SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - Government agencies face costly issues with paper due to the increasing volume and wide variety of documents that enter an agency. EMC digital office solutions enable the capture of all types of paper documents, faxes, and data. Find out more.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Content Archiving | Content Management | Data Collection | Document Management | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Government Agencies (U.S.) | Government Information Security | Information Management | Regulatory Compliance

WHITE PAPER - This paper illustrates the ability to reduce the data growth challenge seen with EMC’s Oracle Applications CRM implementation via a Proof of Concept (POC) sponsored by the EMC IT organization.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2009


Topics:  CRM | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Collection | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Modeling | Data Storage | Oracle (Product)

DATA SHEET - EVault SaaS is our automated online backup and recovery offering that provides secure, reliable, efficient protection of your organization’s critical data, directly through the Internet. With EVault SaaS, you get a world-class data protection infrastructure that lets you safeguard your data without additional capital or IT expenses.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Data Collection | Data Compression | Data Deduplication | Data Encryption | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Data Storage | Online Backup Software | Online Backups | Remote Backups | Software as a Service

ANALYST REPORT - This ESG analyst paper discusses the challenges posed by electronic discovery processes, current methods of dealing with these issues, and the potential cost savings that companies could achieve if they choose to invest in technology to help expedite the entire operation.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Content Archiving | Content Management | Data Collection | Document Management | Documentation | Electronic Discovery | Regulatory Compliance

PODCAST - This expert podcast offers advice for deploying and completing tactical data quality projects from Forrester's Rob Karel.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Premiered: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Data Auditing | Data Collection | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Modeling | Data Modeling Languages | Data Profiling | Data Quality | Design Verification | Quality Control | ROI

VIDEO - You know you have to protect your sensitive data, but in order to do that, you have to find it. Data classification consists of identifying what information is confidential, then deciding how to store and secure that information. In this video, Adrian Lane of Securosis gives insight into the data classification process.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Premiered: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Classification | Data Collection | Data Governance | Data Security | Regulatory Compliance | Security

WEBCAST - This webcast will show you how to access and deliver relevant, trusted data to your business to drive competitive advantage. Discover how to get business and IT on the same page, make data quality issues a thing of the past and leverage SOA effectively.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Premiered: October 15, 2009


Topics:  Data Collection | Data Governance | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Profiling | Data Quality | Quality Control | SOA | Web Services

CASE STUDY - To improve inventory management and standardize procedures, Blue Bell turned to TAKE Supply Chain's Gemini Series™ for OPM mobile software solution. Read this case study to learn more about the benefits Blue Bell experienced from switching to TAKE Supply Chain’s Gemini Series™, and learn how your company can do the same.
Posted: October 14, 2009 | Published: October 14, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Data Collection | ERP | ERP Software | Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Oracle (Product) | Supply Chain Management

ANALYST REPORT - eDiscovery for civil litigation is a fact of life in the enterprise. This Technology in Brief, written by Christine Taylor form the Taneja Group, will discuss the top 5 critical factors of an in-house eDiscovery solution.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Classification | Data Collection | Electronic Catalog Management | Electronic Discovery | Electronic Discovery Software | Records Management | Records Management Software | Records Retention | Storage Management | Storage Standards

WHITE PAPER - For processing data for BI analytics and other applications, the usual go-to software products include various extract, transform, load (ETL) and data warehousing solutions. However, these products do not always provide the speed required to deliver data on time. An additional product can speed the processing of high volumes of data.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: October 12, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Collection | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Mining | Data Quality | Data Storage | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | ETL (Software)

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the reasons why data volumes are increasing and where bottlenecks most frequently occur. It then explains why adding more hardware isn’t a solution to these performance problems and delves into the various methods that can be used to break through the bottlenecks to speed applications.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: October 12, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Data Center Management | Data Classification | Data Collection | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Mining | Data Quality | Data Storage | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper helps software manufacturers wanting to embed BI functionality into their solution whether it is best to "build" or "buy".
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Collection | Embedded Systems Software | Reporting Software | Software Development Methodologies | Software Maintenance

CASE STUDY - Using the multi-tenancy features of the solution, The Linc Group can tailor the CRM experience for each of its offices and franchisees around the world. The true value of Microsoft [Dynamics] CRM [4.0] is about how successful the tool can make employees in their jobs . . .
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: April 21, 2008


Topics:  CRM Software | Customer Data Integration | Customer Service | Data Collection | Data Management | Multi-Tenant Units | Work Breakdown Structure

CASE STUDY - The California Teachers Association (CTA) relies on a complex and highly integrated IT environment to capture and manipulate data. CTA wanted to add a customer relationship management solution to better support its members. After exploring several alternatives, CTA chose to deploy Microsoft Dynamics™ CRM.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: April 16, 2008


Topics:  CRM | Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | Customer Retention | Data Collection | Data Integration

WHITE PAPER - Security information management systems are effective platforms for the collection, analysis and storage of events from a broad range of systems and devoces. This Buyer’s guide will outline the six key criteria that you should look for to get the most relevant data from SIMS.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Collection | Indexing (Information Management) | Information Management | Log Management | Network Monitoring | Reporting Software | Security Event Management | Society for Information Management