SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - SQL Server 2008 has many compelling features, but not all of them are necessary. See what's a good fit for your enterprise and what can wait.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Warehouses | Network Performance | Reporting Software | Service Packs | SQL | SQL Server

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

WHITE PAPER - Based on open source software and powerful Sun hardware technology, the Sun Business Intelligence Solution for Web Infrastructure provides an easy to manage, enterprise-class, and highly scalable Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing solution that features a low total cost of ownership.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Warehouses | Databases | Open Source Software

WHITE PAPER - For processing data for BI analytics and other applications, the usual go-to software products include various extract, transform, load (ETL) and data warehousing solutions. However, these products do not always provide the speed required to deliver data on time. An additional product can speed the processing of high volumes of data.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: October 12, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Collection | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Mining | Data Quality | Data Storage | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | ETL (Software)

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the reasons why data volumes are increasing and where bottlenecks most frequently occur. It then explains why adding more hardware isn’t a solution to these performance problems and delves into the various methods that can be used to break through the bottlenecks to speed applications.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: October 12, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Data Center Management | Data Classification | Data Collection | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Mining | Data Quality | Data Storage | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Management

WHITE PAPER - This project demonstrates the feasibility of using the Sun™ Storage 7000 Unified Storage System as a repository for the MySQL™ database with the Pentaho Business Intelligence (BI) application. This proof-of-concept study provides steps to configure this setup, using Pentaho BI tools and MySQL database servers.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: April 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | MySQL | Open Source | Open Source Software | Storage Hardware

WHITE PAPER - An Information Agenda is an approach for transforming information into a trusted strategic asset that can be rapidly leveraged across applications, processes and decisions for sustained competitive advantage.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Data Centers | Data Management | Data Warehouses | Enterprise Search Software | Information Management | Master Data Management

WHITE PAPER - Learn how you can transform your business, budgets, and service levels with Oracle Database 11g Release 2. You’ll discover how its new options and features can help you reduce server and storage costs, improve query performance, and ensure availability during database application upgrades.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Data Center Management | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Synchronization | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Performance Testing

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

WHITE PAPER - This white paper documents the performance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse solutions deployed on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault storage. Using the knowledge gained through joint development this white paper illustrates the cost-effective performance of Dell Solutions for SQL Server 2008.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Storage | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Server Management | SQL | SQL Server

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 - In this whitepaper presented by the Edison Group, reveals how Oracle Database widens the manageability lead over Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The study shows how Oracle Database can save 43% in time and 41% in database management costs over Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: July 15, 2009


Topics:  Data Warehouses | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Database Security | Databases | Oracle (Product) | SQL | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how Bloor Research determined that Sybase 15 will provide substantially better performance at lower cost than traditional approaches for analytics, reporting, and data warehousing environments.
Posted: August 13, 2009 | Published: August 13, 2009


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Data Management | Data Mining | Data Mining Software | Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Management | Reporting Software | TCO

WHITE PAPER - The Sybase Analytic Appliance is revolutionizing the data warehouse appliance market by integrating the leading column-based analytic software with hardware from the industry's number one provider of UNIX systems. Read this paper for more.
Posted: August 6, 2009 | Published: July 7, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Service Management | Data Center Management | Data Center Networking | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | UNIX