SmartBiz IT Research Library

WEBCAST - This LogiXML webcast teaches you to solve your data problems, leverage mashups, integrate with and embed external applications, and more.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Premiered: October 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Cloud Computing | Dashboards | Data Modeling | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - One in a series of white papers about management excellence, this white paper describes the techniques and technologies that organizations should master on their way to management excellence.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | CRM | Enterprise Applications Software | Oracle (Product) | Risk Management | Supply Chain Management

WHITE PAPER - This technology brief highlights how BI applications can integrate information across data sources and departments, provide a single, integrated view of customer and enterprise information, and enable greater alignment of decisions and execution to drive higher customer profitability and share of wallet.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Customer Profiles | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This technology brief highlights how BI applications can integrate information across data sources and departments, provide a single, integrated view of customer and enterprise information, and enable greater alignment of decisions and execution to drive higher customer profitability and share of wallet.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Customer Profiles | Financial Management | Oracle (Product)

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

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - The combination of Sun Open Storage and the commercial open-source Infobright data warehousing and Pentaho business intelligence and ETL software packages dramatically lowers the cost of entry and simplifies deployment of a powerful, sophisticated BI infrastructure.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


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

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