When times get tough, investors need to answer a few key questions: which industries are most attractive for investment? What deal structures are investors choosing? Where are sellers’ expectations?
In this podcast, although there was some consensus around the prediction that deal flow in the U.S. will drop below the impressive levels it has achieved in recent years, the expert voices of a panel discussion tackling “Opportunities and priorities in a sluggish economy” hold true to their panel title, expressing optimism at the opportunities that present in a down market.
From manufacturing to distribution and even food processing, all kinds of industries are facing tough decisions about how to continue in the current economic climate. That means opportunities for investors, and that’s just in the U.S. Abroad, particularly in Asia, there’s still a healthier climate for deals. About deals in Asia, Peter Berger, managing director at SAC Private Capital, says, “That’s where the dealflow is”
So, what’s going to happen? If we’re in the “eye of the storm,” as CCMP Capital Managing Director Jonathan Lynch says, then “it’s going to get worse.” But with an “inexhaustible supply of bad management,” even the so-called good times keep turnaround investors like Raquel Palmer at KPS ...
Join BearingPoint senior manager Bill Stotzer in exploring the challenges facing the sourcing and procurement organizations today. Many financial institutions have identified procurement cost savings and made an attempt at cost reduction. Some have achieved greater success than others. We see two primary factors contributing to ...
William Borghetti, founder and CEO of Sendside Networks, is no stranger to big ideas–he sold his last startup, Campus Pipeline, to Sungard after automating inefficient “stand-in-line” processes at Universities. Now, in the same way FedEx revolutionized traditional mail with overnight delivery, Sendside Networks aims to provide ...
Join BearingPoint manager Dan Draughon in understanding Commercial Equipment Leasing and the challenges with the current infrastructure. The biggest challenge an organization is seeing today is that they are still running on old legacy systems. In order to save on costs they are using outgrown systems ...
Join BearingPoint managing director Peter Nikonovich to explore the Retail Banking Solution in the Enterprise Performance Improvement solution suite. With all the pressure on the economy due to the sub-prime crisis, now more than ever, banks are focused on ways to cut costs and still deliver services to their ...
Join BearingPoint senior manager Kevin McClafferty to understand the importance of re-engineering the commercial lending process and how it can impact your organization. When you re-engineer the current process, you open your organization up to the benefits of efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and flexibility. In light of the recent credit ...
Join BearingPoint senior manager Chuck Elgin in understanding the fundamentals of dealing with the growing default management load. In the past, many managers were not aware of their organization’s day-to-day structure. By utilizing default management, which implements a business process management capability through a dashboard ...
Join BearingPoint managing director Brian Hart to explore trading performance and risk management, and what has been learned from the recent credit crisis. The recent credit crisis has demonstrated to companies that there were certain capabilities they were lacking in managing their business effectively. BearingPoint ...
In this audio event we speak with Craig Le Clair of Forrester Research, co-author of The Forrester Wave: Business Process Management for Document Processes, Q3 2007 report. Craig discusses Forrester’s definition of Business Process Management and BPM Suites, document-intensive types of processes and their requirements, the type of functionality ...
Energy management and energy efficiency in data centers: Intel and HP are working together to save energy and money while boosting computing performance. The Climate Savers Computing Initiative is one way that Intel and HP are working to create sustainable high-performance technology for the enterprise. How do the energy ...
Join Lowell Alcorn, managing director in BearingPoint’s Lending and Leasing practice, as he responds to questions about the current credit crisis and how BearingPoint is assisting lenders with credit navigation tools and extensive market experience.
In this podcast we learn that fallout from sub-prime lending and historic default levels highlight ...
Here, we get a look at the Enterprise side of the tech world with an interview of Autonomy Cardiff’s CEO, Mark Seamans, who details what Autonomy is doing in the Business Process Management space.
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 ...
As more business processes become automated and move to the Web, enterprises are increasingly reliant on IT to provide services to customers. Ensuring that the quality of those services is consistently high is essential to creating high customer satisfaction and protecting revenue streams. But traditionally, IT management has been focused ...
Eduardo Chiocconi, product manager, BEA Systems, talks with me about the latest in BEA’s business process management initiatives at the BEA Connect event in Atlanta.
Business Technology is HP’s strategy for the enterprise. Olivier Helleboid, VP Adaptive Infrastructure at HP, talks about how customers have benefited from HP’s Adaptive Infrastructure approach. Learn how a company can use its information technology infrastructure as a strategic asset.
Intel has released its newest Centrino technologies for notebook computers. The company says the new hardware and software platform has improved processor and graphics performance, wireless connectivity, battery life, startup and loading time, as well as enhanced security and machine management for IT departments.
The new technologies are Centrino Duo, for ...
Hear how HP Services can help you achieve better business outcomes.
Learn about business technology optimization, the Mercury and Bristol Technology acquisitions and HP Software.
Enterprises are turning to IT to automate and simplify business processes, but as a result, IT systems are becoming more complex and difficult to manage. One of the major points of business impact within IT — enterprise Web applications — now typically interact with enterprise networks, application servers, back-end systems ...
Hear more on the concept of Business Technology and how HP helps customers focus on business outcomes.
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 ...
Less than one year ago, LaVerne Council joined Johnson & Johnson, charged with crafting a new IT strategy to drive the global enterprise. In part one of this two-part podcast, join host John Gallant and Council, who takes audience questions and shares:
This Symantec podcast provides a summary of the February 2007 IT Risk Management Report, available for download at: www.symantec.com/riskreport.
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Mentor Associates Founder Jack Carroll speaks with Dennis Wood about sales organizations in startups. He addresses questions such as:
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