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SAS Visual Analytics – Driving higher data value and business performance
sponsored by SAS
WHITE PAPER: The following white paper explores how data visualization can deliver quicker understanding of what's happening in your data more so than you can with traditional analytics. Learn how interactive data exploration allows for higher data value, improved employee productivity, and much more.
Posted: 05 May 2014 | Published: 05 May 2014

SAS

Intelligent Solutions: Creating a Sustainable, Easy to Maintain BI Environment
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: The following white paper explores the process on how to build a simpler BI environment that still supports necessary business requirements without the headaches. Learn about the technology to make this easier, the strategies to use, and more.
Posted: 02 May 2014 | Published: 02 May 2014

IBM

Analytics: A Catalyst for Connected Health
sponsored by Actian Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Access the following white paper to explore the primary causes of monetary loss the healthcare industry today. Learn how big data analytics offers a solution that can create customized care at a lower cost, dramatically improve disease prevention, reduce hospital readmission, and more.
Posted: 01 May 2014 | Published: 01 May 2014

Actian Corporation

Why insurers need smarter analytics
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Insurance providers, such Unipol Group, Primerica, Unum Group, and Swiss Re, are using a smarter analytics approach to be more customer-centric, predict and control costs better, understand and monitor dynamic risk, and enhance decisions to be more agile in the marketplace—learn how in the following white paper.
Posted: 18 Apr 2014 | Published: 18 Apr 2014

IBM

Are You Ready for Analytics 3.0?
sponsored by SAS
WHITE PAPER: Join analytics pioneer Tom Davenport in the following Q&A as he explores the evolving state of analytics. Learn what you can do to prepare for analytics 3.0, how you can get there, and which tools and supporting roles you need to make it all happen.
Posted: 17 Apr 2014 | Published: 17 Apr 2014

SAS

Why Smarter Business Begins With Better Reporting Tools
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This resource describes the current state of BI reporting, significant trends shaping the industry, and ways in which one BI solution satisfies challenging requirements in demanding, heterogeneous environments.
Posted: 16 Apr 2014 | Published: 16 Apr 2014

IBM

Technology Evaluation Centers - Product Analysis Report: IBM Cognos and SPSS Solutions
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: The following white paper explores the importance of business intelligence and predictive analytics within the decision management infrastructure. Also uncover a solution to consider, user success stories, and more.
Posted: 15 Apr 2014 | Published: 15 Apr 2014

IBM

Top 5 questions to ask before deciding on an optimisation solution
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access the following white paper to uncover the top 5 questions to ask when evaluating optimization solutions. Learn what makes a system trustworthy, how systems should react, why a solution needs to be able to translate business problems into analytics, and more.
Posted: 07 Apr 2014 | Published: 07 Apr 2014

IBM

Actian's Big Data 2.0 Customer Successes
sponsored by Actian Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This resource explores how businesses big and small are navigating the challenges of a big data 2.0 world, and explains how predictive analytics can turn big data into business value.
Posted: 04 Apr 2014 | Published: 04 Apr 2014

Actian Corporation

How to use dataflow to improve analytics and alleviate the 5 latencies
sponsored by Actian Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Consult the following white paper to uncover the top 5 latencies in the analytics process and what you can do to overcome them. Also included are technology recommendations, tips, and, strategies that can make your analytics solution as efficient as it needs to be.
Posted: 04 Apr 2014 | Published: 04 Apr 2014

Actian Corporation

Application Performance for Oil and Gas Seismic Analysis
sponsored by Dot Hill Systems Corp.
WHITE PAPER: The reference solution combines Dot Hill storage solutions, Intel Enterprise Edition for Lustre, and Mellanox Infiniband to deliver a highly scalable and high performance infrastructure for oil exploration computing platforms, as well as other HPC applications.
Posted: 04 Apr 2014 | Published: 14 Mar 2014

Dot Hill Systems Corp.

Unlock the Power of Microsoft SQL Server 2014
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This technical resource examines three key new features of SQL Server 2014 that deliver mission-critical performance, faster data insights, and migration of data to the cloud.
Posted: 03 Apr 2014 | Published: 03 Apr 2014

Global Knowledge

Why corporate goals become disconnected
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: Consult the following brief white paper to uncover how with the right BI framework and metric measuring ability, you can monitor the entire life cycle of your corporate goals, ultimately enabling a successful execution.
Posted: 01 Apr 2014 | Published: 18 Mar 2014

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Getting Big Value from Big Data
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: In this analyst report from Ventana Research, learn what you need to do to turn big data into big value.
Posted: 25 Mar 2014 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

IBM

Brochure: DB2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Discover the new features and benefits of IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS version 4.1.
Posted: 24 Mar 2014 | Published: 31 Oct 2013

IBM

Brochure: zEnterprise Analytics System 9700 and 9710
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Find out how IBM simplifies building analytics systems by incorporating zEnterprise EC12 and DB2 Analytics Accelerator.
Posted: 24 Mar 2014 | Published: 31 Oct 2013

IBM

Business-critical real-time analytics—IBM DB2 11 for z/OS
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Storing data on IBM DB2 for z/OS and reporting and analyzing it from DB2 can achieve better outcomes. Learn why.
Posted: 21 Mar 2014 | Published: 31 Oct 2013

IBM

SAP HANA Accelerated Finance and controlling rapid-deployment solution
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: It's essential to have real-time access to your organization's financial data in order to make accurate decisions. Discover how the SAP HANA Accelerated Finance and Controlling rapid-deployment solution enables instant access to information and provides easy-to-use, graphical self-service analytics while accelerating runtimes for essential reports.
Posted: 21 Mar 2014 | Published: 21 Mar 2014

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Case Study: Database Performance Without Sharding Headaches
sponsored by Clustrix
WHITE PAPER: This case study takes an inside look at the success that leading social discovery site Twoo.com found with the right distributed SQL database – which allowed the company to accommodate dramatic traffic growth, ease management complexity, and more.
Posted: 13 Mar 2014 | Published: 13 Mar 2014

Clustrix

Research report: SAP's Business Suite on Hana Will Significantly Impact SAP Users
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: The following report from Gartner Research Inc. explores in detail the implications that face the business and its leaders in regards to the shift. Find out the various impacts of SAP HANA as well as top recommendations to make this transition as smooth as possible.
Posted: 13 Mar 2014 | Published: 13 Mar 2014

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Social Business - Patterns in achieving social business success
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Consult the following white paper to uncover the social business practices top performing organizations are leveraging to gain a strong foothold in the market. Gain insights on 6 focus points that will improve your social business initiative, and much more.
Posted: 10 Mar 2014 | Published: 10 Mar 2014

IBM

Shift to the real-time enterprise
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: Access the following white paper to learn how cloud technology as a service, organization can access SAP HANA cost-effectively, easily, and quickly. Read on to discover more.
Posted: 04 Mar 2014 | Published: 04 Mar 2014

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

The Right Time for Real-time Marketing
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Consult the following white paper to uncover how to deliver more relevant offers, increase response rates, and ultimately create a happier customer base with the use of real-time marketing.
Posted: 03 Mar 2014 | Published: 03 Mar 2014

IBM

Is Your Big Data Solution Production-Ready?
sponsored by CenturyLink Technology Solutions
WHITE PAPER: This resource evaluates the adoption of enterprise-wide, production-ready big data tools using market data from Forrester Research and a custom study from CenturyLink Technology Solutions.
Posted: 28 Feb 2014 | Published: 31 Jan 2014

CenturyLink Technology Solutions

Accelerate Your Path to Big Data Value (BDDE)
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: Access the following white paper to uncover how The HP Big Data Discovery Experience can help your organization accelerate its ability to derive value from Big Data, so you can take advantage of opportunities to drive new revenues, improve efficiencies, reduce risks, and lower costs.
Posted: 27 Feb 2014 | Published: 27 Feb 2014

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise