WHITE PAPER - Building greater confidence in your underlying data is easier said than done. The typical organization is home to a wide variety of fragmented data sources. Organizations with a baseline of data management maturity will get better value from their BI investments. They are also more likely to outperform organizations less mature in data management.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: May 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Information Management | Query Tools | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - Today's Dashboards can deliver what users and the organization as a whole need to know so as to understand their current business and even conduct informed forecasts.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Dashboards | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper looks at end-user and server-based licensing fees for BI solutions and argues that server-based fees makes much more sense.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Reporting Software | Software Licensing | Software Selection

WHITE PAPER - BI capabilities are becoming a must-have for independent software vendors. But customers and prospects are no longer satisfied with basic home-built solutions and offerings from legacy vendors.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Cost Benefit Analysis | Dashboards | Developer 2000 | Embedded Systems Hardware | Embedded Systems Software | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper dispels some myths about BI in smaller companies and outlines the main options at your disposal.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | IT Services | IT Systems | Licensing | Model Driven Architecture | Small Businesses | SMBs

PODCAST - This Podcast explores the benefits and drawbacks of buying business intelligence (BI) solutions from enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors, and shares survey results that reveal whether or not customers who have gone down the sole-sourcing path are happy with their decision.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Premiered: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Application Service Providers | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | ERP | Market Research | SAP (Product) | Vendor Selection | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - Executives recognize that new analytics capabilities, coupled with advanced business process management, signal a major opportunity to create business advantage. Those who have the vision to apply new approaches are building intelligent enterprises positioned to thrive.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: April 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Decision Support Systems | Executive Information Systems | Knowledge Management

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Complete capabilities in one product, on a single architecture. See key features for both business and IT users, including Framework Manager, the Administration Console, and integration with Microsoft Excel.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Modeling | Database Design | Decision Support Databases | Decision Support Systems | Query Tools | Reporting Software

ANALYST BRIEF - In this Research Brief, Clabby Analytics takes a closer look at IBM’s smarter planet initiative and its dynamic infrastructure strategy. They're defined in broad terms ? attention is given to the bigger picture: Don't overlook business resiliency and security when building a dynamic infrastructure.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: April 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Infrastructure Management | Infrastructure Services | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Service Management

ASSESSMENT TOOL - This brief 10-minute web-based diagnostic tool will explore your experiences with Business Intelligence (BI) in order to generate a customized report designed to help you identify your top pain points and how to address them and see how your organization stacks-up against leading BI professionals.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - Companies that use IBM Cognos software are able to improve productivity, reduce or avoid headcount, reduce financing costs, and increase profitability. These benefits are achieved because when employees can rapidly access and analyze data in consistent ways, they are better able to make business changes that both lower costs and increase revenues.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: May 5, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Integration Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Reporting Software | ROI

PRODUCT LITERATURE - IBM Business Intelligence solutions draw on trusted and timely data to deliver consistent information in the terms businesses can own and understand.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Balanced Scorecards | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Dashboards | Enterprise Applications Software | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - Professional report authors need a single reporting solution that draws data from a variety of sources and enables wide collaboration yet delivers the resulting information at business speed. IBM Cognos® 8 Business Intelligence includes Web-based reporting tools that support collaboration and good decision making.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: January 5, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Decision Support Systems | Enterprise Applications Software | Reporting Software

ANALYST REPORT - This whitepaper, written by Hurwitz and Associates, talks about moving from Business Intelligence to Business Optimization and the road to increased business benefits.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Customer Data Management Software | Real-time Analytical Software | Records Management | Reporting Software

INFORMATION CENTER - Visit this information center and find out how smarter technology can result in gains in efficiency, business alignment and risk management strategies.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Environment | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Service Management