WHITE PAPER - This white paper addresses the critical factors you need to address when dealing with workforce disruption, including threats like pandemics.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuation Services | Business Continuity Planning | Business Continuity Planning Software | Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery

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

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

WHITE PAPER - The reasons driving standardization in BI and reporting are core to every company—cutting costs, boosting revenue, and increasing profits. IBM Cognos 8 BI lets business users move among capabilities in a guided way, get the answers they seek, and collaborate while giving IT complete control over the BI environment.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: January 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Management | Data Visualization Software | Database Management Software | Decision Support Systems | Query Tools | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - In this paper we will discuss what an Information Strategy is, why it is important, and what it takes to build one. We will also consider IBM's Information Agenda, that company's approach to assisting in the development of an Information Strategy.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: December 11, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Migration | Data Quality | Master Data Management | Risk Management | Software

WHITE PAPER - IBM has developed a strategy for a dynamic infrastructure that will help organizations address higher service expectations, rising cost pressures and new risks and threats.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Published: February 13, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Service Management | Infrastructure Management | Infrastructure Services | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This IDC White Paper takes an in-depth look at the use of Linux as a commercial solution in business-critical environments. It offers a deeper review of SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) and HP's portfolio of standards-based server solutions.
Posted: September 30, 2009 | Published: July 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Systems | Linux | Linux Server Hardware | Open Source | Open Source Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes some of the business and IT issues that enterprises must address to become more agile and to improve their responses to challenges and opportunities. Included is how a service oriented architecture (SOA) can help an enterprise align its IT infrastructure with business needs.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: January 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Process Management | SOA | SOA Governance | SOAP | WebSphere

WHITE PAPER - This paper highlights common mistakes companies make in a down economy and discusses how organizations can use business intelligence to avoid them. Use the self-assessment questionnaire at the end of this paper to determine the level of business intelligence opportunity across your organization.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Published: September 28, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | CEOs | CFOs | CIOs | Cost Benefit Analysis | Decision Support Systems | ROI | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - This report is a road map for SMBs seeking to meet the corporate goals of growth strategies and customer service through Best-in-Class ERP implementation.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Published: November 15, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Process Management | Customer Service | Customer Service Best Practices | ERP | ERP Software | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - This paper considers the business advantages of moving to a Software as a Service (SaaS) model for improving business operations, and to better meet the challenges of growth, competition and regulatory compliance faced by small-to-midsize businesses.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Published: February 14, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Cloud Computing | ERP | ERP Software | SaaS ERP | SAP (Product) | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - Organizations are facing growing business challenges as a result of intensifying market trends. In response, THINKstrategies is finding a growing number of organizations of all sizes are investigating and adopting on-demand Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) alternatives to traditional, on-premise systems to meet their changing business needs.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Published: September 30, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Cloud Computing | ERP | ERP Software | SaaS ERP | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - How can management communicate business strategy effectively and assure that the entire organization has bought in to the strategy and is aligned behind it? Business performance optimization systems are an important tool for success.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: September 25, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Environment | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Structures | CIOs | Decision Support Systems | Economic Environment | Global Economy | Globalization | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - For many companies, the upside to a down economy is an opportunity to consolidate IT operations. Read this white paper for five requirements to attain greater IT efficiency.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: June 18, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Business Systems | IT Management | IT Service Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes ways in which organizations can use Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to save time and money.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: December 18, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Database Administration | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Database Server Software | Databases | SQL | SQL Server