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Finding Your Organization's Critical Success Factors 2008-03-12 SAS Institute

This webcast is designed to help organizations, from large multi-nationals to those with fewer than 200 staff, who want to implement winning KPIs. The presenter of this webcast will explain how organizations should approach finding their critical success factors. This exercise can be carried out in a relatively short period of time, will have a profound impact in the performance measures to choose, conveying to staff what really is important, and help streamline reporting. The presenter will show the practical steps that can be carried out by an in-house team, and why carrying out this exercise may well be the major breakthrough in turning the organization from good to great.

Information Architecture Essentials, Part 4: Improving Usability of Information Systems 2008-03-11 IBM

The best-organized information in the world is useless without an effective way to present that information to the interested audience. Poorly designed interfaces, inadequate search and filtering support, and confusing visual displays can severely hamper the success of any information architecture. To make complex information accessible to end users, one must make a significant effort to research and design the way users will interact with the information management system.

Data Centers Are Adopting Green Initiatives But Are Wary of Vendors' Marketing Messages 2008-03-11 Aperture Technologies

The IT industry and business in general are slowly waking up to the impact they are having on the environment. While the newspaper headlines target the growth of cheap flights as a leading cause of global warming, some commentators have suggested the IT industry is responsible for more carbon emissions than aviation. Organizations have to be seen to be environmentally aware, but how much of it is PR bluster, and how much of it is backed up by action? This survey shows that although 70% of organizations are adopting a green initiative, 19% admit the data center has been overlooked and 13% don't know how the data center is affected by the policy.

Best Practices for SAS Business Intelligence Administrators: Using the Configuration Troubleshooter to Keep SAS Solutions and SAS BI Applications Running Smoothly 2008-03-11 SAS Institute

There is a tool that will help pinpoint access problems, check that security has been implemented correctly, debug WebDAV configuration issues, monitor the health of the Web application server, and more for one's SAS Business Intelligence installation. It will even allow one to create checks of their own, comparing configuration files to standards that one defines. This tool is the Configuration Troubleshooter, and it is invaluable for creating and maintaining a smooth-running BI environment. This presentation will teach how to use the Configuration Troubleshooter for maintenance and troubleshooting. Using case studies collected from SAS Technical Support, the paper will step through the process of problem discovery, investigation, and resolution using this tool.

Tags: Best Practices

Better Hashing in SAS 9.2 2008-03-11 SAS Institute

The DATA step hash object is one of the most versatile new features of Base SAS programming. Since its introduction in SAS 9, the paper has numerous accounts from users where the hash object has drastically reduced data processing time for complex data join operations. Based on feedback, the paper has further enhanced the hash object. For SAS 9.2, the paper introduces the ability to store duplicate keys in a hash object and have added a find frequency counter. This paper leverages the duplicate key capability to implement true SQL-like joins as well as partial-key look-ups. In addition, the paper explores uses for the find frequency counter. Go beyond SAS 9.1 and see why hashing in SAS 9.2 improves how one processes data.

Tags: Programming Languages, Database Management

Managing Large Data With SAS SPD Server 2008-03-10 SAS Institute

This paper provides the concepts behind demonstrations of how one can enhance query performance when one uses the SAS SPD Server to manage large data tables. This paper does not cover the main concepts for Dynamic Clusters or Parallel Join. This paper focuses on managing data within standard SAS Scalable Performance Data Server (SPD Server) tables, and therefore Dynamic Cluster tables, to enhance data querying. There are three common types of queries for which data within a table can be optimized: ordered processing, subsetting, and a hybrid of ordered processing and subsetting.

Tags: Application Servers, Parallel Processing

Small Improvements Causing Substantial Savings - Forecasting Intermittent Demand Data Using SAS Forecast Server 2008-03-10 SAS Institute

Businesses require accurate forecasts of time series data that is not continuous. Often, time series data is intermittent (discontinuous or interrupted). Intermittent time series data points are mostly zero (the base value), with occasional departures from the base value. Intermittent time series are common in business and economic data. For example, at progressively lower levels of data disaggregation (larger frequency, smaller geography, or both), the time series data is often intermittent. The most commonly used forecasting techniques are continuous time series methods such as Exponential Smoothing Methods (ESM). Continuous methods are meant to forecast the future values with respect to future time periods.

Tags: Data Mining - Analysis

Directory Deployment Planning Checklist 2008-03-05 Isode

When planning a directory deployment, there are a lot of things to take into account. This paper has been written to help those planning a directory deployment, and in particular Isode partners working on directory deployments for their customers and prospects. As the specifics of the approach taken will depend on the deployment requirements this paper does not attempt to be prescriptive, there are no "Right answers". Instead, a series of questions that (may) need to be asked are listed.

MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Reach Your Data With SQL Server 2008 (Level 100) 2008-03-05 Microsoft Tips

The presenter of this webcast looks at how Container Overseas Shipping Operation (Contoso) LTD can increase methods of accessing data without the need for complex connections and filters on firewalls. The presenter concentrates on Service Broker and ADO.NET Data Services in this webcast.

Tags: Application Servers, Database Management

Veritas NetBackup 6.5: Unlocking the Power of Disk 2008-03-04 Symantec

The release of NetBackup 6.5 includes many new features and several new enterprise disk options - that improve the speed, management and cost of disk-based backup and recovery. This webcast will highlight these new options: Flexible Disk Option, Open Storage Option, Continuous Data Protection and show how these new options allow customers to choose between appliance-based and heterogeneous storage-based approaches to disk-based backup. The presenter will uncover the architecture behind these new disk features and show how they help to take advantage of disk-based technologies for backup.

Tags: Storage Management, Data Recovery - Security

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Title	Date Added	Company
Finding Your Organization's Critical Success Factors	2008-03-12	SAS Institute
This webcast is designed to help organizations, from large multi-nationals to those with fewer than 200 staff, who want to implement winning KPIs. The presenter of this webcast will explain how organizations should approach finding their critical success factors. This exercise can be carried out in a relatively short period of time, will have a profound impact in the performance measures to choose, conveying to staff what really is important, and help streamline reporting. The presenter will show the practical steps that can be carried out by an in-house team, and why carrying out this exercise may well be the major breakthrough in turning the organization from good to great.
Information Architecture Essentials, Part 4: Improving Usability of Information Systems	2008-03-11	IBM
The best-organized information in the world is useless without an effective way to present that information to the interested audience. Poorly designed interfaces, inadequate search and filtering support, and confusing visual displays can severely hamper the success of any information architecture. To make complex information accessible to end users, one must make a significant effort to research and design the way users will interact with the information management system.
Data Centers Are Adopting Green Initiatives But Are Wary of Vendors' Marketing Messages	2008-03-11	Aperture Technologies
The IT industry and business in general are slowly waking up to the impact they are having on the environment. While the newspaper headlines target the growth of cheap flights as a leading cause of global warming, some commentators have suggested the IT industry is responsible for more carbon emissions than aviation. Organizations have to be seen to be environmentally aware, but how much of it is PR bluster, and how much of it is backed up by action? This survey shows that although 70% of organizations are adopting a green initiative, 19% admit the data center has been overlooked and 13% don't know how the data center is affected by the policy.
Best Practices for SAS Business Intelligence Administrators: Using the Configuration Troubleshooter to Keep SAS Solutions and SAS BI Applications Running Smoothly	2008-03-11	SAS Institute
There is a tool that will help pinpoint access problems, check that security has been implemented correctly, debug WebDAV configuration issues, monitor the health of the Web application server, and more for one's SAS Business Intelligence installation. It will even allow one to create checks of their own, comparing configuration files to standards that one defines. This tool is the Configuration Troubleshooter, and it is invaluable for creating and maintaining a smooth-running BI environment. This presentation will teach how to use the Configuration Troubleshooter for maintenance and troubleshooting. Using case studies collected from SAS Technical Support, the paper will step through the process of problem discovery, investigation, and resolution using this tool. Tags: Best Practices
Better Hashing in SAS 9.2	2008-03-11	SAS Institute
The DATA step hash object is one of the most versatile new features of Base SAS programming. Since its introduction in SAS 9, the paper has numerous accounts from users where the hash object has drastically reduced data processing time for complex data join operations. Based on feedback, the paper has further enhanced the hash object. For SAS 9.2, the paper introduces the ability to store duplicate keys in a hash object and have added a find frequency counter. This paper leverages the duplicate key capability to implement true SQL-like joins as well as partial-key look-ups. In addition, the paper explores uses for the find frequency counter. Go beyond SAS 9.1 and see why hashing in SAS 9.2 improves how one processes data. Tags: Programming Languages, Database Management
Managing Large Data With SAS SPD Server	2008-03-10	SAS Institute
This paper provides the concepts behind demonstrations of how one can enhance query performance when one uses the SAS SPD Server to manage large data tables. This paper does not cover the main concepts for Dynamic Clusters or Parallel Join. This paper focuses on managing data within standard SAS Scalable Performance Data Server (SPD Server) tables, and therefore Dynamic Cluster tables, to enhance data querying. There are three common types of queries for which data within a table can be optimized: ordered processing, subsetting, and a hybrid of ordered processing and subsetting. Tags: Application Servers, Parallel Processing
Small Improvements Causing Substantial Savings - Forecasting Intermittent Demand Data Using SAS Forecast Server	2008-03-10	SAS Institute
Businesses require accurate forecasts of time series data that is not continuous. Often, time series data is intermittent (discontinuous or interrupted). Intermittent time series data points are mostly zero (the base value), with occasional departures from the base value. Intermittent time series are common in business and economic data. For example, at progressively lower levels of data disaggregation (larger frequency, smaller geography, or both), the time series data is often intermittent. The most commonly used forecasting techniques are continuous time series methods such as Exponential Smoothing Methods (ESM). Continuous methods are meant to forecast the future values with respect to future time periods. Tags: Data Mining - Analysis
Directory Deployment Planning Checklist	2008-03-05	Isode
When planning a directory deployment, there are a lot of things to take into account. This paper has been written to help those planning a directory deployment, and in particular Isode partners working on directory deployments for their customers and prospects. As the specifics of the approach taken will depend on the deployment requirements this paper does not attempt to be prescriptive, there are no "Right answers". Instead, a series of questions that (may) need to be asked are listed.
MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Reach Your Data With SQL Server 2008 (Level 100)	2008-03-05	Microsoft Tips
The presenter of this webcast looks at how Container Overseas Shipping Operation (Contoso) LTD can increase methods of accessing data without the need for complex connections and filters on firewalls. The presenter concentrates on Service Broker and ADO.NET Data Services in this webcast. Tags: Application Servers, Database Management
Veritas NetBackup 6.5: Unlocking the Power of Disk	2008-03-04	Symantec
The release of NetBackup 6.5 includes many new features and several new enterprise disk options - that improve the speed, management and cost of disk-based backup and recovery. This webcast will highlight these new options: Flexible Disk Option, Open Storage Option, Continuous Data Protection and show how these new options allow customers to choose between appliance-based and heterogeneous storage-based approaches to disk-based backup. The presenter will uncover the architecture behind these new disk features and show how they help to take advantage of disk-based technologies for backup. Tags: Storage Management, Data Recovery - Security