SmartBiz IT Research Library

CASE STUDY - The 2000 decennial US Census incorporated the powerful online analytical capabilities of SAS, giving the US Census Bureau unprecedented access to microdata and summary information from its count of America's more than 280 million inhabitants.
Posted: September 10, 2008 | Published: September 5, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Business Intelligence | Data Integration | ERP | Surveys

WEBCAST - The phrase "software license compliance" can often generate images of big software companies coming after their clients with painful audit processes in order to wring more money from them if they find unlicensed software in use.
Posted: September 3, 2008 | Premiered: September 3, 2008


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Licensing | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Software | Surveys | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - The market for business intelligence platforms is moving away from a position dominated by pure-play vendors. This paper discusses why this is being driven by a trend for consolidation, from several large application and software infrastructure vendors.
Posted: August 10, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Business Intelligence | Dashboards | Interactive Media Applications Software | Spreadsheets | Surveys | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper surveys reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) technologies, network architectures, and highlights the ECI Telecom approach to implementing a fully flexible dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) network.
Posted: July 22, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  DWDM | Inventory Management | Network Design | Network Management | Optical Storage Devices | Software | Surveys | Switches

WHITE PAPER - This Asset Management Operations and Compensation Survey conducted by Advent Users Group and Advent Software was taken by over one hundred investment firms. Technology, operations and compensation were the three key areas covered in the survey.
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Asset Management (Finance) | Asset Management Services | Compensation | CRM | Employee Monitoring | Investments | Outsourcing | Strategic Planning | Surveys

JOURNAL ARTICLE - The midrange array category for the Diogenes Labs?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Storage magazine Quality Awards appears to be fertile turf for underdogs.
Posted: April 23, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Storage Systems | Surveys

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Information Security and SearchSecurity.com presented more than 1,600 readers with some 360 security products, divided into 18 categories, three categories which failed to draw sufficient reader response are covered in market articles.
Posted: April 13, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Access Control Software | Emerging Technologies | Endpoint Security | Firewall Appliances | Identity Management Software | Information Security | Integrated Threat Management | Intrusion Detection Systems | Intrusion Prevention Systems | Security Tokens | Surveys

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Despite their mechanical components, the reliability of tape libraries ranks high among Quality Awards survey respondents.
Posted: March 26, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Enterprise | SMBs | Surveys | Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - This survey highlights the importance of the contact center experience and the direct impact it can have on revenue and consumer loyalty, it also reveals some interesting trends in consumer expectations.
Posted: March 25, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Consumers | Contact Management | Contact Management Software | Customer Loyalty | Customer Self-Service | Email | Email Software | Internet Chat | SMS | Surveys

WHITE PAPER - Download the new business paper, The intelligent Customer Front Door: Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Increased Customer Satisfaction and discover how your contact center can actually anticipate customers' needs and allow them to control the interaction.
Posted: March 24, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Contact Centers | Contact Management | CRM Services | Customer Profiles | Customer Service | Surveys | User Experience

WHITE PAPER - This report is fourth in a series of quarterly surveys to TechTarget's IT Research Panel. Respondents' preferences for media consumption and technology marketing solutions are compared to initial benchmarks and trends established in our pre...
Posted: March 6, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Blogs | Business IT Alignment | Information Technology Professionals | IT Spending | Market Trends | Newsletters | Podcasts | Search Engines | Surveys | Vendor Selection | Webcasts | White Papers | Wikis

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Information security professionals face challenges galore in 2008.
Posted: February 14, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Data Security | Identity Management | Regulatory Compliance | Security Event Management | Security Industry | Security Infrastructure | Surveys | Vulnerability Management | Wireless Security

JOURNAL ARTICLE - According to the Information Security/ SearchSecurity.com Priorities 2008 survey, you'll be spending more time on...well, you name it.
Posted: February 14, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Information Security | Surveys

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Our exclusive 2007 storage salary survey tells you where the highest paying jobs are and what type of storage pros companies are looking to hire.
Posted: November 14, 2007 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  Information Technology Professionals | Salaries and Wages | Storage Industry | Surveys

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Rows of flashing slot machines buzz throughout Viejas Enterprises' tribal casino. An outdoor arena erupts with light and sound as entertainers such as country singer Randy Travis and comedian Bill Cosby take the stage.
Posted: November 12, 2007 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  Blade Servers | CIOs | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Server Virtualization | Surveys