BI empowers companies with the ability to offer products and services at the lowest cost and with the greatest amount of efficiency and productivity possible- while returning the highest revenues and profits. Learn how BI can help you to establish a culture of measurement and begin a powerful cycle of continued improvement within your organization. 

BY relying on a comprehensive set of organizational capabilities, top performing companies are able to plan, implement, and manage their BI strategies more efficiently, ultimately leading to a lower cost per user, and a higher return on their BI investment. 

This Aberdeen Research brief shows the critical time element of a Best-in-Class BI strategy. The research shows that these top performers are leveraging real-time or near real-time analytics in order to proactively manage their business and drive substantial performance improvements. 

This white paper presents a case study for (nearline storage) NLS optimized for analytics using columnar database architecture and outlines how a NLS solution makes it possible for IT departments using SAP NetWeaver BW to manage costs, reduce overhead and increase system performance. 

Download this white paper for a better understanding of how to use analytics to improve your day-to-day business operations. 

This article explores ways in which small and mid-sized businesses can improve the performance of their databases - and their businesses - by upgrading to SQL Server 2008. 

Check out this resource center to learn about Blueworks Live, which allows you automate processes currently run by e-mail. Easily collaborate on tasks with co-workers across teams, departments and the entire organization, access communities focused on process improvement and create process blueprints to discover, map and document your processes. 

Are you going to upgrade to SQL Server 2012? This edition of SQL Server Insider sets out to help you decide whether the investment is worth it or not. Read this edition to learn if several IT pros are going to upgrade and why, how this release will affect the database marketplace and pros and cons of actually upgrading. 

Read this white paper to learn all about IBM Business Process Manager V7.5, including the essential product features and functions, including information about migration and entitlements. 

Managing backup and recovery in today's environment is a multi-dimensional challenge with both near and long term business requirements. This paper explains 5 topics to think about as you design your long-term data retention plans. 

This report from analyst, Freeform Dynamics, offers 7 key enablers of effective IT disaster recovery for IT department's in small and medium companies. 

Access this storage economics mapping tool today to learn how you can start cutting costs and overcoming some of your biggest storage challenges. This resource breaks down IT costs and allows you to explore potential areas for improvement in areas like archiving, disaster recovery, backup, and many more.