SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - Based on open source software and powerful Sun hardware technology, the Sun Business Intelligence Solution for Web Infrastructure provides an easy to manage, enterprise-class, and highly scalable Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing solution that features a low total cost of ownership.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Warehouses | Databases | Open Source Software

WHITE PAPER - For processing data for BI analytics and other applications, the usual go-to software products include various extract, transform, load (ETL) and data warehousing solutions. However, these products do not always provide the speed required to deliver data on time. An additional product can speed the processing of high volumes of data.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: October 12, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Collection | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Mining | Data Quality | Data Storage | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | ETL (Software)

WHITE PAPER - This project demonstrates the feasibility of using the Sun™ Storage 7000 Unified Storage System as a repository for the MySQL™ database with the Pentaho Business Intelligence (BI) application. This proof-of-concept study provides steps to configure this setup, using Pentaho BI tools and MySQL database servers.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: April 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | MySQL | Open Source | Open Source Software | Storage Hardware

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Together, Sun and Pentaho provide integrated hardware, software, and services solutions for data warehousing and BI that provide full functionality, robust enterprise-class performance and scalability, and significantly reduced acquisition and ownership costs compared to proprietary hardware and software solutions.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | MySQL | Open Source | Open Source Software

WEBCAST - Job Scheduling tools are often perceived to reduce operational costs and increase IT efficiencies. Attend this webinar to find out how companies reduce their costs by switching to BMC CONTROL-M.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Premiered: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Contact Center Workforce Management | Data Management | IT Management | Job Scheduling Software | Systems Management Software | Workload Automation

EBOOK - In this eBook, learn advanced strategies for creating actionable, interactive and user-friendly dashboards that will help your organization track key performance indicators (KPIs).
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Dashboards | Data Management | Data Visualization | Data Visualization Software | Indexing (Information Management) | Reporting Software

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 - This paper helps software manufacturers wanting to embed BI functionality into their solution whether it is best to "build" or "buy".
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Collection | Embedded Systems Software | Reporting Software | Software Development Methodologies | Software Maintenance

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

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

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