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		Foglight - Application Management to Unify IT and the Business by Quest Software, now a part of Dell. Your applications are the lifeblood of the service that IT delivers to end users and the business. Foglight, correlates application performance data and events from the entire more... >> Discover more offerings from Quest Software, now a part of Dell.

7 Leading Applications of Business Intelligence Software by MicroStrategy Incorporated December 2005 - (Free Research) This paper explores the leading business intelligence (BI) applications across industry verticals. It is useful for business users just learning about BI applications, as well as for project managers and report developers looking for best practices.  (BOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Virtualization Management Survey Report: Key Findings by Focus August 2009 - (Free Research) This FOCUS report of key findings presents the highlights of an end-user survey conducted in April 2009, outlining the current state of virtualization adoption, pain points, barriers to expansion, and management requirements.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Using Performance Drivers to Enhance Business Success: Identifying, Visualizing and Analyzing Key Performance Drivers (KPD metrics) by myDIALS Inc. November 2009 - (Free Research) This paper examines performance metrics and focuses on the nature, identification and use of Key Performance Drivers to enhance business success. It illustrates how these KPD metrics can be visualized and logically related to the Key Performance Indicators that measure those outcomes.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

ESG Report: Key Questions to Ask When Considering Deduplication and D2D Backup by EMC Backup and Recovery Solutions January 2008 - (Free Research) Please read this presentation transcript featuring the first of a two-part ESG e-Seminar Series on data de-duplication. In part one, Tony Asaro, ESG Senior Analyst, and Heidi Biggar ESG analyst, will discuss the various technology considerations when applying data deduplication technology to disk backup.  (PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT) READ ABSTRACT |

CA White Paper: Evolving the Maturity Level of Your Project Management Office (PMO) by CA Technologies. September 2007 - (Free Research) In the pursuit of improving IT project delivery, many companies tend to focus primarily on the process but might overlook a crucial step: benchmarking effectiveness.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

CA White Paper: Getting Started with a Project Management Office (PMO) by CA Technologies. September 2007 - (Free Research) This paper contains practical insights and best practices for better IT project delivery. It details ways of moving from an ad-hoc approach to a more effective process by implementing a project management office (PMO).  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Intel IT's Data Center Strategy for Business Transformation by Dell, Inc. and Intel® September 2012 - (Free Research) This resource offers advice on aligning your data center investments with business need. It details today's best practices for effective data center management strategies.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Financial Edge™: Fund Accounting Software for Nonprofits by Blackbaud The Financial Edge gives you all the information you need to make the best financial decisions for today and tomorrow. Think of it as insurance for your organization’s future.  (ASP & SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

Best Practices in Performance Measurement and Reporting: Understanding the Global Investment Performance Standards by Advent Software, Inc July 1967 - (Free Research) This whitepaper, written in conjunction with Ashland Partners, explains the steps to becoming Global Investment Performance Standards compliant.  (WHITE PAPER)

Best Practices in Performance Measurement and Reporting: Understanding the Global Investment Performance Standards® by Advent Software, Inc April 2010 - (Free Research) Whether you are just starting a compliance program or need to fine-tune your existing process, this document will help you understand the steps involved in becoming GIPS compliant. It is not a substitute for the Standards themselves. It is designed to help you understand the value of compliance, what’s needed to achieve it, pitfalls to avoid.  (WHITE PAPER)

8 Great Ways to Improve Your Quarter-End Analysis & Reporting by Prophix Software September 2012 - (Free Research) Today's tools and technologies for analyzing data enable individual users to access the reporting results they need instead of relying on a financial team to disperse data conclusions. Read this white paper to learn how these tools work and eight steps to help your departments leverage these technologies to gain key information from your data.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Maximize the Value of On-Demand CRM with On-Demand Reporting by Business Objects August 2007 - (Free Research) Improving the overall quality of your company’s decision-making process results also improves the overall effectiveness of your business. This paper explains how reporting will help your organization make better decisions, and how on-demand reporting allows you to accomplish this task in a fast, cost-effective, and easy-to use manner.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Cognos: FPM: How KPIs can help motivate and reward the right behavior - Paper #1 – Introduction - White Paper by IBM August 2012 - (Free Research) This paper outlines the value of key performance indicators (KPIs) and why it's integral you set annual targets for each of them and measure performance against them rather than develop strategy maps and generate strategic action plans that drive performance improvement.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Ventana Research “Keys to a Fast, Clean Close"-2012 benchmark report by SAP America, Inc. December 2012 - (Free Research) Closing the books and reporting financial results are core functions of any finance department, but the most successful companies are achieving closes at the fastest rates.  This informative white paper explains how you can close faster and shorten decision-making time in order to gain edge over your competitors.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

crystalreports.com for Salesforce.com: Exception and Sales Reporting by Business Objects crystalreports.com is a Web-based report-sharing service that allows you to share Crystal Reports with the right people - simply and securely. Create advanced reports from your Salesforce.com data. Dig deeper for answers using graphs with drill down capabilities. View, schedule, refresh, and distribute reports online - inside Salesforce.com.  (SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

8 Great Ways to Improve Your Quarter-End Analysis and Reporting by Prophix Software January 2012 - (Free Research) Read this white paper and learn more on how to use these tools to move beyond reporting and spend more time on the analysis of your key performance indicators.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

OLTP and Exhange Server performance summary of Intel Xeon Processor E5506, E5520, E5540, and X5550 on the Dell PowerEdge R710 Server by Dell, Inc. and Intel® April 2009 - (Free Research) One key finding discovered from this test is that the Intel Xeon Processor E5520 2.26GHz-based Dell PowerEdge 710 server achieved 75.9% higher SQL Server 2008 performance than did the Intel Xeon Processor E5506 2.13GH-based Dell PowerEdge 710 server. Read this test report summary to learn more key findings.  (TEST RESULTS) READ ABSTRACT |

UK Service Provider Performance and Satisfaction 2012 by ComputerWeekly.com September 2012 - (Free Research) This exclusive report from KPMG assesses UK organisations' satisfaction with their outsourcing service providers and looks at outsourcing trends in 2012.  (IT BRIEFING) READ ABSTRACT |

Demartek Report: FalconStor Virtual Tape Library (VTL) and Deduplication Performance by FalconStor Software July 2009 - (Free Research) To evaluate the performance of its solutions, FalconStor commissioned Demartek to validate the performance of the FalconStor VTL solution and its deduplication solutions - as they come from the factory, without any special tuning adjustments. The sustained performance of these solutions is impressive and was measured using conservative data.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Controlling and Managing Security with Performance Tools by Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold March 2011 - (Free Research) This article examines what management tools are needed to provide functionality to your IT security needs with no additional overhead or expenditure. These tools are often already in place to provide performance management and monitoring.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Controlling and Managing Security with Performance Tools by Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold March 2011 - (Free Research) This article examines what management tools are needed to provide functionality to your IT security needs with no additional overhead or expenditure. These tools are often already in place to provide performance management and monitoring.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence MidMarket Reporting Packages by IBM Cognos October 2008 - (Free Research) IBM Cognos 8 BI is the only solution that provides complete BI functionality in one product, on a single, proven architecture, it also delivers seamless reporting, analysis, scorecarding, dashboards, and event management.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Integrating People, Processes and Systems: tools and best practices for IT teams by Active Endpoints, Inc. February 2011 - (Free Research) Agile techniques and SOA principles are necessary elements to successfully delivering business software in this environment but by themselves they’re not sufficient. This report highlights key features of tools that you should consider if you’re interested in delivering IT capabilities that integrate people, processes and systems in flexible ways.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Financial process automation leads to better performance by Dolphin April 2013 - (Free Research) Financial reporting can be time-consuming and expensive if done manually. In this expert guide, learn how automating financial reporting can offer your organization key benefits and discover recommendations on how to get started.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

NPM Delivers Improved Network Visibility to IT Operations by Riverbed Technology, Inc. October 2012 - (Free Research) NPM tools provide performance and availability monitoring solutions for the applications traversing the data communication network. Register here to learn more about Gartner's key recommendations for improving network visibility into IT operations.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

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