In this paper, learn why the database layer is so important to the software selection of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Also compare Oracle database to SQL Server databases. 

As today’s databases continue to grow in size, complexity and importance, organizations struggle to find the most appropriate strategy to keep them secure. In this Gartner report, uncover the essential controls and best practices for adequately protecting data bases and enterprise data. 

Avoiding unscheduled downtime and equipment failure while trying to maintain quality standards is paramount. Producing high-quality goods and optimizing resources is the ultimate goal of any manufacturing organization. Predictive maintenance, fueled by predictive analytics, helps minimize downtime and saves money. Read this 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. 

Read this enlightening paper featuring research from IDC to learn more on the growing trend of predictive analytics, including how it differs from non-predictive business analytics projects. Also discover some of the changes in IDC research over the past eight years as well as some of the additional benefits from predictive analytics projects. 

As concerns of database security escalate, regulatory pressures increase and vendor capabilities expand, database activity monitoring is evolving beyond its original concept to a more advanced class of technologies that Gartner identifies as database audit and protection (DAP) tools. View this resource to explore DAP technologies. 

This Forrester Research Inc. research report examines the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) of extract, transform and load (ETL) software. 

This webcast discusses how SAP Business Objects Data Quality Management and SAP CRM can help you enforce data quality and governance, address verification and identifies duplicates to achieve fast time-to-value and cost-effective customer data management. 

Access this webcast to learn more about the core foundational elements of a strong, successful information governance program and how you can implement these strategies to become a best-run business. 

This white paper takes a look at speech analytics and how companies are using cloud-based solutions to transform customer conversations into business insight. 

This brief paper details the need for social network analysis (SNA), new methods for conducting it and why Sybase IQ is well-positioned to aid in the analytical queries needed to perform such analysis. 

There’s more to printer performance than what’s listed on the product spec sheet. This white paper will help identify how features and other variables impact mobile printer performance in real-world operations. 

In this white paper data de-duplication, refers to a specific approach to data reduction built on a methodology that systematically substitutes reference pointers for redundant variable-length blocks (or data segments) in a specific dataset.