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Business Intelligence for the Small to Medium Sized Business (SMB)
sponsored by SAP America Inc
 | White Paper: | Posted: 04 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 02 Jun 2009 | |
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Based on feedback from almost 650 end-user organizations, this report serves as a roadmap for SMBs looking to improve their analytical capability and achieve Best-in-Class performace through the deployment of BI.
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Why Midsize Companies Need Business Intelligence Solutions In This Uncertain Global Economy
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 04 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 02 Jun 2009 | |
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Without a business intelligence information infrastructure in place, midsize companies are more likely to exceed budgets, miss deadlines, improve performance of one department at the expense of the overall business, and reward employees for actions that do not improve performance.
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The Profitability Perspective: How Automated Reporting Drives Better Decisions
sponsored by SAP America Inc
| Case Study: | Posted: 04 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 02 Jun 2009 | |
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Driving sustainable growth requires profitability-focused planning and performance management. This special study highlights some key survey findings, which collectively show that profitability reporting is increasing in importance and the use of technology and more sophisticated costing and reporting solutions is high on the agendas of many...
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The Need for Best of Breed. Tips for your ERP & BI Application Strategy - Vendor Webcast
sponsored by IBM Cognos
 | Webcast: | Posted: 01 Jun 2009
| | Premiered: | Available On Demand | | | Speakers: |
Ray Wang, VP and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
Vinay Nair, Market Strategist, IBM Cognos Business Intelligence & Performance Management
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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.
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THINKStrategies - On-Demand Business Intelligence Solutions: A New Way to Achieve Your Corporate Objectives in Today's Challenging Economy
sponsored by SAP BusinessObjects
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 May 2009
| | Published: | 07 May 2009 | |
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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.
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Credit Card Company Improves Risk Management to Boost Bottom Line using Predictive Analytics
sponsored by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters
| Case Study: | Posted: 04 May 2009
| | Published: | 04 May 2009 | |
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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.
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SPSS’ Solution for Surveys saves publisher $20,000 annually without consultants
sponsored by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters
| Case Study: | Posted: 04 May 2009
| | Published: | 01 May 2009 | |
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Aspen Publishers Inc. was able to complete two benchmarking surveys more efficiently and save $20,000 per year without the help of outside consultants by using SPSS for Windows, SPSS Data Entry Builder, and SPSS Data Entry Station. Read this case study and find out how they did it.
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BMC Enhances its Performance Assurance for Mainframes solution
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 17 Apr 2009
| | Published: | 17 Apr 2009 | |
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This research brief examines the new release of the BMC Performance Assurance for Mainframes product. We assess its overall significance and describe the reaction of two early users.
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Using enterprise architecture to develop a blueprint for improving your energy efficiency and reducing your carbon footprint
sponsored by IBM
| White Paper: | Posted: 09 Apr 2009
| | Published: | 31 Dec 2008 | |
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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?
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Ten steps to better requirements management
sponsored by IBM
| White Paper: | Posted: 02 Apr 2009
| | Published: | 01 Oct 2008 | |
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Requirements definition and management is an activity that has the potential to deliver a high, fast ROI. This white paper explains the characteristics of a good requirement and presents ten steps to better requirements management. Read on to learn how better requirements translate into easier, higher quality projects.
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Unlocking Hidden Value from Investments in SAP NetWeaver® Business Warehouse
sponsored by IBM
| White Paper: | Posted: 31 Mar 2009
| | Published: | 01 May 2009 | |
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The purpose of this paper is to outline how IBM Cognos 8 Performance Management software and solutions are best suited to drive maximum value from investments in the SAP Business Warehouse. This topic is of interest to Business and IT Executives as well as SAP Solution Managers and Project Managers.
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Business Resiliency for a Smarter Planet: New, Affordable Ways to Ensure IBM Power Systems Availability
sponsored by Vision Solutions
| Webcast: | Posted: 05 Mar 2009
| | Premiered: | Available On Demand | | | Speakers: |
Stephanie Carmel, Worldwide Vice President for ISV Solutions, IBM Corp.
Ed Vesely, Sr. Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Vision Solutions
Robin Clark, Business Unit Executive for ISV sales, IBM Corp.
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Do you have the right technologies to compete in today's economic times? IBM's Dynamic Infrastructure™ initiative combined with Resilience 2.0 technologies from Vision Solutions deliver a secure, virtualized, energy efficient, and highly resilient IT environment for businesses of any size.
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Best Practices for IT Governance in a Global Organization
sponsored by SkillSoft Corporation
| Analyst Brief: | Posted: 19 Feb 2009
| | Published: | 01 Dec 2008 | |
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This ExecBlueprint discusses the evolving role for the technology executive and what now constitutes "effective IT governance." The authors share effective strategies for building a good relationship with the CEO, planning projects, and managing the technology staff.
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eBook: The BPM Payoff
sponsored by SearchCIO.com
| White Paper: | Posted: 12 Nov 2008
| | Published: | 12 Nov 2008 | |
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A business process is defined as a set of related activities that produce either a service or a product, the idea behind BPM is to line up these processes with the goals of a department or company.
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Global Manufacturing Operations Management
sponsored by Apriso Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 11 Sep 2008
| | Published: | 11 Sep 2008 | |
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This paper explains how a common platform can provide the basis for not only managing manufacturing operations, but also quality and inventory across global supplier networks.
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