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

In large networks, the sheer number of permission settings makes it almost impossible to gain a clear overview of overall security, and checking that all those permission are in compliance with corporate and regulatory standards is a Herculean task. 

Professional report authors need a single reporting solution that draws data from a variety of sources and enables wide collaboration yet delivers the resulting information at business speed. IBM Cognos® 8 Business Intelligence includes Web-based reporting tools that support collaboration and good decision making. 

Jump start your next development project with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2. This IT download allows you to support for the latest platforms, targeted experiences for specific application types, and core architecture improvements. Download it now! 

In this E-Book, data warehousing and BI expert Rick Sherman explains how you can take advantage of BI trends to ensure that you get the right information to the right people at the right times, so they can make the best possible decisions. 

Find out what 1,900 B2B marketers in software, hardware and technology services industries revealed about what works for lead generation. Supplement this report with the webinar titled "KnowledgeStorm Webinars: Business Technology Marketing Benchmarks: 2006-2007 Data and Trends" and learn about B2B e-mail and search engine marketing strategies. 

There's a trend toward enterprise information management (EIM), a practice that holistically coordinates teams and integrates tools, rather than having data and other information isolated and managed by independent teams using their own set of management tools. 

Business process management provides a new management discipline, a new suite of software technologies and tools, and a new IT implementation style based on concrete links between strategy and execution. This white paper explains SAP's place in the BPM landscape and describes its new offering in that arena, NetWeaver BPM. 

Composed of Sun hardware systems and commercial open-source solutions Pentaho for BI and data integration, and Infobright, built on MySQL, for data warehousing, this solution comes in two customizable recommended configurations to fit your data requirements and budget -- and ease deployment. 

the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business practices. 

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! 

Read this transcript of the "Mission Critical Computing" webcast to learn about changing trends in the data center infrastructure. Discover tools to ensure high availability at a low cost to improve IT performance and find out more about innovations to data center operations to help you remain competitive.