Business Intelligence White Papers

X-Ray of the PCI Process-4 Proactive Steps

This white paper from Forrester Research Inc., helps break PCI into understandable components. Security and risk professionals will gain knowledge and insight into creating a compliant and secure IT environment. Follow these four proactive steps now before your next audit. Brought to you by NetIQ.

Sponsor: NetIQ

Forrester: Economic Impact of Switching to Google Apps

Content provided by Google

Read this Forrester report on the "total economic impact" of Google Apps, and learn how switching to Google Apps creates added value of higher productivity and cost savings.

Sponsor: Google Apps

Intelligent Systems: Unlocking Hidden Business Value with Data

An intelligent system enables data to flow across an enterprise infrastructure, spanning the devices where valuable data is gathered from employees and customers, to the back-end systems where that data can be translated into insights and action. With this capability, companies can finally unlock hidden value from data previously out-of-reach, and immediately act on new insights to increase business value.

Sponsor: Microsoft

Concepts of NonStop SQL/MX

For DBAs and developers who are familiar with Oracle solutions and want to learn about NonStop SQL/MX, this whitepaper provides an overview of the similarities and differences between the two products-with a specific focus on implementation.

Sponsor: HP

HP Advanced Information Services for SAP In-Memory Appliance (SAP HANA)

Organizations are eager to connect the vast amounts of data available within and outside their businesses to compete more effectively and make better business decisions. Unfortunately, current analytics solutions often stand in the way. They cannot support the volumes of historical and real-time data needed for time-sensitive business decisions. Performance problems prevent organizations from accessing the data they need when they need it.

Sponsor: HP

Nebraska Medical Center case study

See how the Nebraska Medical Center implemented a SQL solution to make information more readily available to streamline operations, improve patient care and facilitate medical research with an enterprise solution running on HP NonStop servers.

Sponsor: HP

HP NonStop SQL Fundamentals whitepaper

This whitepaper offers a detailed look into the fundamentals of HP NonStop SQL solutions. See how this system delivers unprecedented levels of application availability with fail-safe data integrity and meets the needs of enterprises with large-scale business critical applications.

Sponsor: HP

Business Analytics: Pushing Toward Relevance

Although business analytics and business intelligence tools are becoming ubiquitous, they frequently remain underutilized. Part of the challenge is the disconnect between the IT teams deploying these tools and the business users who are supposed to be using them. Moving business analytics beyond standard reporting closes this gap, enables more effective decision-making, and helps IT create a culture that understands the value of data.

Sponsor: IBM

Business Analytics with an IBM Business Partner

Many midsize organizations decide not to invest in analytics due to misperceptions about risk and cost and their IT departments' lack of analytics-specific skill sets. Turning to partners skilled in the deployment and configuration of analytics tools, as well as the creation of data cubes and data warehouses, can help businesses overcome these barriers and guarantee a more successful adoption. This Nucleus Research report describes how project teams can reduce project cycle times by as much as 50 percent, while improving the scope and effectiveness of their deployments, when they engage with an IBM partner.

Sponsor: IBM

Inside the Midmarket: A 2011 Perspective

The Inside the Midmarket: A 2011 Perspective Global Report describes a survey of 2,112 leaders from midsize firms, revealing how business priorities influence IT decisions. These include improving their IT infrastructure while implementing analytics, collaboration capabilities and cloud computing. Read the report to find out what the top business and IT priorities are for companies today.

Sponsor: IBM

A step-by-step Approach to Successful Business Intelligence

Organizations that have the most success with BI typically approach it incrementally. Discover a step-by-step strategy for success in this newsletter featuring research from Gartner.

Sponsor: IBM

Configuration, Not Coding: How Nimsoft Service Desk Speeds Deployment and Time to Value

For years, many support teams have been hamstrung by their traditional service desk platforms, which require complex,
time-consuming coding for virtually every aspect of customization. This complexity makes it costly and diffi cult for support
organizations to adapt-and places an increasingly substantial burden on the agility and effi ciency of the business as a whole.
Nimsoft Service Desk is a clearly diff erentiated alternative to traditional service desk platforms. With Nimsoft Service Desk, support organizations can complete their initial deployments quickly and easily, and they can adapt effi ciently to the evolving needs of the
business.

Sponsor: Nimsoft

Recession Proofing Your Organization with Electronic Forms

The current economy is forcing organizations of all sizes to look more closely at reducing operating costs and improving efficiencies while getting the most out of their existing IT investments. IBM Lotus Forms offers a proven solution that provides real value, quickly and easily, to help organizations better position themselves for success in these uncertain times and into the future.

Sponsor: IBM

Using portals and electronic forms to automate business processes

Automate your business processses with flexible forms, portals and process-based solutions from IBM.

Sponsor: IBM

Malware Security Report: Protecting Your Business, Customers, and the Bottom Line

Malware code is not easily detectable and may infect consumers' computers when they simply browse your web site. Protect your business and customers by understanding the threat from malware and how it can impact your online business.

This paper highlights how attackers distribute malware, what the profit motivations are for modern criminals, and how cybercriminals have developed attack techniques that allow malware to infect thousands of web sites at once.

Sponsor: VeriSign Authentication Services, now from Symantec

Learn About How SSL Technology Can Improve Your Site

"The Shortcut Guide to Business Security Measures Using SSL" examines current information security threats to business and describes techniques for developing a security management strategy that leverages established best practices. Designed for IT professionals and business managers, this guide provides an overview of security threats, their impact on businesses, and, perhaps most importantly, practices and technologies for controlling security risks.

Sponsor: VeriSign Authentication Services, now from Symantec

A Competitive Strategy for Converged Analytics

The insatiable demand for access to siloed corporate data has spawned a movement toward converged, enterprisewide analytic solutions, according to a recent survey conducted by IDG Research Services. This paper examines the adoption trends of these solutions, as well as their challenges and benefits.

Sponsor: HP

Removing Organizational Barriers for Leveraging Technology Convergence

True convergence combines people, processes, products and policies with best practices to realize the business and technology benefits. Read this Solution Brief to learn more.

Sponsor: Cisco

UCS version: Increase Agility and Reduce Costs by Migrating from RISC/UNIX Servers to the Cisco Unified Computing System

RISC-based systems may have been successful at meeting business needs of the past, but now companies are seeking platforms that reduce costs, simplify operations, and accelerate application deployment. This white paper discusses the drawbacks of RISC/Unix architectures and provides insight into the rapidly evolving x86 landscape. Learn about the advantages of unified computing as well as how you can accelerate your migration to this new and innovative infrastructure.

Sponsor: Cisco

5 Things Your Software Development Teams Should Be Doing Now

In this ever-changing world of software development it's extremely important to keep up with technologies, methodologies and trends. This webinar will cover five tested and proven software development practices that your team should be utilizing right now to accelerate software delivery.

Sponsor: Collabnet

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