SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - CFOs at large hospitals must process enormous amounts of information to make quick strategic decisions. This paper will explore the decision-making challenges faced by CFOs and examine the many benefits of solutions that accelerate insight.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | CFOs | Dashboards | Data Integration | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Operational Metrics (Systems) | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how you can use IBM's InfoSphere software, and integrated platform for trusted information, to align business and IT, accelerate your projects for faster time to value, leverage your existing infrastructire, and adapt to the changing needs of your business.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: November 11, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Processes | Data Integration | Data Management | Information Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Master Data Management

EGUIDE - Read this E-Guide and explore how careful negotiation of data integration licenses can help your company save $100,000 or more on data integration costs. Learn about vital data integration trends and business drivers as well as how you can ensure a successful business intelligence (BI) initiative with key data integration considerations.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Integration | Licensing | Software | Software Licensing

WHITE PAPER - SAP® BusinessObjects™ Edge software is the business intelligence (BI) choice of midsize companies hoping to improve business processes, discover new opportunities and edge out the competition. It includes affordable solutions addressing just about any BI requirement, like operational reporting and analysis, dashboards and visualization.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | Dashboards | Data Integration | Data Quality | Reporting Software | SAP (Product) | SMBs

WEBCAST - Composed of Sun hardware systems and commercial open-source solutions Pentaho for BI and data integration, and Infobright, built on MySQL, for data warehousing, this solution comes in two customizable recommended configurations to fit your data requirements and budget -- and ease deployment.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Premiered: October 22, 2009


Topics:  Application Hosting | Application Infrastructure | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | CRM Analytics | Customer Data Integration | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | Open Source | Open Source Software | Software as a Service

PODCAST - In this podcast, listeners will hear a vendor-neutral, executive overview of in-database analytics technology from independent expert Rick Sherman. Find out how the technology works -- and how companies are leveraging it for improved operational efficiency and other business benefits.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Premiered: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | CRM Analytics | Customer Data Integration | Data Governance | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | Master Data Management

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 - The company’s previous tape system wasn’t meeting Cornerstone’s needs, particularly with 50 percent annual data growth. Cornerstone selected the Quantum Scalar i500 intelligent tape library platform due to its modularity, speed and the ability to move to LTO-4 tapes.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Integration | Database Management | Database Marketing | Tape Backups | Tape Drive Controllers | Tape Drives | Tape Heads | Tape Libraries | Virtual Tape Libraries

PRODUCT DEMO - See how plans, financial reports and scorecards can help you manage performance across all data sources in this flash demo.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Integration | Data Management | Decision Support Systems | Query Tools | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper will demonstrate why Data Services are a foundation requirement for enterprise SOA deployments by describing how just how valuable, and complex, business data is for the businesses that rely on it.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  BPEL | Data Integration | Data Management Software | Data Quality | ESB | Master Data Management | Oracle (Product) | SOA

WEBCAST - This on-demand webcast discusses how data growth, test data management, data privacy and other information management solutions can create the opportunity for companies to make IT their competitive differentiator.
Posted: September 30, 2009 | Premiered: September 30, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Content Management | Customer Privacy | Data Center Management | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Security | Database Management | Information Management | Security Management

WEBCAST - This webcast gives an overview of how larger enterprises are leveraging business intelligence software in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.
Posted: September 21, 2009 | Premiered: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Integration | Data Warehouses | Enterprise | Information Industry | IT Services | Organizational Change | SaaS ERP

WHITE PAPER - Critical master data management (MDM) functionality can be easily overlooked when request for proposals (RFPs) are narrowly focused on a single business data type. Ensure success by avoiding 10 costly mistakes when writing your RFP.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2007


Topics:  Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | Data Classification | Data Governance | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Modeling | Data Quality | Data Storage | Master Data Management | Request for Proposals

WHITE PAPER - Over the past several years, most Master Data Management implementations have used a "reactive" style of data governance. Learn how "reactive" data governance falls short and why leading organizations are using a "proactive" approach -- includes case study and migration questionnaire.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Published: September 16, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Governance | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Replication | Data Storage | Database Administration | Master Data Management

WHITE PAPER - Sun and Oracle Optimized Data Warehousing Solutions combine the Oracle Database with industry-leading Sun servers, Sun StorageTek arrays, and the Solaris OS. These solutions include both the Oracle Optimized Reference Configurations for Sun and Oracle Optimized Warehouses for Sun. Read on to learn more.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Published: September 15, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses