Enterprise businesses require the control framework involved in the PCI DSS to help improve internal operational, security and audit performance. This white paper details how alignment of business and PCI goals is important to ensure continuity and meet all internal security standards. 

As the speed of business intensifies, C-level executives are struggling to implement effective strategies that give their companies a competitive edge. Operational Strategy and Operations Management (OM) are two business fields that work together to help executives set and manage business strategy based on quantitative analysis, not gut feel. 

This white paper explores how the power of an information availability solution can unlock the latent potential of your IT environment and deliver new value for your organization. 

Since its introduction nearly 10 years ago, Apache Lucene has become a competitive player for developing extensible, high-performance full-text search solutions. This white paper describes the new features and improvements in the latest version, Apache Lucene 2.9. 

It's no secret that application performance drives business performance. But to achieve the level of application performance your business demands, you need total visibility into your network infrastructure so you can identify and monitor all your applications and resolve the issues that impede performance. 

This white paper presents IDC’s framework for implementing operational excellence (opex) and helps the reader move toward an effective op ex implementation while avoiding potential pitfalls. 

With read/write speeds that are very close to most expensive models in the industry, the ioDrive's price/performance ratio will leave you saying, "WOW!" Read this white paper for more information on this paradigm-shifting data storage appliance. 

Read this white paper from SAP for an interview with Kathleen Wilhide, research director of IDC’s Compliance and Business Performance Management Solutions program. 

This white-paper provides an overview of Oracle Database 11g's capabilities for data warehousing, and discuses its key features and technologies. Discover how to integrate information, perform fast queries, scale to very large data volumes, and more. 

This white paper describes why and how any organization can implement secure Internet single sign-on, which provides for the portability and interoperability of identity information across organizational boundaries. Read this white paper to learn the five steps to secure internet single sign-on. 

Business intelligence (BI) can be considered critical to the very existence of most organisations. The purpose of this research was to explore whether and how companies are using BI to improve their businesses; to identify the obstacles they encounter in its use; and predict how BI will evolve in the next ten years. 

Enterprise search transforms the ability of users to find information. It is a powerful, cost-effective, and productivity enabling technology for users in the enterprise. Read this white paper to learn about the value of enterprise search, why it's broken, and learn about WebFOCUS Magnify, the industry's first real-time enterprise search solution. 

Download this white paper for an extensive summary of <i>The Performance Manager, Proven Strategies for Turning Information into Higher Business Performance</i>, a book that examines the partnership between decision-makers and the people who provide them with information to drive better decisions.