WHITE PAPER - This survey report examines the usage of open source solutions within the BI and data warehousing market, describes what software is being deployed and presents the benefits and challenges of adopting open source technologies. Learn the rationale, practices and benefits that are driving use of open source as an alternative to traditional vendors.
Posted: March 18, 2010 | Published: March 18, 2010


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Application Integration | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Integration | Data Warehouses | Databases | ETL (Software) | Open Source Software | Reporting Software | Surveys

CASE STUDY - This white paper presents a few selected case studies, illustrating real-life implementations of open source data integration and its associated benefits.
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Published: March 16, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | ERP | Interoperability | Open Source | Open Source Software

WHITE PAPER - When choosing a data integration solution, companies are confronted with many product choices, multiple sources of information and different vendors. This paper cuts through the confusion with the top 10 reasons companies choose open source for their data integration needs and 31 proof points from actual users of open source data integration.
Posted: March 16, 2010 | Published: March 16, 2010


Topics:  Connectors | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Management Software | Databases | ERP | ERP Software | Open Source | Open Source Software | Vendor Selection

WHITE PAPER - Organizations are often turning to Master Data Management as a key enabler in improving the timeliness, quality and reliability of BI with the ultimate goal of improving business performance. This survey report presents recommendations on the "do and don't" of MDM as well as some findings on the use of open source and manual coding in MDM projects.
Posted: March 16, 2010 | Published: December 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Code Management | Data Management | Data Management Software | Information Management | Information Management Software | Master Data Management | Open Source | Open Source Software | Operational Metrics (Systems) | Surveys | Systems Integration

WHITE PAPER - Proper master data management (MDM) is very valuable when available to enterprise business processes and analytics. However, master data projects are often challenging, architecturally complex, time intensive and expensive. This paper explains why the time is right for open source MDM, and predicts the effects of open source on the MDM marketplace.
Posted: March 16, 2010 | Published: March 16, 2010


Topics:  Business Process Management Software | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Migration | Data Quality | Data Warehouse Software | ETL (Software) | Master Data Management | Open Source Software

WHITE PAPER - This Technical White Paper presents the main challenges of data quality and drills into specific uses of data profiling and data cleansing. It highlights, through 32 distinct use cases, how open source data quality technology can be used to alleviate issues related to poor-quality data.
Posted: March 16, 2010 | Published: March 16, 2010


Topics:  Dashboards | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Marts | Data Profiling | Data Quality | Databases | Open Source | Open Source Software | Query Tools | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - Processing very large data sets provides unique constraints, especially when time windows available for this processing are shrinking. This paper presents a variety of technologies available to accelerate the processing of large data volumes, including massive parallelization, optimized data-set-mode processing, grid deployment, and load balancing.
Posted: March 16, 2010 | Published: March 16, 2010


Topics:  Data Integration | Data Management | Data Management Software | ERP | ERP Software | Load Balancing | Open Source | Open Source Software | Parallel Processing | Processor Architectures

CASE STUDY - eBuilder, a provider of Cloud Supply-Chain Management Processes, needed a web-based BI solution to enable clients to swiftly analyze information and make critical business decisions. Jaspersoft’s BI Suite enabled eBuilder to provide visually impactful, easy-to-use strategic measurement and monitoring capabilities for the business B2B supply chain.
Posted: March 15, 2010 | Published: March 15, 2010


Topics:  B2B | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Cloud Computing | Dashboards | Data Management | Open Source | Open Source Software | Software as a Service | Strategic Planning | Supply Chain Intelligence | Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain Software

CASE STUDY - In the retail world, success depends on continuous, rapid-fire decision-making based on accurate information. Enterprise retail management solutions must include a robust reporting framework and analytics capabilities. Read this paper to learn how Jaspersoft technologies enabled Tomax to achieve complete, cost-effective information delivery.
Posted: March 11, 2010 | Published: March 9, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management Software | Customer Data Integration | Dashboards | Data Management | Data Management Software | ISVs | J2EE | JBoss | Open Source Software | Query Tools | Real-time Analytics | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - Caucho Technology aims to certify the Resin 4 application server on the newly finalized Java EE 6 Web Profile. This white paper discusses the Java EE 6 Web Profile and how it fits with the development philosophy of Resin as well as the details of our implementation including Resin extensions to the Java EE 6 Web Profile.
Posted: March 5, 2010 | Published: March 4, 2010


Topics:  Application Development | Application Programming Interfaces | Application Server Software | Applications Software | Enterprise Applications Software | J2EE | J2EE Application Server Software | Java | JavaBeans | Open Source | Open Source Software | Server Software

WHITE PAPER - EnterpriseDB's Postgres Plus Advanced Server builds on the rock-solid PostgreSQL foundation to deliver significant value-added features not available in the community edition.
Posted: March 2, 2010 | Published: March 2, 2010


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Management | Database Management Software | Database Performance Management | Databases | Open Source | Open Source Software | PostgreSQL | SQL

WHITE PAPER - Discover the differences between PostgreSQL, Postgres Plus Standard Server and Postgres Plus Advanced Server and optimize your choice of open source database. You'll learn enough about the different capabilities, modules, and uses for each product to make the best Postgres choice for your organization.
Posted: March 2, 2010 | Published: March 2, 2010


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Management | Database Management Software | Database Performance Management | Databases | Open Source | Open Source Software | PostgreSQL

TRAINING GUIDE - Apache Solr is the popular, fast open source enterprise search platform using Lucene as its core search engine. It is highly scalable, providing distributed search and index replication, and it powers the search and navigation features of many of the world's largest internet sites. Access this tutorial to learn more about indexing with Solr 1.4.
Posted: February 19, 2010 | Published: February 19, 2010


Topics:  Apache | Data Management | Data Management Software | Enterprise Applications Software | Enterprise Search Software | File Management Programs | Indexing (Information Management) | Indexing Software | Open Source | Open Source Software | Search Engines

CASE STUDY - International Decision Systems (IDS) acquired an existing Swing-based desktop equipment finance application whose protocol was deemed inefficient and difficult to maintain making it necessary to find an alternative. Read this paper to find out how Hessian provided the interface-based remote invocation needed and outperformed the previous solution
Posted: February 10, 2010 | Published: February 10, 2010


Topics:  Application Development | Application Performance Management | Application Server Software | Enterprise Applications Software | Financial Applications Software | Java | Java Remote Method Invocation | JavaBeans | Open Source | Open Source Software | Software as a Service | Web Services

CASE STUDY - In today’s information - driven environment, search is a critical solution to problems when it slashes the time and effort separating end users from the data they value. Search spans the range of business models and use cases. This paper provides an overview of both the requirements and the opportunities for search applications.
Posted: February 2, 2010 | Published: February 2, 2010


Topics:  Apache | Application Development | Application Integration | Business Intelligence | Content Management | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Quality | eCommerce | Information Management | Information Management Software | Open Source | Open Source Software | Platform as a service | Search Engines | Systems Management