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Providing CFOs Unprecedented Views of Hospital-Wide Data Converged Financial, Clinical, and ...

SAP BusinessObjects — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

CFOs at large hospitals must process enormous amounts of information to make quick strategic decisions. This paper will explore the decision-making challenges faced by CFOs and examine the many benefits of solutions that accelerate insight.

Storage Decisions UK Virtual Seminar: Backing Up Virtual Machines

Storage Decisions — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

The Storage Decisions Virtual Seminar, "Backing Up Virtual Machines" addresses the challenges in backing up and recovering virtual machines residing in a virtual infrastructure

CIO Decisions eZine: ITSM Managing for Efficiency and Effectiveness

SkillSoft Corporation — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

IT Service Management frameworks are helping CIOs leverage best practices to lead change, improve response time and better manage the IT/business relationship. In this CIO Decisions eZine, experts offer insights into how to roll out your ITSM implementation.

Storage Decisions Virtual Seminar: Backing Up Virtual Machines

Storage Decisions — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

The Storage Decisions Virtual Seminar, "Backing Up Virtual Machines" addresses the challenges in backing up and recovering virtual machines residing in a virtual infrastructure.

Webcast - Are You Making the Best Decisions for Your Organization? Make Better Decisions by ...

IBM — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Learn how the new IBM Performance management and measurement solution automatically provides real-time information from across the entire development lifecycle for complete visibility into progress.

A Guide to the Value of Reliable Data in Insurance

DataFlux Corporation — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Only when data is trusted can it be used in confidence in all insurance operational and analytical process activities. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on insurance companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in insurance and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data.

Driving Operations through Better, Faster Decision Making

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

Software can't tell you how to beat the competition, but it can determine which products and services have the greatest profit margin, who are the most productive employees, or how many pairs of socks customers buy when they purchase particular styles of shoes. Having accurate, timely data takes the guesswork out of the decision-making process.

How to Select the Correct RAID for an EqualLogic SAN

Dell India — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

One of the most important decisions that you have to make when deploying a new storage solution is what RAID type(s) to use. Read this white paper for a discussion on how to select the right RAID policy for your Dell EqualLogic™ storage area network (SAN) arrays.

CIO Decisions Ezine: Vol. 8 - The Portfolio Approach

CIO Decisions — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Is your present mix of short and long-term projects putting you on a path to success? Read CIO Decisions Ezine on The Portfolio Approach and gain insight into successful PPM and IT project governance strategies. Access this CIO Decisions Ezine and subscribe instantly.

Seeing the Big Picture: A Corporate Guide to Better Decisions through IT

SAP — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Executives at small and midsize companies are making critical business decisions every day based on the information available to them. This information can come from a variety of sources: opinions from peers and colleagues; a personal sense of intuition or business judgment; or data derived internally or externally to the organization.

Oracle Crystal Ball: Dramatically Improve the Quality of Your Strategic Business Decisions

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Increase revenue. Decrease costs. Reduce development time. Every day you strive to meet these goals. And each business decision you make either enables you to advance toward them - or impedes your progress. Read this paper to learn more.

Culver Franchising Systems Improves Operations with Microsoft Business Intelligence Solution

Microsoft — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This Case Study examines how Culver Franchising Systems turned to the RedPrairie-Microsoft Business Intelligence solution to make better decisions and improve store operations, while vastly reducing reporting time. With the RedPrairie-Microsoft solution in place, Culver now gets early warning of underperforming stores.

Presentation Transcript: What is End-to-End Application Performance Management?

Compuware Corporation — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

It's a top priority to keep your applications running and end users happy. Discover how application performance management can help you quickly dive into the root causes of problems, before they negatively affect your network and users.

Operational Responsiveness: Case Studies of Business Making Progress

Progress Software — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Read these case studies to learn how Progress Software made it not only possible but also made it easy to improve operational responsiveness for several leading companies that operate in many varying industries. Learn the benefits these organizations accrued from Progress Software and learn what benefits your company can experience.

Sybase IQ 15: Smarter Analytics

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

Businesses today are facing a very different kind of competition that is rooted in extensive data analysis and demonstrated in decision making that is fast, comprehensive, and based on factual information. In this environment, Sybase IQ shines as a highly optimized analytic server.

Sybase IQ: The Economics of Business Reporting

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

Reporting is recognized as a way for companies to improve service, ensure quality, control costs, and prevent losses by empowering decision-makers throughout the organization. This paper will explain why reporting is one form of business intelligence that has become business-critical.

Sybase IQ Accelerates Business Reporting

Sybase, Inc. — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Organizations want and need better access to information to make smarter, faster decisions in response to changing circumstances or events. Reporting is one form of business intelligence that has become business-critical. Sybase IQ infuses organizations with fast, flexible access to information.

Blaze Advisor 6.6 Trial Download

FICO — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

FICO™ Blaze Advisor® is the world's leading business rules management system, maximizing control over high volume operational decisions.

Seeing the Big Picture: A Corporate Guide to Better Decisions through IT

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

A 2007 report conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) found that nine out of ten corporate executives admit to making important decisions on the basis of inadequate information. This whitepaper will discuss what information visibility can do for your organization as well as the three critical strategic areas of business decision making.

Business Intelligence for the Small to Medium Sized Business (SMB)

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

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.

The 11 Secrets of Business Rules Success

FICO — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Download this paper and learn how Blaze Advisor makes it easy to bring the power of predictive analytics to bear on decisions, integrating judgmental and regulatory business rules with analytically derived models for more precise, more effective decision making. Download and learn the secrets of developing decision management applications.

BI for Business Users: How IT Can Make Business Intelligence Easy for Everyone

IBM — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Today, the latest BI solutions put the power of advanced business intelligence into the hands of more people throughout the organization - improving the speed and accuracy of decision-making from top to bottom. Knowing your business, market, customers, and competition is critical for any organization. Read this for more...

Business Analytics and Optimization for the Intelligent Enterprise

IBM — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

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.

IDC Technology Spotlight: Everyone ' s a Genius: SaaS-Delivered Business Intelligence Tools ...

SAP BusinessObjects — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Inexpensive, easy-to-deploy SaaS BI can help companies put easy-to-use data mining and reporting tools for smart decision making into the hands of more employees and uncover the real “geniuses” of decision making hidden in every department.

The RSA Authentication Decision Tree: Selecting the Best Authentication Solution for Your ...

RSA, The Security Division of EMC — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper provides an overview of the Authentication Decision Tree; examines the five factors critical to selecting an authentication solution; and offers a clear guide to selecting the right solution that effectively balances risk, cost and end user convenience.

Better Reporting, Better Results: Successful Strategies from the Field

SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Learn how top companies successfully deliver research results to customers and decision-makers. If you want to know more about how to leverage all of your research data, how to communicate insights effectively, and how to get researchers and decision-makers engaged in analysis, you'll want to view this webcast.

Intelligent Decisions: Enhancing Processes with Business Rules and Predictive Models

SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST

Learn how your organization can integrate analytics with business processes to become a Predictive Enterprise that employs insights to make intelligent decisions. This webinar will show you the fundamentals of combining industry knowledge and business rules with powerful analytics to improve revenue generation and business performance.

Human Machine Interface (HMI)

AutomationDirect — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

C-more touch panels provide a graphical interface designed to interchange and display graphics, animation and data to and from a PLC by merely touching the screen.

CIO Decisions Ezine Volume 5: Virtual Revolution

CIO Decisions — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Read this new volume of the CIO Decisions Midmarket Ezine to learn how server virtualization can save time, space and - perhaps most important - money. Experts and IT executives offer their insights and experience on the technology that's changing the data center.

Decide to Survive: Four Imperatives that make Decision Management Essential in Today ' s ...

FICO — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Download this paper and learn about a decision making solution that will help you survive in this difficult economy by managing decisions with greater precision, agility, speed and consistency while driving down costs.

Dell and Microsoft solutions help ServiceU deliver reliable system performance and create a ...

Dell and Microsoft — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

ServiceU Corporation was challenged to deploy reliable hardware to support its Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 environment and virtualize other applications to enhance business flexibility. Read this case study to learn about the benefits that ServiceU achieved through by implementing Dell hardware and Microsoft Hyper-V technology.

Business Intelligence for the Health Care Industry: Actionable Insights for Business ...

SAP America Inc — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

Hospitals from across the world are facing increased pressure to improve operations from multiple directions. What is needed is a new generation of business intelligence (BI) tools and applications designed with the health care sector in mind, capable of integrating cross and inter-departmental processes and information.

Reinsurance Company Improves Data Quality & #44; Enhances Profitability with DataFlux

DataFlux Corporation — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

DataFlux dfPower Studio combines several tools to help standardize incoming data and assist companies in building business rules into their system.

Using enterprise architecture to develop a blueprint for improving your energy efficiency ...

IBM — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

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?

The Path toward Pervasive Business Intelligence at Ferrari North America

Tableau Software — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

Organizations in all industries and of all sizes are turning to business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW) technologies and services to either automate or support decision-making processes.

Optimizing Information Insight: How to Make Fast, Reliable Decisions Based on Consolidated ...

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

This paper will argue that the key to enabling midsize organizations to make even better business decisions is by simplifying the extraction of specific, actionable information from large volumes of data.

Managing Risk through Financial Processes: Embedding Governance, Risk and Compliance

SAP America Inc — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EDT

To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged the importance of cost and efficiency..

Spend Analysis: Pulling Back the Cover on Savings

SAP America Inc — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

As the key findings in this report will show, developing or enhancing a spend analysis program and closing process gaps to ensure tight linkage to the sourcing process are straightforward and practical ways to attain greater savings and deliver greater value in this period of uncertainty and strict budgets.

Best Practices in Extending Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): A Buyer & #39;s Guide to ...

SAP America Inc — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Extending ERP is the focus of this document, which encompasses utilizing more functionality, extending the footprint beyond the core ERP functionality and making decisions between ERP vendors and pure play or "Best of Breed" solutions.

Guide to Better Decision-Making for Your SMB Through IT

SAP America Inc — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Small and midsize companies that can successfully align IT with their business objectives will be the ones to stay ahead of the competition by having access to the right information at the right time, allowing for better, faster decisions.

Premier Issue of the CIO Decisions Midmarket Ezine - " The Green Monster "

CIO Decisions — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This document highlights what you need to know about power consumption, server virtualization and outfitting data centers to make the most of the new technologies.

Five Reasons Why System i (IBM iSeries) High Availability Solutions Should Be Considered in ...

Vision Solutions — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper will provide a review of the core causes and costs of both planned and unplanned downtime and will then provide a detailed discussion of current options for High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions.

The Performance Manager: Turning Information Into Higher Business Performance

IBM — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

Download this white paper for an extensive summary of The Performance Manager, Proven Strategies for Turning Information into Higher Business Performance, a book that examines the partnership between decision-makers and the people who provide them with information to drive better decisions.

Clearing the Way for Faster, Smarter Decisions: Instant, Accurate Information Drives ...

SAP AG — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

This paper examines how you can gain reliable, accessible information from efficient, integrated IT systems – and use that information to make faster, smarter decisions. In turn, the right decisions will lead to better operations and a stronger competitive position.

In Search of Clarity: Unravelling the Complexities of Executive Decision & #45;Making

SAP America Inc — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Decision-making by companies has enormous room to improve both in terms of efficiency and quality; it will have to for companies to keep pace in an increasingly competitive global business environment.

SAP Solutions for SMBs: Making Better Decisions by Gaining Reliable Information from ...

SAP America Inc — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

Gain access to accurate information and visibility across your small to mid-sized company from efficient integrated IT systems - and use that information to make faster, smarter decisions.

Process & #45;driven Business Intelligence: Building Smarter Business Processes

Information Builders — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

The concept of BAM revolved around the notion that data could be gathered at critical points and information produced that could give businesses the ability to make better decisions on a near-real-time basis.

Emerging Media Series: The Influence of Podcasts on B2B Technology Purchase Decisions

KnowledgeStorm, Inc — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

This report is the first in a series of studies conducted by KnowledgeStorm and Universal McCann that will take a strategic look at the impact the blogs, podcasts and other emerging media formats have on B2B technology marketing. This first installment examines podcasting and provides valuable insight into this red-hot delivery mechanism.

Emerging Media Series:Listen How Podcasts Influence B2B Technology Purchase Decisions

KnowledgeStorm, Inc — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

This podcast is the first in a series of studies conducted by KnowledgeStorm and Universal McCann that will take a strategic look at the impact the blogs, podcasts and other emerging media formats have on B2B technology marketing. Listen how podcasting can become your next hot marketing delivery mechanism.

Define What ' s Valued Online - A Webcast Presented by KnowledgeStorm

KnowledgeStorm Webinars — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT

The CMO Council and KnowledgeStorm have partnered to explore the relationship between online technology researchers and IT vendors. Join KnowledgeStorm in this Webcast replay to learn what over 1,400 survey respondents said about online technology content usage and its influence on IT buying.