WHITE PAPER - Many manufacturers are focusing on the wrong issues when considering ERP solutions. The ERP industry has earned such a poor reputation for delivery in the last 20 years that users have learned to live within a very narrow set of constraints.
Posted: March 31, 2009 | Published: March 31, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Database Management | Enterprise Applications Software | ERP Software | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Software | ROI | Shop Floor Control | Software as a Service | Software Selection | Supply Chain Management | TCO

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn about a core set of marketing-related metrics that can be understood and tracked by every executive, especially those in marketing. These metrics are necessary to keep executives, especially in marketing, on top of financial, market, and customer trends, as well as sales and marketing benchmarks.
Posted: January 5, 2010 | Published: December 31, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Data Management Software | Marketing | Marketing Information Systems | Reporting Software | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - Organizations are facing growing business challenges as a result of intensifying market trends. In response, THINKstrategies is finding a growing number of organizations of all sizes are investigating and adopting on-demand Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) alternatives to traditional, on-premise systems to meet their changing business needs.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Published: September 30, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Cloud Computing | ERP | ERP Software | SaaS ERP | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn about how Dell is providing answers to key virtualization questions for the enterprise. Topics include; how to migrate to a fully virtualized environment as well as how the IT infrastructure should be configured for maximum benefit.
Posted: May 14, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Center Consolidation | Data Management | Data Migration | Data Synchronization | Enterprise Architectures | Enterprise Systems | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses how a new generation of platforms in the application stack is designed to both deliver a specific layer of functionality and enable rapid prototyping, allowing development teams to focus their efforts on the value they add and gain time for more innovation.
Posted: February 24, 2010 | Published: February 24, 2010


Topics:  Application Development | Application Development and Integration Services | Application Performance Management | Application Programming Interfaces | Applications Management | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Business Processes | Dashboards | Data Warehouses | Rapid Application Development | SOA

WHITE PAPER - Application grid brings the same type of efficiency, scalability, and quality of service to the application layer. Discover how to get greater efficiency, exceptional agility, and superior quality of service with an application grid.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: December 19, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Applications Software | Grid Computing | Utility Computing

WHITE PAPER - In this paper we compare the major differences between three software deployment models: hardware appliances, virtual machine (VM) appliances and multitenant software‐as‐a‐service (Saas) – against a traditional software delivery model. The goal is to help independent software vendors (ISVs) make informed decisions about these deployment models.
Posted: February 17, 2010 | Published: February 17, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Infrastructure | Cloud Computing | Data Centers | Hardware | ISVs | Network Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | Software | Software as a Service | Systems Management | Virtual Appliance | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Virtual Machine

WHITE PAPER - This paper reviews the best of the newest achievements in VSAT performance and utility and shows how these solutions could become part of the mainstream of corporate network deployment and an integral portion of commercial (and competitive) service provider offerings.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: December 30, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Development | Applications Management | Caching | Enterprise Applications Software | Enterprise Systems | Network Management | Network Performance | Satellite Communications Systems | WAN

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses several options for addressing the challenge of maintaining a comprehensive and reliable BI environment, with a particular focus on augmenting existing extract, transform, and load (ETL) systems with real-time change data capture (CDC) technology.
Posted: February 2, 2010 | Published: December 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Change Management | Data Collection | Data Management | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This paper reviews multiple compelling issues of establishing and maintaining connectivity to manufacturing operations to achieve the Perfect Plant through an existing ERP system.
Posted: September 10, 2008 | Published: September 10, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | ERP | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Software | Master Data Management | SAP (Product) | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses Bad data, or data that is not current, has another, broader impact in leading to distrust of the system. And when the BI system cannot be fully relied on, its uses rapidly become limited. Read on to learn how to achieve trustworthy BI with complete, in-depth visibility and full control over the fragile dataflow processes.
Posted: December 10, 2009 | Published: December 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouses | Database Performance Management | Databases | ETL (Software)

WHITE PAPER - The combination of an Intel Xeon processor and a Windows® operating system is an industry standard, proven platform for running business-critical applications, and many companies are making the switch. Read this paper to learn about the benefits of Intel® Xeon® Processors and Windows Server® 2008 R2 for Business-Critical Applications.
Posted: March 15, 2010 | Published: December 1, 2009


Topics:  Enterprise Applications Software | Enterprise Computing | IT Spending | Multi-core Processors | Productivity | ROI | Server Hardware | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine Migration | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper will show you how to navigate around the usual hurdles and deliver collaborative BI that works.
Posted: May 30, 2008 | Published: May 4, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Collaborative Applications Software | Data Visualization | ERP

WHITE PAPER - This reference document will provide you with detailed information on how to effectively manage your BlackBerry Enterprise Server architecture.
Posted: March 18, 2009 | Published: March 18, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Enterprise Applications Software | Handheld Device Security | Handheld Devices | Mobile Device Management | Server Management | Server Software | Wireless Applications Software | Wireless Computing

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the legacy technologies that influenced the development of both the new generation of search engines and the more powerful unified information access platforms. It also explains the benefits this new approach brings in providing active intelligence on demand and more.
Posted: February 24, 2010 | Published: February 24, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Business Processes | CRM | Open Source | Search Engine Optimization | Search Engines | TCO