Market Trends

WHITE PAPER: Business survival in the age of the smart consumer means empowering your customers to shop how and when they want. In this white paper, find the results of a recent survey of more than 30,000 consumers and uncover the key trends shaping the world of retail.

Posted: 07 May 2013 | Published: 28 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Visual discovery tools help enable business users to access and analyze data with minimal assistance from the IT department. Consult this white paper to learn more about who the target users of visual discovery tools are and how they help analyze data in a variety of systems.

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 | Published: 04 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the key benefits and outlines several use cases for leveraging predictive analytics to enhance operational efficiency. Discover how leading organizations are improving business visibility through fact-based decision making across core operational processes.

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 | Published: 13 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: Although scale-out storage technologies were once viewed as specialized infrastructure solutions that really only made sense in a few environments, today these platforms are making their way into mainstream IT. Check out this ESG market forecast to discover current trends and future predictions regarding the development of these solutions.   

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This survey of more than 3,500 cloud computing users in eight countries uncovers current user attitudes towards the cloud and their experience in adopting cloud computing. Access these findings to discover the answers to key cloud questions now.

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 | Published: 12 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Changing business requirements and customer demands are pushing cloud to the forefront. Access this exclusive report from IDC to investigate the key benefits that cloud has over traditional delivery models, current market trends, cloud offerings and challenges providers are facing.

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 | Published: 12 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines a new mobile barcode solution for consumer engagement, which is helping to connect the offline world with the online world.

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This brief white paper examines the business benefits associated with promotional marketing campaigns aimed at barcode scanning via consumer mobile devices.

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Turn a static advertisement into an immersive experience with AT&T Mobile Barcode Services. Mobile barcodes give brands the opportunity to reach consumers directly on their smartphones, delivering information, promotions, coupons and more to customers’ fingertips.

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 | Published: 28 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: A full market perspective is difficult because of fragmented liquidity. Many securities are traded on more than one exchange or alternative trading venue. Knowing when, where and how to trade can be a challenge, and it’s getting harder all the time as the markets evolve.

Posted: 25 May 2011 | Published: 25 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Businesses that fail to strategically leverage analytically driven customer insight will gradually become obsolete over time. This paper takes a closer look at why – and explains what you can do to evolve your marketing organization’s ability to turn data into customer insight, and insight into competitive advantage.

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 | Published: 02 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: MPaaS is a newer niche in cloud computing, but it’s a natural fit for gaining efficiencies of scale and reliability by using the infrastructure of messaging providers like ExactTarget. Read on to learn more about an unmatched one-to-one messaging solution that provides unbeatable deliverability - without the hassle of new capital investments.

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 | Published: 29 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: IBM surveyed more than 30,000 consumers in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Brazil, India and China for this report on shopping preferences. Read this report to learn why technology makes consumers smarter, more connected and more certain about what they want.

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 | Published: 25 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Making knowledge more visible increases innovation and shortens turnaround times. Increased collaboration accelerates productivity. With Web 2.0, your company transforms into a more-socially connected organization that reacts faster and more effectively to the market.

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides insight into the six key areas essential for becoming a value-driven organization. Discover how to gain the visibility and control essential to meet and exceed customer needs.

Posted: 20 Aug 2008 | Published: 20 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper explores the insights that emerge when software enables us to view a set of data from several perspectives at the same time. With Faceted Analytical displays, the multiple perspectives, lead to insights that would be difficult to see otherwise.

Posted: 30 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

WHITE PAPER: Data modeling has evolved from an arcane technique for database designers into an entire family of interrelated techniques that serves many constituencies, including techno-phobic business stakeholders and users. The new maturity of modeling to...

Posted: 18 Jul 2008 | Published: 19 May 2008

WHITE PAPER: Explore the results of this Yankee Group study aimed at determining how on-demand technology can be used to improve sales effectiveness. Gain a deeper understanding of the difference between sales administration and sales effectiveness and the role technology plays in driving revenue.

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008

WHITE PAPER: This IBM study focused on two groups – teens and boomers. It explores their lifestyles, values, and particular preferences and attitudes toward shopping. Read this paper to learn how retailers can better meet the needs of these two segments.

Posted: 14 May 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

WHITE PAPER: With customer demands rising and prices falling, service excellence alone is no longer enough to ensure future growth and profitability. Read this white paper to explore strategies, practices, and tools that can help your business achieve p...

Posted: 24 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2005

WHITE PAPER: Learn how comprehensive workforce management processes can transform common challenges of healthcare enterprise into opportunities. Discover how to improve the quality of patient care, meet regulatory compliances and reduce costs.

Posted: 19 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

WHITE PAPER: Learn how faceted analytical displays can lead to insight that would be difficult to unearth otherwise. Faceted analytical displays are powerful and will help you discover new information that will translate into big benefits for your company.

Posted: 20 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

WHITE PAPER: Data doesn't have to be only fact driven and metric. Learn these five best practices to help you make sense and order out of a disparate collection of facts.

Posted: 20 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008

WHITE PAPER: There is more to BI than simply deploying technology. Explore the current state of BI and four main areas that hold companies back from utilizing their information. Learn information management best practices that will help you drive performance.

Posted: 18 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2007

WHITE PAPER: Use insight produced through analytics to improve performance and gain a strategic advantage. Learn how you can employ an enterprise-wide approach for maintaining data and using analytics for improved decision making.

Posted: 18 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2007