Based on feedback from almost 650 end-user organizations, this report serves as a roadmap for SMBs looking to improve their analytical capability and achieve Best-in-Class performace through the deployment of BI. 

<p>View this webcast to learn how to integrate your collaborative Microsoft environment with your SAP systems to create streamlined business intelligence (BI) and analytics, business process management (BPM), and enterprise content management (ECM) and data governance and compliance functions.</p> 

Your enterprise has invested heavily in SAP. But data exchange restrictions caused by large data files, FTP spaghetti and unreliable network connections create long waits, limit your ability to send and receive information, and raise costs and risks. Read this paper to find out how Managed File Transfer ensures your data flow is secure and speedy. 

This paper is about using information management software from Business Objects, an SAP company, for SAP data migration projects, either for upgrades from one version of SAP to a newer one, or from other environments to SAP. 

While current technologies and techniques allow for more sophisticated and effective approaches to counterparty risk management than those that fell short in 2008, there are still barriers to successful adoption that will require organizational changes. Read this white paper to learn more. 

Over the course of several months in 2011, IDC conducted a research study to identify the opportunities and challenges to adoption of a new technology that changes the way in which traditional business solutions are implemented and used. The results of the study are presented in this white paper. 

As economic cycles go through the ebb and flow of recession and boom, the underlying drivers of financial transformation in business enterprises also change. This is evident in the focus and direction of senior finance executives who have successfully steered their organizations through periods of recessions and prosperity. 

Forrester Research has witnessed a significant increase in organizations' adoption and interest in embedding data quality best practices, methodologies, and technologies into enterprise data management strategies and architectures. Read this whitepaper to learn more. 

This week’s Computer Weekly asks what chancellor George Osborne's Budget means for the UK IT community and if he can deliver his goal to make Britain "the technology centre of Europe". Also you'll find the final part of our private cloud Buyer's Guide and we examine the options for choosing the right WAN optimisation strategy. 

This Ventana Research report discusses product information management (PIM) based on the Value Index. Learn how PIM systems can synchronize all your attributes and definitions used in the identification, description, sales and fulfillment of products across all channels that customers, suppliers and partners use. 

This expert white paper from Forrester Research discusses how the role of the sales person has changed in today's digital world and the four types of salespeople in the 21st century. 

This Aberdeen Research brief hones in on 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 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.