WHITE PAPER - New Sales Performance Management solutions enable sales leaders to align technology to business need and strategy. Read this paper for a series of discussions related to the metrics-based sales productivity solutions that forward thinking sales organizations are employing to harness the power of the pipeline and take advantage of sales analytics.
Posted: March 16, 2010 | Published: March 5, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Productivity | Sales | Sales Force Automation | Sales Information Systems | Sales Representatives

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper for a series of research briefs discussing addressing demand and sales funnel analytics. Topics covered include business intelligence tools, marketing BI tools, the coming of age of Marketing Operations, and the demand waterfall.
Posted: March 16, 2010 | Published: March 16, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Demand Chains | Market Research | Market Trends | Marketing | Operational Support Systems

WHITE PAPER - There is growing evidence that more pervasive BI and analytics have a direct impact on competitiveness. Better decision making is more important when resources become restricted during a recession, so BI and analytics projects will still appeal to management. Read this active Q&A session on building a successful enterprise BI strategy.
Posted: March 16, 2010 | Published: March 16, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Dashboards | Data Management | Data Quality | Information Management | Operational Metrics (Systems) | Predictive Analytics | Reporting Software | ROI

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper for a discussion of the business reasons to move to real-time data warehousing and common data integration approaches, with an emphasis on using real-time CDC capabilities and Oracle solutions.
Posted: March 16, 2010 | Published: January 19, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Integration | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Oracle (Product) | Real-time Analytics

WHITE PAPER - Read this AMR review of how SAP is building a strongly differentiated position in the sustainable software market place – and structuring a compelling platform for growth as the economy recovers and migrates toward a more sustainable and resource-optimized model.
Posted: March 16, 2010 | Published: March 16, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Energy Efficiency | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Occupational and Environmental Safety | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Supply Chain Intelligence | Supply Chain Management | Workforce Management Software

WHITE PAPER - In this Intel IT Brief, you'll learn about the value of server refresh by taking a look at the costs savings achieved by Intel while executing their four-year server refresh strategy.
Posted: March 15, 2010 | Published: June 30, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Provisioning

WHITE PAPER - From initial identification of a business need to actual engagement, The SAP Services Organization helps you realize maximum value from your technology investments. Our mission is to help your business become a clear enterprise, prepared for risk and uncertainty and able to adjust operations as market conditions change.
Posted: March 15, 2010 | Published: March 15, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Enterprise Content Management | ERP | ERP Software | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | NetWeaver | SAP (Product) | SOA

WHITE PAPER - Making information more broadly and easily available to more users throughout an organization - and beyond the organization - has never been a more strategic corporate imperative. In growing numbers, enterprises are coming to understand the value of placing consistent, integrated data into the hands of everyone who needs it.
Posted: March 12, 2010 | Published: March 12, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Integration | Data Mart Architectures | Data Marts | Data Modeling | Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouses | Information Management | Master Data Management | Metadata | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - BI solutions provide organizations with the insight required to make critical business decisions. This paper outlines how Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) BI outperforms traditional and open source BI solutions by offering greater TCO advantages via automation, easier integration and lower staffing costs thus enabling faster, easier BI deployments.
Posted: March 12, 2010 | Published: March 11, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Metrics | Business Models | Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Cloud Computing | Open Source | SaaS ERP | Software as a Service | Staffing | TCO

WHITE PAPER - Because the economic downturn has put cost efficiency at the top of the corporate agenda, this paper advises companies to leverage an IT-agile shared development environment and consolidate their network resources while providing common points of integration for voice and rich media services.  Read on for expert advice on achieving this.
Posted: March 11, 2010 | Published: March 11, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Communications Software | Telecommunications Management Software | Telephony Services

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, read how you can achieve unified subscriber profiles in multigeneration, multivendor networks and deliver the sophisticated, personalized experience your current - and future - subscribers expect and demand.
Posted: March 11, 2010 | Published: March 11, 2010


Topics:  Business Communications | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Process Management | Communications Software | Communications Systems | Data Center Management | Unified Messaging

WHITE PAPER - While predictive analytics can improve business results, bringing that power to bear on transactional systems has historically been difficult. The use of a business rules management system to implement analytic models can generate more value. Learn seven best practices for using business rules to put analytics to work more effectively and rapidly.
Posted: March 9, 2010 | Published: March 9, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Data Mining | Data Mining Software | Predictive Analytics | Predictive Analytics Software | SOA

WHITE PAPER - BI applications, business process improvements, and improving the use of information and analytics has become a big trend lately. In light of this, this paper focuses on why you need to look for solutions that unify access to all types of information in analytical applications such as BI and BPM.
Posted: February 25, 2010 | Published: February 24, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Business Processes | CRM | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | Customer Satisfaction | Customer Service | Dashboards | Data Warehouses

WHITE PAPER - Crystal Reports Server software offers small businesses and mid size companies a proven reporting and dashboard solution on a single server. It addresses the complete reporting process – from data access and report and dashboard design to report management and delivery, including content integration with portals and enterprise applications.
Posted: February 25, 2010 | Published: February 24, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Processes | Business Service Management Software | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Networking | Data Centers | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn more about the benefits of workload automation, including shortened business delivery times, increased workload visibility and accuracy, and strengthened connection between business and IT.
Posted: February 25, 2010 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Data Center Management | Data Centers | ERP | Workload Automation