Changes to your Oracle E-Business Suite applications directly affect your company. Therefore, having an effective change management and version control process is critical. In this paper, see how an impossible task – versioning and managing Oracle setup object with third-party tools – is now a reality. 

This edition of BI Trends and Strategies opens with a piece by Lou Agosta on the need for data warehouses to adapt to new data types, innovation and big data. Alan R. Earls also offers advice for incorporating spreadsheets into your BI programs without problems and Richard Herschel calls for universities to step up their BI and analytics programs. 

This IDC white paper breaks down everything big data - learn exactly how big data is defined, and how to utilize big data technologies in order to create long-term organizational and economic value. This white paper also explores what types of organizations can benefit most from big data technologies - read on for more. 

Imagine the advantage your organization would have from real-time insight into your workforce? This paper outlines the three key steps to effectively managing your workforce and leveraging HR data for competitive advantage. Read to learn why visibility, alignment and optimization are critical components to any successful HR venture. 

This paper discusses the direct relationship of self-service business intelligence (BI) and self-service data integration (DI) and explores how to build a complete self-service solution that provides enhanced visibility and flexibility for integrating, cleansing and analyzing data with ease. 

Data integration is changing, no longer relying solely on manual SQL scripts or stored procedures. Read this expert e-brief and learn how automation, real-time complex event processing, data virtualization and more are altering the process forever. 

This white paper offers up a comprehensive comparison of the Oracle Exadata and IBM Netezza data warehouse appliance, helping you decide which is the better fit for your business. Read this now and learn how they stack up in terms of online transaction processing (OLTP), query performance, simplicity of operation, value and more. 

This webcast discusses how SAP Business Objects Data Quality Management and SAP CRM can help you enforce data quality and governance, address verification and identifies duplicates to achieve fast time-to-value and cost-effective customer data management. 

Access this webcast to learn more about the core foundational elements of a strong, successful information governance program and how you can implement these strategies to become a best-run business. 

This video discusses how you can avoid the pitfalls of poor information management and optimize supplier data for improved procurement, visibility, compliance and accuracy. 

This e-book will help you discover and implement the best enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for your manufacturing organization. Read this now and gain 4 tips for avoiding pitfalls in the ERP upgrade process, expert advice on the entire process, insight into SaaS versus on-premises options, 7 tips for a successful implementation and more. 

Join this live webcast at 11 a.m. EDT (8 a.m. PDT) on June 5th to gain insight into three leading practices for implementing agile business intelligence (BI). View this insightful resource to learn how to get started with your BI initiative and discover how to be successful with limited budget and staffing resources.