Decision Support Architectures

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to integrate your operations into a new structure acquired through mergers and acquisitions; align your IT operations into a single platform; enhance customer service; increase the productivity of your global workforce; and bolster supply chain efficiency.

Posted: 14 May 2012 | Published: 14 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: When embarking on any business effort — an IT project, for example — strategy and planning should go hand in hand. A comprehensive project plan lacks value unless you align it with a solid strategy.

Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 17 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the critical role of IT for businesses entering emerging markets. Within, you'll find valuable advice from three top IT leaders drawing from their experience in this setting.

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 | Published: 24 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to uncover best practices for motivating, managing, and leading virtual teams. Discover the importance of minimizing feelings of disconnection, tips on handling the inevitable obstacles distance brings, how to successfully close a project, and more.

Posted: 07 May 2012 | Published: 07 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Discover what the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is and what benefits your organization can gain from leveraging this set of best practices, such as improved service delivery and increased agility.

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 | Published: 16 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: The Microsoft workstyle is changing. The old desktop computer is being replaced by the digital generation and fast-paced, tech-savvy devices. Access this resource to learn about the new Microsoft workstyle, which promotes anywhere connection, intelligent infrastructure, cloud management and multiple Windows-based devices.

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: How is Business Process Analysis (BPA) relevant to Project Managers (PM)? Discover what PMs need to understand about BPA to best leverage the knowledge that it provides. Find out how BPA recommendations can improve existing projects and help propose new projects.

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 | Published: 11 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This resource divides the data center management tools into four distinct subsets and provides definitions and examples of each. Learn how you can determine which physical infrastructure management tools are needed to operate a data center.

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 10 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this essential resource to discover how QMessage Monitor, a message monitoring system, helped one organization complete critical processing tasks on time, eliminating the need for manual monitoring and avoiding costly downtime.

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 | Published: 02 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This White Paper describes a Decision Tree that could be used to help you discover where Cloud opportunities and solutions might fit in your organization. It is put forward for discussion, with the intention that this discussion, and validation in the field, will result in a practical tool for use by enterprises.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the inherent challenges of dealing with "big data": overwhelming information that seems to come from everywhere and everything. Continue reading to discover strategies for overcoming these challenges by processing "big data" and providing impressive, real-time decision making.

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 | Published: 12 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper reports on the rate of data growth worldwide and points out the limitations of many SQL-based decision support systems. Discover key purchasing criteria to consider when selecting servers and storage to support these critical systems.

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 | Published: 13 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Are your decision-support systems and servers up to date, equipped to handle today's onslaught of data? Legacy systems are no longer viable. This paper explores the results of a research report about decision-support systems, highlighting how Dell's 12th-generation servers and solutions meet these evolving requirements based on users' responses.

Posted: 14 May 2012 | Published: 14 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for an overview of JBoss Enterprise BRMS – an open source system that automates decisions by using simple rules development, access, and change management. Learn about the features and benefits of this system, as well as why BRMSs are important for the success of your business.

Posted: 07 May 2012 | Published: 07 May 2012

EZINE: Read this expert ebizQ.com e-zine to learn how business process management (BPM), complex event processing (CEP), case management, and decision management systems can help you boost your operational efficiency and intelligence.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 | Published: 18 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This document provides you with the knowledge to gain a complete understanding of all the issues you'll face when implementing a BI solution. In this paper, you'll find numerous examples of current Business Objects customers who are using BI in a variety of creative ways to make their organizations more responsive, productive, and profitable.

Posted: 05 Sep 2007 | Published: 05 Sep 2007

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the server requirements of today's critical applications and reveals key metrics used to monitor decision support.

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 | Published: 13 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Business rules management systems (BRMSs) help organizations gain real-time insight into application performance and incorporate automation strategies into their processes. Read this white paper to learn more about the budget-friendly open source options when it comes to integrating business events with automated decision-making.

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 | Published: 19 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses embedded business intelligence and how it leads to improved decision making in a tough economy.

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 | Published: 19 Apr 2012

EZINE: Read this expert e-zine from the teams at ebizQ.com and SearchSOA.com to learn how business process management (BPM) technologies have evolved over the past year and what the latest, most effective strategies are for implementing them.

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 | Published: 19 Apr 2012

ANALYST REPORT: Explore the impact of business intelligence in provider settings, and the results of the SearchHealthIT.com reader survey, in this exclusive report.

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 | Published: 28 Sep 2011

IT BRIEFING: The Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Suite gives business users the tools they need to span the gap between raw data and intelligent business decisions. Access this IT briefing now to learn more about Oracle’s real-time business intelligence (BI) and analytics solutions.

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 | Published: 11 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Predictive analytics enables you to predict the ideal course of action for every decision, delivering the best outcome every time. IBM SPSS Analytical Decision Management combines business analytics, rules, optimization and data management to automate your daily decisions. Read this paper to learn about its architecture, design and more.

Posted: 08 May 2012 | Published: 08 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Depending on the size of an enterprise, a job scheduler may manage thousands of individual mission-critical business processes every day. Access this resource for a brief history of the job scheduling marketplace and to learn what to look for in job scheduling software, including a checklist with which to evaluate your options.

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 | Published: 15 Feb 2012

ANALYST REPORT: Read this report to learn all of the ways in which wholesalers and distributors are integrating ERP software into their daily operations. Find out if there's a strategy you aren't already using that could add value to your company.

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 | Published: 11 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Numerous architecture framework standards have been developed and matured over the past decade and the focus of these frameworks is diverse. Many engineers believe there is an ―either or‖ decision to be made regarding these frameworks; however, this is not always the case.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Discover how you can cost-effectively meet the high perfomance requirements of your SQL-based decision support systems and promote faster, more accurate decisions with next-generation infrastructures in this resource.

Posted: 13 Apr 2012 | Published: 13 Apr 2012

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Download the Open Group Service-Oriented Architecture reference architecture.

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012

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: 09 Jun 2008

WHITE PAPER: How do you know what to do to protect your current business and identify areas of future growth? How do you balance opportunity with risk? This paper helps answer those essential questions.

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 | Published: 29 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper for an introduction to a hybrid solid-state storage solution designed to overcome the performance and management challenges found in today's consolidated and virtual environments. Discover the specs behind this architecture, learn how it addresses key resource utilization, scalability and performance challenges and more.

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 | Published: 30 Mar 2012

BROCHURE: The Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit is the must-attend gathering for new and established enterprise architects, strategists, planners and innovators. Access groundbreaking research on the approaches, tools and techniques that make EA a transformative discipline. Download the Summit brochure for more information.

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

CASE STUDY: This IDC case study examines the benefits TIAA-CREF, a Fortune 100 financial services firm, gained from automating their eCommerce marketing. By deploying Oracle Real-Time Decisions, TIAA-CREF was able to apply intelligent process automation to customize online customer interactions.

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 | Published: 16 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover effective support solutions for your complex data center. Learn to overcome the challenges related to supporting interconnected IT environments with the use of the right support tools.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012