Oracle Warehouse Builder 10gR2: Transforming Data Into Quality Information
[ Source: Oracle ]
January 2008-
This paper discusses the concepts of data quality, their importance in an enterprise as well as the diverse advantages of performing data quality processes inside a robust data integration product - Oracle Warehouse Builder. Oracle Warehouse Builder addresses the challenges of data quality by offering data evaluation data cleansing, data integration, and data monitoring in one tool. It promotes the disciplined approach to data quality by making data quality processes easily available in the same ....
Multi-Customer ROI Analysis: The Total Economic Impact of Oracle Enterprise Manager Database
[ Source: Oracle ]
March 2009-
In this report, discover how to:
Increase database administrator (DBA) productivity;
Reduce system downtime and increase availability;
Reduce capital spending on servers by 20%;
In this whitepaper, Forrester Research initiated work on a research project that focused on examining the potential return on investment (ROI) that enterprises may realize by adopting Oracle Enterprise Manager. This study highlights the benefits and costs of deploying Oracle ....
Lean BPM: A Pragmatic Approach to Automating Business Processes
[ Source: Serena Software ]
March 2009-
Times are tough. There is no doubt in light of the current economic and corporate downturn, businesses and their IT departments are actively seeking tools and methods to reduce cost and increase productivity. These goals become even more important when an organization is not able to bring additional resources (read: people) to address a need. Or worse, when they need to maintain the level and quality of work in light of a reduction ....
The Executive Guide to Business Analyst and Project Management Terminology
[ Source: Global Knowledge ]
October 2008-
Project management has been increasing in visibility both inside and outside the executive office. Now, with the emergence of business analysis as an independent field, understanding and using the correct terminology is more critical than ever.
This glossary is a guide to the most commonly used business analysis and project management terms. It is designed to help you better communicate with business analysis and project management professionals.
Flash demo: Enterprise Content Management - Strategy and Technology
[ Source: IBM ]
July 2008-
IBM Enterprise Content Management is both a strategy and a set of technologies to help organizations manage the volume and capture the value of unstructured content. By leveraging information, it not only assists with managing content across the enterprise, but also delivers IT solutions for business process and compliance management. Its designed to reach submerged and scattered parts of your corporate content, delivering the right information in context by accessing, classifying and activating all sources. ....
SAS In-Database Processing: A Roadmap for Deeper Technical Integration With Database Management Systems
[ Source: SAS Institute ]
January 2008-
The SAS In-Database technology described relates to a variety of environments, including grid, blade servers, and event management containers. The goal of the SAS In-Database initiative is not only to achieve deeper technical integration with database providers, but to also extend this integration to a unique and differentiated value proposition that blends the best SAS data integration and analytics with the core strengths of databases. This paper outlines the technology areas within the SAS Intelligence ....
Emerging Security Threats Demand Comprehensive Infrastructure Monitoring
[ Source: FireScope ]
January 2008-
A multi-billion dollar cyber crime industry is changing the security landscape. Targeted external and internal attacks that steal intellectual property, customer data, and money are on the rise - impacting corporations’ bottom lines and their reputations with customers. Malicious code is entering the environment more rapidly than patches can be deployed and through avenues that network perimeter monitoring can’t detect. Today’s targeted security threats evade detection by single-point security solutions and traditional network monitoring. This ....
Thinking Outside the Cell: 6 Questions to Ask Yourself About Spreadsheet Security
[ Source: Atlantic Global PLC ]
July 2009-
The overuse and abuse of spreadsheets presents a real danger to the security and competitiveness of your organisation. This paper aims to further the debate over the viability of spreadsheets versus commercial business systems by posing 6 questions you should ask yourself if you use spreadsheets to manage your finances, expenses, projects, contracts or resources. It explores the dangers of using spreadsheets and letting them get out of control. In this paper are ....
Three Blind Men and an Elephant- The Power of Dashboards
[ Source: Tableau Software ]
March 2009-
Stephen Few, Principal of Perceptual Edge, reveals how dashboards make it easy to shift from one perspective to another while exploring and analyzing data, and pursuing every question that arises during the process.
Business people struggle every day to make sense of data, stumbling blindly, touching only small parts of the information, and coming away with a narrowed comprehension.
In this paper you'll learn how dashboards increase data comprehension through:
Greater ....
Oracle Empowers Business Process Excellence Through Business and IT Collaboration
[ Source: Oracle ]
January 2008-
Business Process Management today calls for software tools that go beyond mere business process modeling and design by business users or consultants. Oracle’s unique offerings make it the vendor of choice to deliver complete solutions to companies ready to link IT and line-of business systems for true process and performance excellence. This paper describes: Why BPM is a pressing senior management initiative, What is different about BPM today and how it powers the full business ....