Best Practices for Creating a Meaningful Metrics Program

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Leveraging Enterprise Software April 03, 2012 Metrics and Measurements: 10 'Silver Bullet' Best Practices In a fast paced environment where business resilience is dependent on IT agility more than ever before, metrics and measurement focus is a must for meeting changing needs. To articulate accountability and identify specific value gains from IT solutions, an organization requires an IT metrics program to validate and review the outcome of services provided by IT or vendors. These "silver bullets" are aimed at transforming the metrics programs of organizations and creating a positive impact on the IT services delivery. Read more > Featured White Papers Compliance is Easy When You Do It in Advance Read this white paper to learn how centralized monitoring and reporting is more secure, saves money, and helps you adapt and manage compliance needs today and tomorrow. •  Application Integration: Why NOT to Buy Into the SOA Stack •  The Art of Painless Backup: Snapshots & the VSS Solution Significance •  Time to Ditch the Stack — Your Guide to Application Grid Computing Six Reasons Windows 8 Could Be a Threat to the iPad While most new devices don't make the cut, Microsoft's new Windows 8 is said to be the closest rival to the newest iPad. In fact, Windows 8 may actually beat the iPad in some ways. Top 10 iPad Travel Apps Sadly there's no app for reducing the queues at airport security (yet), but the following apps, identified by Skyscanner, are guaranteed to take some of the stress out of your journey. Download: Password Security, Protection and Management Strong passwords are crucial because cyber criminals can assemble the information you share online and use it to inflict harm on your finances, reputation and career. Latest White Papers Agility: How to Navigate the New Landscape for BI The IT Service Management Dilemma: Buy or Build? The Trend Toward Database Outsourcing Virtualization Changes Everything: Enter the vWOC Consolidating Data Warehousing on a Private Cloud This TDWI checklist report makes a case for private database clouds, especially as a platform for consolidated BI and DW applications. Download now > "Latency, then, is not necessarily about speed, but about efficiency. The faster data and applications can traverse IT infrastructure, the more resources become available to handle additional loads. Users will appreciate the faster response while the front office sees an improved bottom line. Everybody wins." Excerpt from Arthur Cole Infrastructure Blogs Don Tennant From Under the Rug What Would You Do if You Discovered Illegal Activity at Your Company? Loraine Lawson Integration Integration Tales of Deploying on Amazon's Clouds Mike Vizard IT Unmasked SAP Moves to Break Down Application Silos Two-Factor Authentication: It's All About Trust   Right now, someone's logging into your network and accessing proprietary information. Do you know who it is? This technical brief explains why two-factor authentication is superior to using passwords only. Read it now > This e-mail is sent by: IT Business Edge, property of QuinStreet, Inc. Attn: Newsletter Subscription Dept. 950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor Foster City, CA 94404 Copyright © 2012 QuinStreet, Inc. All rights reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise