SmartBiz IT Research Library

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

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

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

WHITE PAPER - With over 60% of CEOs saying they need to do a better job of capturing and understanding information to make more effective and timely business decisions, it's clear that there's a gap between capability and need. It's similarly fair to say that this shortfall is a leading reason why businesses aren’t as competitive as they’d like to be.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: July 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Decision Support Databases | Decision Support Systems | Query Tools | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - Building greater confidence in your underlying data is easier said than done. The typical organization is home to a wide variety of fragmented data sources. Organizations with a baseline of data management maturity will get better value from their BI investments. They are also more likely to outperform organizations less mature in data management.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: May 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Information Management | Query Tools | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - A companywide business intelligence deployment that adapts to the analysis needs and styles of key sets of users within the organization is the key to unlocking the true potential of BI. This whitepaper outlines four styles of analysis and explains how to build deployment plans around these key pillars to get the most return on your BI investment.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: July 8, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Knowledge Management | Market Research | Query Tools | Real-time Analytics | Reporting Software

PRESENTATION - In a turbulent economy, companies need to seize every viable opportunity possible. Yet, as the global markets struggle, any margin for error or inefficiency has virtually vanished. Access to sound intelligence -- derived from accurate, up-to-date information -- helps companies make game-changing decisions quickly and with confidence.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Decision Support Systems | Predictive Analytics | Query Tools | Reporting Software

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

ASSESSMENT TOOL - The cost and complexity of managing increasing volumes of data and content, plus the need to provide trusted information to all users, are driving CIOs to rethink approach to information delivery. This quick self-assessment is the first step to find out how IBM's Info Agenda approach can help your company unlock the business value of information.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | CEOs | CIOs | Decision Support Systems | Document Management | Query Tools | Records Management | Reporting Software

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Complete capabilities in one product, on a single architecture. See key features for both business and IT users, including Framework Manager, the Administration Console, and integration with Microsoft Excel.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Modeling | Database Design | Decision Support Databases | Decision Support Systems | Query Tools | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - The reasons driving standardization in BI and reporting are core to every company—cutting costs, boosting revenue, and increasing profits. IBM Cognos 8 BI lets business users move among capabilities in a guided way, get the answers they seek, and collaborate while giving IT complete control over the BI environment.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: January 5, 2009


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

WEBCAST - This webcast discusses how you can accelerate your data analysis, reporting and business intelligence (BI) applications with the help of a column-based analytics server.
Posted: September 11, 2009 | Premiered: September 11, 2009


Topics:  Application Server Hardware | Application Server Software | Business Intelligence | Data Mining | Grid Computing | Load Balancing | Network Performance | Query Tools | Server Hardware | Server Management

DATA SHEET - Sybase IQ is the world's leading column-based analytics server, delivering the smartest approach to enable enterprises to turn raw data into actionable information through analytics - to increase revenue, customers and margins.
Posted: August 27, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | CIOs | Data Classification | Data Visualization | Information Management | Information Storage and Retrieval Systems | Query Tools | Reporting Software

DATA SHEET - As the use of tactical and data mart solutions expands toward strategic and enterprise data warehouse use, Analytic Appliances offer customers a lower total cost of ownership, reduced maintenance and high performance to address business analytics on growing data volumes.
Posted: August 27, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Data Collection | Data Visualization | Data Warehouses | Query Tools

WHITE PAPER - IT organizations are increasingly looking at business intelligence appliances to increase “in the moment” insight and business agility without disrupting current operations.
Posted: August 25, 2009 | Published: August 25, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Information Architects | Query Tools | Reporting Software | Sybase (Product)