Research from KnowledgeStorm shows that a high percentage of leads that begin their research on the Web ultimately result in an active project. The technology vendors that nurture these Early Stage leads are often in a better selling position than those vendors that later "pile on" to more advanced, but also more competitive, leads. 

In this case study of American Airlines, details are given of their choice to utilize SPSS to manage their customer information. Read on to see how an intensely competitive marketplace led American to chose SPSS. 

In this paper we will discuss what an Information Strategy is, why it is important, and what it takes to build one. We will also consider IBM's Information Agenda, that company's approach to assisting in the development of an Information Strategy. 

The experiences of BPM leaders have created, for CIOs just beginning the implementation process, a road map to success: improved business and IT communication, an overall refresh of roles and responsibilities and greater process flexibility - those that do BPM right reap the ultimate reward of business innovation: competitive advantage. 

Content Management Systems give you the power to leverage company-wide knowledge assets for competitive advantage. 

This report is a guide for identifying best practices in online content Research Benchmark management and maximizing business benefits of the web. The findings highlight the strategic value of web content management and link the technology and practices of Best-in-Class organizations to top line revenue, customer loyalty, and customer experience. 

An Information Agenda is an approach for transforming information into a trusted strategic asset that can be rapidly leveraged across applications, processes and decisions for sustained competitive advantage. 

From a manufacturing executive's perspective, focusing on an open and flexible Manufacturing Operations Management platform creates a competitive weapon. This research provides a roadmap for creating such a platform in a cost effective way that still delivers benefits, such as higher levels of profitability. 

Read this paper to learn how Bloor Research determined that Sybase 15 will provide substantially better performance at lower cost than traditional approaches for analytics, reporting, and data warehousing environments. 

In this webcast, learn about changing trends in the data center infrastructure. Discover tools to ensure high availability at a low cost to improve IT performance. Find out more about innovations to data center operations to help you remain competitive. 

To find out more about how organizations can take the next steps with their BI initiatives, SearchDataManagement.com turned to Boris Evelson of Forrester Research. In this videocast, Boris will reveal some of the most important emerging trends in BI today and how organizations should start planning to take advantage of next-generation BI. 

How can management communicate business strategy effectively and assure that the entire organization has bought in to the strategy and is aligned behind it? Business performance optimization systems are an important tool for success.