SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - Take action based on deep process insight with business process management. This white paper shows how your business can not only acquire deeper insight into current business operations, but also how to use that insight to drive performance, productivity and savings throughout your organization with BPM from IBM.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Published: December 15, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Process Management | Business Process Reengineering | Knowledge Management | Operational Support Systems | SOA

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

WHITE PAPER - Executives recognize that new analytics capabilities, coupled with advanced business process management, signal a major opportunity to create business advantage. Those who have the vision to apply new approaches are building intelligent enterprises positioned to thrive.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: April 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Decision Support Systems | Executive Information Systems | Knowledge Management

WHITE PAPER - The following six secrets to 24x7, disaster-tolerant Exchange will show you how to implement an Exchange environment with zero lost data and continuous application availability—with no IT intervention—in the event of a disaster.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Published: September 28, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Email Management | Email Management Software | High Availability | IT Infrastructure | Knowledge Management | Microsoft Exchange

WHITE PAPER - The handling of email has become a critical business, IT and regulatory issue, driving a need for email archiving solutions in many organizations. This whitepaper will cover archiving and email management, eDiscovery and knowledge management.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Published: September 25, 2009


Topics:  Electronic Discovery | Email | Email Archiving | Email Management | Email Security | Email Security Policies | Knowledge Management | Messaging Security | Regulatory Compliance

WHITE PAPER - The main focus of this white paper is about revealing key factors in sales rep productivity, including what helps improve their efficiency (increasing selling time) and effectiveness (getting better results from the available selling time). Both are important and require strong leadership and teamwork between the sales and IT departments.
Posted: August 18, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  CIOs | CRM | Knowledge Management | Metrics | Productivity | Sales | Sales Force Automation | Sales Representatives

WHITE PAPER - According to industry analysts, email volume in organizations is growing by more than 30% annually, and the average user receives 7MB of data per day via email. In this whitepaper, we'll discuss four reasons that drive organizations to seek an archiving solution and 11 considerations for controlling your email environment.
Posted: August 6, 2009 | Published: August 5, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Email Archiving | Email Archiving Software | Email Management | Email Security | Knowledge Management | Messaging Security | Software as a Service | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management

WHITE PAPER - There is a growing, interdisciplinary field known as knowledge management that is dedicated to how we acquire, organize, manage, share, and utilize knowledge and information. This white paper will discuss what knowledge management is, why it is important, and how you can apply knowledge management to project management.
Posted: June 29, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Collaboration | Document Management | Information Management | Information Retrieval Software | Knowledge Management | Knowledge Management Software | Project Management | Project Management Software | Web 2.0

WHITE PAPER - A columnar data base is a data base arranged to optimize data analysis, but how? What is a columnar database really? This document presents the basic concepts of columnar databases in a straightforward manner so anyone who is involved with data, business or technical, can understand their purpose and application.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Management | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Decision Support Databases | Decision Support Systems | Information Storage and Retrieval Systems | Knowledge Management

WHITE PAPER - Organizations need technology that can unlock the value of information. Information can drive new insights to help transform and significantly improve the business, especially critical in an uncertain economy. This paper highlights common mistakes companies make in a down economy and discusses how organizations can use business intelligence to...
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | CRM | Information Management | Information Retrieval Software | Information Standards | Information Storage and Retrieval Systems | Knowledge Management | Marketing | Spend Management

WHITE PAPER - Today, businesses must work smarter, not just harder - and to do it, they must use information to compete. With ever-greater demands on data resources, organizations need to derive greater value from their existing information.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Integration | Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Data Governance | Data Management | Globalization | Information Management | Information Management Software | Information Retrieval Software | Information Storage and Retrieval Systems | Knowledge Management

WHITE PAPER - Executives, managers, and business users need the ability to quickly discover, collect, analyze, and share relevant information and they need to be able to answer their own questions as they have them. Read this quick report to learn more about a solution that addresses just these needs.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Data Management | Decision Support Systems | Information Management | Knowledge Management

WHITE PAPER - A recent worldwide survey listed business intelligence (BI) as CIOs' number one priority for 2008, the third consecutive year BI topped the list. From a business user perspective, this translates into more interactive and pervasive BI, both creating a richer user experience and reaching every place where work is done.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Integration | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Management | Enterprise Resource Management | Knowledge Management | Product Life Cycles | Productivity | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - With business units demanding more access to corporate data, IT is pressured to deliver. Yet current business intelligence (BI) and data warehouse systems only examine specific quantifiable data. This white paper from Business Objects, explores the growth trend of unstructured data and examines the many benefits of unstructured data analysis.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Governance | Data Integration | Data Visualization | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Decision Support Databases | Information Management | Information Retrieval Software | Information Storage and Retrieval Systems | Knowledge Management | Unstructured Data

WHITE PAPER - Every organization faces its own unique challenges in getting the job done. But at the end of the day, it all comes down to increasing revenue while decreasing expenses. See how Business Objects reporting solutions allow you to do just that.
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 17, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | CRM | CRM Software | Knowledge Management | Knowledge Management Software | Reporting Software | Revenue Projections | Sales and Marketing Software | Workforce Management Software