This edition of BI Trends & Strategies features a lead article by SearchCIO.com's Linda Tucci, who offers a helping hand in the quest to dismantle the dreaded data silo. The second piece outlines mobile BI, including a reference to Apple's iPad, and the final article delves into the world of performance management. 

Access this case study to read about how an insurance company leveraged an automated conversion strategy to upload applications almost instantly to their management system. Discover how you can implement a similar system to facilitate the automation of submitting application forms. 

Query performance three times faster is just one item in this top-10 list from the analysts at Enterprise Management Associates (EMA). Download this article to read the full top 10 and learn why Cognos 10 holds "strong value for upgrading customers and prospects." 

This e-book, packed with four expert articles, highlights SAP's solution to sales order management, offering insight into its CRM, ERP and supply chain management components. Read these insightful articles now to learn about this option's strengths and weaknesses, how to properly define the sales process and so much more. 

The inaugural issue of BI Trends & Strategies offers sound advice to help you in ensuring your organization is on track to keep up with the rapidly changing landscape of BI and analytics. In this issue, readers will learn about a big data definition and the impact it will have on BI and data warehousing, agile development methodology and more. 

Social service agencies are experiencing challenges with manual processes. Advanced case management strategies are being implemented to streamline these processes and foster greater insight, collaboration and decision-making capabilities. This white paper explains how one such solution allows you automate these processes to elevate processing. 

Tim Zimmerman, Gartner research director offers some practical advice to organisations wanted to use iPads on their corporate wireless networks. 

This paper discusses text analytics and how it forms one part of a larger analytics solution aimed at complete customer and business awareness. 

In the October 2011 cover story of Storage magazine, Phil Goodwin provides a status update on solid-state storage technology. Learn about the various use cases for solid-state storage and find out the different forms of solid-state technology on the market today. 

This e-guide features two shop-floor quality-control articles from our award-winning editorial team. Read on to learn critical advice for increasing your manufacturing without compromising compliance or quality. 

Read these articles to create a framework for stating your company's case for implementing a data governance strategy. 

This report from Deloitte argues businesses are again investing in IT to provide the differentiation and innovation critical from their competitors despite the downturn. 

There's potential for SAP Workflow to provide structure to a crazy mix of papers and financial forms at any company.  In this white paper, find out best practices to get the most out of the SAP Workflow experience.