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The shift to value-based care means that healthcare organizations should expand their concept of return on investment (ROI) to include the ability of solutions to increase efficiency and contain healthcare costs. Data analytics and automation capabilities have become important tools for providers aiming to maximize value-based payments. Learn from this whitepaper about the best ways for healthcare organizations to measure health IT ROI in the value-based environment, including specific examples of how certain providers are approaching this challenge.

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is the backbone of modern manufacturing information systems, enabling the digital transformation that’s changing operations and customer expectations. As the movement toward a digital workplace evolves, your ERP system must keep pace. Epicor commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study to examine the potential return on investment (ROI) of deploying Epicor ERP. Several manufacturers using Epicor ERP found: • Faster access to data and improved real-time visibility enabled better decision-making • Improved multi-company operational efficiency • Increased competitiveness with faster turnaround of customer quotes and improved pricing accuracy • Increased versatility with the Epicor ERP cloud offering • Access to deep expertise in manufacturing best practices Read the study to find out how else Epicor ERP has helped manufacturers.

You wouldn’t hold a critical investor call, customer event or shareholder’s meeting in your office bullpen. So why would you host an important virtual event on a platform intended to support small-group collaboration and teamwork? Frost & Sullivan research shows that two-thirds of companies use web conferencing on a regular basis for project collaboration. We also know that more and more of them are turning to the same solutions to host webinars for critical internal and external events. While web conferencing solutions can be used to support large-group or strategically important meetings, webinar technology is designed specifically for that purpose and will almost always deliver a better experience and a higher return on investment. Webinar tools deliver a wealth of features to help companies gain better insights into attendee sentiment for better investor relations, employee and customer experience, and lead generation and qualification: • Integrated video draws higher levels of int

Download this research survey to learn more about the returns of technology investments for small and midsize companies.

This white paper describes two strategies organizations can employ to maximize the returns from their ERP investments: Use a proven methodology to speed implementation and achieve ROI faster, and define and track metrics to measure progress in meeting business objectives.

The benefits of cloud computing—a high return on investment, greater staff efficiencies, optimization of IT resources, and enhanced visibility and access to information— have piqued the interest of CFOs and finance leaders who are actively evaluating the risks versus the rewards of the cloud delivery model. Although a steady migration to the cloud is happening in many areas of the enterprise, finance professionals still have questions regarding the security, performance, privacy, risks, and the actual cost and value of cloud computing. This white paper discusses the benefits and challenges of Finance in the Cloud, why the cloud may be an appropriate platform for Finance, and how a move to the cloud has the potential to transform business operations.

Get the essentials about agile testing and service virtualization from several different perspectives

Demonstrating ROI for service management investments can be difficult, especially with multi-phase deployments like ITIL that can require significant up-front investment in exchange for returns produced in the future.  Learn how setting milestones and measuring the value of each phase of an ITIL implementation can help prove the project’s value and shape its focus.

Data quality is an elusive subject that can defy measurement and yet be critical enough to derail any single IT project, strategic initiative, or even a company as a whole.

Okta commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying Okta On-Demand Identity and Access Management service. Download to learn more.

In this white paper, learn how businesses can maximize return on investment and help organizations manage costs for their existing infrastructures or for new enterprise cloud infrastructure design.

This report shows you why Meaningful Use attestation is only one of the steps involved in seeing a return on your EHR investment.

Learn how Corporate Performance Management (CPM) has evolved in the past few years and how it has significantly changed the Return on Investment associated with CPM solutions. Furthermore, see what the leaders in the CPM market are doing and how they are achieving their success.

Learn how Trupanion reduced ongoing IT costs while increasing staff utilization, sales and customer satisfaction. This case study and research conducted by Nucleus Research outlines how Trupanion, using Aspect’s hosted contact center, achieved a payback in five months and an average annual benefit that exceeds $1.3M.

Every year, consumers demand more personalized content. But the challenge is to deliver that content across new channels, devices, and experiences. Read The Marketer’s Guide to Articulating DAM Return on Investment to learn why a digital asset management solution can be the key to delivering more content, faster. Read the Adobe white paper to learn more about: • Why you need DAM over other content storage solutions • How to make the ROI case for DAM • Companies who have used DAM for success

Every year, consumers demand more personalized content. But the challenge is to deliver that content across new channels, devices, and experiences. Read The Marketer’s Guide to Articulating DAM Return on Investment to learn why a digital asset management solution can be the key to delivering more content, faster. Read the Adobe white paper to learn more about: • Why you need DAM over other content storage solutions • How to make the ROI case for DAM • Companies who have used DAM for success

Each predictive maintenance project will be unique—tailored to the needs of your business and your equipment. But at its core, the principles and considerations for a predictive maintenance solution are very similar. Download this whitepaper for a framework for getting started with your predictive maintenance projects.

"It’s more important than ever for brands to have comprehensive social media technology at their disposal. Simply buying a new solution, however, is just the beginning. Today’s brands must deploy social media software so that it allows the highest possible return on investment, empowers them to capture new opportunities, and manage the risks inherent in social media."

Most organizations waste millions of dollars every year by improperly managing mobile device and network service expenses. Learn the critical steps to mobile expense management (MEM) and how a SaaS solution can provide immediate return on your mobility investments while ironing out every unnecessary cost.

Do you cringe at the thought of having to replace your enterprise software solution? Does it seem like a monumental undertaking, with a high risk of failure?

New functionality in BIG-IP v10--such as resource provisioning and route domains--coupled with existing administrative domain capabilities enables IT to virtualize application delivery functions across departments. Sharing the investment in a unified application delivery solution across business constituents increases the return on investment while reducing the complexity inherent in managing multiple devices.

Data centers are large, important investments that, when properly designed, built, and operated, are an integral part of the business strategy driving the success of any enterprise. Yet the central focus of organizations is often the acquisition and deployment of the IT architecture equipment and systems with little thought given to the structure and space in which it is to be housed, serviced, and maintained. This invariably leads to facility infrastructure problems such as thermal “hot spots”, lack of UPS (uninterruptible power supply) rack power, lack of redundancy, system overloading and other issues that threaten or prevent the realization of the return on the investment in the IT systems.

Data centers are large, important investments that when properly designed, built and operated, are an integral part of the business strategy driving the success of any enterprise, yet the central focus of organizations is often the acquisition and deployment of the IT architecture equipment and systems, with little thought given to the structure and space in which it is to be housed, serviced and maintained. This invariably leads to facility infrastructure problems, such as thermal hot spots, lack of UPS, rack power, lack of redundancy, system overloading and other issues that threaten or prevent the realization of the return on the investment in the IT systems.

Data centers are large, important investments that, when properly designed, built, and operated, are an integral part of the business strategy driving the success of any enterprise. Yet the central focus of organizations is often the acquisition and deployment of the IT architecture equipment and systems with little thought given to the structure and space in which it is to be housed, serviced, and maintained.

Mobile printing provides a series of quality improvements and timesaving benefits that are often overlooked in route automation, but can have a significant impact on the bottom line. This white paper will: • Describe uses for mobile printing in route accounting applications; •Provide return on investment calculation tools to measure the financial impact mobile printing can have; • Demonstrate how mobile printing processes can improve billing, distribution, and customer service operations; • Detail how on-demand thermal printing can reduce forms expenses; • Provide an overview of mobile printer and wireless communications options for route accounting systems. Read on to see how your route delivery and sales staff can make more stops and fewer errors each day by using mobile printing to support their work.