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Title / Abstract	Download PDF	Number of pages
Building an Effective Stay Back Team to Gain Maximum Value from an Outsourcing Agreement This paper provides advice on for defining and building the team, highlights industry best practices, and provides recommendations for the team's role, size and required skill set.	Building an Effective Stay Back Team to Gain Maximum Value from an Outsourcing Agreement	8 / 457 KB
Business intelligence: Seven steps to improved business intelligence through data discovery This paper discusses how two large enterprises optimized their BI performance through data discovery and outlines seven steps for effectively pursuing and implementing a data discovery approach to BI.	Business intelligence: Seven steps to improved business intelligence through data discovery	6 / 172 KB
Enterprise social networking This paper explores the key challenges, benefits and requirements of implementing a successful enterprise social networking platform, highlighting CGI’s own experience in introducing such a platform to bring together its global workforce.	Enterprise social networking	6 / 95 KB
Executive Management of Information Security In today's technology-driven business world, it has become critically important for companies to safeguard their information assets, systems and networks. While the technology revolution has generated vast benefits, it has also exposed companies to new risks and liabilities.	Executive Management of Information Security	6 / 147 KB
Identity and Risk Management: Preparing for a new world This paper discusses how leaders can prepare for a new world of multi-channel, multi-device access to improve their security posture and best mitigate risks.	Identity and Risk Management: Preparing for a new world	4 / 44 KB
IT Governance and Managed Services While outsourcing IT functions offers compelling benefits, its success rate, viewed from the perspective of broad customer satisfaction, has not been equally overwhelming. Learn how good IT governance can ensure a successful outcome both for the client and the outsourcer.	IT Governance and Managed Services	7 / 211 KB
Open source 2.0 for content management systems: Embracing open source technologies to increase savings and achieve other advantages This paper explores the rise in open source content management systems, along with the main arguments for and against their adoption. It also summarizes how one financial institution—Scotiabank—has benefited from its transition to an open source CMS.	Open source 2.0 for content management systems: Embracing open source technologies to increase savings and achieve other advantages	3 / 32 KB
Predictive analytics This paper discusses how predictive models are built, ideal situations for applying them, calculating their return on investment, key predictive modeling trends and more.	Predictive analytics	6 / 148 KB
Preparing Your Organization for a Federated CMDB To help clients harness the opportunities associated with creating a CMDB, this paper identifies the benefits organizations can achieve when a CMDB is developed and provides recommendations on how to get started on its implementation.	Preparing Your Organization for a Federated CMDB	9 / 869 KB
Public Keys Encryption and digital signature: How do they work? This article is a starting point to get a feel for a vast area named PKI (Public-Key Infrastructure). This includes the mechanics described in this article as well as an ensemble of software, hardware and processes governed by rules and standards converging to the high level of Trust required and expected by the Industry.	Public Keys Encryption and digital signature: How do they work?	12 / 163 KB
Realizing the Value of Customer Information: Lessons Learned from Consumer Banking Success Stories This paper discusses how through business intelligence and data-driven analytics, B2C companies can harness the power of customer data to significantly improve how they operate, how they connect and serve customers, and how they compete in today’s business environment.	Realizing the Value of Customer Information: Lessons Learned from Consumer Banking Success Stories	5 / 370 KB
Unified Communications: The power to transform Unified Communications (UC) offers the ability to significantly improve how individuals, groups and organizations interact and collaborate. This paper discusses UC’s adoption and benefits and offers advice on how to build an effective UC roadmap.	Unified Communications: The power to transform	11 / 228 KB