SiriusDecisions has commissioned a new research study to examine the efficacy of demand creation - from the point of view of prospects and customers you are spending millions of dollars to communicate with. Read this executive summary of our Demand Creation webinar to find out which tactics are viewed most favorably in b-to-b marketplace. 

The CIO's role becomes more strategic as organizations use information to create a competitive advantage. This paper – using evidence from benchmarks created with IBM to test WebFOCUS' performance on System z running z/OS and Linux – helps CIOs to balance demands for information accessibility and processing power. 

This white paper identifies best practices for middle managers to ensure the creation, preservation and dissemination of high quality data. 

The Habor Group designs and supports network infrastructures for small to medium businesses in the architectural industry. Read this case study to learn how Autotask provides single, cost effective solution for improving efficiency. 

This case study illustrates how Sun World International, a mid-sized grower in California, shifted its competitive strategy to capitalize on analytics and gain real-time insight into the competitive market. Learn how it gained a 5% reduction in harvesting costs, a 20% reduction in fuel usage and an eight-fold increase in profit per acre. 

Server performance fuels business performance. Servers also store and use your company’s most valuable and sensitive information. These two facts pose a dilemma for data center and security managers: should they maximize server protection at the expense of performance or optimize server performance and risk a serious security breach? 

The growth of cloud computing has fueled the need to integrate cloud applications with each other and with applications that continue to reside on premise. Traditional integration approaches are evolving into more complete offerings called integration platform as a service (iPaaS) solutions. Read this paper and learn about this technology. 

The pressure on businesses to develop strategies which embrace environmental sustainability has increased dramatically in recent years, driven both by concerns about the long-term availability of fossil fuels and the impact of  corporate activities upon the environment. 

Quantum's solutions allow data de-duplication technology to become part of a complete backup and retention solution set that also includes conventional disk backup, tape, and encryption, all supported with common management tools. 

Siemens product lifecycle management (PLM) Software for life sciences can help medical device manufacturers manage compliance requirements while supporting greater collaboration, ultimately reducing costs while improving patient outcomes. 

How well-versed are you in the three key areas of contract lifecycle management (CLM) that will give you the visibility to control your contracts and comply with regulations? Take this quick quiz to determine your contract competency and understand whether a CLM solution would benefit your organization. 

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. 

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