SmartBiz IT Research Library

ANALYST REPORT - The investment management business in 2009 will be dominated by the ramifications of the events of 2008. In this report, TowerGroup has compiled a list of the top 10 business drivers and the resulting major strategic responses and technology initiatives.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Financial Services Industry | Investments | ITIL | Risk Management | Strategic Planning

CASE STUDY - The goal of South African Tourism's global employees is to increase tourism to the nation to help enhance the nation's economy. To address this issue they utilized the research of a tier-one customer relationship management consultancy and selected Microsoft Dynamics™ CRM 4.0.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: April 14, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | CRM | CRM Software | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | Customer Satisfaction | Data Management | Data Management Software

EZINE - Download Perform today for informative and insightful articles including how open source is changing the face of enterprise software, tips from the field on how to ignite enterprises to reach new levels of performance excellence, and deliver unmatched insight to users.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Open Source | Open Source Software | Reporting Software | Web 2.0 | Web Analytics Software | Web Development Tools

CASE STUDY - After an extensive search for a solution, Lure Executive Services chose to implement Microsoft Dynamics™ CRM Online.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: April 15, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | CRM | CRM Analytics Software | CRM Best Practices | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Through the complete creation of a BIRT report including creating a BIRT report project, connecting to data, adding a chart, formatting the report and adding drill to details capability.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Dashboards | Data Quality | Eclipse Platform | Java Development Kits | Reporting Software | Web 2.0

EBOOK - Actuate BIRT Spreadsheet is an innovative reporting technology that produces reports as easy-to-use and familiar Excel spreadsheets, combining the autonomy users experience with Excel with the efficiency, scalability and control of a centralized reporting solution. Download this technical whitepaper to learn more about Actuate BIRT Spreadsheet.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Java | Reporting Software | Rich Media Formats | Spreadsheets

BROCHURE - Actuate BIRT Interactive Viewer is a web-based tool for the interactive analysis and modification of reports. Download this white paper to learn how with Actuate BIRT Interactive Viewer end users can change formatting, hide, add or move data, create charts, sort data and apply functions to data.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  AJAX | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Data Visualization | Data Visualization Software | Information Management | Information Management Software | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper is intended for IT managers, project leads, and developers who must implement open source business intelligence (BI) to support the ever growing business user needs. You will learn how to add new reporting features and functions to your applications without any scalability issues and more.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  AJAX | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | IT Managers | Open Source | Open Source Software | Reporting Software | Web 2.0 | Web Development Tools

ANALYST REPORT - Leaders of business intelligence and performance management (BIPM) initiatives often have a charter that spans the enterprise. Success requires these pervasive initiatives to use enterprise information management. Read this Gartner paper on how to link the two initiatives for a greater chance of project success.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Processes | Enterprise | Information Management | Metrics | Project Management | 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)

SOFTWARE DEMO - With Crystal Reports - solve report design and information sharing issues through: powerful report and dashboard mashups, secure report sharing, management, scheduling and publishing - an affordable, cross-platform solution, that just works.
Posted: August 24, 2009 | Published: August 24, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Modeling | Decision Support Databases | Decision Support Systems | Indexing (Information Management) | Indexing Software | OLAP | Reporting Software

CASE STUDY - Learn how an Alabama company seeking a replacement tool for their mainframe administration and automation discovered SEGUS’ Smart products that not only delivered better functionality with a good GUI, but would save the company $80,000 over a five year period, while also avoiding future costly upgrade fees.
Posted: August 20, 2009 | Published: August 20, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Business Metrics | Data Centers | Data Management | Information Management | IT Management | Mainframe Computers | Mainframe Operating Systems | Pricing | Reporting Software | z/OS

WHITE PAPER - HP and VMware help you change the economics of IT by creating a business-ready infrastructure based on three pillars: standardize, optimize, and automate.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: August 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Center Management | Data Center Networking | Data Centers | Infrastructure Management | Infrastructure Services | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Organizations want and need better access to information to make smarter, faster decisions in response to changing circumstances or events. Reporting is one form of business intelligence that has become business-critical. Sybase IQ infuses organizations with fast, flexible access to information.
Posted: August 7, 2009 | Published: July 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | Decision Support Databases | Decision Support Systems | Reporting Software | Systems Management

WEBCAST - This webcast presents tips on smarter business intelligence in a down economy. Learn how to position your organization on a "platform of believability" with a single, reliable view of company-wide data. This approach allows for the right information at the right time, making agile, high-risk decisions easier.
Posted: August 6, 2009 | Premiered: July 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuation Services | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Systems | Economic Environment