Data Management Software

WHITE PAPER: This paper details the need for governments to become more open and the benefits of doing so. Read on to gain insight into the role of public sector information in economic development, a world map of open government data initiatives, how governments are sharing their data with citizens, the challenges that lie ahead and so much more.

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 | Published: 19 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: Ever since Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's failed attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines plane on Christmas Day 2009, a greater emphasis has been placed on the sharing and validation of information used in security and crime investigations. This paper outlines one option that facilitates collaboration between jurisdictions.

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 | Published: 13 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines what predictive analytics is and how it can benefit your organization. Read this invaluable resource now to learn about predictive modeling techniques, predictive analytics applications in marketing, the effect it can have on customer relationship management (CRM), customer loyalty and retention, and so much more.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 29 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: Do you know as much about your employees as you know about your customers, products, or systems?  Imagine the organizational transformation that could be possible if HR could provide real-time, actionable insight into the talent of your organization

Posted: 29 May 2012 | Published: 14 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper details 6 examples of leading global companies' HR departments that are at the forefront of workforce management strategies. Read this and learn how Four Seasons enables its employees to assist guests anytime, anywhere, or how Zappos.com aligns its organization around the company's 10 core values to offer exceptional customer service.

Posted: 29 May 2012 | Published: 29 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper explores the challenges associated with standardizing multi-country payroll programs and outlines eight essential steps for success. Read on for a deeper understanding of how to assess your current international payroll operations and learn how to design a payroll strategy that aligns with your company’s strategic objectives.

Posted: 29 May 2012 | Published: 15 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Once designated to the finance organization, functions such as forecasting and analysis have spread to other parts of the business. Performance management solutions are being deployed more broadly, migrating to everyday users. This paper explains why a Finance Center of Excellence can help ensure your performance management initiative succeeds.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 13 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Success depends on healthy and accurate forecasts. A rolling forecasting approach is typically helpful in developing or restoring your forecasting practices to full health. This paper from IBM offers up six principals that should be mainstays in your forecasting blueprint and also outlines an example of successful rolling forecasts in practice.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 16 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: The connected customer is changing the way you must conduct business. In order to comply with your customers' demands, you must change the way your products are sourced, manufactured and distributed. Smarter commerce enables this, allowing you to transform how quickly you can manage and adapt your source, market, sell and service processes.

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 | Published: 16 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: SAP analytics solutions can help today's government agencies overcome the many challenges associated with tax discovery. Read on to learn how SAP's public sector software solutions can benefit government agencies by improving performance, reducing costs and streamlining service delivery.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 29 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines how public sector organizations can boost performance, reduce fraud and do more with less with the latest budget and cost analysis software. Read on to learn how leading government agencies are capitalizing on the latest SAP public sector solutions to streamline operations and improve accountability and transparency.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 29 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper details SAP's range of public sector solutions, designed specifically to assist government agencies in proactively monitoring their current and future spending. Learn how to get a better handle on unspent funds such as unliquidated obligations (ULOs) by drilling into layers of data to create accurate reports and projections in real time.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 29 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines how SAP's latest analytics solutions can analyze multiple databases in real-time to identify and prevent improper government payments before they happen. Read on to learn how government agencies can leverage this technology to speed up the process of accessing multiple data sources, reduce the burden on IT staff and much more.

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 | Published: 27 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: As data pools continue multiplying, more and more organizations are moving their growing volumes of data out of disk-based storage systems and remote relational databases and into machine memory. But there’s more to be said about in-memory data storage. Check out this resource to discover the top ten reasons to store more data in memory.

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 | Published: 13 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: This case study discusses how one organization turned to a unified document-management platform to improve and simplify the way they access their paper and digital data. Discover how they were able to digitize 46,000 paper documents and review the benefits they are now experiencing.

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper reveals the findings of a recent survey of senior risk and IT decision-makers in international financial institutions, exploring their current risk management capabilities and their plans for introducing integrated technologies, and examining the relationship between data management and risk mitigation in depth.

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: The need for new data management software that can support enormous clusters of data, or "big data", is unquestionable. But careful consideration must be given to the specific requirements of each application implementation. Read this insightful paper to learn how to best develop these new types of  data management applications.

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: Following nine other surveys, the BI Survey 10 analyzed the platforms of six of the largest BI vendors and asked 2,961 organizations across 80 countries many of the same questions as previous years. Read this now and learn how organizations view certain aspects of their BI tools, such as response time, performance, business benefits and more.

Posted: 24 May 2012 | Published: 24 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper presents the case for business analytics, outlining the trends that are redefining analytics and the weaknesses of decentralized analytics solutions. Gain additional insight into IBM Business Analytics solutions on System z, an end-to-end solution that includes BI, predictive analytics and data warehousing on a single platform.

Posted: 22 May 2012 | Published: 18 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Social service agencies are experiencing challenges with manual processes. Advanced case management strategies are being implemented to streamline these processes and foster greater insight, collaboration and decision-making capabilities. This white paper explains how one such solution allows you automate these processes to elevate processing.

Posted: 16 May 2012 | Published: 15 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Your forecasting capabilities are likely lacking in some form or another. To fix this you must first recognize the problem and then implement a cure that leads to healthier predictions. This paper from IBM can help you zero in on the problem, offering up seven underlying symptoms of forecasting illness and remedies on how to overcome each one.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 13 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper details an asset management solution from IBM. This option is designed for the federal government and enables seamless integration and support maintenance of every asset across the enterprise. Read this now and learn how this option can offer complete visibility into every asset, enable elevated risk management and more.

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 | Published: 27 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Given that Sybase ASE can now be deployed as the foundation for SAP Business Suite and BW implementations (in addition to Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and IBM DB2), the information is relevant to SAP customers installing a new instance of SAP or looking to migrate their existing SAP installation to a different database.

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 | Published: 30 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of specific information required for administrating storage on Linux servers connected to the Dell Compellent Storage Center. The information is intended for administrators with at minimum a basic understanding of Linux systems, specifically general tasks around managing disk partitions and file systems.

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 | Published: 05 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this brief resource, you will discover the possibilities of Splunk's flexible, visual application for Citrix NetScaler and learn how it can provide enhanced visibility and analytics within your organization.

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 | Published: 04 Apr 2012