A New Strategy of Model Building in PROC LOGISTIC With Automatic Variable Selection, Validation, Shrinkage and Model Averaging
[ Source: SAS Institute ]
January 2008-
This paper is a further development of the work wherein the researchers proposed an approach to model building for prediction based on the combination of stepwise logistic regression, information criteria, and the best subset selection. The approach inherited some strong features of the three components mentioned, in particular it helped to avoid the agonizing process of choosing the ""Right"" critical p-value in stepwise regression. At the same time automatic selection procedures are often criticized severely ....
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 ....
GAP Analysis: The Case for Data Services
[ Source: JBoss ]
May 2008-
Data services gather and integrate data from many different sources in real time, bridging gaps to create consolidated information views while hiding data source complexity from applications. A data service approach makes data access and integration scalable by streamlining development and maintenance, whether applications speak Web services, SQL, or both.
This white paper is a GAP Analysis for the case of Data Services. It reviews the need for data services, anatomy of a ....
Business Activity Monitoring: Process Control for the Enterprise
[ Source: SL Corporation ]
July 2008-
The nature of real-time information is evolving; making requirements for analysis and visualization of data much more complex and sophisticated. Integration of disparate applications for functions like supply chain management, customer relations management, or business intelligence has created a new and unique set of challenges.
The purpose of this white paper is to show successful methods for dealing with real-time data in Business Activity Monitoring systems by leveraging key lessons from the process ....
Reporting 2.0 - A New Era in Business Reporting
[ Source: Synaptris ]
March 2008-
Despite its pride of place as the most widely used Information Management tool, Reporting has a severe limitation which significantly compromises its efficiency for business users. Reports are pre-defined at the time of design and cannot be modified by users to suit their current business need. It also poses a significant challenge to IT professionals as they are typically inundated with report change or new report requests to reflect the dynamic business environment.
Providing ....
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 ....
Reporting 2.0 - The Next Evolutionary Step in Business Reporting
[ Source: Synaptris, Inc. ]
March 2008-
The next generation business reporting solution should provide us the flexibility that traditional reporting tools provide, but at the same time should have the power of BI tools. "Reporting 2.0", as we had coined it, should bridge the chasm between Traditional Reporting and Business Intelligence.
Characteristics of a Reporting 2.0 Solution: - User-driven: Non-technical business users are able to design reports with ease
- Rapid Design: Reports are designed ....
The Digital Dilemma
[ Source: Intuitive Technologies, Inc. ]
March 2008-
While digital data is typically easier, and less expensive, to acquire and store, its organization and management requires even greater diligence and discipline than paper-based files. Unfortunately, technology has not made this easy. Unfortunately, you are not able to get FULL VALUE from this investment until it is easy to access, and share the digital data.
Social Project Management or Project Management 2.0?
[ Source: Wrike Inc ]
May 2008-
Project management topic is a hot topic nowadays. Why? Probably one of the reasons is that this part of the management science is undergoing significant changes due to the introduction of the new technologies for managing project teams. People are using blogs, wikis and collaboration planning tools to work on projects together. How do these tools influence contemporary project management? Do traditional project management practices need to be improved? To answer these questions let's take ....
SLM and BSM: The Future of IT Management. Are you Ready?
[ Source: ASG ]
April 2008-
Driven by globalization and competition, businesses increasingly look to IT to enable them to quickly adapt to changing business conditions, speed the delivery of products and services, and automate processes, all at lower costs. Additionally, service quality and positive customer experiences are also top priorities. The only way to meet these expectations is to cohesively manage IT—across the enterprise—from a business service point-of-view