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ALSO CALLED: DSS (Decision Support Systems), Decision Support
DEFINITION: A decision support system (DSS) is a computer program application that analyzes business data and presents it so that users can make business decisions more easily. It is an "informational application" (to distinguish it from an "operational application" that collects the data in the course of normal business operation).Typical information that a decision support application might gather and present  … 
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Decision Support Systems Reports
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Boosting SQL-Based Decision Support Power and Performance with Dell’s Twelfth Generation Servers
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
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

Dell, Inc. and Intel

Making Your Enterprise Ready for Optimized Decision-Making
sponsored by IBM
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

IBM

JBoss Enterprise BRMS Overview: Business Rules and the Red Hat Open Source Way
sponsored by Red Hat
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

Red Hat

Everybody Makes Decisions: How the $2 Billion Embedded Business Intelligence Market Is Enabling Higher Competitiveness
sponsored by Jaspersoft
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

Jaspersoft

Gartner-A step-by-step approach to successful Business Intelligence
sponsored by IBM
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

IBM

Expanding Active Decision-Making: The Power of Integrating Business Rules and Events
sponsored by Red Hat
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

Red Hat

Business Agility Insights Issue 2
sponsored by eBizQ
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

eBizQ

Business Agility Insights Issue 1
sponsored by eBizQ
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

eBizQ

Aberdeen Group ERP in Wholesale Distribution 2011 Report
sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation
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

Epicor Software Corporation

IOD Director, Business Wisdom, Intelligence - How to get full value from your business intelligence
sponsored by Sage Software
WHITE PAPER: Once expensive and only viable for large enterprises, BI systems are now available to small and midsized businesses too. Read this white paper to learn how a BI system can provide you with more accurate information, the ability to predict future trends, and access to data you may not have been able to analyze previously.
Posted: 29 Mar 2012 | Published: 29 Mar 2012

Sage Software

Purchasing Servers and Storage for Decision Support Applications: A Checklist
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
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

Dell, Inc. and Intel

Dell 12G White Papers: Why Dell for Oracle Decision Support Applications
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
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

Dell, Inc. and Intel

Real-time BI for Faster Business Insight 
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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

Oracle Corporation

CW+: The Open Group: Cloud buyers’ decision tree
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
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

ComputerWeekly.com

Health Care Business Intelligence and Analytics Report
sponsored by SearchHealthIT.com
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

SearchHealthIT.com

Workforce Analytics: Key to Aligning People to Business Strategy
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper from Aberdeen Research takes a look at how applying analytics capabilities to workforce management can better align people to business goals and strategies to cut costs and improve performance.
Posted: 19 Jul 2011 | Published: 19 Jul 2011

SAP America, Inc.

The Power of Real-time Continuous Intelligence™ with ESP
sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company
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

Sybase, an SAP company

Making Strategy Real - by Don Tapscott
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
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

SAP America, Inc.

The Business Value of Business Intelligence
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
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

SAP America, Inc.
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DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS DEFINITION (continued): … A decision support system (DSS) is a computer program application that analyzes business data and presents it so that users can make business decisions more easily. It is an "informational application" (to distinguish it from an "operational application" that collects the data in the course of normal business operation).Typical information that a decision support application might gather and present would be: Comparative sales figures between one week and the nextProjected revenue figures based on new product sales assumptions The consequences of different decision alternatives, given past experience in a context that is describedA decision support system may present information graphically and may include an expert system or artificial intelligence (AI). It may be aimed at business executives or some other group of knowledge workers.
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