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whitepaper Microsoft Solution Helps Nielsen Company Track Business More Effectively2008-05-06 Microsoft
  Nielsen Media Research, part of the Nielsen Company, is the world's leading provider of television, radio, and print audience measurement and advertising information services. Nielsen Media had more than 30 databases containing information about its customers - but no way to link the information together to provide comprehensive insight into its relationships with its customers. Using Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Nielsen Media Research is gaining a consolidated, comprehensive view of its clients and their information needs.

Tags: CRM Software		   
whitepaper Avengers, Assemble! Marvel's first strategic IT plan comes from superpowered collaboration between the CIO and the lines of business2008-05-01 Oracle
  Read this Profit Magazine article to see how Marvel Entertainment is working to expand its existing Oracle footprint to merge and unify existing data with the ultimate goal of improving data accuracy and reducing the time to market of data.

See how and why Marvel Senior Vice President and CIO Glenn Magala provided new data-mining capabilities and gave visibility to information that Marvels' lines of business formerly had trouble accessing easily. The data set is still evolving, but the user interface, which is an intelligence dashboard that enables users to get information specific to their job function, is already generating new value. In addition, Marvel is already achieving significant benefits with its brand assurance system built on Oracle's Stellent content management system.

Tags: Decision Support - DW Front End, Data Mining - Analysis, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, Database Applications		   
whitepaper Hafslund ASA Improves Customer Management With a Single Source of Data2008-05-01 Oracle
  Hafslund wanted to centralize critical customer data spread across six different systems and integrate customer interaction, which was specific to each company and product. The challenge was to provide customer service center staff with a complete overview of customer commitments, and enable cross-selling and improve customer service by consolidating all customer information onto one system. Hafslund implemented Oracle's Siebel eEnergy and Oracle Business Intelligence to provide a ready-made solution capable of integrating Hafslund customer data as well as worked with Oracle Partner Infosys to consolidate information from disparate systems into a single application using a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web services.

Tags: Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, Service-Oriented Architecture		   
whitepaper SCM Group Supports Uniformity and Growth Worldwide With Integrated Enterprise Resource Planning Platform2008-05-01 Oracle
  SCM Group wanted to support plans for international expansion adequately with a single and integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform and create homogeneous, centralized, automated systems for management of data and procedures in the global network. The challenge was to create consistent procedures for all group branches and new acquisitions while preserving the distinguishing features that make each of them unique and integrate the new structure with the existing management control system. SCM Group integrated all group companies, headquarter and subsidiaries, with Oracle E-Business Suite, thanks to its ability to provide access to data and business processes via the Web and cut operating costs by automating processes.

Tags: ERP		   
whitepaper Wellcome Achieves Greater Financial Control, Cuts Reporting Time From 12 Hours to 30 Minutes2008-05-01 Oracle
  Eighty percent of Wellcome stores are open 24 hours, seven days a week. The company receives and must sift through enormous amounts of financial data, and consequently needs a powerful and reliable financial system. Its legacy system had undergone numerous expansions and upgrades and thus required a high productivity system. However, support for the hardware running the system was no longer available. As a result, the company experienced performance issues that threatened to destabilize financial operations. As part of the overhaul, Wellcome replaced its legacy financial system with Oracle Financials. By implementing Oracle Financials, Wellcome ensured easy integration with its existing Oracle Database platform.

Tags: Finance		   
whitepaper Chinese Taxation Authority Turns to Grid Computing to Improve Data Analysis2008-05-01 Oracle
  The State Administration of Taxation (SAT) is responsible for regulating taxation affairs under the State Council of China. Its vast territory and large population make tax administration in China an extremely complex process. The country's economic growth following its admission to the World Trade Organization also necessitated extensive taxation reforms. SAT was faced with the challenge of planning and implementing these reforms and streamlining the taxation regime. SAT selected Oracle to design, develop, and deploy an information management infrastructure based on the vendor's experience implementing tax systems around the world and deep understanding of the Chinese taxation environment.

Tags: Data Mining - Analysis, High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Janssen-Cilag SpA Advances Business Strategy With Flexible Business Intelligence Solution2008-05-01 Oracle
  Janssen-Cilag wanted to expand business intelligence capabilities to support business strategies and integrate multiple company functions in a single system, including sales and marketing, credit collection, medical direction, and product managers - ensuring that each function has a customized vision of the company's data resources. The challenge was to integrate data from different systems and vendors, including SAP, Oracle, and other third-parties and increase integration of sales and marketing with other company functions. Janssen-Cilag deployed Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to create a single interactive point of access to information that can be used in real time and incorporated new company functions in the system and granted access to information based on the user's profile.

Tags: Data Mining - Analysis, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing		   
whitepaper Fujian Unicom Simplifies Database Management With Help From Neusoft Group Limited2008-05-01 Oracle
  Fujian Unicom is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Unicom, one of the four major telecommunications carriers in China. One of the biggest challenges facing Fujian Unicom was how to better organize, manage, and use its huge volumes of business data. The company's database administrators were spending large amounts of time repartitioning databases and creating tables. This was a costly exercise that also hindered staff from focusing their attention on higher value tasks. In 2003, Fujian Unicom engaged Oracle Certified Advantage Partner Neusoft Group Limited to simplify the management of its database environment based on Oracle Database and utilizing Oracle Partitioning.

Tags: Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing		   
whitepaper Biocel Paskov Enhances Revenues With Improved Business Intelligence Reporting2008-05-01 Oracle
  Biocel Paskov is a leading Czech processor of wood and one of the top European producers of sulphite pulp. Biocel Paskov wanted to provide managers with live intelligence about incoming wood chips shipments, including information on volumes, quality, and prices and implement a system to generate reports and simplify their distribution to all users via a simple interface. The challenge was to create a single sign-on capability to ensure security while minimizing the burden on users. Biocel Paskov implemented Oracle Business Intelligence to provide managers with a real-time view of all data relating to incoming wood chips shipments and pricing.

Tags: Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing		   
whitepaper AmeriVault Case Study: Harford County Public Schools2008-04-15 amerivault
  Harford County Public Schools (HCPS) has been using computers - and backing up the data on those computers - for decades. Each one of the 51 schools is networked to a central computer center, where a community portal serves both internal and external users. The school system needed to address the security of its large and ever growing footprint of sensitive data, as well as the processes involved for backup and recovery. AmeriVault backs up 1.2 terabytes of data and stores it securely offsite each night. Financials, Human Resource documents, ERP system data, Microsoft SQL server data, and Microsoft Exchange email system data are all backed up automatically.

Tags: Storage Management, Data Recovery - Security