WHITE PAPER - This white paper by Dr. Walid el Abed, CEO of Global Data Excellence, discusses how an effective data strategy embedded within the business strategy can turn data into a real competitive advantage, deliver short and longer term value and enable business success and sustainability.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Stewardship | Master Data Management

PRODUCT DEMO - This demonstration menu for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager includes an overview, expert videos, product demonstrations, and additional resources. See how this end-to-end data recovery management solution can benefit your organization.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Published: November 12, 2009


Topics:  Active Directory | Backup Software | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Recovery | Storage Management | Storage Management Software

EBOOK - Read this e-book, which is specifically written to address the unique challenges of IT and BI professionals in ERP-centric environments. This set of articles offers best practices and strategic advice for organizations seeking to optimize business intelligence programs.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business IT Alignment | Data Management | Data Quality | ERP | ERP Software | Master Data Management

ANALYST REPORT - As the key findings in this report will show, developing or enhancing a spend analysis program and closing process gaps to ensure tight linkage to the sourcing process are straightforward and practical ways to attain greater savings and deliver greater value in this period of uncertainty and strict budgets.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Process Automation | Data Quality | Enterprise | Knowledge Management | Procurement | Spend Management | Surveys

WHITE PAPER - Effective and efficient management of master data within the manufacturing sector is a key factor in reducing TCO, providing accurate global spend analysis and improved reporting and decision making. Implementing SAP's Master Data Management solution into an organization enables the backbone of a complete data governance model to be established.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Modeling | Data Quality | Database Management | Master Data Management | SAP (Product) | TCO

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Read this transcript to learn how to get all the speed, flexibility and processing power of a custom-built data warehouse.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Real-time Analytical Software | Real-time Analytics

WHITE PAPER - This paper will present you with all the information needed to make an educated decision on whether to commodity coding is right for your organization and it will help with choosing the commodity coding that fits your company.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Outsourcing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Database Management | Inventory Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - This guidebook provides the answers with a series of detailed sections including essential activities such as planning, forecasting, risk management, team selection, communication and collaboration.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Data Migration | Data Quality | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Enterprise Content Management | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Banks need to get smarter, attract the right customers, implement customer level risk management, and implement risk adjusted customer relationship pricing and all of this is dependent on trusted data. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on retail banks. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in banking.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Banking Industry | Business Process Management | Customer Data Management | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Marketing | Retail Banking Services | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Sales | Sales and Marketing Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on manufacturing companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in manufacturing and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Customer Service | Data Quality | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry Organizations | Metadata Standards | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Only when data is trusted can it be used in confidence in all insurance operational and analytical process activities. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on insurance companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in insurance and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Outsourcing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | ETL (Software) | Insurance Industry | Master Data Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

EBOOK - This interactive guide presents an overview of several SAP business solutions specifically designed to help small businesses and midsize companies improve operational efficiency and grow profitability.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | Data Quality | Productivity | SAP (Product) | Small Businesses | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - Software can't tell you how to beat the competition, but it can determine which products and services have the greatest profit margin, who are the most productive employees, or how many pairs of socks customers buy when they purchase particular styles of shoes. Having accurate, timely data takes the guesswork out of the decision-making process.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  CEOs | CFOs | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | IT Managers | Productivity | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - SAP® BusinessObjects™ Edge software is the business intelligence (BI) choice of midsize companies hoping to improve business processes, discover new opportunities and edge out the competition. It includes affordable solutions addressing just about any BI requirement, like operational reporting and analysis, dashboards and visualization.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | Dashboards | Data Integration | Data Quality | Reporting Software | SAP (Product) | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - Many manufacturers today are getting caught on the wrong side of a technology adoption wave that is quickly gaining momentum. This benchmark study is a roadmap for reducing overall manufacturing costs through the utilization of manufacturing technologies.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2008


Topics:  Competition | Cost Benefit Analysis | Dashboards | Data Quality | ERP | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Performance Testing