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ROI

ALSO CALLED: Return On Investment, ROI Calculators, Cost Calculators, and IT ROI
DEFINITION: The law of diminishing returns is a classic economic concept that states that as more investment in an area is made, overall return on that investment increases at a declining rate, assuming that all variables remain fixed. To continue to make an investment after a certain point (which varies from context  … 
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On-Demand Conferencing Infrastructure: Enabling Real-Time Collaboration for the Virtual Workplace
sponsored by Polycom, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper drills down on the value of on-demand video conferencing.
Posted: 03 Dec 2008 | Published: 02 Dec 2008
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Enrich the Decisioning of Your COBOL Applications
sponsored by ILOG, Inc. (BRMS)
WHITE PAPER: With ILOG JRules and ILOG Rules for COBOL, you can externalize and manage the business rules in your organization's COBOL applications without disruption or a major development project.
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 15 Mar 2008
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IT Service Management: It's About Managing Change
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes steps IT executives must take to manage an IT service management (ITSM) implementation to maximize its value and ensure that it achieves the full transformational effect it is capable of delivering.
Posted: 01 Dec 2008 | Published: 26 Nov 2008
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Presentation Transcript: Creating a Competitive Edge: Extending the Sharepoint Platform to Meet Enterprise 2.0
sponsored by Vorsite Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how Vorsite has worked with the world's largest software company to implement an Enterprise 2.0 solution that provided a comprehensive business productivity platform.
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Published: 25 Nov 2008
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IT Briefing: Virtualization and Blades: Why Together Now?
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
WHITE PAPER: This document describes virtualization and blades and why they are such good implementation partners today, as well as why now is a good time to implement these two technologies separately and together.
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Published: 25 Nov 2008
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12 Things You Should Know about Identity Management
sponsored by Quest Software
WHITE PAPER: This paper explores 12 important principles for defining and addressing identity management.
Posted: 24 Nov 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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Intel IT: Implementing Virtualization in a Global Environment
sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Learn all the ways that server virtualization and consolidation can benefit IT: everything from greater agility to lower energy bills.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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Client Computing with Virtual User Environment
sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Intel IT developed a new computing approach that combines multiple emerging technologies, including client virtualization and streaming, to potentially transform the way we deliver computing to users.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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Enabling Manageability with Intel Active Management Technology
sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Learn how Intel IT is implementing Intel Active Management Technology across the enterprise.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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Delivering Virtualization Benefits by Refreshing Client PCs
sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how new platforms that include faster processors with Intel Virtualization Technology can eliminate concerns about client virtualization performance and offer many other benefits.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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Analyze Inventory for Success in Distribution
sponsored by Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers solutions for improving inventory performance. It extensively covers how distributors can help maximize their profitability by improving the way they analyze and manage inventory.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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The Rise of Primary Storage Optimization
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
WHITE PAPER: Primary Storage Optimization (PSO) technologies keep storage capacity requirements as low as possible and guarantee zero impact on application performance.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Faster SQL Profiling for Better Database Performance
sponsored by Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses how DB Optimizer helps you profile your databases to find problematic SQL statements faster and easier.
Posted: 20 Nov 2008 | Published: 20 Nov 2008
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TOPICS:  Databases | ROI | Software | SQL | SQL Server

Business Value Analysis of Autodesk Topobase in Utilities
sponsored by Autodesk
WHITE PAPER: This study details the business benefits of using Topobase within utilities, and it also outlines industry trends that drive utilities toward integrated information management platforms like Topobase.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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MDM Journey: The Right and Wrong Master Data Management Strategies to Start Small and Grow Big
sponsored by Siperian, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: No master data management journey is the same. Read this paper to learn from the successes and failures of MDM early adopters, how to select a technology that doesn't limit MDM's evolution and to compare approaches based on industry-specific examples.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Security Virtualization: Re-architecting the Appliance Mentality
sponsored by Crossbeam Systems
WHITE PAPER: In order to determine what "security virtualization" really means, it is useful to understand how companies define and enforce their security and accompanying compliance policies today.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Accelerate ROI and Reduce Costs with Incentive Compensation System
sponsored by ACTEK, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Explore business process pain points with which many organizations struggle and how you can combat them with a system that provides end to end automation, greatly reducing the need for internal IT support.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 07 May 2008
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Microsoft Windows Runs Best on Vmware
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: VMware virtualization solutions offer a better way to run Windows, delivering improvements in reliability, availability and manageability for your Microsoft Windows infrastructure.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 11 Nov 2008
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Qualcomm: Standardizing on Virtualization
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the experiment in consolidating physical server computers proved successful, and the Qualcomm IT department aggressively pursued virtualization starting in 2003.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 11 Nov 2008
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Five Steps to Determine When to Virtualize Your Servers
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Server virtualization isn't just for big companies, this paper explains the Five Steps to Determine When to Virtualize Your Servers.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 11 Nov 2008
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Virtual Machines Are Not Free
sponsored by VKernel
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains the advantages that virtual machine provides to the IT department.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 14 Nov 2008
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Performance Assurance Lifecycle for Virtual Infrastructures
sponsored by VKernel
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how the Performance Assurance Lifecycle eliminates performance and financial risks, taking the data center from 15-20 percent virtualized to 70-100 percent.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 14 Nov 2008
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A Framework for Deploying UC: Using a Repeatable Process for Optimizing Your Technology
sponsored by Avaya Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes a four step framework for moving unified communications from an ad hoc, deployment scenario, which has resulted in many of the companies interviewed having a siloed implementation.
Posted: 13 Nov 2008 | Published: 13 Nov 2008
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Are You Ready for Unified Communications? Creating an IT Organization to Support Unified Communicaitons
sponsored by Avaya Inc.
WHITE PAPER: On top of the new business communication capabilities that are possible with unified communications (UC), new challenges await the IT department in how to deploy and manage this integrated platform.
Posted: 13 Nov 2008 | Published: 13 Nov 2008
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Reducing Server Total Cost of Ownership with VMware Virtualization Software
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Technology purchases are often quantified simply by hardware and software costs. But there's more to it. This TCO study takes a holistic view.
Posted: 13 Nov 2008 | Published: 13 Nov 2008
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ROI DEFINITION (continued): …  to context) is to receive a decreasing return on that input.

The law of diminishing returns has broader applications than economics. In fact, it is one of the most widely recognized economic principles outside of the economic classroom. In a call center, for instance, service level improvements decline in rate in relation to each additional successive agent added.

Other real-world examples abound:



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