WHITE PAPER - As companies experience "data explosion", the value of data reporting becomes obvious. This paper examines the challenges IT departments are facing when it come to keeping up with reporting needs, as well as efficient solutions to these issues.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: September 19, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Management | Data Modeling | Data Visualization Software | Data Warehouses | OLTP | Reporting Software

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 - Data integration guarantees the consistency of data in the overall information system. This white paper describes how Open Source helps solving the interoperability challenge.
Posted: July 24, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Deployment | Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | CRM Analytics | Data Integration | Data Migration | Data Modeling | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | Database Management | ERP | ETL (Software) | Master Data Management | Open Source

WHITE PAPER - This paper analyzes the issues of conventional data warehouse design process and explains how this practice can be improved using a business-model-driven process in support of effective Business Intelligence.
Posted: June 4, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Architectures | Business Models | Business Performance Management | Communications Systems | Data Modeling | Data Warehouses | Enterprise | Master Data Management

WHITE PAPER - Uneven cooling is a very common problem that is likely to get much worse as server-farm power consumption rises due to increased rack heights, more equipment within racks, and increasing equipment power consumption.
Posted: February 18, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Centers | Data Modeling | High-availability | Maintenance Contracts | Reliability

WHITE PAPER - This E-Guide provides an overview of the SOA lifecycle and features expert insight into the key areas critical to the successful planning, implementation and management of an SOA; including lifecycle management; governance; modeling and more.
Posted: June 27, 2007 | Published: June 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Integration | Business IT Alignment | Data Modeling | SOA | SOA Governance | Software Development Life-Cycles | Strategic Planning | Web Services | Web Services Management