SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - On-premises software and SaaS vendors looking to provide BI and analytics functionality have a choice to develop their own components or to partner with an existing BI and analytics vendor. In this white paper, IDC presents evidence showing that a partnership with SAP can result in rapid ROI, improved productivity, innovation and more!
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Warehouses | Partnerships | Reporting Software | ROI | SaaS ERP | SAP (Product) | Software as a Service

PODCAST - In this expert podcast, learn how to build your data warehouse for your SQL Server environment. Discover the necessary steps involved and learn about major concepts, including relational data warehousing and supported SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) storage formats.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Premiered: November 13, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Business Intelligence | Business Processes | Data Warehouses | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | Server Management | SQL | SQL Server | Storage Management

WEBCAST - In this expert webcast, learn how to build your data warehouse for your SQL Server environment. Discover the necessary steps involved and learn about major concepts, including relational data warehousing and supported SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) storage formats.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Premiered: November 13, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Business Intelligence | Business Processes | Clustering | Data Warehouses | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | SQL | SQL Server | Storage Capacity

EBOOK - In this E-Book, data warehousing and BI expert Rick Sherman explains how you can take advantage of BI trends to ensure that you get the right information to the right people at the right times, so they can make the best possible decisions.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Published: November 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Data Management | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Management | ROI | TCO

WEBCAST - In this webcast, learn how two leading data modeling tools compare and how utilizing advanced data modeling improves productivity, standards compliance and knowledge sharing.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Premiered: November 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Data Management | Data Modeling | Data Visualization | Data Warehouses | Database Management Software | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software | SQL Server

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 - The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of DMExpress on their organizations. Forrester’s aim is to clearly show all calculations and assumptions used in the analysis.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: August 25, 2008


Topics:  Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | Customer Data Management Software | Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Management

WHITE PAPER - While your company has continued to improve its operating efficiencies, you feel your company should be spending more time analyzing what's going on and predicting and planning for the future. This white paper from SAP offers guidance on how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your company with business intelligence.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Processes | Data Warehouses | Operational Metrics (Systems) | SAP (Product) | SMBs | Software as a Service

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

WEBCAST - Tune in to this webcast – featuring insights from Dan Vesset, IDC's Vice President of Business Analytics – and learn how business analytics drives customer retention.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Premiered: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | CRM Analytics | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | Data Warehouses | Query Tools | Real-time Analytics | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software

EBOOK - Business Intelligence and analytics remain top priorities for organizations seeking to increase revenues and cut costs, but these systems often require a data warehouse to feed them correct and relevant information. This E-Book provides detailed expert advice on how to evaluate, select and prepare your organization for a data warehouse appliance.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Center Management | Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouses | ETL (Software) | OLAP | Oracle (Product)

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 -- featuring insights from Dan Vesset, IDC’s Vice President of Business Analytics – delves into why so many organizations are turning to query and reporting, advanced analytics, and data warehousing technology and services to automate and support decision-making processes.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Premiered: October 22, 2009


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | CRM Analytics | Customer Loyalty | Data Warehouses | Query Tools | Real-time Analytics | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software

VIDEO - This video white paper explores the relative pros and cons of deploying pre-built analytic applications from Oracle versus building a custom data warehouse against Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel or similar systems.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Premiered: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Mining | Data Mining Software | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Oracle (Product) | TCO

DATA SHEET - This data sheet highlights the features and facts for the Sun Oracle Database Machine, the world's fastest for any type of database workload, and the only database machine that runs transaction processing applications.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Data Warehouses | Database Design | Database Managers | Database Server Software | Databases | Oracle (Product) | Server Hardware | Storage Hardware | Storage Management | Transaction Processing Middleware