Research Papers

WHITE PAPER - At Intel, we've developed a comprehensive methodology, based on total cost of ownership (TCO), that lets us calculate the real cost of operating more than 90,000 PCs. Using it, we can understand the real cost of deploying and maintaining our PCs across varying time horizons.
Posted: June 30, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Business Continuity Planning | Business Development | Business Integration Software | Business Intelligence | Enterprise Architectures | Enterprise Systems | Operational Support Systems

WHITE PAPER - Learn why Intel IT decided to move ahead with server refresh in 2009 after current economic conditions forced us to re-evaluate our strategy. Analysis found that delaying server refresh for a year would increase our costs by USD 19 million.
Posted: June 30, 2009 | Published: June 30, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Provisioning

WHITE PAPER - As the speed of business intensifies, C-level executives are struggling to implement effective strategies that give their companies a competitive edge. Operational Strategy and Operations Management (OM) are two business fields that work together to help executives set and manage business strategy based on quantitative analysis, not gut feel.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Business Intelligence | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Data Warehouses | Real-time Analytics | Retail Trade Industry | Telecommunications Industry

WHITE PAPER - With the economy down it is important for IT organizations to be as efficient as possible. This means that IT operations, those responsible for the product and health of the enterprise, must have full visibility and control over their resources - and of course, the technology to do so.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Economic Environment | Investments | IT Governance | IT Management | Lean Production | Risk Management | Scalability Testing | Service Level Management

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to see how HP's Business Availability Center software can help you monitor customer experience and proactively identify issues before they become problems.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | Business Management | CRM | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | Enterprise | Enterprise Content Management | Enterprise Systems | ROI | TCO

WHITE PAPER - IDC believes that IT organizations are constantly being asked to do more with less. This analyst report will look at some of the key triggers CIOs look for when deciding to consolidate as well as getting started with consolidation and its impact on the business.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Development | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Processes | Enterprise | Enterprise Systems | IT Best Practices | IT Management | IT Systems

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses some of the common myths about infrastructure monitoring, and addresses how to ensure your infrastructure monitoring is responsive enough to satisfy and retain your customers.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Classification | Data Collection | Data Recovery

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization introduces fundamental changes to IT, and adds significant management challenges. Read this informative white paper written by Enterprise Management Associates to learn what these challenges are as well as some of the solutions and strategies used to deal with them.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | Enterprise | Enterprise Architectures | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Platform as a service | Server Virtualization | Systems Operations

WHITE PAPER - Corporations are getting much more interested in how analytical decisions can be embedded into business processes on an ongoing, repeatable basis. The purpose of this paper is to provide practical advice on how to identify the best opportunities for making your business processes more analytical.
Posted: June 25, 2009 | Published: June 25, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Data Management | Decision Support Databases | Decision Support Systems | Information Management | Information Storage and Retrieval Systems

WHITE PAPER - The significance of analytics to an enterprise and the understanding of the value of analytics have moved it to the forefront of business thought leadership. In the process of understanding how to centralize and support analytics, this whitepaper will take a historical parallel perspective of support.
Posted: June 25, 2009 | Published: June 25, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Integration | Data Management | Decision Support Databases | Decision Support Systems | Enterprise Content Management | Information Management | Information Retrieval Software | Information Storage and Retrieval Systems | Knowledge Management

WHITE PAPER - Organizations today are dealing with increasingly complex issues, dynamic changes and a systemic need for evidence-based decisions across a growing range of decision makers. The SAS® Business Analytics Framework maximizes the value of technology and information assets - enabling organizations to address critical business issues right...
Posted: June 25, 2009 | Published: June 25, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management Software | Data Collection | Data Integration | Data Management Software | Decision Support Databases | Decision Support Systems | Information Management | Information Management Software | Information Storage and Retrieval Systems | IT Services | Unstructured Data

WHITE PAPER - In an age when companies are tightening financial controls and automating business processes, Accounts Payable remains a largely manual process. This whitepaper discusses Dolphin's Best Practice approach and solutions for automating and optimizing Accounts Payable in SAP.
Posted: June 25, 2009 | Published: June 18, 2009


Topics:  Accounting | Accounting (Security) | Accounting Industry | Accounting Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | ERP | ERP Software | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper explores the relative pros and cons of deploying pre-built analytic applications from Oracle versus building a custom data warehouse against Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel or Similar Systems.
Posted: June 24, 2009 | Published: June 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Customer Data Management | Data Center Construction | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Management | Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explains how OEMs can embed BIRT into their applications to enable end customers to build highly usable and scalable reports thus driving the market's adoption of their application.
Posted: June 23, 2009 | Published: June 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | CRM | Embedded Systems Software | OEMs | Open Source | Open Source Software | Reporting Software | Self-Service Applications Software | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses how e.Spreadsheet allows software vendors to enable their users with the ability to access and analyze business data from their applications which results in increased application adoption and success.
Posted: June 23, 2009 | Published: June 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Data Sheets | Enterprise Applications Software | Internet Applications Software | ISVs | Microsoft Excel | OEMs | Open Source | Reporting Software | Spreadsheets