MySQL V5 - Ready for Prime Time Business Intelligence
[ Source: Alta Plana ]
January 2008-Business intelligence (BI) creates competitive advantage for organizations of all sizes and in all industries. It is an important business tool, a means of exploiting data previously locked in operational databases. With the fall 2005 release of MySQL Version 5, conditions for introducing and expanding opensource enterprise BI programs have never been better. MySQL capabilities have grown to meet the most demanding BI performance and scalability requirements. Open-source now similarly presents an attractive alternative to ....
Creating, Editing, and Managing Report Models for Reporting Services
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), a component of Microsoft SQL Server is a comprehensive, server-based platform that enables the creation, management and delivery of traditional paper-oriented reports, interactive Web-based reports, end-user ad hoc reports and embedded reports. This paper showcases SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, as the Report Builder and report model functionality are new to this version of the product. This paper intends to complement the report model documentation available in SQL Server ....
BPM - The Next Stage For Continuous Process Improvement
[ Source: webMethods ]
January 2008-This paper published by webMethods describes Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) programs like Six Sigma and Lean which have created over 100 billion dollars in savings and unleashed breakthrough opportunities in businesses and organizations of all sizes and types. But for many reasons, these methodologies have for the most part been implemented independent of enterprise information systems, severely limiting the reach and effectiveness of CPI. But now, Business Process Management (BPM) solutions are uniting the capabilities ....
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 ....
How to Install and Configure Oracle Drive With Oracle Portal
[ Source: Oracle ]
January 2008-This paper from Oracle describes how to install and configure Oracle Drive for use in an Oracle Application Server Portal (Oracle Portal) environment. Oracle Drive is a powerful WebDAV client. It maps the Oracle Portal Repository as a drive and allows to perform desktop authoring and publishing, as well as portal specific metadata attribution, directly from the Windows desktop.
Examining The Big Picture Of Project Management
[ Source: John Wiley & Sons ]
January 2008-Managing a project to create a new piece of software that can make or break entire organization is a tough decision for some project managers. The key to successful software project management is preparation. After one do the prep work for the project, one must execute their plan, take control of their project, and ultimately bring it to its successful conclusion. Software project management is a type of project management that focuses specifically on creating ....
Three Methods Of Sales Forecasting
[ Source: State of Florida ]
January 2008-Sales forecasting is difficult when one does not have any previous sales history to guide as is the case when one is working on preparing cash flow projections as part of writing a business plan. Three methods to estimate sales revenues for the purposes of sales forecasting is to consider the average sales volume per square foot for similar stores in similar locations and size, number of households needing goods and living within a ....
Improving Performance of BMC Remedy EIE Integrations to BMC Atrium CMDB
[ Source: BMC Software ]
January 2008-This white paper by BMC Software describes about improving performance of BMC Remedy EIE Integrations to BMC Atrium CMDB. The paper has offered suggestions on how to accelerate the transfer of data into BMC Atrium CMDB using BMC Remedy EIE. Some are general recommendations applicable to all databases, and some are specific to Oracle databases.
Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management Strategy, Theory Of Constraints
[ Source: Hitachi Consulting ]
May 2008-Business Intelligence is more of and art than a science. In exploits of science one knows exactly what to expect in the end. In exploits of art one knows the end but the end could be different for different people with different experience, maturity, methodology, and technology. Business intelligence is more of an art than a science because everyone knows what they need in the end but how they achieve the end result depends ....
Performance Driven Data Integration: An Optimized Approach
[ Source: SAS Institute ]
January 2008-Characteristically, the data warehouse is a central repository of vast amounts of disparate data. The process of cleansing, extracting, transforming and organizing this data into an enterprise intelligence platform (data mart) presents unique challenges. An optimized approach towards performance driven data integration should eliminate redundancy and incorporate accuracy, timeliness, automation and quality. Such a process/system brings greater agility, better decision-making and reduced cost and risk to performing insightful statistical analysis and reporting. This paper from ....
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 ....
Data Profiling: Minimizing Risk in Data Management Projects
[ Source: 1105 Media ]
January 2008-
Data profiling tools promise to minimize the risks that undermine many data integration projects: unanticipated data defects in source systems. Data profiling tools provide insurance against project delays and cost overruns due to be used by business analysts, not IT errors or inconsistencies in the data. Armed with a data profiling tool, one can have greater confidence that they can meet project deadlines and deliver trustworthy data to the customers. Data profiling tools are designed ....
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 ....
How To Unleash Data Potential In Times Of Credit Crunch
[ Source: Rajat Sharma ]
March 2009-
In the wake of the current credit crunch, and the failures of both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, banks are worrying more and more about tracking their spending and making ends meet, trying to achieve profitable accounts while at the same time turning around riskier customer ventures. The nation’s banks are increasingly facing the credit crunch due to the sub-prime loan debacle. While financial stability and a surplus economy might be a mere vision of ....
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 ....
Are You Giving Metadata Management The Right Attention?
[ Source: Tallan ]
June 2009-
Metadata Management is a critical but often ignored component in a successful data warehouse implementation. It is a path to establishing common understanding between the business and IT, but not often well understood by either side of the organization. Costs attributable to poor metadata management are often hidden in project development inefficiencies, mistakes made from incorrect assumptions about data, and analysis hours spent doing redundant research. The following illustrative study illustrates how recognizing metadata management ....
Business Intelligence Requirements for IT: What every IT Manager Should Know about Users’ Real Need for BI
[ Source: Tableau Software ]
March 2009-
In today’s marketplace, the half-life of BI is typically shorter than the life of the project needed for its implementation. This means that companies are getting a continual negative return on their BI investment. It is time to approach the problem from a new direction and empower the business owners and knowledge workers to quickly and easily find the answers to their questions.
This whitepaper will address the following questions:
• What ....
Would You Bank With Your Bank? How Technology Can Help Banks Restore Customer Confidence
[ Source: GXS ]
April 2009-
Bailouts, mergers, failures, and acquisitions. These are familiar words that were all too frequently the lead stories in the financial services industry in 2008. What will it take to restore corporates' trust in the financial services industry? Recent headlines have not only increased the pressures in the marketplace but have also created new opportunities for regional and community banks to capture market share away from the big boys.
Monitoring Data Quality Performance Using Data Quality Metrics
[ Source: Informatica ]
January 2008-
This paper from Informatica explains the importance of high quality data requires constant vigilance. But by introducing data quality monitoring and reporting policies and protocols, the decisions to acquire and integrate data quality technology become much simpler. Since the events and changes that allow flawed data to be introduced into an environment are not unique, and data flaws are constantly being introduced, to ensure that data issues do not negatively impact application and operations: formalize ....
Real-Time Email Address Validation: Build or Buy?
[ Source: FreshAddress, Inc. ]
June 2008-
You've spent countless hours working on your email campaign and you're ready to let it fly. But are you? How many of the resulting online email registrations for which you've worked so hard and paid so much will contain typos or, worse yet, malicious email addresses? Don't ignore the last step: optimizing your landing pages with real-time email validation to verify and spell-check email entries. But what's the surest, most cost-effective way to implement this ....
Tips and Tools for Automating Excel Spreadsheets
[ Source: Actuate ]
October 2009-
Over 250 million people know how to use Microsoft Excel. Because so many end users are comfortable with using Excel for reviewing data and for conducting "what-if" analysis, delivering reports in spreadsheet format is a common requirement for reporting projects.
Download this whitepaper to learn key tips and tools for deploying a fast and cost-effective method of automating Excel spreadsheet manipulation, thereby, reducing potential costly mistakes.
Clean, Consistent Data: Who’s Responsible?
[ Source: SAS ]
November 2009-
The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) estimates that inaccurate customer data costs US businesses a staggering $611 billion per year.
Data that is inaccurate, incomplete, unavailable or obsolete is considered defective. The problem with defective data is that it’s difficult to seek and correct, but it can be avoided altogether. Businesses need to invest in systems that validate and fix data at the entry source, which costs much less in the long run.
Inconsistent ....
The State of Data
[ Source: SAS ]
November 2009-
Harnessing core data issues is essential to your organization’s success, enabling you to gain a 360-degree view of itself, its operations, and its customer base. Tackling the volumes and volumes of unstructured and semistructured data may be the most important decision your company can make. A clearer view enhances better business decisions, customer relations and profitability.
Untold billions of dollars are lost annually due to the errors and workarounds made necessary by bad data. ....
The Flawed Vision of Customer Data Integration – How to Get it Right the First Time
[ Source: Siperian, Inc. ]
September 2009-
The initial goal of Customer Data Integration (CDI) was to create the most reliable customer data for the entire company. We now know that the golden opportunity for CDI lies within Master Data Management and the ability to uncover interactions and understand the relationships that companies have with their customers.
Automated Controls For SAP
[ Source: Infogix ]
July 2009-
As more and more companies migrate portions of their information technology portfolio into Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software application suites such as SAP, the question of how best to implement automated controls over the information and processes embodied by the ERP module(s) requires careful consideration. This paper explores several critical factors that must be evaluated in order to construct a control framework that will satisfy current and future company, audit, governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements. ....
Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review: Q1 2009
[ Source: Team International ]
September 2009-
TEAM International provides a brief overview of Central and Eastern Europe’s progress as an attractive and promising IT offshore outsourcing destination.
Unlocking the Value of Medical Data Within Injury Claims
[ Source: MedNeutral ]
February 2008-
MedNeutral's Medical Records Optimization (TM) solution enables adjusters, attorneys and medical professionals to extract the most information from medical records with the least amount of effort. MRO converts medical records into structured data and presents this in several user-friendly formats. Features include record-level abstracts and file-level overviews, full chronology with flexible sorts on key criteria (e.g., provider, diagnosis, facility, medication), full index, embedded notepad and collaboration tools. Download this white paper to learn how MRO ....
Current Trends In European And North American Offshore Outsourcing
[ Source: Team International ]
July 2009-
TEAM International highlights the changing offshore outsourcing landscape in Europe and North America. The organization analyzed offshore outsourcing market trends and presents some of its findings in this report.
Are You Giving Metadata Management The Right Attention?
[ Source: Tallan ]
June 2009-
Metadata Management is a critical but often ignored component in a successful data warehouse implementation. It is a path to establishing common understanding between the business and IT, but not often well understood by either side of the organization. Costs attributable to poor metadata management are often hidden in project development inefficiencies, mistakes made from incorrect assumptions about data, and analysis hours spent doing redundant research. The following illustrative study illustrates how recognizing metadata management ....
Would You Bank With Your Bank? How Technology Can Help Banks Restore Customer Confidence
[ Source: GXS ]
April 2009-
Bailouts, mergers, failures, and acquisitions. These are familiar words that were all too frequently the lead stories in the financial services industry in 2008. What will it take to restore corporates' trust in the financial services industry? Recent headlines have not only increased the pressures in the marketplace but have also created new opportunities for regional and community banks to capture market share away from the big boys.
Harnessing Your Tribal Knowledge
Corporations are modern tribes, with their own members, culture, and knowledge. Capturing, saving, and sharing the collective knowledge of the tribe can lead to a more...
Impact Business Performance with BPM
To maximize your chances for success, you need the ability to continually optimize, streamline and align business processes to meet changing business needs for greater performance. Business process management (BPM) from IBM can help.
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