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ALSO CALLED: Meta Data
DEFINITION: Data that describes information about either online or offline data. Information that characterizes the who, what, where, and how related to data collection. Often, the information refers to special tagged fields in a document that provide information about the document to search engines and other computer  … 
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Benefits of Automating Data Warehousing
sponsored by UC4 Software, Inc
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 02 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
SUMMARY: Data warehousing can be defined as a copy of data specifically structured for querying and reporting.

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Rich Information Applications or Business Intelligence - How Do I Choose?
sponsored by Actuate Corporation
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 14 Apr 2008 | Published: 10 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: When selecting reporting technologies, it is important to understand the applications and the users they were designed to serve.

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Application Factories a JBUILDER Whitepaper
sponsored by CodeGear
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 08 Apr 2008 | Published: 08 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: This white paper discusses how to transform your IDE and allow it to enhance application customization by enabling the effective capture of both application evolution and developers' knowledge.

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The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, E-mail Discovery and You - An Osterman Research Position Paper
sponsored by Lucid8, the creators of GOexchange
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 07 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2007
SUMMARY: This white paper discusses the key issues involved in proper data retention and retrieval, and discusses Lucid8's DigiScope offering that can satisfy these requirements easily and inexpensively.

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Assessing the Potential Business Impact of Operational Data Quality IT Briefing
sponsored by Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 07 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: Explore data quality impacts, how data quality relates to business issues, and how to integrate data quality monitoring into operational systems.

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People Auditing: Why Are We Ignoring the #1 Cause of Downtime and Security Breaches?
sponsored by Observe IT
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 20 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
SUMMARY: A robust, enterprise-ready platform such as ObserveIT will provide coverage of all user sessions, with immediate drill-down to the precise information you need.

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Best Practices for Creating Effective Landing Pages
sponsored by Marketo
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 20 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
SUMMARY: Explore ten best practices for creating a landing page that will increase conversion rate and deliver maximum ROI. Learn how you can catch prospects early through search engine marketing and landing pages.

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Making a Strategic Business Intelligence Choice - A Checklist
sponsored by Business Objects
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 20 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2007
SUMMARY: This white paper focuses on the factors your organization should consider when selecting a BI vendor and establishing its products as its BI standard.

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Managing Access to Content across a Distributed Enterprise
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 13 Mar 2008 | Published: 10 Mar 2006
SUMMARY: The Documentum platform facilitates globalization initiatives by supporting three alternatives for distributed content management-Replication Services, Accelerated Content Services, and Branch Office Caching Services.

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CoSort 9 - The Open Systems Standard: Fast Manipulation of Big Data
sponsored by Innovative Routines International, Inc.
BROCHURE:   Posted: 29 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008
SUMMARY: CoSort combines high performance with functional versatility, with CoSort, one can simultaneously Filter, Sort, Join, Merge, Lookup, Aggregate, all in one pass through large, multi-formatted inputs.

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METADATA DEFINITION (continued): … Data that describes information about either online or offline data. Information that characterizes the who, what, where, and how related to data collection. Often, the information refers to special tagged fields in a document that provide information about the document to search engines and other computer applications.Visit WhatIs.com - a knowledge exploration and self-education tool about information technology.


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