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Enabling Software and SaaS Vendors to Gain Competitive Advantage: Partnering with SAP for ...

SAP America Inc — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

On-premises software and SaaS vendors looking to provide BI and analytics functionality have a choice to develop their own components or to partner with an existing BI and analytics vendor. In this white paper, IDC presents evidence showing that a partnership with SAP can result in rapid ROI, improved productivity, innovation and more!

Deploying Oracle & reg; Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition on Sun Systems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

This paper describes an enterprise deployment architecture for Oracle™ Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition using Sun servers running the Solaris™ Operating System and Sun™ Storage 7000 Unified Storage systems.

How IT Can Help Companies Make Better, Faster Decisions

SAP AG — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

IT management in small and medium companies can and must understand the information needs and language of their business colleagues within the organization. IT managers must show business managers how IT can enable them to meet and exceed their departmental goals.

Presentation Transcript: Achieving Breakthrough Performance in Analytics and Reporting

Sybase, Inc. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This transcript of the Sybase webcast, "Achieving Breakthrough Performance in Analytics and Reporting" explains why Sybase IQ is the #1 column-based analytics server for business analytics and reporting. Read on to learn how Sybase IQ can relieve the pressure on your transaction systems without creating extra workloads or breaking the bank.

Cashing in on Customer Intelligence in the Financial Services Industry

Infor CRM — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this 1to1 Executive Dialogue, Don Peppers and Steve Muran talk about the importance of customer retention, the need to integrate disparate sources of data, and the opportunity for financial institutions to rebuild customer trust as a means to competitive advantage.

Informatica 9. Transform your business. Transform your world.

Informatica — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This webcast will show you how to access and deliver relevant, trusted data to your business to drive competitive advantage. Discover how to get business and IT on the same page, make data quality issues a thing of the past and leverage SOA effectively.

Making Strategy Real

SAP America Inc — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

How can management communicate business strategy effectively and assure that the entire organization has bought in to the strategy and is aligned behind it? Business performance optimization systems are an important tool for success.

Business Intelligence: A Guide for Midsize Companies—Improving Your Company’s Efficiency ...

SAP AG — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

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.

How Financial Firms Can Improve Business Integration Capabilities and Increase Straight- ...

Sterling Commerce — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper discusses the increased demand placed on financial services organizations to improve their straight-through processing (STP) levels across all business units.

Smarter Analytics Comes of Age with Sybase IQ 15

Sybase, Inc. — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Sybase IQ is the world's leading column-based analytics server, delivering the smartest approach to enable enterprises to turn raw data into actionable information through analytics - to increase revenue, customers and margins.

Business Rules with JBoss: Value Overview and High-level Technology Summary

JBoss, a Division of Red Hat — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this webinar you will learn about the features, capabilities, and value offered by JBoss Enterprise Middleware in the management of business rules. We'll introduce business rules management concepts and value, explore use cases, and dive deeper into the JBoss Enterprise business rules management technology.

Gaining a Competitive Edge: Streamlining AP and Business Process Automation

Esker Inc. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper is designed to assist CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, Accounts Payable managers and ERP system administrators in learning, planning and evaluating automation of accounts payable processes to gain added efficiency in today's competitive business environment.

Understanding the Components of Business Confidence

IBM — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

With over 60% of CEOs saying they need to do a better job of capturing and understanding information to make more effective and timely business decisions, it's clear that there's a gap between capability and need. It's similarly fair to say that this shortfall is a leading reason why businesses aren’t as competitive as they’d like to be.

Increasing Business Efficiency and End-User Productivity

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The following report features Michael Fauscette, group vice president of IDC's Software Business Solutions research, answering questions posed by Oracle's customers regarding business efficiency and end-user productivity.

Improving Organizational Performance Management Through Pervasive Business Intelligence

SAP BusinessObjects — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

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.

Business Intelligence Standardization

SAP BusinessObjects — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper gives an overview of the advantages of implementing business intelligence (BI) standards. Learn how successful organizations have standardized on, and benefited from BI solutions from SAP - and why you should join them.

Managing Enterprise Information: Architecting for Survival and Positioning for Success in ...

SAP BusinessObjects — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

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.

How the Fastest Growing Companies Use Business Intelligence

Information Builders — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

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.

Reinforce Business Objectives and Achieve ROI with Internet Identity Security

Ping Identity Corporation — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Read this white paper to learn how after deploying PingFederate or PingConnect your organization will yield a high return on investment and run more efficiently and will have distinct competitive advantage over companies that do not leverage Internet Identity Security Software.

Data Integration: Creating a Trustworthy Data Foundation for Business Intelligence

SAP America Inc — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper discusses the importance of data integration and help you identify the key challenges of integrating data. It also provides you with an overview of data warehousing and its variations, as well as summarizes the benefits and approaches to integrating data.

Architecting Cost-effective Scalable Oracle Data Warehouses

Sun Microsystems, Inc. — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper describes reference configuration and sizing information for Oracle data warehouses on Sun servers for small, medium, and large solutions to meet business intelligence/data warehouse needs.

THINKStrategies - On-Demand Business Intelligence Solutions: A New Way to Achieve Your ...

SAP BusinessObjects — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

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.

Empower Your Consumer Research Department with Predictive Analytics

SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this case study of American Airlines, details are given of their choice to utilize SPSS to manage their customer information. Read on to see how an intensely competitive marketplace led American to chose SPSS.

10 Ways Predictive Analytics Can Really Help You

SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This whitepaper details how predictive analysis can help your business. We give you 10 really good reasons on how predictive analytics help you make better, faster decisions, giving your organization a significant competitive advantage in the technology sector.

How Midsize Businesses Are Using ERP To Gain Competitive Advantage in a Tough Economy

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

For midsize enterprises, now is the perfect time to invest in a significant IT expansion – despite the economic climate. Please read this case study to find out how installing the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 helped Gavina Coffee improve efficiencies, cut overall costs, and make the business more competitive.

TCO Analysis for Modernizing an AS/400 Application to HP Integrity

Hewlett-Packard Company — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper examines the development costs, ongoing staffing costs, and hardware costs associated with modernizing your business-critical AS/400 applications. It will also discuss how the resulting environment can assist organizations to deliver new and competitive business services as well as reduce IT administrative costs.

Business Intelligence: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers