Archive for the ‘IT - Data Management’ Category

ERP Buyer’s Guide

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Not sure where to start searching for the right solutions and what vendors to compare for an ERP package? Let Inside-ERP’s team of expert ERP analysts help you. They have done the work for you by compiling a comprehensive buyer’s guide that compares the top vendors in the ERP space.

Data warehouses: Improve Strategic Decision Making with Coherent Views of Data

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Read the white paper to see how Data warehouse solutions can deliver business insight across virtually any business process or function. And also how they’re particularly valuable for understanding sales, profiling customers and analyzing business costs.

Data Quality: A Survival Guide for Marketing

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Surrounding the data and storage application are people, processes, standards, and technologies used to manage that data. This white paper from SAP Business Objects focuses on these concepts as they pertain to marketing, and particularly as they are supported by data quality functions inside of the broader EIM framework.

Dashboards – Your Business at a Glance

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Done right, dashboards monitor your business. The challenge is designing and delivering a dashboard that gives an overview of business activity, draws attention to circumstances that require attention, and tells enough to determine what action is required – all on a single screen.

Join Information Builders for this on demand webinar featuring data visualization expert Stephen Few of Perceptual Edge. Few will discuss:

  • How the visual design of dashboards impact effective communication
  • The characteristics of a well designed dashboard
  • Common design mistakes that ought to be avoided

Dan Carotenuto of Information Builders will address major challenges in dashboard implementation, including how to:

  • Integrate enterprise data with the dashboard
  • Deliver dashboards that scale to multiple application formats, such as Web browsers, e-mails, PDFs, and Microsoft Office and Excel files as well as multiple devices such as desktops and smart phones
  • Deploy dashboards that are updated on a scheduled basis but also offer on-demand access to address changing business needs

Comply With XBRL: Automate Compliance With U.S. and European Financial-Reporting Standards

Monday, July 20th, 2009

The XBRL standardization initiative requires that all terms in financial reports be submitted in an approved taxonomy so comparable terms are used across different companies. This paper discusses the pitfalls of using manual steps that are currently common for transposing financial documents into compatible XBRL files, looks at the advantages of substituting an automatic process using WebFOCUS, and illustrates that process.

Clearing the Way for Faster, Smarter Decisions

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Recognize that, from everyday tactical choices to long-term strategy, timely, well-informed decisions make the difference between costly missteps and confident growth.

Choosing the Right Email Archiving Solution

Monday, July 20th, 2009

This white paper discusses the various reasons to archive email and provides guidance about how to select an appropriate archiving system. The paper covers software, SaaS and appliance solutions and provides insight into how to choose the best option for your organization:

  • Why archive email?
  • Strategies for controlling email storage
  • Legal obligations to preserve data
  • Concerns with legal holds
  • Regulatory requirements
  • Important issues with choosing a solution

CA ARCserve

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Important new features include: integrated data de-duplication, server virtualization enhancements with 1-step granular recovery for VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V, integrated SRM reporting capabilities, BI dashboard, backup verification testing, enhanced encryption key password management and integration of Windows authentication for audit and role-based management.With its wide range of powerful, easy-to-use data protection tools, CA ARCserve® Backup ensures the integrity and availability of your most important asset — data.

Business Intelligence for Decision Makers: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers

Friday, July 17th, 2009

To gain greater business insight and transparency, organizations require a new generation of business intelligence tools that will allow cross-enterprise, inter-enterprise and external data to be integrated and analyzed. Companies that are able to harness the copious amounts of information IT systems generate will have the inside track on the competition: gaining better understanding of customer needs, identifying trends earlier, and using the resulting lead time to capitalize on opportunities. In the years to come, actionable business intelligence promises to deliver a formidable competitive advantage to firms that leverage its power.

Business Intelligence zu Ende gedacht: richtungsweisend und zukunftssicher

Friday, July 17th, 2009

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