Business Intelligence Software

VIDEOCAST: Watch this videocast to learn how you can deliver better business results through real-time data analytics and business intelligence of your enterprise information with SAP HANA.

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 | Premiered: Sep 5, 2012

VIDEOCAST: This videocast highlights how SAP HANA can benefit the retail industry. Learn how retailers can easily gain insight into their inventory levels as well as customer demand. Help your decision-makers make informed choices about supply, customer demand, and product levels with the help of real-time access to data analytics.

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 | Premiered: Sep 5, 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper is designed to help mid-market companies and government agencies understand the difference between CPM and BI software products and when it's appropriate to use each one. Find five types of software application for CPM, as well as how to identify likely components of BI platforms.

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 | Published: 04 Sep 2012

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This 8 page special report from Computer Weekly offers a critical assessment of Capgemini, its strategy, products and services and financial performance. Packed with graphs and charts it is essential reading for anyone thinking of working with Capgemini.

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 | Published: 24 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: Leading oil refiner Valero Energy Corporation implemented the SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence application at its many refineries to gain greater visibility into safety, energy usage, unit performance, and inventory. This real-time view helped Valero optimize its operations and save $120 million in the first year alone.

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 | Published: 05 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Although business intelligence (BI) has been around for years, many organizations still struggle to effectively utilize the myriad of BI tools. Read on to learn how to successfully leverage BI tools with the 3 "levels" of BI and gain insight into common BI challenges and ways to avoid them.

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

WEBCAST: This webcast details one such option that effectively joins financial, operational, strategic planning and business analytics into an enterprise-wide, holistic solution. Watch this now to learn about this option that can seamlessly move between your personal, workgroup and enterprise requirements to deliver quick and accurate insights.

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 | Premiered: Aug 9, 2012

WEBCAST: This brief webcast details one analytics option that will seamlessly move between your personal, workgroup and enterprise requirements, helping you gain greater insights quicker and easier than ever before. Watch this now to learn real-life use cases for this innovative option.

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 | Premiered: Aug 9, 2012

WHITE PAPER: To keep pace with the competition and seize timely opportunities, people in your organization need access to critical business intelligence (BI) to answer ad hoc questions and queries. Read this white paper to learn how SAP BusinessObjects™ Web Intelligence software combines self-service access with ad hoc reporting and analysis.

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 | Published: 08 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: Find out how SAP Rapid Marts packages can help you access and use transactional data stored in the SAP ERP application for better, faster decision making. The latest release supports the SAP HANA platform, provides fast and powerful analysis and reporting, and can be deployed quickly to suit your business demands.

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 | Published: 06 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses the top 4 worst practices in business intelligence (BI) and provides you with essential strategies for how to overcome these common mishaps.

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper details how SAP in-memory computing can change the way you manage business intelligence (BI) and the value your business can derive from the technology. For IT executives, the paper offers substantial information and business examples about what changes they can look forward to and the effect they'll have on their strategic initiatives.

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 | Published: 02 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: In order to deliver the most effective business intelligence (BI), IT must leverage the right set of tools to make information retrievable and easy to understand. Read this exclusive paper to learn 5 things you need to know about your users before deploying BI in order to ensure success.

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper details an integrated intelligence platform for government organizations. Read on to learn how this option allows you to take advantage of a single, unified workspace and Web-based user interface, focus on the task rather than the tools, integrate intelligence data and apply analytics to gain actionable insights, and much more.

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 | Published: 18 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to to uncover the 10 distinguishing characteristics that Bloomberg Businessweek has identified as factors in the success of the one in four organizations reporting their use of business analytics to be "very effective." Learn how implementing these 10 specific steps can make business analytics work better in any organization.

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 | Published: 25 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: Find out how NoSQL databases can help your company meet the growing amounts of data in a manageable and usable fashion for BI. This paper gives an in-depth example at how MongoDB provides NoSQL benefits, as well as leveraging data in real-time, the benefits of document-oriented data, and examples of how users have implemented this to their BI.

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

CASE STUDY: This case study examines the challenge Miami-Dade County faced when their business intelligence (BI) grew in strategic importance. Their existing infrastructure didn't have the capacity to support the needed growth to extend their use of Congos BI and its capabilities. They decided to explore using IBM's System z for their current and future needs.

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 | Published: 21 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper focuses on finding the value within big data and offers advice for delivering deeper insight to decision-makers and management. Also, discover how leading companies are benefiting from the recent emergence of MapReduce and real-time analytics.

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn how data mining and statistical analysis can dramatically improve patient care and satisfaction without stretching your budget.

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 | Published: 13 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines the results of a survey conducted amongst more than 1,100 executives across nine industries in 64 countries on their ability to capture data, share insights and take actions based on what they learn. Read this now to discover how other companies are harnessing and handling their data and learn how you can follow a similar path.

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 | Published: 08 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: Business and IT leaders are under pressure to make more intelligent decision and more accurate estimates – making effective predictive analytics a top priority in today's business world. Read this paper to learn about a next-generation unified decision-support environment that can simplify the analysis of past, present, and future data.

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

EGUIDE: Organizations are carving out small slices of their DWs and databases where scientists and analysts can manipulate and analyze data sets. The intent of the data sandbox is to separate experimentation from the production database environment. Read this edition of BI Trends and Strategies to learn about the many benefits of using data sandboxes.

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

EGUIDE: Read this expert e-guide to learn what you need to consider when choosing manufacturing business intelligence (BI) software— including tips on deciding between "best of breed" options and enterprise resource planning (ERP) add-ons— in order to ensure a rapid, cost-effective, easily-integrated implementation that provides enhanced business insight.

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 | Published: 23 Jul 2012

EBOOK: What is the future of business intelligence (BI)? According to industry expert Wayne Eckerson, it's cloud computing. Review this comprehensive e-book to gain expert insight into what cloud computing is, the top business benefits cloud-based BI, an in-depth analysis of the SaaS BI market, and much more.

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 | Published: 01 Jul 2012

CASE STUDY: Staples set the bar for the office superstore when it first opened its doors in 1986. It now has the second-largest Internet retail revenue in the world with $10.2 billion in 2010 sales, 43% of the company's total revenue. This paper details how Staples delivered a much more personalized shopping experience to its online customers.

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 | Published: 21 Sep 2011