structures and terms, industry adoption, geographic prevalence and service provider performance.
The ISG Index™ provides a quarterly review of the latest industry data and trends for financial analysts, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media. For more than 15 years, it has been the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence related to outsourcing transaction structures and terms, industry adoption, geographic prevalence and service provider performance.
The ISG Index™ provides a quarterly review of the latest industry data and trends for financial analysts, enterprise buyers, software and service providers, law firms, universities and the media. For more than 15 years, it has been the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence related to outsourcing transaction structures and terms, industry adoption, geographic prevalence and service provider performance.
The ISG Index™ also includes coverage of the fast-growing as-a-service market, measuring the significant impact cloud-based services are having on digital business transformation. ISG provides ongoing analysis of automation and other digital technologies in its quarterly ISG Index™ presentations.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
How to Split Bills in the Odoo 17 POS ModuleCeline George
Bills have a main role in point of sale procedure. It will help to track sales, handling payments and giving receipts to customers. Bill splitting also has an important role in POS. For example, If some friends come together for dinner and if they want to divide the bill then it is possible by POS bill splitting. This slide will show how to split bills in odoo 17 POS.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
For more information, visit-www.vavaclasses.com
The Art Pastor's Guide to Sabbath | Steve ThomasonSteve Thomason
What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
The Art Pastor's Guide to Sabbath | Steve Thomason
Getting Smart With IT Investment: IT Cost Analyses Should Link to Business Activity
1. GETTING SMART WITH IT INVESTMENT
IT Cost Analyses Should Link to Business Activity
By Nigel Hughes, Partner
www.isg-one.com
2. INTRODUCTION
Smart meters itemize the electrical consumption and cost of specific
appliances to give homeowners transparency into how their electric usage
affects monthly bills. This lets homeowners define their priorities and make
better decisions about how they spend their energy dollars.
Can that model work for IT spending? The smart meter concept is integral to
utility computing, or “pay-by-the-drink” consumption of IT resources.
Moreover, a metering perspective makes it possible to measure other
variable costs such as personnel and facilities. From this, it becomes possible
to view IT costs not in isolation, but in the context of overall operational
performance.
This ISG white paper discusses the benefits of linking IT costs to business
activity, and of analyzing the potential impact of IT investment on
performance improvement.
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3. A SMART METER PERSPECTIVE
Rather than representing IT costs in terms of MIPS and
gigabytes, a smart-meter perspective quantifies the IT
costs required to process a payment, review a loan
application, update an account, etc. The next step is to
relate the IT cost to the total cost of the activity, which
includes personnel, premises and third-party support, in
addition to IT systems.
In this instance, by reducing the personnel effort
required to correct errors in international payments, this
functionality greatly increases productivity. An
assessment of personnel productivity provides further
insight into the effectiveness of ACME’s IT investment.
Top-performing organizations are increasingly using IT
cost-allocation analyses to link IT costs to business
activity, and to understand and improve the impact of IT
on business performance. More specifically, they are
showing how increased investment in IT can reduce
overall costs.
Chart 1 shows ACME bank’s “IT Cost per Transaction” of
international payments, as compared with a reference
group (RFG) average of industry peers. This view suggests
that ACME’s IT performance falls well below industry
standards and requires significant improvement. But
when considering ACME’s IT spend in terms of the
business context, the picture changes dramatically.
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Chart 3, “Payment Transactions per Month per FTE (fulltime employee),” shows the bank’s personnel
productivity relative to industry averages. We see that
ACME’s staff is almost three times more productive than
the industry average—providing further evidence that
the bank’s IT investment is yielding significant benefits.
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Chart 2 shows ACME’s “Total Cost per Transaction”—a
figure that includes personnel, third-party and premises
costs, in addition to IT. Here, although ACME’s IT costs
(shown in blue) are higher than industry averages, it has
significantly outperformed its peers in terms of business
efficiency, as measured by the total cost per payment.
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4. THE CIO’S ROLE
Focusing on the links between IT systems and broader
business activity requires CIOs to take on new challenges.
For one thing, they have to elevate the discussion from a
narrow focus on IT unit costs to a broader view of IT
consumption, business demand for IT resources and
business results in terms that the users of IT can
understand. The challenge is the longstanding one of
being a business person as well as a technology
professional.
In many organizations, commercially minded CIOs are
being given broader responsibility for back-office and
shared-services operations, with a view toward utilizing
IT to improve business performance. The increasing focus
on minimizing the total cost of a business activity—
whether to process an insurance claim, manufacture a
car or deliver a package—reflects that trend.
The shift to a broader business perspective can
undermine the CIO’s traditional base of authority. For
example, many CIOs have authority over a multimillion
dollar ERP implementation. But when this initiative fails
to deliver expected results, the CIO may suffer for poorly
managing the massive IT project. The fact is, though, that
the ERP implementation is a business project, one that
the CIO should not be expected to implement in
isolation.
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The lesson? Innovation is driven by business, not by
technology. Although every organization has a different
functional requirement, most have a 90-plus percent
commonality in terms of the need for IT services, which
requires viewing IT as a utility.
Specific steps that a CIO can take to facilitate a businessminded approach to technology investment include:
1. Implement a chargeback model based on a costallocation perspective that quantifies the IT spend
involved in each business activity.
2. Introduce transparency into IT costs by showing the
relationship between invoiced costs, unit costs and
volume changes.
3. Expand the analysis of IT costs beyond
infrastructure by applying functional models that
quantify the cost components of business activities
in terms of IT, personnel, premises, etc. This will
enable a clearer understanding of IT’s contribution
to business performance, thereby managing IT more
effectively.
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