Business intelligence (BI) needs to evolve such that it is no longer about reporting results but driving business processes. Learn how BI can bring you greater business visibility and insight to improve business performance. 

On-premises software and SaaS vendors looking to provide BI and analytics functionality have a choice to develop their own components or to partner with an existing BI and analytics vendor. In this white paper, IDC presents evidence showing that a partnership with SAP can result in rapid ROI, improved productivity, innovation and more! 

With more and more sensitive data moving from file servers to SharePoint sites, it's important to keep a close eye on what users can access documents, what users have permissions to change the SharePoint sites, and what documents are getting modified. 

A companywide business intelligence deployment that adapts to the analysis needs and styles of key sets of users within the organization is the key to unlocking the true potential of BI. This whitepaper outlines four styles of analysis and explains how to build deployment plans around these key pillars to get the most return on your BI investment. 

When the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) was first introduced in SQL Server 2005, it received mixed reviews. With the launch of SQL Server 2008, Microsoft has succeeded in transforming the SSMS into a much more useful tool set. This whitepaper will list and discuss each of these improvements of SSMS 2008. 

Making sure mission critical databases are highly availably (HA) is the main challenge of IT departments. This paper discusses the failover and redundancy capabilities of specific HA products that can be used in conjunction with PostgreSQL, Postgres Plus, and the Oracle compatible database Postgres Plus Advanced Server. 

Enterprises can take control of the burgeoning number of unsanctioned spreadsheets by adopting a policy of centralized master spreadsheet generation. Learn how WebFOCUS creates fully summarized, organized, and styled Excel spreadsheets with complex formulas already in place, lowering the potential for keystroke and logic error. 

This presentation transcript compares two leading data modeling tools and demonstrates how advanced data modeling improves productivity, standards compliance and knowledge sharing. 

Inexpensive, easy-to-deploy SaaS BI can help companies put easy-to-use data mining and reporting tools for smart decision making into the hands of more employees and uncover the real “geniuses” of decision making hidden in every department. 

With the SAP® Business One application, you get a fully integrated financial analysis and reporting tool that provides quick access to comprehensive data. The XL Reporter tool uses a familiar interface and unique drag-and-drop technology to simplify report creation for financial and operational data. 

This white paper discusses two Oracle OLAP solutions: Oracle's Hyperion Essbase and Oracle Database 11g OLAP Option which share similar characteristics but are individuals with their differences. 

BIRT Report Designers are easy-to-use, visual report development tools that offer programmatic control, extensibility and a component-based model for reuse. 

Active Directory becomes very complex to manage in Windows networks. Administrators leave, users are given elevated privileges, applications require special accounts - very soon you have an Active Directory full of security weaknesses.