This document summarizes research on the developmental origins of obesity and cancer risk. It finds that both low and high birth weights are associated with increased risk of diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease later in life. Rapid postnatal growth and catch-up growth are also linked to obesity and disease risk. Experimental studies with animal models demonstrate that maternal diet, nutrition during pregnancy and lactation, and post-weaning diets can program offspring's risk of obesity and cancer through metabolic and epigenetic mechanisms.
Slides de apoyo a la Charla "Visión estratégica para el diseño de una PMO", presentada en el evento Tour Conosur, Santiago de Chile el año 2010. Por los Señores Zaira Benavente y Paulo Gutiérrez, quienes se desempeñan como Consultores de la empresa COFRE Gestión Corporativa de Proyectos.
Slides de apoyo a la Conferencia "Casos exitosos de PMO’s". Presentada en la AP-CON en Costa Rica el año 2009, por la Sra. Loreto Reyes, Jefe de Gestión y Control GDOS en BancoEstado de Chile y don Sergio Concha (Gerente General de COFRE Consultores, Actualmente COFRE Gestión Corporativa de Proyectos).
The document discusses big data and how Intel technologies can help address challenges with big data. It defines big data in terms of volume, velocity, and variety of data. It then discusses how Intel Xeon processors provide benefits like improved performance, reduced costs, and support for large-scale analytics. Customer case studies show how Intel and AWS enable big data use cases in areas like life sciences, log analytics, and social networking.
The document discusses the disruption of big data and summarizes key points:
- Big data refers to the exponential growth and availability of structured and unstructured data from various sources, including social media, sensors, and business transactions.
- The growth of big data is placing new demands on hardware and challenging traditional economics for data management and analysis.
- Intel's Xeon processors are helping customers harness the power of big data by providing increased performance for technical computing and real-world applications.
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The document discusses big data and how hardware economics and the Intel Xeon processor are enabling big data solutions. It defines big data in terms of volume, velocity, and variety. It highlights how big data is driving benefits like reduced product development costs and increased revenue from data analytics. It then discusses how the Intel Xeon processor provides the performance needed for big data workloads on AWS at a lower cost than maintaining own infrastructure. Customer case studies show how life sciences, log analytics, and social networking use big data on AWS powered by Intel Xeon to get results faster and cheaper than traditional methods.
This document summarizes research on the developmental origins of obesity and cancer risk. It finds that both low and high birth weights are associated with increased risk of diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease later in life. Rapid postnatal growth and catch-up growth are also linked to obesity and disease risk. Experimental studies with animal models demonstrate that maternal diet, nutrition during pregnancy and lactation, and post-weaning diets can program offspring's risk of obesity and cancer through metabolic and epigenetic mechanisms.
Slides de apoyo a la Charla "Visión estratégica para el diseño de una PMO", presentada en el evento Tour Conosur, Santiago de Chile el año 2010. Por los Señores Zaira Benavente y Paulo Gutiérrez, quienes se desempeñan como Consultores de la empresa COFRE Gestión Corporativa de Proyectos.
Slides de apoyo a la Conferencia "Casos exitosos de PMO’s". Presentada en la AP-CON en Costa Rica el año 2009, por la Sra. Loreto Reyes, Jefe de Gestión y Control GDOS en BancoEstado de Chile y don Sergio Concha (Gerente General de COFRE Consultores, Actualmente COFRE Gestión Corporativa de Proyectos).
The document discusses big data and how Intel technologies can help address challenges with big data. It defines big data in terms of volume, velocity, and variety of data. It then discusses how Intel Xeon processors provide benefits like improved performance, reduced costs, and support for large-scale analytics. Customer case studies show how Intel and AWS enable big data use cases in areas like life sciences, log analytics, and social networking.
The document discusses the disruption of big data and summarizes key points:
- Big data refers to the exponential growth and availability of structured and unstructured data from various sources, including social media, sensors, and business transactions.
- The growth of big data is placing new demands on hardware and challenging traditional economics for data management and analysis.
- Intel's Xeon processors are helping customers harness the power of big data by providing increased performance for technical computing and real-world applications.
15h00 intel - intel big data for aws summits rev3infolive
The document discusses big data and how hardware economics and the Intel Xeon processor are enabling big data solutions. It defines big data in terms of volume, velocity, and variety. It highlights how big data is driving benefits like reduced product development costs and increased revenue from data analytics. It then discusses how the Intel Xeon processor provides the performance needed for big data workloads on AWS at a lower cost than maintaining own infrastructure. Customer case studies show how life sciences, log analytics, and social networking use big data on AWS powered by Intel Xeon to get results faster and cheaper than traditional methods.
This document discusses business analysis and its strategic role. It explains that business analysis involves three key components: 1) situation analysis to define challenges and identify critical realities, 2) developing a solution approach to overcome obstacles, and 3) defining coherent actions to implement the solution. It also notes that good strategy focuses choice and priorities rather than trying to accommodate all demands. The document promotes community involvement with the International Institute of Business Analysis and provides contact information.
This document provides a template for conducting an operational analysis review of a federal IT system or investment. The template includes sections for identifying the system, summarizing the lifecycle and review findings, assessing performance indicators, customer satisfaction, operational costs, stakeholder input, and an overall operational assessment. The purpose of the review is to evaluate ongoing performance against established goals and identify any issues to inform future investment decisions.
This document summarizes the benefits of server virtualization using VMware software. It discusses how VMware allows organizations to [1] reduce IT costs through server consolidation and increased efficiency, [2] improve control over infrastructure through features like live migration and high availability, and [3] choose flexible deployment options both on-premises and in the cloud. Customer case studies are provided showing typical cost savings of over 50% through virtualization. VMware is presented as the proven leader in virtualization providing the highest ROI and strategic investment in a tough economic environment.
Cincinnati Bell reported second quarter 2012 results with the following highlights:
- Revenue was $368 million, a 1% increase over Q1 2012. Adjusted EBITDA was $140 million, up from $137 million in Q2 2011.
- CyrusOne data center colocation revenue increased 20% year-over-year to $54 million.
- Wireline revenue was flat at $184 million compared to Q2 2011. Fioptics revenue grew 43% and helped offset access line losses.
- Wireless revenue decreased due to fewer subscribers but Adjusted EBITDA margin improved to a high of 39%.
CDI is an engineering and technology services firm providing solutions to clients in industries like oil & gas, aerospace, and hi-tech. In 2012, CDI reported revenue of $1.1 billion, operating profit of $32 million, and EPS of $0.97. CDI aims to grow revenue to $1.3-1.4 billion by 2014 through a focus on higher margin solutions and professional staffing in major markets. The company delivers services through three segments: engineering solutions, professional staffing, and recruitment franchising.
Microsoft Unified Communications - Driving Customer Savings in Financial Serv...Microsoft Private Cloud
Microsoft Corporation provides a unified communications solution that offers several benefits:
- It allows for improved collaboration and productivity by integrating communications functions like email, instant messaging, and conferencing directly into business applications and processes.
- Studies show it can reduce costs through less travel, improved efficiency in completing projects and sales cycles, and reduced communications expenses.
- Customers report benefits like faster response to customers, improved decision making, tighter collaboration with partners, and increased flexibility for mobile workers.
This document discusses establishing a Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC) to provide a standardized foundation for BI across an organization. It outlines reasons for creating a BICC such as inconsistent BI deployments, a lack of knowledge sharing and user dissatisfaction. The goals of a BICC include developing self-enablement through shared best practices and standardizing the "single version of the truth". A BICC provides expertise, repeatable processes and delivery enablement. It recommends assessing needs and readiness before determining the BICC structure and operational framework, and obtaining senior management support.
Andy Blumenthal Presents How Enterprise Architecture Shapes IT Governance at the 1105GOV Enterprise Architecture 2008 EA Conference and Expo at the Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC, September 9-10, 2008.
This document presents an efficiency enhancement calculator to evaluate opportunities for improving a company's product development process and reducing costs. It collects key metrics on current performance such as missed launch targets, compliance vulnerabilities, and the financial impact of issues. Users can then estimate potential improvements and savings after enhancing the process. The goal is to quantify the business case for process investments that could help deliver products on time, meet requirements, and lower development expenses.
ServiceNow Knowledge11 IT Cost Management SessionJohn Roberts
This document discusses IT cost management. It outlines business challenges like IT costs not being tied to value and inability to precisely reduce costs. The current state is described as lacking integrated solutions. The presentation then covers definitions, cost inputs, allocations, budgets and provides examples. It demonstrates how costs can be tracked for configuration items, projects, labor and allocated to cost centers and budgets. In the end, next steps and a Q&A session are outlined.
Gtbc Business Intelligence Services Bicc EuropeIván Nabalón
The Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC) provides business intelligence services and operations support to customers in Europe. With over 160 professionals based in Madrid and Lisbon, the BICC specializes in BI tools and has experience across many industries. It manages projects following international standards to ensure schedules, quality, and service level agreements are met. The BICC aims to help companies build robust BI capabilities through cost-effective, flexible, and adaptable services.
The document discusses customers switching from Hyperion to SAP's Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) software. It notes that customers reported Hyperion had high costs due to separate apps for planning and consolidation, was managed by IT rather than finance, and had weak workflow capabilities. The document then describes a case study of a customer that initially failed to implement Hyperion and later chose BPC over Hyperion because it was an integrated product and had lower ongoing operating costs.
Polycom social media project smacad fall 2011William Stewart
The document discusses Polycom's social media strategy and budget planning. It provides an analysis of Polycom's current social media presence compared to competitors like Cisco. It then outlines a 4-phase strategy to improve Polycom's social media engagement and visibility. The strategy includes hiring internal social media staff, outsourcing some functions, and allocating budgets for community systems, education, and consulting. Estimated initial and annual budgets total $6.5 million. The document estimates the potential ROI from increased sales or cost savings could be 71-86%.
1) Businesses are focusing on growth, innovation, customers, and managing complexity and change in global markets.
2) Integrated service management, automation, and integrated lifecycles are required to exploit opportunities from change.
3) The presentation provides guidance on transforming information into digital assets, integrating business and IT service management, optimizing resources and performance, and investing in automation and best practices to manage complexity and change.
1) The document discusses VMware's journey towards virtualization and cloud computing, noting how it helps with capital/datacenter costs, administration time, and energy efficiency.
2) It provides data on average cost savings from virtualization, such as 50-60% reduction in capital costs and 33% less admin time.
3) The document outlines VMware's three-stage process for customers to evolve IT operations from virtualization to an "IT as a Service" model, bringing benefits at each stage like reduced costs, improved quality of service, and increased business agility.
IBM argues that service management is key to unlocking cost savings from cloud computing. With service management, organizations can realize labor cost reductions of up to 50% through automation of routine tasks. Service management provides visibility, control, and automation to efficiently deliver cloud services through features like self-service portals, standardized service catalogs, and automated provisioning that can speed delivery times by 98% on average. ROI analyses show that service management can help organizations reduce costs and achieve payback periods of 4-12 months on cloud investments with estimated annual returns of 75-156%.
Cloud computing nyttigt även innanför brandväggenMikael Haglund
Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. It allows users to access technology-based services from the network cloud without knowledge of, expertise with, or control over the technology infrastructure that supports them.
When a mission-critical application fails, the loss of business revenue is large and swift. Poor application quality causes highly visible major outages, as well as ongoing lapses in business performance that are less visible, but steadily add up to substantial revenue loss. Even minor quality improvements can result in significant gain. Yet, executives struggle to build a business case to justify proactive investments in application quality. This paper presents a quantitative framework for measuring the immediate and positive revenue impact of improving application quality.
This document summarizes the business model and growth strategy of Caveo Corporation, an integrated security and facility management firm. Caveo offers clients a subscription-based model where it owns the equipment and provides maintenance, rather than requiring large upfront capital investments. This simplifies technology and reduces client maintenance costs. The document outlines Caveo's plans to expand through regional growth and new partnership programs. It projects continued exponential growth in contract portfolio value and revenue through 2015. Caveo is raising $500,000 in equity to hire key talent and prove processes to seamlessly scale operations.
This document discusses business analysis and its strategic role. It explains that business analysis involves three key components: 1) situation analysis to define challenges and identify critical realities, 2) developing a solution approach to overcome obstacles, and 3) defining coherent actions to implement the solution. It also notes that good strategy focuses choice and priorities rather than trying to accommodate all demands. The document promotes community involvement with the International Institute of Business Analysis and provides contact information.
This document provides a template for conducting an operational analysis review of a federal IT system or investment. The template includes sections for identifying the system, summarizing the lifecycle and review findings, assessing performance indicators, customer satisfaction, operational costs, stakeholder input, and an overall operational assessment. The purpose of the review is to evaluate ongoing performance against established goals and identify any issues to inform future investment decisions.
This document summarizes the benefits of server virtualization using VMware software. It discusses how VMware allows organizations to [1] reduce IT costs through server consolidation and increased efficiency, [2] improve control over infrastructure through features like live migration and high availability, and [3] choose flexible deployment options both on-premises and in the cloud. Customer case studies are provided showing typical cost savings of over 50% through virtualization. VMware is presented as the proven leader in virtualization providing the highest ROI and strategic investment in a tough economic environment.
Cincinnati Bell reported second quarter 2012 results with the following highlights:
- Revenue was $368 million, a 1% increase over Q1 2012. Adjusted EBITDA was $140 million, up from $137 million in Q2 2011.
- CyrusOne data center colocation revenue increased 20% year-over-year to $54 million.
- Wireline revenue was flat at $184 million compared to Q2 2011. Fioptics revenue grew 43% and helped offset access line losses.
- Wireless revenue decreased due to fewer subscribers but Adjusted EBITDA margin improved to a high of 39%.
CDI is an engineering and technology services firm providing solutions to clients in industries like oil & gas, aerospace, and hi-tech. In 2012, CDI reported revenue of $1.1 billion, operating profit of $32 million, and EPS of $0.97. CDI aims to grow revenue to $1.3-1.4 billion by 2014 through a focus on higher margin solutions and professional staffing in major markets. The company delivers services through three segments: engineering solutions, professional staffing, and recruitment franchising.
Microsoft Unified Communications - Driving Customer Savings in Financial Serv...Microsoft Private Cloud
Microsoft Corporation provides a unified communications solution that offers several benefits:
- It allows for improved collaboration and productivity by integrating communications functions like email, instant messaging, and conferencing directly into business applications and processes.
- Studies show it can reduce costs through less travel, improved efficiency in completing projects and sales cycles, and reduced communications expenses.
- Customers report benefits like faster response to customers, improved decision making, tighter collaboration with partners, and increased flexibility for mobile workers.
This document discusses establishing a Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC) to provide a standardized foundation for BI across an organization. It outlines reasons for creating a BICC such as inconsistent BI deployments, a lack of knowledge sharing and user dissatisfaction. The goals of a BICC include developing self-enablement through shared best practices and standardizing the "single version of the truth". A BICC provides expertise, repeatable processes and delivery enablement. It recommends assessing needs and readiness before determining the BICC structure and operational framework, and obtaining senior management support.
Andy Blumenthal Presents How Enterprise Architecture Shapes IT Governance at the 1105GOV Enterprise Architecture 2008 EA Conference and Expo at the Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC, September 9-10, 2008.
This document presents an efficiency enhancement calculator to evaluate opportunities for improving a company's product development process and reducing costs. It collects key metrics on current performance such as missed launch targets, compliance vulnerabilities, and the financial impact of issues. Users can then estimate potential improvements and savings after enhancing the process. The goal is to quantify the business case for process investments that could help deliver products on time, meet requirements, and lower development expenses.
ServiceNow Knowledge11 IT Cost Management SessionJohn Roberts
This document discusses IT cost management. It outlines business challenges like IT costs not being tied to value and inability to precisely reduce costs. The current state is described as lacking integrated solutions. The presentation then covers definitions, cost inputs, allocations, budgets and provides examples. It demonstrates how costs can be tracked for configuration items, projects, labor and allocated to cost centers and budgets. In the end, next steps and a Q&A session are outlined.
Gtbc Business Intelligence Services Bicc EuropeIván Nabalón
The Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC) provides business intelligence services and operations support to customers in Europe. With over 160 professionals based in Madrid and Lisbon, the BICC specializes in BI tools and has experience across many industries. It manages projects following international standards to ensure schedules, quality, and service level agreements are met. The BICC aims to help companies build robust BI capabilities through cost-effective, flexible, and adaptable services.
The document discusses customers switching from Hyperion to SAP's Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) software. It notes that customers reported Hyperion had high costs due to separate apps for planning and consolidation, was managed by IT rather than finance, and had weak workflow capabilities. The document then describes a case study of a customer that initially failed to implement Hyperion and later chose BPC over Hyperion because it was an integrated product and had lower ongoing operating costs.
Polycom social media project smacad fall 2011William Stewart
The document discusses Polycom's social media strategy and budget planning. It provides an analysis of Polycom's current social media presence compared to competitors like Cisco. It then outlines a 4-phase strategy to improve Polycom's social media engagement and visibility. The strategy includes hiring internal social media staff, outsourcing some functions, and allocating budgets for community systems, education, and consulting. Estimated initial and annual budgets total $6.5 million. The document estimates the potential ROI from increased sales or cost savings could be 71-86%.
1) Businesses are focusing on growth, innovation, customers, and managing complexity and change in global markets.
2) Integrated service management, automation, and integrated lifecycles are required to exploit opportunities from change.
3) The presentation provides guidance on transforming information into digital assets, integrating business and IT service management, optimizing resources and performance, and investing in automation and best practices to manage complexity and change.
1) The document discusses VMware's journey towards virtualization and cloud computing, noting how it helps with capital/datacenter costs, administration time, and energy efficiency.
2) It provides data on average cost savings from virtualization, such as 50-60% reduction in capital costs and 33% less admin time.
3) The document outlines VMware's three-stage process for customers to evolve IT operations from virtualization to an "IT as a Service" model, bringing benefits at each stage like reduced costs, improved quality of service, and increased business agility.
IBM argues that service management is key to unlocking cost savings from cloud computing. With service management, organizations can realize labor cost reductions of up to 50% through automation of routine tasks. Service management provides visibility, control, and automation to efficiently deliver cloud services through features like self-service portals, standardized service catalogs, and automated provisioning that can speed delivery times by 98% on average. ROI analyses show that service management can help organizations reduce costs and achieve payback periods of 4-12 months on cloud investments with estimated annual returns of 75-156%.
Cloud computing nyttigt även innanför brandväggenMikael Haglund
Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. It allows users to access technology-based services from the network cloud without knowledge of, expertise with, or control over the technology infrastructure that supports them.
When a mission-critical application fails, the loss of business revenue is large and swift. Poor application quality causes highly visible major outages, as well as ongoing lapses in business performance that are less visible, but steadily add up to substantial revenue loss. Even minor quality improvements can result in significant gain. Yet, executives struggle to build a business case to justify proactive investments in application quality. This paper presents a quantitative framework for measuring the immediate and positive revenue impact of improving application quality.
This document summarizes the business model and growth strategy of Caveo Corporation, an integrated security and facility management firm. Caveo offers clients a subscription-based model where it owns the equipment and provides maintenance, rather than requiring large upfront capital investments. This simplifies technology and reduces client maintenance costs. The document outlines Caveo's plans to expand through regional growth and new partnership programs. It projects continued exponential growth in contract portfolio value and revenue through 2015. Caveo is raising $500,000 in equity to hire key talent and prove processes to seamlessly scale operations.
ISSUE & WIKI based Integration of Project Management
Project cost by maturity level
1. Average Cost of a $250,000 IT Development Project by Requirements Maturity Level
Average Cost of Initial Project
Additional Cost (paid in
maintenance budget) to
Achieve 100% of Target
Functionality
$250,000 $270,000 $290,000 $310,000 $330,000 $350,000 $370,000
Source: Business Analysis Benchmark IAG Consulting www.iag.biz