Business & Operational Support Systems

ANALYST BRIEF: Gartner analysts explain how Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) teams can best prepare for the cloud.

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 | Published: 14 Jan 2013

PRODUCT LITERATURE: BusinessObjects Data Services XI 3.0 is your solution for delivering trusted data across the enterprise. It allows you to address initiatives such as ERP, BI, data warehousing, data migration, and master data management. Learn more in this whitepaper.

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

WHITE PAPER: What’s the truth behind the failure of many BI projects? Read this paper to learn the main factors leading to disappointment. These pitfalls are not those of new entrants to BI but have been repeated by smart and well managed companies worldwide.

Posted: 04 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers a check list that manufacturers can use for evaluating and comparing alternative Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Quality Management Systems (QMS).

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 | Published: 28 Aug 2008

VIDEO: Watch this video to see how IBM is helping research organizations take advantage of cloud computing solutions to help these groups do more with less.

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 | Premiered: 22 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: This Yankee Group report discusses IMS architecture as well as current trends in web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA).

Posted: 03 Oct 2007 | Published: 01 Feb 2006

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes how the software as a service (SaaS) model delivers financial, implementation and operational benefits to job shops and small manufacturers. With Epicor Express, job shops and small manufacturers now have the opportunity to implement an ERP solution that can help transform their operations and business.

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 | Published: 07 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes seven practical steps information security professionals can take to integrate controls into IT production operations, to simultaneously achieve NERC compliance goals, and also IT operational and security goals.

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 | Published: 08 Dec 2008

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This report from PwC, highlights the urgency for technology companies to reinvent their existing operating models to meet the fast-changing buying process.

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 | Published: 05 Mar 2013

ANALYST REPORT: In an ongoing business intelligence project, the new required updates pile up at a steady or accelerating rate, while the effort to make each change grows as the system grows more complex. The inevitable result is a growing backlog of unmet business needs. That build-up is the BI Log Jam. Read this analyst report to learn how to break the cycle.

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009