SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn about IBM's business process management solution, WebSphere Business Monitor software, which enables your organization to measure, monitor, and report on business process performance as well as identify and correct problems.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: December 28, 2008


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Enterprise Resource Management

WHITE PAPER - With Crystal Reports® software from the SAP® BusinessObjects™ portfolio of solutions, you can empower end users to explore reports interactively, create compelling reports with stunning visualizations, and develop powerful data "mashups."
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Collaboration | Enterprise Applications Software | Reporting Software | SAP (Product) | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - Rapid bottleneck identification (RBI) is a new testing methodology that allows quality assurance (QA) professionals to very quickly uncover Web application performance limitations and determine the impact of those limitations on the end user experience.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Load Testing | Oracle (Product) | Performance Testing | SOA | Systems Testing

WHITE PAPER - This technology brief highlights how BI applications can integrate information across data sources and departments, provide a single, integrated view of customer and enterprise information, and enable greater alignment of decisions and execution to drive higher customer profitability and share of wallet.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Customer Profiles | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This technology brief highlights how BI applications can integrate information across data sources and departments, provide a single, integrated view of customer and enterprise information, and enable greater alignment of decisions and execution to drive higher customer profitability and share of wallet.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Customer Profiles | Financial Management | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - Hyperion performance management applications deliver a wide range of Business benefits as well as IT benefits; this overview outlines key benefits.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | CFOs | Oracle (Product) | Productivity | Regulatory Compliance | TCO

WHITE PAPER - Over the last few years, BPM has seen rapid growth because it succeeds where earlier approaches have failed -— uniting business strategists and technologists together with a shared set of tools to accomplish common goals. The future promises even more explosive growth as BPM products continue to mature. Read on to learn more.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  BPEL | Business Development | Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management Software | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This Case Study examines how Culver Franchising Systems turned to the RedPrairie-Microsoft Business Intelligence solution to make better decisions and improve store operations, while vastly reducing reporting time. With the RedPrairie-Microsoft solution in place, Culver now gets early warning of underperforming stores.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | ERP | ERP Software

WHITE PAPER - Now in its eighth year of publication, The BI Survey by Nigel Pendse is an annual report based on the world's largest independent survey of Business Intelligence and Performance Management users.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Customer Loyalty | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | OLAP

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper is about enterprise architecture as it pertains to finding and maximizing the business value in greener operations. Higher energy efficiency and a smaller carbon footprint are obvious areas of interest for any business, but how do you balance these goals with productivity, customer service, and all your other business concerns?
Posted: April 9, 2009 | Published: December 31, 2008


Topics:  Business Environment | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Data Center Management | Economic Environment | Enterprise Architectures | Enterprise Computing | Enterprise Systems | Environmental Compliance | Political Environment

WHITE PAPER - Business intelligence (BI) needs to evolve such that it is no longer about reporting results but driving business processes. Learn how BI can bring you greater business visibility and insight to improve business performance.
Posted: February 18, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management Software | Cost Benefit Analysis | Dashboards | Financial Reporting | Oracle (Product) | Query Tools | Real-time Analytical Software | Reporting Software | Web Analytics