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 essential resource explores the benefits of cloud computing that extend beyond simple ROI calculations. Find out how your organization can leverage the soft benefits of the cloud to enhance overall productivity and accelerate time to market. 

Does your business rely on spreadsheets for performance management? Spreadsheets require labor-intensive manual processes and are highly error-prone. Learn how you can replace or augment your spreadsheets with planning applications that integrate easily with spreadsheets, leveraging the best of your existing investment. 

In just a half hour, we can show you how the web-based QuickBase from Intuit offers a refreshingly powerful, flexible and affordable solution for busy teams to better manage projects, information and processes. 

Despite being so important, the process to create the annual report, the 10-K and the 10-Q is still stuck in the Middle Ages. This paper explores the history of annual reporting, the process of manually creating the annual report, and how to bring this process into the 21st century. 

Somewhere between our in-depth consultants’ guides and our short AnalystNotes that discuss specific aspects of IT careers, there is a need for an up-to-dateoverview of IT career structures. This is it. 

Payroll processes are the perfect place to begin when looking to control costs. New developments in software, such as allowing the integration of payroll system info into existing HR systems, mean you can look beyond traditional ERP options. This expert e-guide examines the evolving payroll software market and the various options available. 

Read this expert e-guide to learn best practices for building a successful ERP implementation strategy, including a list of must-have steps. In addition, discover six tips to follow that can help you effectively train your employees on the process. 

File syncing is commonly used for both corporate-created data and employee-created corporate data. Finding one tool that could be used for both would be extremely helpful. In this expert E-Guide from SearchConsumerization.com, discover what you should look for in a file syncing tool. 

If you’re like most midsize companies, the only way to grow the business is by being smarter and nimbler than the next guy. Watch this short video to see how you can be instantly executing your business strategy based on the latest, most accurate information, while the other guys are still trying to figure out exactly what just happened. 

This resource explores how integrated processes such as Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) give IT pros the ability to simply deploy new assets and plan for future growth, control energy costs, reduce risks and increase operational efficiency. Learn more about DCIM solutions here. 

<p>Read this expert content to learn about a four step process to reducing test costs. Learn how to be financially savvy about your testing without cutting valuable employees and managers that enhance your quality assurance processes.</p>