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. 

Want to know how the most successful companies deliver exceptional customer value? Do you know the best practices for using customer analytics? This e-book answers these questions and a lot more about winning trends and practices in customer relationship management (CRM). 

This report represents the summary findings of our thirteenth annual survey of challenges impacting sales performance today. 

Several important technology changes, social trends and customer needs are driving the future development steps and functionality of Business Intelligence solutions, this report from Birchman reveals. 

<p>Tune in to this podcast to hear Kevin Haley, one of Symantec's security experts from the Security Technology and Response organization, discuss key findings from the Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), the latest security research and the top trends for 2012. Find out how the security landscape will affect your organization.</p> 

Application lifecycle management (ALM) is what keeps the latest software tools working, and Agile ALM provides transparency and improved communications between teams and stakeholders. This exclusive e-zine discusses the latest collaboration tools for ALM and software configuration management (SCM). 

This benchmarking study from ESI International identifies the trends impacting the project management function in IT industry in three areas: PMO maturity, measuring and reporting on PMO effectiveness, as well as training involvement. 

In this paper, you’ll find more details about the trends driving online marketing and advice on how to develop your online marketing strategy to reach goals and deliver maximum value from Web initiatives. 

<p>This report offers a year in review, examining today’s threat trends, especially with the increase in adoption of mobile, social and cloud technologies. View now to gain a deeper understanding of modern attacks as well as key insight into tackling web, data loss, email, mobile security and more.</p> 

Social Media is rapidly emerging as the next big frontier for customer engagement and interactions. This is projected to grow exponentially over the next 5-6 years as the usage and number of active users of Social Media sites and forums continues to grow. 

There are many options when it comes to a migration: Office 365, on-premises, or a hybrid environment. In this webcast, Joel Blaiberg, author of “Four Steps to Planning a Successful Migration," discusses migration strategies and best practices that can save your organization time and money in your next migration project.