SmartBiz IT Research Library

WEBCAST - Composed of Sun hardware systems and commercial open-source solutions Pentaho for BI and data integration, and Infobright, built on MySQL, for data warehousing, this solution comes in two customizable recommended configurations to fit your data requirements and budget -- and ease deployment.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Premiered: October 22, 2009


Topics:  Application Hosting | Application Infrastructure | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | CRM Analytics | Customer Data Integration | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | Open Source | Open Source Software | Software as a Service

WEBCAST - As a salesforce.com customer, you understand gathering data is only the first step towards success. Reports from Salesforce still require a lot of hands-on manipulation to get to the level of insight you and your executives need to make effective decisions.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Premiered: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | Data Management | Sales | Sales and Marketing Software | Sales Force Automation | Sales Information Systems

WEBCAST - Tune in to this webcast – featuring insights from Dan Vesset, IDC's Vice President of Business Analytics – and learn how business analytics drives customer retention.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Premiered: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | CRM Analytics | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | Data Warehouses | Query Tools | Real-time Analytics | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - In this 1to1 Executive Dialogue, Don Peppers and Steve Muran talk about the importance of customer retention, the need to integrate disparate sources of data, and the opportunity for financial institutions to rebuild customer trust as a means to competitive advantage.
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Published: October 22, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Customer Interaction Services | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | Customer Satisfaction | Customer Service | Customer Service Best Practices | Financial Industry Organizations

EBOOK - Business Intelligence and analytics remain top priorities for organizations seeking to increase revenues and cut costs, but these systems often require a data warehouse to feed them correct and relevant information. This E-Book provides detailed expert advice on how to evaluate, select and prepare your organization for a data warehouse appliance.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Center Management | Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouses | ETL (Software) | OLAP | Oracle (Product)

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This presentation transcript 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 20, 2009 | Published: October 20, 2009


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

VIDEO - This video white paper explores the relative pros and cons of deploying pre-built analytic applications from Oracle versus building a custom data warehouse against Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel or similar systems.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Premiered: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Mining | Data Mining Software | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Oracle (Product) | TCO

WEBCAST - As a sales manager, you may not have access to business analytics that may be telling a story about your team's performance. What analytics do you need in order to answer questions that may come down from upper management? In this session, you'll learn about what you need to see, report on, and summarize to manage your team's performance.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Premiered: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Dashboards | Data Management | Data Management Software | Marketing | Sales

WEBCAST - Learn how new developments in BI make it easier and faster to serve those departments and groups whose BI needs have gone unmet. Birst hosts this educational webinar featuring Boris Evelson, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Premiered: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Dashboards | Data Management | Data Management Software | IT Management | IT Managers | Reporting Software

CASE STUDY - In an attempt to tailor and more effectively promote its programs, the Metro Atlanta YMCA turned to Birst for a new set of Business intelligence (BI) tools. Birst delivered with features that included automated dashboards and adhoc reporting at a fair price. Read on to learn the benefits YMCA experienced when they switched to Birst.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Customer Data Management | Customer Data Management Software | Dashboards | Marketing | Reporting Software | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - SAP ERP applications can help you increase productivity, reduce costs, and gain strategic advantage. However, they touch every business process across your company and the risk for problems with implementation, management, and upgrades can be high. This paper identifies the most common SAP pitfalls and explains the best ways to resolve them.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Enterprise Asset Management Software | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | ERP Software

WHITE PAPER - Business Productivity Online Standard Suite delivers hosted communication and collaboration tools that feature simplified IT Management, high availability and comprehensive security. This whitepaper will help you understand what is needed to prepare to migrate your current systems to a hosted model.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 16, 2009


Topics:  Business Communications | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Business Process Management | Collaboration | Collaborative Applications Software

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - With BPM BlueWorks from IBM, it's never been easier to get started with BPM. Using cloud-based processes and strategy tools, BPM BlueWorks allows you to capture and collaborate on BPM Business Designs, discover and contribute industry-specific BPM content and participate easily in the community. See how today.
Posted: October 16, 2009 | Published: October 16, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Business Processes | Cloud Computing | SOA

EGUIDE - The roles that business and IT play in BPM are significantly different and understanding those roles is critical to the success of a BPM Solution. This Pocket E-Guide will identify the role each side plays, why the combined roles are important and the effect that implementing a Center of Excellence (COE) plays in the process.
Posted: October 16, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Business Processes | SOA | SOA Governance

WEBCAST - Tune into this Web Seminar to hear BPM industry analysts, Dr. Bruce Silver and Amy Lipton share how dynamic BPM powered by the IBM Smart SOA approach can help you react quickly and drive ROI. After the seminar you'll receive a complimentary IBM BPM assessment for a targeted analysis of your current situation.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Premiered: October 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Processes | SOA