Read this expert paper now as business intelligence (BI) visionary Wayne Eckerson evaluates the role of collaboration in a BI environment and offers up results from a survey of BI professionals about their growing interest in and adoption of collaborative capabilities. 

This e-guide focuses on the impact of infrastructure on database performance. 

In this Quest white paper, discover best practices - straight from Industry experts Nelson Ruest and Danielle Ruest - to help you have a successful post-migration operation. Learn why you MUST have the same level of post-migration planning that you had for pre-migration, and discover four key aspects of post-migration management you must know. 

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

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. 

Hypothetically, SQL Server virtualization will save you money and manpower. However, there are some risky components involved, and a few major scenarios in which SQL Server virtualization won't benefit you. Read this expert e-guide to learn if virtualizing SQL Server is a good idea for your organization and find tips on avoiding potential pitfalls. 

There may be a lot of recent innovations to data technologies but the best approach is to determine whether you can utilize these new tools for your current BI, analytics and data management strategies. This issue of BI Trends + Strategies features advice from industry experts including, Claudia Imhoff, Colin White, and Lyndsay Wise. 

SQL Server 2008 R2 has been labeled a BI release because of its new features for business intelligence. In this interactive classroom, industry expert Don Jones explains the improvements made to existing SQL Server BI features like SSRS. Learn about the benefits of self-service BI and Master Data Services. Then take a quiz to test your knowledge. 

Industry expert Wayne Eckerson knows a thing or two about big data and how to handle it. So, it's in your best interest to view the second installment of a two-part video series as Eckerson discusses data warehouse architectures for storing big data. Learn how to evaluate whether data architectures can handle big data, amongst much more. 

Are you still unsure if SQL Server virtualization is the best move for your organization? Or have you already decided to move forward with a virtualization initiative and don't know where to start? Read this expert e-guide to discover when virtualization is not a good idea, must-do checklist items for getting started, pitfalls to avoid, and more! 

This is a rare chance to gain new perspectives on the challenges AND innovations in the healthcare industry today and how ACM and content analytics can are helping health care providers and payers gain better insights into clinical decisions and operational processes. 

Some consider SQL Server 2008 R2 a "business intelligence release" because the largest, most publicized changes cater to the BI functionality of the product. There are, however, many other new features and functionalities within SQL Server 2008 R2. In this expert e-guide, readers will learn more about these new features. 

This webcast featuring business intelligence expert Wayne Eckerson will explain how big data -- the combination of Hadoop and analytical databases -- is transforming the business intelligence industry.