SmartBiz IT Research Library

PODCAST - In this podcast, discover how the Dallas Cowboys adopted BI strategies that optimized their tracking of manufacturing, distribution and sales. Hear from Bill Priakos, Cowboys' COO, as he explains the steps that the team took in being able to get a real-time look into the distribution chain and see trends over time.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Premiered: November 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Dashboards | Data Management | Data Management Software | Real-time Analytical Software | Reporting Software

VIDEO - In this videocast, discover how the Dallas Cowboys adopted BI strategies that optimized their tracking of manufacturing, distribution and sales. Hear from Bill Priakos, Cowboys' COO, as he explains the steps that the team took in being able to get a real-time look into the distribution chain and see trends over time.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Premiered: November 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Dashboards | IT Best Practices | Real-time Analytical Software

WHITE PAPER - Operational excellence is a simple concept with complex implications. Consistently doing things well across every element of the value chain is clear enough in principle. The ultimate goal is a "single source of truth" where senior executives have shared visibility into all parts of the organization, enabling management by facts.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Metrics | Business Process Management | Enterprise Resource Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Systems | Financing | Marketing | Operational Metrics (Systems) | Sales Information Systems

PODCAST - Is your organization making the most of BI and reporting projects? Find out how to improve your enterprise reporting with best practices advice and tips from BI expert Kimberly Nevala of Baseline Consulting.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Premiered: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | CRM Analytics | Data Management | Enterprise | Financial Reporting | Internal Controls | Query Tools | Real-time Analytics | Reporting Software

ANALYST REPORT - Never has operational responsiveness, the pursuit of how continually and quickly to deliver maximum value to customers while deriving maximum profitability, been nearer the top of the business agenda. As this paper will demonstrate, harnessing business events, smart interpretation & fast response are definite objectives, and the need is immediate.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Architectures | Business Continuity Planning | Business Intelligence | Business Logistics | Business Management | Business Metrics | Business Models | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Service Management | Service Level Management | SOA | SOA Governance

VIDEO - To find out more about how organizations can take the next steps with their BI initiatives, SearchDataManagement.com turned to Boris Evelson of Forrester Research. In this videocast, Boris will reveal some of the most important emerging trends in BI today and how organizations should start planning to take advantage of next-generation BI.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Premiered: September 25, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business IT Alignment | Business Metrics | Market Research | Market Trends | Real-time Analytics | Reporting Software | Strategic Planning

VIRTUAL SEMINAR - This 2-hour complimentary virtual seminar on performance management (PM) takes place on October 21 and continues on November 4th — Join us to learn how PM can help you improve visibility into your manufacturing business so you can reduce costs, speed delivery and efficiency, satisfy customers and create innovative new products.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Business Logistics | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Financial Reporting | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | PLM | Product Development | Product Management | Quality Control | Retail Trade Industry | Supply Chain Management | Systems Operations | Wholesale Trade Industry

PODCAST - This podcast will review the steps CIOs can take to select top projects with the most value to the business, map resources and finally fill in the gaps.
Posted: September 2, 2009 | Premiered: September 2, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business IT Alignment | Business Metrics | Cost Benefit Analysis | Enterprise Resource Management | Project Portfolio Management | ROI | Strategic Planning

WEBCAST - Bill Jacobs, Director of Technical Marketing, Sybase IQ, discusses the speed and performance capabilities of Sybase IQ 15. These enhancements are designed to help make IQ 15 remain the smartest choice for analytic, reporting, business intelligence, data mining, and related applications.
Posted: August 31, 2009 | Premiered: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Metrics | Data Collection | Data Management | Data Profiling | Data Quality | Data Visualization | Decision Support Systems | Reporting Software

WEBCAST - Please join Bill Jacobs, Director of Technical Marketing, Sybase IQ, in this webcast about the first of seven topic areas – as he discusses the new features added to Sybase IQ 15 that enhance the flexibility of Sybase IQ 15 for analytics, reporting and business intelligence applications.
Posted: August 31, 2009 | Premiered: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Logistics | Business Management | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Data Classification | Data Collection | Data Quality | Data Visualization | Reporting Software

WEBCAST - Businesses today are facing a very different kind of competition that is rooted in extensive data analysis and demonstrated in decision making that is fast, comprehensive, and based on factual information. In this environment, Sybase IQ shines as a highly optimized analytic server.
Posted: August 31, 2009 | Premiered: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Metrics | CIOs | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Visualization | Information Management | 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

WEBCAST - This webcast discusses the latest advances in business intelligence solutions for medium-sized businesses. Watch this webcast to learn how your mid-sized company can make the most out of BI.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Premiered: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Dashboards | OLAP | Sales Force Automation

WHITE PAPER - Commando teams carefully plan and execute to reduce risk and achieve success. Read this sales survival guide to learn how to - and why you should - adopt this philosophy and the main factors to focus on that will ensure your sales organization not only survives 2009 but comes out of it successfully.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Business Process Automation | Campaign Management | CRM | Lead Generation | ROI | Sales Force Automation | Sales Order Management

WEBCAST - This BMC webcast will present a methodology for identifying the metrics that have the most impact on critical business applications and for creating exception events to notify of critical application problems.
Posted: April 24, 2009 | Premiered: April 23, 2009


Topics:  Application Monitoring | Applications Management | Business Metrics | IT Best Practices | Mainframe Operating Systems | Metrics | Query Tools | Reporting Software