SmartBiz IT Research Library

CASE STUDY - In 2006, Kelley Blue Book implemented a new analytical capabilities solution based on Microsoft Business Intelligence technologies. Now Kelley Blue Book has improved sales staff efficiency and created a compelling new Web analytics product that can provide its business customers with more targeted data for their marketing efforts.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: July 31, 2007


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Data Auditing | SQL

WEBCAST - This webcast 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: September 17, 2009 | Premiered: September 30, 2009


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

WHITE PAPER - This white paper identifies the many challenges companies face when implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in corporate reporting and explores tightly integrated solutions that together centrally manage data and metadata on a unified platform--the first step in implementing a complete performance management solution.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Data Management | Financial Reporting | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Oracle (Product) | Software

WHITE PAPER - Today the use of balanced scorecards for performance management has become a hallmark of a well-run company. This paper will provide guiding principles to help your company's overall performance.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Dashboards | Data Management | Oracle (Product) | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn about Oracle’s comprehensive GRC platform and how leading enterprises are turning to Oracle’s new platform to meet the demands of increasingly challenging regulatory mandates while continuing to innovate and grow their business.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Published: September 14, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Management | Data Management Software | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Operational Metrics (Systems) | Reporting Software

DATA SHEET - To regularly monitor and measure performance, senior managers require a link between their company’s strategic and operational plans. Oracle Hyperion Performance Scorecard can help you define a methodology-neutral strategy and measure performance against goals, monitor progress on a regular basis, and communicate across your entire enterprise.
Posted: September 14, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Balanced Scorecards | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Communications Software | Data Management | Data Management Software | Performance Testing

DATA SHEET - This data sheet will outline Oracle Hyperion Planning, a centralized Microsoft Excel- and Web-based planning solution that integrates financial and operational planning processes.
Posted: September 14, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Forecast/Demand Management Software | Operational Metrics (Systems) | Platform as a service | Reporting Software | Spreadsheets

WHITE PAPER - As indirect costs rise and economic pressures increase, the need for profitability and cost management (PCM) also grows. Read this white paper to find out more about how PCM drives business performance by finding drivers of cost and profitability, empowering users with visibility and flexibility, and improving resource alignment.
Posted: September 14, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | IT Auditing | IT Best Practices | IT Management | IT Spending | Oracle (Product) | ROI

DATA SHEET - Spreadsheet models for financial reporting can be cumbersome. With Oracle Hyperion Strategic Finance, your finance experts will be able to focus on testing alternative strategies, building contingency plans, and understanding the impact of those strategies and plans on your company's long-term performance.
Posted: September 14, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Contingency Planning | Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | Reporting Software | Spreadsheets

DATA SHEET - With Oracle Hyperion Capital Asset Planning your capital asset plans are an integral part of Oracle Hyperion Planning, allowing you to accurately assess the impact of capital decisions on overall expense plans. Read on to learn more.
Posted: September 14, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Business Development | Business Intelligence Software | Data Management | Data Management Software | Financial Reporting | Forecast/Demand Management Software | Spreadsheets

DATA SHEET - Oracle Financial Analytics provides organizations with better visibility into factors that drive revenues and shareholder value. Oracle BI Applications are powerful, pre-built solutions that enable organizations to implement more quickly, with less risk and at a fraction of the cost required to build traditional business intelligence solutions.
Posted: September 11, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Financial Applications Software | Oracle (Product) | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - This document presents a series of business challenges, why organizations faced them, and how these problems were solved through the use of Business Intelligence best practices.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Business Processes | Dashboards | OLAP | Strategic Planning

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Within one single product, BOARD offers all the functionalities needed to build any Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management application without the use of any programming. Its revolutionary toolkit approach provides end-users with an advanced interactive interface.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Management | Dashboards | OLAP | Reporting Software

CASE STUDY - In this case study learn how Dell and Microsoft partnered to provide a new business intelligence solution based on Microsoft® SQL Server®, Microsoft business intelligence software, Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers, and a Dell/EMC storage system.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Mining | Data Storage | Data Warehouses | Social Networking | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - Now in its eighth year of publication, The BI Survey by Nigel Pendse is an annual report based on the world's largest independent survey of Business Intelligence and Performance Management users.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Customer Loyalty | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | OLAP