A 2007 report conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) found that nine out of ten corporate executives admit to making important decisions on the basis of inadequate information. This whitepaper will discuss what information visibility can do for your organization as well as the three critical strategic areas of business decision making. 

A recent worldwide survey listed business intelligence (BI) as CIOs' number one priority for 2008, the third consecutive year BI topped the list. From a business user perspective, this translates into more interactive and pervasive BI, both creating a richer user experience and reaching every place where work is done. 

Data quality is an elusive subject that can defy measurement and yet be critical enough to derail any single IT project, strategic initiative, or even a company as a whole. This paper from Business Objects examines an overall approach to data quality ROI including 6 key steps to help you realize tangible ROI on your data quality initiative. 

Businesses of all sizes are using the messaging and collaboration features of Microsoft Exchange to run critical business functions that if lost, can result in severe business disruption. Exchange and Exchange infrastructure components are analyzed in this paper to determine how they can be protected so you can achieve your SLA commitments. 

Critical master data management (MDM) functionality can be easily overlooked when request for proposals (RFPs) are narrowly focused on a single business data type. Ensure success by avoiding 10 costly mistakes when writing your RFP. 

The following six secrets to 24x7, disaster-tolerant Exchange will show you how to implement an Exchange environment with zero lost data and continuous application availability—with no IT intervention—in the event of a disaster. 

Reporting is recognized as a way for companies to improve service, ensure quality, control costs, and prevent losses by empowering decision-makers throughout the organization. This paper will explain why reporting is one form of business intelligence that has become business-critical. 

Oracle Applications are a collection of enterprise business applications, including ERP, SCM, and CRM applications, all utilizing Oracle's core relational database management system technologies. 

The business of managing and securing endpoints is in serious need of an overhaul. You can no longer count on antivirus and antispyware programs that were written for Windows 95 to defend against modern threats. Read this white paper to learn about solutions that take a new look at modern technology, modern threats, and modern business reality. 

This white paper will enumerate the critical business challenges, as well as specific opportunities and benefits of working aggressively to achieve inbound supply integration. 

The handling of email has become a critical business, IT and regulatory issue, driving a need for email archiving solutions in many organizations. This whitepaper will cover archiving and email management, eDiscovery and knowledge management. 

This white paper examines the impact of using disparate systems versus an integrated ERP system on your manufacturing operations. The detailed charts on the following pages provide insight into how the inefficiencies associated with change management today can be easily and cost-effectively eliminated.