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Overcoming Objections to Data Governance by Talend February 09, 2011 - (Free Research) Although it has been proven that creating a proactive data management strategy improves the effectiveness and value of almost any data intensive project, convincing those in charge can be a challenge. This white paper discusses the benefits of data governance as well as providing objection-busting strategies useful to any data champion.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practices for Developing SaaS ERP RFPs and SLAs by Sage Software February 06, 2012 - (Free Research) Developing a Software as a Service (SaaS) enterprise resource planning (ERP) request for proposal (RFP) is different from on-premise, requiring more attention to the vendor’s financial viability. In this expert guide, readers will get advice on the right questions to ask when purchasing SaaS ERP.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

The Business Case: Information for Project Portfolio Decision Makers by Global Knowledge May 25, 2010 - (Free Research) Increasing numbers of enterprises are incorporating project portfolio management in their strategic planning. And just as individuals use financial reports and analyses to consider various investment options, the enterprise uses an analysis called the Business Case to evaluate various project proposals for inclusion in the project portfolio.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Duet Enterprise for Microsoft SharePoint and SAP Demo by Microsoft December 29, 2011 - (Free Research) This demo shows how Duet Enterprise enables you to access information from SAP applications through Microsoft SharePoint. The example follows how a customer request for a proposal for quote is accomplished by combining data from SAP ERP with relevant documents from SharePoint.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

How to tackle identity management and federated identity by ComputerWeekly.com November 09, 2010 - (Free Research) The majority of user authentication schemes today still use userid and password. The burden to users of managing large numbers of userids and passwords has led to proposals for Federated Identity systems, where a single set of credentials can be used to authenticate with several organisations, which have agreed to work together as a federation.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Computer Weekly – 20 December 2011: Read this week’s issue, featuring: retail IT issues for Christmas; the cost of software failure; the founder of agile development by ComputerWeekly.com December 20, 2011 - (Free Research) In this week's issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the key technologies that retailers are turning to for IT-enabling customers' Christmas shopping. We examine research revealing the huge cost of application software that fails to meet requirements; and we talk to one of the pioneers of agile software development. Download the new issue now.  (EZINE) READ ABSTRACT |

Sharepoint WAN Optimization And WAFS by Peer Software February 17, 2011 - (Free Research) Design teams across the world collaborate to create and develop prod­ucts. Unfortunately, IT organizations face serious challenges when collaborative teams share large files. This white paper will assess the strengths and weaknesses of the four technologies most commonly used to enhance file sharing for distributed teams.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Tough Test, Top Score: High Praise for Quantum DXi from Alaskan Utility by Quantum Corporation December 14, 2009 - (Free Research) After carefully weighing competing options, Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility chose Quantum's DXi-Series solution with deduplication technology for its data protection system upgrade. This case study explains why they made that choice.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Integrate Advanced Analytics with Salesforce.com for Greater Business Insight by Business Objects January 2008 - (Free Research) The need for strategic information by department and executive managers is driving the transformation of tactical departmental systems into enterprise solutions, regardless of the size of the company employing the solutions.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Forrester Wave: Open Source Business Intelligence by Actuate January 2012 - (Free Research) Need to compare open source business intelligence (BI) technologies and understand which vendor leads the pack? Download Forrester’s evaluation of open source BI vendors and learn why Actuate BIRT is named the leader due to its richness of reporting functionality.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

The Open Group Service Integration Maturity Model (OSIMM) Version 2 by ComputerWeekly.com January 2012 - (Free Research) Download the Open Group Service Integration Maturity Model (OSIMM).  (ESSENTIAL GUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

Open Source Business Intelligence Costs and Benefits by Jaspersoft December 2008 - (Free Research) Read this guide to understand the hidden and explicit costs associated with open source BI in comparison with familiar proprietary BI solutions so that you can determine whether open source BI is a viable option for your organization.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Top 10 Reasons for Choosing Open Source Data Integration by Talend March 2010 - (Free Research) When choosing a data integration solution, companies are confronted with many product choices, multiple sources of information and different vendors. This paper cuts through the confusion with the top 10 reasons companies choose open source for their data integration needs and 31 proof points from actual users of open source data integration.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Open Sesame: Why Open Source BI, Data Integration, and Data Warehousing Solutions are Gaining in Acceptance - by Dr Claudia Imhoff by Talend June 2009 - (Free Research) This paper examines the challenges faced by organizations today regarding their BI, data integration, and data warehousing environments, why traditional solutions fall short, and the rise of upstart open source companies. Read on to learn more about open source BI, data integration, and data warehousing solutions.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Scalable BI for Every Enterprise How Open Source BI Meets Enterprise-Class Requirements. by Jaspersoft December 2010 - (Free Research) Not every BI provider seeks to serve the scalable enterprise, but those that do must meet certain scalability criteria that are common to nearly every enterprise. This investigation exposes key scalability requirements for BI, and examines how the world's most widely used BI solution— notably, one that's open source— meet these requirements.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practices in Lead Development by KnowledgeStorm Webinars (E-mail this company) May 2005 - (Free Research) Learn how your company can change from a lead generation business model to a dynamic lead development process in this joint Webcast from SiriusDecisions and KnowledgeStorm.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Reliable Messaging Solutions for Retail -How Open Source Software Creates Opportunities in Retail by FuseSource July 2011 - (Free Research) As an alternative to big vendor messaging solutions, open source software presents an entirely different cost model and more flexibility in deployment options that suit the needs of retail perfectly. Read this paper to learn more about open source software and why it is the optimal approach to integrated messaging for large retail enterprises.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Build powerful reporting applications with open source BI by Actuate January 2012 - (Free Research) View this demo for an introduction to BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools), the powerful open source report and Rich Information Application development environment, used by over one million developers.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Tip Guide: Look past tools to make modernization efforts more agile by Hewlett-Packard Company November 2011 - (Free Research) Read this SearchSOA.com tip guide to learn why organizations should look beyond tools for discovery and modernization efforts and look more towards an agile process. Learn why combining a modernization strategy with an agile approach will help organizations modernize more quickly and avoid common hurdles.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Leveraging Open Source Data Quality - Practical Examples Illustrated with Talend Data Quality by Talend March 2010 - (Free Research) This Technical White Paper presents the main challenges of data quality and drills into specific uses of data profiling and data cleansing. It highlights, through 32 distinct use cases, how open source data quality technology can be used to alleviate issues related to poor-quality data.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Department of Defense and Open Source Software by Oracle Corporation January 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper looks at the pros and cons of open-source software and helps organizations understand how to build a business case that is based on cost, schedule, performance and risks across the entire program lifecycle not just up-front program inception costs and considerations.   (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

CW+: Open Group technical report: IT Specialist Certification (ITSC) accreditation requirements by ComputerWeekly.com October 2010 - (Free Research) The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

2011 BI market study- Trends, tools and top vendors by Actuate January 2012 - (Free Research) Read this white paper to learn why Actuate BIRT outperformed Pentaho and Jaspersoft to secure the leading open source overall ranking and surpassed other open source business intelligence (BI) vendors by a wide margin in this independent market study.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

How to manage consolidated applications by HP October 2011 - (Free Research) This resource explains how you can lower costs and improve flexibility by migrating your mainframe to open system servers. Discover the three major factors driving organizations to consider migrating application workloads off mainframe environments to open systems solutions.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Storage Europe: Fall 2011 by SearchStorage.com September 2011 - (Free Research) In the Fall 2011 issue of IT in Europe, Manek Dubash explores how open-source storage could be the key to breaking the chains of vendor lock-in.  (EZINE) READ ABSTRACT |

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