WHITE PAPER - This white paper by Dr. Walid el Abed, CEO of Global Data Excellence, discusses how an effective data strategy embedded within the business strategy can turn data into a real competitive advantage, deliver short and longer term value and enable business success and sustainability.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Stewardship | Master Data Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper illustrates the ability to reduce the data growth challenge seen with EMC’s Oracle Applications CRM implementation via a Proof of Concept (POC) sponsored by the EMC IT organization.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2009


Topics:  CRM | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Collection | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Modeling | Data Storage | Oracle (Product)

EZINE - In this issue, we'll discuss how virtualization sprawl has quickly become a major issue in virtualized SharePoint deployments since today's technology makes it so easy to create virtual machines. We'll also talk about taking advantage of SharePoint's underutilized business intelligence tool, and using jQuery to enhance your user interface.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Governance | Microsoft Hyper-V | Microsoft Office | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - As mid-size enterprises find themselves strapped for time, money and management resources, they have to find ways of doing more with less. Age-in-Place is a data management strategy that means no more tiers – the easiest and most cost effective way to manage the life-cycle of your data.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Governance | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Management | Data Mirroring | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Storage Capacity | Tiered Storage

ANALYST REPORT - The findings of this survey suggest that despite PCI DSS regulation companies are still struggling with data security. However, it also suggests that companies that take a strategic approach to PCI compliance go through fewer data breaches. Learn more about leveraging PCI to get a broader, more effective, and more cost efficient security program.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Published: September 24, 2009


Topics:  Data Governance | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Security | Information Security | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Regulatory Compliance | Security

EGUIDE - The goal of this tutorial is to focus on the key issues involved in developing an e-discovery capability and to help organizations plan to become better prepared for the rigors of the e-discovery process.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Published: November 10, 2009


Topics:  Data Governance | Data Management | Data Mining | Data Modeling | Data Recovery | Data Security | Electronic Discovery | Information Management | Information Standards | Information Storage and Retrieval Systems

TRIAL SOFTWARE - F5 Data Manager helps you understand your file storage environment. This trial version will perform an inventory of your environment and enable you to run detailed reports that analyze which file types are being created, who is creating them, how quickly they age, and which resources they consume.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Published: September 14, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Storage | Database Administration | Database Management | Network Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Devices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Unstructured Data

WHITE PAPER - Effective and efficient management of master data within the manufacturing sector is a key factor in reducing TCO, providing accurate global spend analysis and improved reporting and decision making. Implementing SAP's Master Data Management solution into an organization enables the backbone of a complete data governance model to be established.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Modeling | Data Quality | Database Management | Master Data Management | SAP (Product) | TCO

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Read this transcript to learn how to get all the speed, flexibility and processing power of a custom-built data warehouse.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Real-time Analytical Software | Real-time Analytics

WHITE PAPER - This paper will present you with all the information needed to make an educated decision on whether to commodity coding is right for your organization and it will help with choosing the commodity coding that fits your company.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Outsourcing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Database Management | Inventory Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Banks need to get smarter, attract the right customers, implement customer level risk management, and implement risk adjusted customer relationship pricing and all of this is dependent on trusted data. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on retail banks. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in banking.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Banking Industry | Business Process Management | Customer Data Management | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Marketing | Retail Banking Services | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Sales | Sales and Marketing Software

WHITE PAPER - Only when data is trusted can it be used in confidence in all insurance operational and analytical process activities. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on insurance companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in insurance and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Outsourcing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | ETL (Software) | Insurance Industry | Master Data Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Software can't tell you how to beat the competition, but it can determine which products and services have the greatest profit margin, who are the most productive employees, or how many pairs of socks customers buy when they purchase particular styles of shoes. Having accurate, timely data takes the guesswork out of the decision-making process.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  CEOs | CFOs | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | IT Managers | Productivity | SMBs

WEBCAST - This webcast explores the legal and business penalties that organizations face when they do not comply with privacy laws. Discover which of these laws apply specifically to your enterprise, which personally identifiable information (PII) you need to protect and where to find the critical data hiding in your networks.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Premiered: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Data Encryption | Data Governance | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Security | Legal Compliance Software | Privacy Rights | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Security

PRESENTATION - This collection of slides from the Information Security Decisions Conference provides practical advice about securing your data. The presentation builds upon a basic, four-step model of discover, secure, monitor, and protect. Download these slides to learn how to overcome common data security issues.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Data Governance | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Management | Data Security | Information Security | Security | Security Management