Master Data Management (or MDM) is the framework of processes and technologies aimed at creating a data environment that represents a “single version of truth,” an accepted system of record used both intra- and inter-enterprise across a diverse set of application systems, lines of business, and user communities. In this ...

With today’s virtual environment, virtualization can bring clear advantages in how you manage your IT. In this podcast, join BearingPoint technologists Nicolas Boaknin and Laurent Mandorla to explore the virtualization buzz - what it’s all about and why it’s at the forefront of IT organizations.

With today’s push toward energy ...

Join BearingPoint technologist Takashi Yoshizaki as he takes us through the evolution of VOIP. What started as simply carrying voice traffic over a data network is now a widely accepted technology and a valued strategic initiative that improves workforce efficiencies.

Covering key business drivers such as customer experience, productivity and ...

What is the problem domain that can be solved by ‘Events’ and what is an eventing tool? Join BearingPoint technologists Raymond Keefe, Senior IT Architect and Matt Markham, Senior Consultant, to explore implementing and enterprise application integration (EAI).

Focusing on the areas of data, process integration, vendor independence and a ...

Are you part of an organization that assumes a vendor will fix all your problems? Our experience tells us that technology outsourcing is often associated with some common misinformation.

In this podcast, hear Farid Moussavi, managing director and BearingPoint technologist, demystify those potential pitfalls and explore key factors for successful ...

With many data centers built more than a decade ago, facilities no longer fit current and future requirements from a business perspective. In addition, security requirements have evolved exponentially along with capacity issues like power and space shortages. Join BearingPoint Senior Manager and Technologist Gabe Leung, as he explores ...

Are there so many moving parts to the Utility Computing puzzle that you’re unsure where and how to start? Do you have the tools you need in place so you can band resources and achieve the goal of utility computing and charge people on a usage basis? Join Pinaki Roy, ...

In a constant effort to manage and reduce IT spending, CIOs and CTOs are also charged with constantly having to demonstrate the value of IT to the business. Join us to hear Thierry Turc, managing director and technologist for BearingPoint, as he takes us through the education of users ...

It’s the revenue-generator, but does your organization’s call center need to connect and centralize multiple data centers and agents? The idea behind call center virtualization is to enable transactions and calls to be routed in any situation, based on the criteria of the situation.

Beyond the help desk, there are a number of technologies that have been around for years, but today there are more and more intuitive tools that allow for better automation. Now the IT organization can turn the dial, depending on what the business is doing, and better integrate and align ...

BearingPoint, one of the world’s largest management consultinga firms, is implementing social media programs that are working well. Paul Dunay, their director of global marketing discusses just what challenges BearingPoint faced and how and what they decided to implement at the company. Dunay is a leader and ...

Does your enterprise network infrastructure group face challenges that include a need for differentiated service levels for different business units, or are they stuck using obsolete technologies and non-scalable architecture? Multi Protocol Label Switching - MPLS - could be the answer.

Join BearingPoint technologist Rajiv Jain to explore how new ...

Typically, IT organizational structures are the result of an evolutionary process and are not necessarily the outcome of planned design. So, how should the IT organization be designed and operated?

To start, using a value chain provides an overview of the business by depicting major processes that collectively generate value for ...

Most IT departments allocate a significant portion of the total cost to labor yet do not apply any formal estimation methodology to determine the appropriate allocation, growth, and productivity of their labor. The use of an estimation model can have significant impact on the management of the overall IT budget.

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A Business Case is a structured proposal for business change that is justified in terms of risk-adjusted costs and benefits. The objective is to request and secure funding for the project. It’s a living document and will be reviewed throughout the project lifecycle and so at the initiation of the ...

IT solutions of all colors are required by enterprises and service providers to effectively and efficiently manage their IT organization. These solutions address management requirements at the IT infrastructure, services and business layers and leverage several best practices, such as ITIL, eTOM, or CobiT.

There are four major IT integration models that companies adopt, depending on their existing business and technology environments and their post-M&A business goals. Each model has distinctive characteristics in speed of integration, costs, complexity and synergies.

Recent studies have shown that half of the major mergers since 1990 have eroded shareholder ...

Utility computing is not a new concept, but the technologies that make it viable are finally maturing. Properly deployed, utility computing can increase server utilization rates, reduce the requirement to build overcapacity and lower operating costs. This podcast identifies key success factors for organizations hoping to capture the benefits of ...

Market data services in today’s global financial services institutions can prove to be an ever- escalating issue that can have a severe bottom-line impact. If market data services are not carefully planned for and service levels drop, it can cost a financial services firm dearly.

In this podcast, Farid Moussavi, managing ...