Information Management

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: Planning, budgeting and forecasting always will be crucial components to your organization. But choosing the right performance management software can be a tough task. This paper from IBM outlines the business challenges and drivers, as well as organizational and technological best practices to follow, and includes a software selection matrix.

Posted: 10 May 2012 | Published: 06 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this brief paper and learn how IBM Cognos can lead finance teams into the next generation by offering driver-based budgeting with vastly shorter planning cycles, flexible rolling forecasts, faster and more reliable financial close and consolidation, tighter control over operational performance, swifter reporting capabilities and so much more.

Posted: 10 May 2012 | Published: 14 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Avoiding unscheduled downtime and equipment failure while trying to maintain quality standards is paramount. Producing high-quality goods and optimizing resources is the ultimate goal of any manufacturing organization. Predictive maintenance, fueled by predictive analytics, helps minimize downtime and saves money. Read this paper to learn more.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 17 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: IT and finance may oftentimes be on separate pages, viewing each other as another facet of the business. In today's recovering economy, their dependence on each other can determine the success or failure of your company. This paper offers insight on how IT and finance can collaborate to help your organization succeed in the post-recession economy.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 10 Mar 2010

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: Read this paper by industry expert Dr. Barry Devlin and learn everything you need to know about operational analytics and how it can benefit your business. Discover its relationship to BI, how traditional data warehouse support it, its architectural advantages and so much more.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 18 Apr 2012

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 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: This white paper demonstrates how adopting ICD-10 and EHRs can provide information that would be useful to streamlining administrative burdens that plague both health plans and providers.

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 | Published: 20 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: Changes to your Oracle E-Business Suite applications directly affect your company. Therefore, having an effective change management and version control process is critical. In this paper, see how an impossible task – versioning and managing Oracle setup object with third-party tools – is now a reality.

Posted: 31 May 2012 | Published: 31 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers up a comprehensive comparison of the Oracle Exadata and IBM Netezza data warehouse appliance, helping you decide which is the better fit for your business. Read this now and learn how they stack up in terms of online transaction processing (OLTP), query performance, simplicity of operation, value and more.

Posted: 30 May 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 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: This resource examines how the New York Philharmonic digitized their enormous collections to provide universal online access with a robust, scalable document management system.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 09 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines a case study of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group and how it used Alfresco for its document management needs.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 09 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper details the current state of business analytics, revealing why it's not as pervasive as one may think. Read this now and learn some best practices that will help CIOs spearhead their company's BI initiatives to make better use of data for a competitive advantage.

Posted: 04 May 2012 | Published: 04 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Decision-making is buoyed by strong business intelligence (BI). For small to midsize businesses (SMBs), formulating an approach to BI can be a challenge. Incremental steps are pivotal for SMBs, according to this paper featuring insight from Gartner. Read this and learn why starting with the basic before evolving deeper is the proven path.

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 | Published: 19 Apr 2012