Competitive Analysis

The technology foundation for an enterprise ESI strategy must include the ability to automate and enforce data migration between online systems and a variety of storage devices, and to implement global retention and disposition policies. Evidence management should be part of an enterprise ESI initiative that includes backup and recovery, archiving, storage resource management and tiered network storage. The technology foundation for an enterprise ESI strategy...

It's essential to consider performance per watt when selecting a dual-socket blade server. Read this white paper to learn how systems from Dell, HP, and IBM stack, using an industry standard benchmark. When selecting a dual-socket blade server, performance per watt is an essential metric to measure performance. This white paper reviews results from a study that tested systems by running a variety of different blade configurations on each server. Using an industry...

In this guide you will learn the most commonly used business analysis and project management terms and it helps you better communicate with business analysis and project management professionals. Project management has been increasing in visibility both inside and outside the executive office. Now, with the emergence of business analysis as an independent field, understanding and using the correct terminology is more critical than ever.

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SAS®9 takes you beyond business intelligence as you know it with a single, scalable platform for delivering proven predictive analytics and a consistent and rewarding user interface experience. SAS®9 takes you beyond business intelligence as you know it with a single, scalable platform for delivering proven predictive analytics and a consistent and rewarding user interface experience.

The SAS®9 Interactive Tour includes:

• An overview of SAS®9
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The benefits of automated Multi-Dimensional Traceability are compliance with increasing regulatory and industry standards, greater efficiency, competitive differentiation through improved quality, and ultimate brand protection assurance. Multi-Dimensional Traceability (MDT) is a business process that allows food processors to collect and analyze complete information at every step in the production process chain. Unlike basic one-up and one-back...

Every merger and acquisition (M&A) doubles the IT infrastructure that must be managed by the new organization. This paper explores the importance of an effective enterprise data management strategy and integration plan that insures a successful M&A. As technology advances, the demand for new products and services changes and expands, making competition in the marketplace more intense. Whether an organization wants to reduce costs, eliminate a competitor, expand market share...

This whitepaper addresses trends in Enterprie Resource Planning improvements as well as business needs and strengths to assess during vendor selection. Gain insight into the software as a service (SaaS) market and the results from heightened competition. Over the next three to five years, the most dynamic and innovative growth area in enterprise applications will be users in the small and midmarket. With unique requirements that demand full capabilities without...

This paper examines the qualities of business agility, the challenges that restrain agility and how leadership, technology, business-critical information and other organizational aspects can improve an organization's agile ability. Agility is an issue that is becoming more and more prominent in businesses across industries. While it is a common goal, its meaning can be somewhat ambiguous. Depending on the context, agility can mean different things to different...

The frontline data warehouse is the newest innovation in analytics and data warehousing for organizations building competitive advantage through analytics. The frontline data warehouse is the newest innovation in analytics and data warehousing for organizations building competitive advantage through analytics. The frontline data warehouse is designed to collect, manage and monetize the avalanche of data entering today's enterprises. Whether fed by data from...