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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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EnterpriseIQ
sponsored by IQMS
TRIAL SOFTWARE: As a single source solution, EnterpriseIQ, eliminates IT headaches that come with multiple databases and maintenance. All modules are designed and developed as one cohesive and powerful system.
Posted: 05 Jan 2009 | Published: 05 Jan 2009
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You Can Take It with You: Mobile Messaging and Collaboration
sponsored by Avaya Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Aberdeen's latest study on enterprise mobile messaging and collaboration demonstrates that Best-in-Class organizations are extracting the maximum value out of their mobility investments to drive measurable improvements.
Posted: 05 Jan 2009 | Published: 31 Dec 2008
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IT Briefing: Why Blades?
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
WHITE PAPER: This document describes the benefits of blades, the major reasons why users have moved to blades, and why an organization might think about moving to blades in its environment.
Posted: 04 Jan 2009 | Published: 29 Dec 2008
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Reduce Functional, Regression and Performance Testing Costs across Your End-to-end Oracle Siebel Application Environment
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: The Siebel Business Process Testing Accelerator from Infosys and HP helps you substantially reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) by cutting down on the test maintenance costs and substantially reducing testing cycle time.
Posted: 29 Dec 2008 | Published: 23 Dec 2008
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IDC Executive Brief: Storage Economics - Assessing the Real Cost of Storage
sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems
WHITE PAPER: Read the IDC report to discover a comprehensive financial model for analyzing storage TCO, developed by Hitachi Data Systems. This report outlines how companies can benchmark TCO and then introduce technologies and processes to drive improved ROI and TCO.
Posted: 23 Dec 2008 | Published: 22 Dec 2008
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Enviornmental Sustainability and Networking
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains green issues for networking, what to expect from standards development and offers best practices suggestions for planning and implementing a network that will be aligned with environmental sustainability.
Posted: 23 Dec 2008 | Published: 23 Dec 2008
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Cost Reducing With Enterprise Archive: The ROI of Archiving
sponsored by Permabit Technology Corporation
WEBCAST: This Webcast demonstrates how deploying a smart archiving strategy can give back to your IT budget by dramatically reducing the need for primary storage.
Posted: 22 Dec 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Simple Ways to Get the Most from Your Blade Environment
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: Bladed environments have proven their ability to reduce complexity and costs, while also delivering an impressive level of flexibility to help organizations of all types and sizes quickly adapt to evolving requirements and realties.
Posted: 20 Dec 2008 | Published: 19 Dec 2008
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Inquiry Spotlight: Server Virtualization, Q3 2008
sponsored by NetApp
WHITE PAPER: Out of all 220 inquiries Forrester's IT infrastructure and operations team answered on data centers, servers, and virtual appliances in 2008 to date, 72 were specifically in regard to server virtualization.
Posted: 19 Dec 2008 | Published: 19 Dec 2008
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Secrets to Shrinking Your Storage for VMware
sponsored by NetApp
WHITE PAPER: This brief looks at the challenge of harnessing storage growth within growing VMware environments, based on input from third parties, analysts, as well as current VMware users.
Posted: 19 Dec 2008 | Published: 19 Dec 2008
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eGuide: Tipcast Transcript: Solid State Drives in the Enterprise
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
EGUIDE: This series of tips discusses the issues involved in integrating solid state drives at three junctions in enterprise storage environments.
Posted: 19 Dec 2008 | Published: 19 Dec 2008
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Five Tips for Deploying Sales Performance Management for Maximum Return
sponsored by Varicent Software
PODCAST: In this Expert Podcast, hear 5 tips and best practices for utilizing sales performance management to help improve sales processes and make your sales team more effective.
Posted: 19 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 18 Dec 2008
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Lower IT Risks and Costs with Oracle Customer Services
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
DATA SHEET: As companies look for ways to drive down costs and gain a competitive edge, many choose the expert Hyperion service provided by Oracle Advanced Customer Services.
Posted: 18 Dec 2008 | Published: 18 Dec 2008
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Faster ROI with Application Solution Adoption
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
DATA SHEET: The Advanced Customer Services End User Survey Diagnostic (EUSD) is a tool that helps you identify the source of adoption challenges by using direct feedback from your end users.
Posted: 18 Dec 2008 | Published: 18 Dec 2008
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Manage Your Data More Efficiently, Economically, and Ecologically with Zero Risk-start Saving Today
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Discover how to optimize resources while reducing hardware, energy, and facility costs with Oracle VM server virtualization.
Posted: 18 Dec 2008 | Published: 18 Dec 2008
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The SAP Virtualization Ecosystem
sponsored by VMware and Intel
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This paper discusses the options available to you for virtualizing SAP, the big cost savings you can expect from virtualization, and why you should go virtual right away.
Posted: 18 Dec 2008 | Published: 18 Dec 2008
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Optimizing Customer Retention Programs
sponsored by Portrait Software
WHITE PAPER: Read this case study and find out about how Uplift Modeling can help your marketing programs and increase campaign ROI.
Posted: 16 Dec 2008 | Published: 16 Dec 2008
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A Leveraged Approach to Reducing IBM Mainframe Software Costs: Learn 3 Ways to Shrink Costs by over 70%
sponsored by Infocrossing, A Wipro Company
WHITE PAPER: This paper discovers the secret of leveraging the IT investment to gain the same savings that the big players do.
Posted: 16 Dec 2008 | Published: 16 Dec 2008
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Automated Network Lifecycle Management-- Unifying Fault, Performance, and Configuration Management to Increase Uptime, Reduce Costs, and Minimize Human Error
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: Learn about the benefits of state-of-the-art network fault management, performance management, and configuration management systems and the integration that brings them together.
Posted: 16 Dec 2008 | Published: 12 Dec 2008
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Presentation Transcript: Enterprise Business Process Management and Expert Case Study
sponsored by Accenture
CASE STUDY: This paper explains about how Bob Shallow uses Enterprise Business Process Management for NMHG to significantly reduce the number of "Core" systems company-wide by replacing systems with "large" ERP, SRM & PLM System.
Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Published: 15 Dec 2008
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Securing Loyalty: Insurance Carrier Strategies for Optimizing Agent Retention and Productivity
sponsored by CSSI
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the challenges carriers face in the area of loyalty and the ways technology enables carriers to address common agent frustrations in unprecedented ways.
Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Published: 15 Dec 2008
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HP Network Node Manager i Software: Migration ROI Handbook
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: Network management tools deliver value across two core value propositions: increased service levels and reduced costs.
Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Published: 12 Dec 2008
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On-Demand Webcast: How to Prepare Enterprise Cabling for 10-Gigabit Ethernet
sponsored by Fluke Networks
WEBCAST: This webcast will discuss the drivers for enterprises upgrading to 10 gig, cabling options, how to certify the cabling, and the typical constrains for successful 10-gig implementation.
Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Maximizing Return On Your Project Portfolio Management Investment
sponsored by CA
PODCAST: In this podcast, Mykolas Rambus, CIO of Forbes Media, highlights key strategies in maximizing the ROI of a PPM implementation. Explore areas where PPM is needed, tools for those pain points and tips on how to sell PPM to the executive team.
Posted: 12 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 12 Dec 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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