Case Studies, Whitepapers, Webinars and Product Information sponsored by SAP America, Inc.

All Research Sponsored By:SAP America, Inc.

E-Guide: Business intelligence management: Strategic advice for CIOs EGUIDE: For organizations with stores upon stores of untouched data, there’s one essential tool: Business intelligence. Unfortunately, inconsistent or irrelevant data can turn BI in the wrong direction. This e-guide outlines essential components for a foolproof BI management strategy. Posted: 04 Nov 2011 \| Published: 04 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| CIOs \| Dashboards \| Data Analytics \| Data Mining \| Predictive Analytics \| Productivity \| Strategic Planning

Tip-Guide: Demand-driven supply chain innovations center on analytics, mobile ID EGUIDE: In this expert tip guide, readers will learn details around the recent advances in automatic identification and data capture (AIDC), especially item-level radio frequency identification (RFID) and smartphone-based social media and scanning applications for consumers, as well as new applications of supply chain analytics. Posted: 04 Nov 2011 \| Published: 04 Nov 2011 TOPICS: AIDC \| Mobile Device Management \| RFID \| Smart Phones \| Supply Chain Event Management Software \| Supply Chain Execution \| Supply Chain Intelligence \| Supply Chain Software

Tip Guide: Big Data: Giant Wave or Huge Precipice? EGUIDE: In this tip guide, industry expert Barry Devlin will explore what exactly big data is and where it comes from. Posted: 04 Nov 2011 \| Published: 04 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Warehouses

E-Guide: Business intelligence: Paving the way for innovation EGUIDE: Business intelligence and predictive analytics have the potential to revolutionize the way CIOs make decisions and align IT with business goals. By collecting valuable data, CIOs can promote innovative change. Inside this exclusive e-guide, learn how New York City Housing Authority’s CIO used BI and predictive analytics to do just that. Posted: 02 Nov 2011 \| Published: 02 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business IT Alignment \| CIOs \| Data Analytics \| Data Modeling \| Predictive Analytics \| Predictive Analytics Software

Tip Guide: The Future of Business Intelligence EGUIDE: In this Tip Guide, industry expert Richard Herschel will explore the results of this survey and offer his insights to the future of Business Intelligence. Posted: 02 Nov 2011 \| Published: 02 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Business Activity Monitoring \| Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Quality \| Knowledge Management \| Master Data Management

Tip-Guide: Business Analytics: Considering the Spectrum of Analysis EGUIDE: In this Tip Guide, industry expert David Loshin will explore key business questions to consider when mapping the business users’ expectations into a realistic plan for source data selection, evaluation, preparation, and analysis. Posted: 02 Nov 2011 \| Published: 02 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Business Activity Monitoring \| Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Quality \| Knowledge Management \| Master Data Management

Tip Guide: Straightforward Analytics EGUIDE: In this Tip Guide, industry expert David Loshin will provide straightforward steps for a firm foundation to successfully apply analytic results within your organization. Posted: 02 Nov 2011 \| Published: 02 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Business Activity Monitoring \| Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Quality

E-Guide: How to prepare for business intelligence 3.0 EGUIDE: Next-generation business intelligence has the potential to be a game-changer for predictive analytics because it solves the latency issues that plagued traditional BI platforms. Access this e-guide for expert insight into planning for BI that works alongside social media, mobile devices and context-aware computing. Posted: 02 Nov 2011 \| Published: 02 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Data Analytics \| Mobile Device Management \| Predictive Analytics \| Predictive Analytics Software \| Social Networking \| Strategic Planning

Presentation Transcript: Big Data and Data Warehousing PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Wayne Eckerson introduces big data and the issues involved in warehousing it as well as an overview of data warehouse architectures for storing big data. Posted: 02 Nov 2011 \| Published: 02 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Warehouse Architectures \| Data Warehouses

Three Keys to Better Data-driven Decisions: What You Should Know… Right Now WHITE PAPER: Small and midsized businesses often base their business decisions on inconsistent, flawed information that takes an inordinate amount of time and effort to access. Read this white paper to discover centralized analysis and reporting tools that can provide the necessary visibility to improve decision-making. Posted: 31 Oct 2011 \| Published: 31 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Integration \| Data Management \| Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Reporting Software

The Three Pitfalls of Business Expansion And How You Can Avoid Them WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to leverage the power of an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to overcome the pitfalls of business expansion. Posted: 31 Oct 2011 \| Published: 31 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Modeling \| Change Management \| Data Integration \| ERP \| Supply Chain Integration

Tip Guide: SAP: Upcoming service pack to let BW run on HANA as data layer EGUIDE: In this tip guide, you'll learn how HANA affects SAP landscapes and what you should be doing about it. Posted: 24 Oct 2011 \| Published: 24 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Warehouses \| SAP (Product)

Tip Guide: SAP in-memory applications EGUIDE: In this tip guide, gain insight into SAP's application launch plans for the year, including new application capabilities and industry focused application plans for SAP. Posted: 24 Oct 2011 \| Published: 24 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Warehouses \| Database Management \| Risk Management \| SAP (Product)

E-Guide: Dealing with ‘big data’ challenges: real-world strategies and advice EGUIDE: In this e-guide, uncover common challenges of managing large volumes of data and offer advice on how to copy with the 'big data' explosion as part of data warehousing strategies. Posted: 24 Oct 2011 \| Published: 24 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Warehouses \| Information Management

Tip Guide: Creating flexible and agile analytical environments with SAP HANA EGUIDE: Learn how the launch of SAP HANA has allowed for a much more flexible and agile analytical environment. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Activity Monitoring \| Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Warehouses \| SAP (Product)

Tip Guide: Expert Predictions for in-memory analytics strategy EGUIDE: Gain insight and predictions for analytics appliances for the upcoming year. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Warehouses \| Mobile CRM \| Mobile Device Management Software \| SAP (Product)

Tip Guide: Retail best practices for in-memory analytics in SAP environments EGUIDE: Learn how to successfully manage new challenges in the retail industry. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Customer Loyalty \| Customer Service \| Data Analytics \| Data Warehouses \| SAP (Product) \| Social Networking

Tip Guide: SAP: In-memory now ‘a reality’ EGUIDE: This tip guide explores how HANA affects SAP landscapes. Posted: 18 Oct 2011 \| Published: 18 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Analytics \| Data Warehouse Software \| Data Warehouses \| ERP \| SAP (Product)

Tip Guide: Tips for in-memory analytics with SAP HANA EGUIDE: In this e-guide, learn how SAP HANA is affecting SAP landscapes. Posted: 18 Oct 2011 \| Published: 18 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Activity Monitoring \| Data Warehouse Software \| Data Warehouses \| ERP \| Real-time Analytical Software \| SAP (Product)

SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration VIDEO: Many organizations have business processes that are inefficient and time-consuming, but lack the tools to quickly create better processes. View this brief video to discover software that can help you automate and optimize virtually any business process quickly and effectively. Posted: 18 Oct 2011 \| Premiered: 17 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Process Modeling \| Business Process Reengineering

E-Guide: In-memory analytics: SAP HANA insights and analyst predictions EGUIDE: This e-guide uncovers how the launch of SAP HANA has allowed for a more flexible and agile analytical environment. Gain insight into SAP predictions for the upcoming year. Posted: 13 Oct 2011 \| Published: 13 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Warehouses \| Mobile Device Management \| SAP (Product)

Tip Guide: Top five predictive analytics strategy tips EGUIDE: This tip guide gives you advice for implementing a predictive analytics program. Posted: 13 Oct 2011 \| Published: 13 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Predictive Analytics

E-Guide: Best practices for SAP in-memory analytics applications EGUIDE: This e-guide gives insight to SAP's application launch plans for the year. Posted: 13 Oct 2011 \| Published: 13 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Management \| Data Warehouses \| Database Management \| Mobile Device Management \| SAP (Product) \| Social Computing

E-Guide: Big Data BI and analytics: Tips and best practices for managing big-data EGUIDE: In this e-guide you'll discover the emerging BI and analytics best practices for big data environments. Posted: 13 Oct 2011 \| Published: 13 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Warehouses \| Information Governance \| SAP (Product)

E-Guide: Strategies for managing large data volumes with Big Data BI and analytics EGUIDE: In this e-guide, uncover the emerging BI and analytics best practices for big data environments. Posted: 12 Oct 2011 \| Published: 12 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Warehouses \| Database Management