WHITE PAPER - This paper investigates various levels of business intelligence, discusses the challenges organizations face with today's typical BI deployments, and highlights how many high-growth companies have implemented strategic, analytical, and operational initiatives to work seamlessly together to enhance performance and boost competitive advantage.
Posted: June 22, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | CIOs | Customer Satisfaction | Dashboards | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - There's a trend toward enterprise information management (EIM), a practice that holistically coordinates teams and integrates tools, rather than having data and other information isolated and managed by independent teams using their own set of management tools.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Data Governance | Data Warehouses | Enterprise Resource Management | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Information Management | Information Storage and Retrieval Systems | Interoperability | Master Data Management | Unstructured Data

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

PRODUCT LITERATURE - BusinessObjects XI 3.1 solutions provide a full spectrum of BI functionality--from reporting, query and analysis, and dashboards and visualization, to intuitive discovery and advanced predictive analytics capabilities--as well as data quality and extract, transform, and load functionality.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: December 8, 2008


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Data Management | Data Visualization | Data Visualization Software | Decision Support Systems | SAP (Product) | Statistical Software

WHITE PAPER - Evidence of the competitive value of business intelligence (BI) and analytics solutions is growing. This IDC white paper discusses the growing body of evidence suggesting a direct link between investment in business analytics solutions and organizational performance.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


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

WEBCAST - This webcast discusses the latest advances in business intelligence solutions for medium-sized businesses. Watch this webcast to learn how your mid-sized company can make the most out of BI.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Premiered: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Dashboards | OLAP | Sales Force Automation

WHITE PAPER - Commando teams carefully plan and execute to reduce risk and achieve success. Read this sales survival guide to learn how to - and why you should - adopt this philosophy and the main factors to focus on that will ensure your sales organization not only survives 2009 but comes out of it successfully.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Business Process Automation | Campaign Management | CRM | Lead Generation | ROI | Sales Force Automation | Sales Order Management

WHITE PAPER - Operational responsiveness is the ability of business processes and systems to respond to changing conditions and customer interactions as they occur, enabling business leaders to capitalize on opportunities, drive greater efficiencies, and reduce risk. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: June 18, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Data Management | Operational Support Systems

PODCAST - In this expert podcast, learn how new capacity planning and performance management tools utilize automation and an intuitive interface to increase resource utilization and reduce capital expenditures for your virtualized data center.
Posted: June 16, 2009 | Premiered: June 16, 2009


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Capacity Planning | Cost Benefit Analysis | IT Best Practices | Purchasing Best Practices | Server Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - How can Web 2.0 systems and applications support management of sales processes? Read this white paper to find out!
Posted: June 10, 2009 | Published: June 10, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Sales | Sales Order Management | Unified Messaging Systems | Web 2.0

WHITE PAPER - A recent global study from Cranfield School of Management found organizations are too internally focused and did not use sufficient external information or benchmarking. A better understanding of management processes is needed. That is why we introduced our view on the management process: strategy-to-success. Read this whitepaper to learn more.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 5, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | CIOs | Operational Metrics (Systems)

WEBCAST - This Webcast can help you put your business intelligence (BI) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) needs into perspective with application strategy tips offered by Ray Wang at Forrester Research.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Premiered: June 25, 2009


Topics:  Application Outsourcing | Application Performance Management | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Management | ERP | ERP Software | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - The macro-market trends of Globalization and eCommerce are making it more important than ever for corporate executives and end users to access critical information to make effective business decisions. This paper will examine how a new generation of SaaS-based BI solutions is responding to the escalating challenges facing companies of all sizes.
Posted: May 10, 2009 | Published: May 7, 2009


Topics:  Access Control | Access Control Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Integration | Data Migration | eCommerce | Globalization | Query Tools | RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) | Software as a Service

CASE STUDY - A successful credit card company must be able to accurately assess its credit risk at any given time. Having an up-to-date picture of which clients may default on payments is critical to this process, not only amongst new applicants, but existing customers too.
Posted: May 4, 2009 | Published: May 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Credit Cards | Payment Card Industry | Predictive Analytics | Predictive Analytics Software | Predictive Performance Management