WHITE PAPER - This monograph by Philip Russom of TDWI examines the four requirements to increasing the maturity of data governance initiatives - and how these efforts can help companies effectively maintain and manage their mission-critical data.
Posted: October 1, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Integration | Data Governance | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Profiling | Enterprise

WHITE PAPER - This third paper in the Accelerating Enterprise Data Governance series looks in detail at what one vendor, DataFlux, is delivering in the way of pre-built services to expedite the time to implement enterprise data governance.
Posted: October 1, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Governance | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Quality | Enterprise

WHITE PAPER - This white paper expalins data integration market, examines the approach taken by Talend, and shows how the combination of Talend's technical approach and its open source licensing overcomes key barriers to adoption of data integration.
Posted: September 30, 2008 | Published: September 30, 2008


Topics:  Data Integration | Enterprise | Operating Systems | Software

WHITE PAPER - The goal of pervasive BI applications is to take the data that produced the back office ROI of more than 400% and deliver it to front-line employees in a form appropriate to their job functions-with similar results.
Posted: September 26, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Dashboards | Data Integration | Data Warehouses | ERP | SLA

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses, Business Change Management, Data Change Management, and Cultural Change Management. These are the three main categories of change management that accompany any Master Data Management (MDM) effort.
Posted: September 26, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Change Management | Customer Data Management | Data Integration | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | Knowledge Management | Master Data Management | Policy-Based Network Management

PODCAST - In this 12-minute podcast, appropriate for both business and IT professionals, hear advice and tips for effective data quality program management from industry expert Evan Levy, partner and co-founder of Baseline Consulting.
Posted: September 26, 2008 | Premiered: September 29, 2008


Topics:  Customer Data Management | Data Governance | Data Integration | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | Master Data Management | Real-time Analytics

WHITE PAPER - Small to mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) that make intelligent use of technology are able to grow faster - and more profitably - than their rivals. This paper provides the details.
Posted: September 23, 2008 | Published: September 20, 2008


Topics:  Broadband Wireless Networks | Collaboration | CRM | Data Integration | Knowledge Management | Security

WEBCAST - In this seminar hosted by Business Objects, an SAP company, Colin White of BI Research will examine the evolution of the data integration and quality industry, and explain the benefits of moving toward a single data services architecture.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Premiered: April 3, 2008


Topics:  Business Integration | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Integration | Data Quality | Data Services | Software Quality

PODCAST - This podcast explores the requirements you need to look for in a single application that unifies data integration and quality. Learn how to address the needs of both business and IT to increase efficiency and alignment while eliminating redundancies.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Premiered: May 2, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Automation | Data Integration | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Market Trends | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines the evolution of the data integration and quality industry, and explains the benefits of moving toward a single data services architecture.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Integration | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | IT Spending | Master Data Management | Project Management | Risk Management | SOA | Software Development Tools | Software Implementation

PODCAST - In this podcast, learn how you can best utilize your IT resources and lower costs when it comes to data management - from centralizing the deployment with a single application to leveraging or re-using workflows.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Premiered: May 2, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Automation | Data Integration | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Market Trends | TCO

PODCAST - In this podcast, learn about the evolution of data integration and data quality and the trends that can affect your future data processes. Explore ways you can automate data management and the benefits of moving toward a single data services architecture.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Premiered: May 2, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Automation | Data Integration | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Market Trends | TCO

PRODUCT LITERATURE - BusinessObjects Data Services XI 3.0 is your solution for delivering trusted data across the enterprise. It allows you to address initiatives such as ERP, BI, data warehousing, data migration, and master data management. Learn more in this whitepaper.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | CRM | Customer Satisfaction | Dashboards | Data Integration | Data Quality | ERP | Metadata | Operational Support Systems | Performance Testing | Reporting Software | Workflow Software

PRODUCT LITERATURE - SAP's unique Product and Service Leadership framework is a strategy for companies to bring innovative products to market faster and to drive value for their customers. Learn more about it in this whitepaper.
Posted: September 18, 2008 | Published: September 18, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | CRM | Data Integration | ERP | Globalization | PLM | Product Management | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This document first establishes what master data and Master Data Management (MDM) mean and then discusses the nontechnical organizational and operational challenges associated with introducing an MDM program.
Posted: September 16, 2008 | Published: September 16, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Data Governance | Data Integration | Data Quality | Master Data Management | Program Management | Sales | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - The first key to realizing the potential of your data is implementing a solution built for open data access, ensuring a broad information reach. This paper explains why this is the essential starting point for accessing, integrating, and organizing data.
Posted: September 11, 2008 | Published: September 11, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Integration | Data Warehouses | Enterprise | ERP | Information Management | JDBC | LDAP | Metadata | Operational Support Systems | Performance Testing

PRODUCT LITERATURE - Varonis DatAdvantage helps you identify data owners so you can build data migration, management and governance policies that map to your business needs.
Posted: September 10, 2008 | Published: September 10, 2008


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Business Intelligence | Data Integration | Data Migration | NAS | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses how complementary Specialist Business Intelligence (BI) solutions can fit within a hybrid architecture strategy, whether your organization is an "SAP shop," running the majority of their processes on SAP.
Posted: September 10, 2008 | Published: September 10, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Intelligence | Data Integration | Data Marts | Enterprise Architectures | OLAP | TCO

CASE STUDY - The 2000 decennial US Census incorporated the powerful online analytical capabilities of SAS, giving the US Census Bureau unprecedented access to microdata and summary information from its count of America's more than 280 million inhabitants.
Posted: September 10, 2008 | Published: September 5, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Business Intelligence | Data Integration | ERP | Surveys

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes how IBM's Information Server FastTrack accelerates the translation of business requirements into data integration projects. Data integration projects require collaboration across analysts, data modelers and developers.
Posted: August 13, 2008 | Published: August 13, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Business Logistics | Data Integration | Data Modeling | SOA | WebSphere

WHITE PAPER - Web services require the ability to integrate disparate data resources. This whitepaper will look at the impact of XML, SOA data integration and identify how to provide universal data access through a data services layer.
Posted: August 8, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Data Integration | Databases | Metadata | Policy-Based Network Management | SOA | Web Services | XML

WHITE PAPER - In this whitepaper, get expert advice for implementing or optimizing Extract Transform Load (ETL) processes, and learn how to choose the best ETL software tools for your requirements and budget.
Posted: August 1, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Code Management | Data Integration | Data Warehouses | ETL (Software) | Scripting | Web Services

PODCAST - ZapThink, a leading IT advisory and analysis firm for XML, Web Services, and Service Orientation technologies, has released a new podcast on Business-to-Business Data Integration in a SOA World.
Posted: July 31, 2008 | Premiered: January 1, 2007


Topics:  B2B | B2B Integration | B2B Integration Software | Business Intelligence | Data Integration | SOA | Web Services

WEBCAST - The webinar covers: Using XML to create logical views of a variety of physical data sources, aggregating XML documents with relational data, consuming web services in XQuery, exposing XQuery as data services.
Posted: July 31, 2008 | Premiered: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Compression | Data Integration | Web Services | XML

WHITE PAPER - As enterprises deploy more virtualization solutions that are scattered across the enterprise, managing the technologies is challenging for IT staffs. This paper will outline the unified management of virtualized systems using one management tool.
Posted: July 29, 2008 | Published: November 1, 2006


Topics:  Capacity on Demand | Capacity Planning | Data Integration | Network Infrastructure | Networking | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software