WHITE PAPER - With over 60% of CEOs saying they need to do a better job of capturing and understanding information to make more effective and timely business decisions, it's clear that there's a gap between capability and need. It's similarly fair to say that this shortfall is a leading reason why businesses aren’t as competitive as they’d like to be.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: July 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Decision Support Databases | Decision Support Systems | Query Tools | Reporting Software

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 - A companywide business intelligence deployment that adapts to the analysis needs and styles of key sets of users within the organization is the key to unlocking the true potential of BI. This whitepaper outlines four styles of analysis and explains how to build deployment plans around these key pillars to get the most return on your BI investment.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: July 8, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Knowledge Management | Market Research | Query Tools | Real-time Analytics | 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 - IT organizations are increasingly looking at business intelligence appliances to increase “in the moment” insight and business agility without disrupting current operations.
Posted: August 25, 2009 | Published: August 25, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Information Architects | Query Tools | Reporting Software | Sybase (Product)

WHITE PAPER - When the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) was first introduced in SQL Server 2005, it received mixed reviews. With the launch of SQL Server 2008, Microsoft has succeeded in transforming the SSMS into a much more useful tool set. This whitepaper will list and discuss each of these improvements of SSMS 2008.
Posted: July 27, 2009 | Published: July 27, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Database Performance Management Software | Debugging | Query Tools | Reporting Software | Server Management | Server Software | SQL | SQL Server

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 - This white paper discusses the importance of data integration and help you identify the key challenges of integrating data. It also provides you with an overview of data warehousing and its variations, as well as summarizes the benefits and approaches to integrating data.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Information Management | Information Technology End Users | IT Infrastructure | Productivity | Query Tools | Reporting Software | Storage Resource Management

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

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

WHITE PAPER - Inexpensive, easy-to-deploy SaaS BI can help companies put easy-to-use data mining and reporting tools for smart decision making into the hands of more employees and uncover the real “geniuses” of decision making hidden in every department.
Posted: May 10, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence Software | Data Mining | Data Mining Software | Query Tools | Reporting Software | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - Visual analytics is the process of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces. Its becoming the fastest way for people to explore and understand Business Intelligence data of any size. This paper will introduce you to the seven essential elements of true visual analytics applications.
Posted: April 20, 2009 | Published: April 20, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Application Development | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Visualization | Data Visualization Software | IT Best Practices | Presentation Software | Query Tools

WHITE PAPER - Business intelligence (BI) needs to evolve such that it is no longer about reporting results but driving business processes. Learn how BI can bring you greater business visibility and insight to improve business performance.
Posted: February 18, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management Software | Cost Benefit Analysis | Dashboards | Financial Reporting | Oracle (Product) | Query Tools | Real-time Analytical Software | Reporting Software | Web Analytics

WHITE PAPER - This white-paper provides an overview of Oracle Database 11g's capabilities for data warehousing, and discuses its key features and technologies. Discover how to integrate information, perform fast queries, scale to very large data volumes, and more.
Posted: October 15, 2007 | Published: October 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Integration | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | ETL (Software) | OLAP | Oracle (Product) | Query Tools | SQL