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Benchmark Testing

ALSO CALLED: Benchmark Tests and Benchmarks
DEFINITION: A benchmark is a point of reference by which something can be measured. In surveying, a "bench mark" (two words) is a post or other permanent mark established at a known elevation that is used as the basis for measuring the elevation of other topographical points.

In computer and Internet technology,  … 
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Smart Decisions: The Role of Key Performance Indicators
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WHITE PAPER: Businesses thrive or fail based on their ability to identify, and act upon Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). This report is a roadmap for business management and decision makers who desire to achieve those goals through Best-in-Class (BIC) use of KPIs.
Posted: 12 Sep 2008 | Published: 11 Sep 2008
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Extending the Lean Enterprise
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Posted: 04 Sep 2008 | Published: 04 Sep 2008
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The 2008 in Manufacturing Benchmark Report
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BOOK: This report explores feedback provided by over 1200 manufacturers, and aims to serve as a roadmap to those in the manufacturing community that desires to reduce costs, and develop customer responsiveness through successful ERP implementations.
Posted: 04 Sep 2008 | Published: 04 Sep 2008
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Performance Attribution: A Powerful Tool for Identifying the Sources of Investment Performance
sponsored by Advent Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper provides an overview of what performance attribution is and how it works. It also analyzes two of the most commonly used attribution models in their approach and in the results they yield.
Posted: 07 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008
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Why Companies Fail: And the Information Imperatives to Help Ensure Survivability
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Posted: 04 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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BusinessObjects Edge Series - Technical White Paper
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WHITE PAPER: This paper provides a technical overview of BusinessObject Edge Series-the end-to-end business intelligence (BI) solution for growing organizations. Learn how to take advantage of extensive BI capabilities to empower your end users and decision-makers
Posted: 04 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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Green Initiatives: Lowering Costs and Increasing Efficiency in the Data Center
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BOOK: Conserving energy, reducing floor space, and managing utility costs are becoming major priorities for IT organizations. In this study by Aberdeen, over 175 organizations were surveyed about their opinions on Best-in-Class practices for IT organizations.
Posted: 07 May 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008
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Aberdeen Group: Customer Data Quality: Roadmap for Growth and Profitability
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BOOK: New Aberdeen research reveals that customer data quality is a sales and marketing leadership issue. Aberdeen found that over 70% of Best-in-Class firms are driven to improve customer data quality by competitive and profitability pressures ...
Posted: 27 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2007
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Selecting an Industry-Standard Metric for Data Center Efficiency
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WHITE PAPER: This paper explains some of the metrics that have been used to describe the efficiency of data center physical infrastructure and suggests which metric is the most effective.
Posted: 06 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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How Useful Are Storage Benchmarks?
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: Despite the attention they get, storage benchmarks can be manipulated to unfairly compare products with vastly different configurations.
Posted: 18 Oct 2007 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
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Internet Service Provider Benchmarks
sponsored by VeriTest: A Business Unit of Lionbridge
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: VeriTest has perfected technology that gives us an amazingly accurate "inside out" view of Internet service providers. These tests do what real enterprise organizations do, dialing up providers and accessing the World Wide Web.
Posted: 28 Dec 2004 | Published: 01 Dec 2004
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Benchmarking Services
sponsored by VeriTest: A Business Unit of Lionbridge
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Benchmarking means a number of different things at VeriTest we're the world's largest independent developer of benchmark software and we perform benchmark tests of Internet service providers through our Internet Benchmark Service.
Posted: 28 Dec 2004 | Published: 01 Dec 2004
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VeriTest Services for Internet Service Providers
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PRODUCT OVERVIEW: VeriTest's Internet BenchMark Service makes the recognized leader in independent rating and measurement of service provider infrastructure.
Posted: 28 Dec 2004 | Published: 01 Dec 2004
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BENCHMARK TESTING DEFINITION (continued): …  the term may have any of these meanings:

1) A set of conditions against which a product or system is measured. PC magazine laboratories frequently test and compare several new computers or computer devices against the same set of application programs, user interactions, and contextual situations. The total context against which all products are measured and compared is referred to as the benchmark.

2) A program that is specially designed to provide measurements for a particular operating … 
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