WHITE PAPER - Based on feedback from almost 650 end-user organizations, this report serves as a roadmap for SMBs looking to improve their analytical capability and achieve Best-in-Class performace through the deployment of BI.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Customer Service | Financial Systems | Query Tools | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - Without a business intelligence information infrastructure in place, midsize companies are more likely to exceed budgets, miss deadlines, improve performance of one department at the expense of the overall business, and reward employees for actions that do not improve performance.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Employee Performance Management (EPM) | Information Management | Infrastructure Management | Knowledge Management | Query Tools | SMBs

CASE STUDY - Driving sustainable growth requires profitability-focused planning and performance management. This special study highlights some key survey findings, which collectively show that profitability reporting is increasing in importance and the use of technology and more sophisticated costing and reporting solutions is high on the agendas of many...
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | ERP Software | Financial Reporting | Financial Transaction Processing | Reporting Software

WEBCAST - This Webcast can help you put your business intelligence (BI) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) needs into perspective with application strategy tips offered by Ray Wang at Forrester Research.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Premiered: June 25, 2009


Topics:  Application Outsourcing | Application Performance Management | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Management | ERP | ERP Software | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - The macro-market trends of Globalization and eCommerce are making it more important than ever for corporate executives and end users to access critical information to make effective business decisions. This paper will examine how a new generation of SaaS-based BI solutions is responding to the escalating challenges facing companies of all sizes.
Posted: May 10, 2009 | Published: May 7, 2009


Topics:  Access Control | Access Control Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Integration | Data Migration | eCommerce | Globalization | Query Tools | RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) | Software as a Service

CASE STUDY - A successful credit card company must be able to accurately assess its credit risk at any given time. Having an up-to-date picture of which clients may default on payments is critical to this process, not only amongst new applicants, but existing customers too.
Posted: May 4, 2009 | Published: May 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Credit Cards | Payment Card Industry | Predictive Analytics | Predictive Analytics Software | Predictive Performance Management

CASE STUDY - Aspen Publishers Inc. was able to complete two benchmarking surveys more efficiently and save $20,000 per year without the help of outside consultants by using SPSS for Windows, SPSS Data Entry Builder, and SPSS Data Entry Station. Read this case study and find out how they did it.
Posted: May 4, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Architectures | Business Communications | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Data Entry | Health Care Industry | Productivity

WHITE PAPER - This research brief examines the new release of the BMC Performance Assurance for Mainframes product. We assess its overall significance and describe the reaction of two early users.
Posted: April 17, 2009 | Published: April 17, 2009


Topics:  Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Capacity Planning | IT Governance | Mainframe Server Hardware | Performance Testing | z/OS

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper is about enterprise architecture as it pertains to finding and maximizing the business value in greener operations. Higher energy efficiency and a smaller carbon footprint are obvious areas of interest for any business, but how do you balance these goals with productivity, customer service, and all your other business concerns?
Posted: April 9, 2009 | Published: December 31, 2008


Topics:  Business Environment | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Data Center Management | Economic Environment | Enterprise Architectures | Enterprise Computing | Enterprise Systems | Environmental Compliance | Political Environment

WHITE PAPER - Requirements definition and management is an activity that has the potential to deliver a high, fast ROI. This white paper explains the characteristics of a good requirement and presents ten steps to better requirements management. Read on to learn how better requirements translate into easier, higher quality projects.
Posted: April 2, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Process Management Software | Functional Requirements | Project Management | Project Management Software | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER - The purpose of this paper is to outline how IBM Cognos 8 Performance Management software and solutions are best suited to drive maximum value from investments in the SAP Business Warehouse. This topic is of interest to Business and IT Executives as well as SAP Solution Managers and Project Managers.
Posted: March 31, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Information Management Software | Knowledge Management Software | NetWeaver | SAP (Product)

WEBCAST - Do you have the right technologies to compete in today's economic times? IBM's Dynamic Infrastructure™ initiative combined with Resilience 2.0 technologies from Vision Solutions deliver a secure, virtualized, energy efficient, and highly resilient IT environment for businesses of any size.
Posted: March 5, 2009 | Premiered: March 5, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Structures | Disaster Recovery | Infrastructure Management | IT Infrastructure | Risk Management

ANALYST BRIEF - This ExecBlueprint discusses the evolving role for the technology executive and what now constitutes "effective IT governance." The authors share effective strategies for building a good relationship with the CEO, planning projects, and managing the technology staff.
Posted: February 19, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | CIOs | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Compliance Best Practices | IT Governance | Leadership

WHITE PAPER - A business process is defined as a set of related activities that produce either a service or a product, the idea behind BPM is to line up these processes with the goals of a department or company.
Posted: November 12, 2008 | Published: November 12, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Service Management | ERP | SOA | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains how a common platform can provide the basis for not only managing manufacturing operations, but also quality and inventory across global supplier networks.
Posted: September 11, 2008 | Published: September 11, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | ERP | Global Economy | Globalization | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | Supply Chain Event Management | Supply Chain Event Management Software | Supply Chain Execution | Supply Chain Integration