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Zen and the Art of the Balanced Scorecard
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: As much an art as a science, the balanced scorecard is a living process that must be adaptive to constantly changing external forces and internal course corrections. You learn as you go. This paper contains a few guiding principles that will help you along the way.
Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

Oracle Corporation

7 Criteria to Consider When Embedding BI
sponsored by Tableau Software
WHITE PAPER: Though there’s no simple answer to “buy or build,” there are criteria — seven, in fact, that can guide you to make a well informed decision. This paper helps you identify and evaluate each one.
Posted: 16 Aug 2010 | Published: 16 Aug 2010

Tableau Software

Performance in the Cloud
sponsored by Compuware Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Companies are eager to take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing but are often weary of the potential business risks that the technology exposes. This paper provides an innovative approach to the application performance and availability challenges inherent in cloud computing. Continue reading to learn more about performance in the cloud.
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 | Published: 06 Aug 2010

Compuware Corporation

Get Analytics Right from the Start
sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company
WHITE PAPER: Whether or not analytics should become an integral part of an organization’s planning and decision-making seems to be beyond question However, at what level, for what purpose and how to go about deploying analytics are questions that each organization needs to answer for itself. These questions are the focus of this paper.
Posted: 05 Aug 2010 | Published: 05 Aug 2010

Sybase, an SAP company

The Impact of Business Analytics on Performance and Profitability
sponsored by SAS
WHITE PAPER: Let it be stated plainly: Business analytics are the key to achieving these challenging objectives. Our world generated more data in 2009 than in the previous recorded history of mankind. A good deal of this data can be converted into useful information and competitive advantage – by applying the right analytics.
Posted: 30 Jul 2010 | Published: 30 Jul 2010

SAS

8 Essentials of Business Analytics
sponsored by SAS
WHITE PAPER: Leading banks use business analytics to predict and prevent credit fraud, saving millions. Retailers use business analytics to predict the best location for stores and how to stock them. But these advanced business applications tell only part of the story. What's going on inside these market-leading companies that sets them apart?
Posted: 29 Jul 2010 | Published: 29 Jul 2010

SAS

Top 10 Data Mining Mistakes
sponsored by SAS
WHITE PAPER: In the following paper, we briefly describe, and illustrate from examples, what we believe are the “Top 10” mistakes of data mining, in terms of frequency and seriousness. Most are basic, though a few are subtle. All have, when undetected, left analysts worse off than if they’d never looked at their data.
Posted: 07 Apr 2010 | Published: 07 Apr 2010

SAS

 Achieving Measurable Gains by Automating Claims Processing
sponsored by Kofax, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper identifies seven levels of claims automation and provides a roadmap that can be followed to enhance claims processing for insurance companies worldwide.
Posted: 01 Apr 2010 | Published: 31 Mar 2010

Kofax, Inc.

Accounts Payable: Building a “Lean and Green” Invoice-to-Pay Process
sponsored by Dolphin
WHITE PAPER: Business processes are expected to run lean and green. The Accounts Payable process that runs with optimal efficiency and accuracy will diagnose bottlenecks in seconds, generate minimal waste and keep vendors and partners happy with fast inquiry response and timely payments. Read this paper from Dolphin Corporation to learn about automating AP.
Posted: 11 Mar 2010 | Published: 10 Mar 2010

Dolphin

Business Intelligence in SAP® Business All-in-One
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: With the business intelligence functionality in SAP Business All-in-One solutions, your company can gain visibility, insight, operational alignment, and accountability to increase revenue, margins, and liquidity; streamline processes; improve agility; and become a best-run business.
Posted: 26 Oct 2009 | Published: 26 Oct 2009

SAP America, Inc.

Winning in Today's Environment: Six Imperatives for the Chief Sales Officer
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Download the Oracle CRM White Paper, "Winning in Today's Environment: Six Imperatives for the Chief Sales Officer," to learn how you can deploy several best practices to achieve unparalleled sales success in your organization.
Posted: 20 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009

Oracle Corporation

The New Face of Intrusion Prevention
sponsored by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
WHITE PAPER: Check Point IPS Software Blade gives breakthrough performance and protection at a breakthrough price. For more details, check out this paper, which highlights the numerous benefits of Check Point intrusion prevention protection solutions.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 12 Jun 2009

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Zen and the Art of the Balanced Scorecard
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Today the use of balanced scorecards for performance management has become a hallmark of a well-run company. This paper will provide guiding principles to help your company's overall performance.
Posted: 16 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2008

Oracle Corporation

Sybase IQ: The Economics of Business Reporting
sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company
WHITE PAPER: Reporting is recognized as a way for companies to improve service, ensure quality, control costs, and prevent losses by empowering decision-makers throughout the organization. This paper will explain why reporting is one form of business intelligence that has become business-critical.
Posted: 31 Aug 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2009

Sybase, an SAP company

Automated Business Intelligence: Delivering Real Business Value, Quickly, Easily, and Affordably
sponsored by Birst
WHITE PAPER: This White Paper explores how traditional approaches fall short, what the automated solution and its benefits look like, how the on-demand delivery model best represents the integrated stack necessary for automation, and how the automated, on-demand model brings the benefits of BI to a far broader audience than ever before.
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 19 Jun 2009

Birst

EZ Insight Report: IBM Rational Jazz Strategy for Collaborative Application Lifecycle Management (Full report)
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Analyst report which includes new or expanded discussion of Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration, Rational Requirements Manager, Quality Manager, Insight, and IBM Software Delivery Services for Cloud and Rational Asset Manager.
Posted: 13 Mar 2009 | Published: 13 Mar 2009

IBM

A Business Intelligence (BI) Agenda for Midsize Organizations: Six Strategies for Success White Paper
sponsored by IBM Cognos
WHITE PAPER: Success in business intelligence is all about facilitating sound, data-driven decisions at every level of the business. Read this white paper to learn six strategies for BI success, drawn from the experiences of actual IBM Cognos customers.
Posted: 02 Mar 2009 | Published: 02 Mar 2009

IBM Cognos

Multi Process HR Outsourcing for Large US Retailer
sponsored by Wipro
WHITE PAPER: Learn from the success one of the largest U.S. retailers who implemented an integrated global HR outsourcing solution that combined process, technology, domain, and service delivery expertise.
Posted: 13 Jan 2009 | Published: 13 Jan 2009

Wipro

Virtualization 2.0 Is All about Manageability - What You Should Look for in a Monitoring Solution
sponsored by eG Innovations, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This document outlines the key management challenges that must be overcome as the use of virtualization continues to increase in production enterprise environments.
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 | Published: 14 Nov 2008

eG Innovations, Inc.

Application Performance Management (APM) for TIBCO Users: Extending Visibility across Your TIBCO Infrastructure and Beyond
sponsored by SL Corporation
WHITE PAPER: TIBCO users may wish to expand IT monitoring and management beyond their TIBCO infrastructure.
Posted: 31 Oct 2008 | Published: 31 Oct 2008

SL Corporation

Top 5 Considerations While Setting up Your MySQL Backup
sponsored by Zmanda Inc.
WHITE PAPER: A well thought through backup plan and configuration will go a long way to ensure that you can recover your database - when a system or user error deletes important data stored in MySQL - without impacting your business.
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 | Published: 08 Jul 2008

Zmanda Inc.

Business Intelligence: The Definitive Guide for Midsize Organizations
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Business intelligence (BI) allows organizations to better understand, analyze, and even predict what's occurring in their company.
Posted: 09 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

SAP America, Inc.

5 Styles of Business Intelligence
sponsored by MicroStrategy
WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at the historical development of BI applications and BI technology, and concludes that five common Styles of BI have evolved during the past decade - each style representing a certain characteristic usage.
Posted: 09 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2002

MicroStrategy

Top 5 Best Practices for Creating Effective Campaign Dashboards
sponsored by Tableau Software
WHITE PAPER: We can define an effective marketing dashboard as one that enables marketers to visually display relevant and current campaign, customer, advertising and/or branding information needed to achieve marketing objectives.
Posted: 04 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

Tableau Software

Speeding the Time to Intelligence: Effective Information Management through Business Intelligence Competency Centers and Performance Management
sponsored by SAS
WHITE PAPER: This article explains in detail about how to arrive at and implement an effective business intelligence strategy, using both a BICC and performance management technology.
Posted: 20 May 2008 | Published: 20 May 2008

SAS