Read this white paper to learn how leveraging the data management, analysis, and visualization capabilities of geographic information system (GIS), empowers social workers and other human service professionals to understand community needs, measure environmental forces, deliver services more efficiently, and detect fraud and abuse. 

Listen to this podcast with Chris Ovens, general manager for SpotOn Systems, as he talks geospatial technology. 

In this white paper, we introduce geographic data services and discuss how they are employed in both operational and analytical business applications. The paper also reviews analytical techniques applied across many types of organizations and examines a number of industry-specific usage scenarios. 

Listen to this podcast to learn how geographic information systems (GIS) help you analyze a compilation of data by projecting it visually on a map, enabling you to see or predict trends and patterns that support more informed decision making. 

Watch this video session with BI expert Wayne Eckerson to learn the best practices aligning BI with your organization's business activities. 

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. 

Find out more about value management and building value realization practices into every IT project. Discover how using value realization best practices during the lifecycle of your implementation can help you achieve greater value from your IT investments. Learn about the value of ASAP methodology and SAP offerings. 

Explore the results of this IDC business value study of 11 customers using Quantum deduplication solutions and see if an investment in dedupe might benefit your company today. 

Many enterprises have discovered that the use of virtualization to support desktop workloads creates a range of significant benefits. This VMware sponsored webcast with IDC will provide both quantitative measurement of the business value -- defined as the expected ROI -- and qualitative analysis associated with the use of VMware View™. 

This white paper discusses key capabilities needed in a value-added network (VAN) and what to look for in selecting your next VAN provider. 

This resource examines how predictive model markup language (PMML) helps accelerate the time-to-value for predictive analytics platforms. 

Access this unique Security Value Map (SVM) that uses information compiled from NSS Labs Product Analysis Reports (PAR) and Comparative Analysis Reports (CAR), illustrating the relative value of various next-generation firewall security products. 

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) enables different programs, applications, and tools to interact via self-contained services that do not depend on the context or state of the other service. This white paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for SOA integration, and how to avoid and/or overcome these worst practices.