SmartBiz IT Research Library

TRIAL SOFTWARE - F5 Data Manager helps you understand your file storage environment. This trial version will perform an inventory of your environment and enable you to run detailed reports that analyze which file types are being created, who is creating them, how quickly they age, and which resources they consume.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Published: September 14, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Storage | Database Administration | Database Management | Network Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Devices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Unstructured Data

WHITE PAPER - Effective and efficient management of master data within the manufacturing sector is a key factor in reducing TCO, providing accurate global spend analysis and improved reporting and decision making. Implementing SAP's Master Data Management solution into an organization enables the backbone of a complete data governance model to be established.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Modeling | Data Quality | Database Management | Master Data Management | SAP (Product) | TCO

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Read this transcript to learn how to get all the speed, flexibility and processing power of a custom-built data warehouse.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Real-time Analytical Software | Real-time Analytics

WHITE PAPER - This paper will present you with all the information needed to make an educated decision on whether to commodity coding is right for your organization and it will help with choosing the commodity coding that fits your company.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Outsourcing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Database Management | Inventory Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Banks need to get smarter, attract the right customers, implement customer level risk management, and implement risk adjusted customer relationship pricing and all of this is dependent on trusted data. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on retail banks. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in banking.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Banking Industry | Business Process Management | Customer Data Management | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Marketing | Retail Banking Services | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Sales | Sales and Marketing Software

WHITE PAPER - Only when data is trusted can it be used in confidence in all insurance operational and analytical process activities. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on insurance companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in insurance and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Outsourcing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | ETL (Software) | Insurance Industry | Master Data Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Software can't tell you how to beat the competition, but it can determine which products and services have the greatest profit margin, who are the most productive employees, or how many pairs of socks customers buy when they purchase particular styles of shoes. Having accurate, timely data takes the guesswork out of the decision-making process.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  CEOs | CFOs | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | IT Managers | Productivity | SMBs

WEBCAST - This webcast explores the legal and business penalties that organizations face when they do not comply with privacy laws. Discover which of these laws apply specifically to your enterprise, which personally identifiable information (PII) you need to protect and where to find the critical data hiding in your networks.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Premiered: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Data Encryption | Data Governance | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Security | Legal Compliance Software | Privacy Rights | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Security

PRESENTATION - This collection of slides from the Information Security Decisions Conference provides practical advice about securing your data. The presentation builds upon a basic, four-step model of discover, secure, monitor, and protect. Download these slides to learn how to overcome common data security issues.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Data Governance | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Management | Data Security | Information Security | Security | Security Management

PODCAST - Matt Grand talks with Randy Abrams about a data breach at Radison Hotels. Unfortunately, an unknown number of their guests' credit card numbers were exposed to malicious hackers. In this podcast, Randy dishes out some advice on how to prevent this sort of data breach and what to do in the event that it’s already happened.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Premiered: September 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Governance | Data Security | Kiosks | Malware | Security | Security Policies | Security Threats

PODCAST - Matt Grand talks with Randy Abrams about security issues with hotel business center computers. These are public computers and they often have insufficient security features. In this podcast, Randy shares some interesting things he’s found in hotel computers and gives some advice on using them safely.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Premiered: August 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Governance | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Security | Malware | Remote Access Security | Security | Security Policies | Security Threats

WHITE PAPER - Organizations are being forced to move towards identity-based access lifecycle management tools in order to support IT agility and flexibility, safely empower staff, meet compliance requirements, and cope with the rapid evolution of data centers and core systems.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: December 15, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Data Governance | HIPAA Compliance | Identity Management | Security Management | Security Policies | SOA

WHITE PAPER - Organizations should consider a thorough approach to IAM governance that meets the requirements of discovering, documenting and analyzing user access; establishing a process for user access governance; ensuring that constraints help manage business conflict; enforcing policies; and continuous monitoring.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: June 11, 2009


Topics:  Access Control | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Governance | HIPAA Compliance | Identity Management | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Risk Management | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Security Policies

PRESENTATION - This collection of slides from Diana Kelley and Ed Moyle presents an overview of PCI DSS requirements 7 through 12. Check it to learn about the second half of PCI DSS, learn what each one means, and how it will be effected by version 1.2 of PCI DSS.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: October 26, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Compliance Audits | Credit Cards | Data Governance | Data Security | Information Security | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Regulatory Compliance | Security

PRESENTATION - This collection of slides from Diana Kelley and Ed Moyle presents an overview of PCI DSS requirements 1 through 6. Check it to learn about the first six PCI DSS requirements, what each one means, and how it will be effected by version 1.2 of PCI DSS.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: October 26, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Compliance Best Practices | Credit Cards | Data Governance | Data Security | Information Security | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Regulatory Compliance | Security