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whitepaper General Electric Infrastructure Cuts Clone Cycle Time by 84% and IT Management Requirements by 75%2009-10-01 Oracle
  General Electric (GE) Infrastructure wanted to cut costs associated with managing the division's extensive global Oracle E-Business Suite environment that includes 17 production instances and more than 200 development, upgrade, and performance environments and reduce the time and effort required to clone instances of the company's Oracle E-Business Suite implementations. The challenge was to gain insight into the end-users experience so that the IT team can ensure high performance before emerging issues can escalate. General Electric (GE) Infrastructure implemented Oracle Enterprise Manager's Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite as a centralized system to efficiently manage the company's hundreds of Oracle E-Business Suite environments.

Tags: Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper GGZ NHN Improves Performance and Availability of McKesson's Electronic Patient Dossier Horizon GGZ2009-10-01 Oracle
  GGZ Noord-Holland-Noord (GGZ NHN) wanted to improve primary system performance and stability of McKesson's electronic patient dossier, Horizon GGZ, and enable interactive operations by users while the organization runs batch processes, including monthly invoice runs and improve availability during planned and unplanned outages. The challenge was to achieve a more scalable and extendable environment to support the business. GGZ Noord-Holland-Noord (GGZ NHN) worked with Oracle Partner Dell and Oracle Consulting to replace hardware and make it more uniform, implementing a four-node extended cluster on Windows across two data centers using Oracle Database with Real Application Clusters and improved system performance, scalability, and availability, for phasing out of the HP UNIX environment and simplifying system management.

Tags: Server Platforms - OS, Data Tools		   
whitepaper JSC Kapital Strakhovanie Accelerates Decision Making With Consolidated Data Analysis Solution2009-10-01 Oracle
  JSC Kapital Strakhovanie wanted to improve the effectiveness of the company's data analysis and management and provide a consolidated data repository as well as the capability to meet regulatory and analytical reporting needs. The challenge was to build a unified processing center for data presentation and provide consolidated reporting capabilities, integration of the various corporate information resources and facilitate data consolidation from multiple legacy systems. JSC Kapital Strakhovanie implemented Oracle Database and Oracle Business Intelligence to create a comprehensive data warehouse and business intelligence solution and increased efficiency by enabling the company to prepare regulatory financial reports based on company performance.

Tags: Data Tools		   
whitepaper Leveraging Value from SAP with IBM Cognos2009-10-01 IBM
  Leveraging Value from SAP with IBM Cognos Guidebook Although organizations typically find it easy to accumulate data from their ERP system, the data often remains unusable or unavailable to those who need it. Industry research determined that this challenge is best overcome by deploying automated tools for report building, planning, and budgeting, as well as business intelligence (BI) or performance management (PM). SAP users preparing to invest in BI or PM functionality should consider an IBM Cognos application. Read this Nucleus research report to learn why this BI software, combined with SAP, has less costly deployments, a faster time to benefit, and greater productivity improvements for end users.

Tags: Data Tools, Enterprise Planning, Data Infrastructure, Data Tools		   
whitepaper Realising the benefits of going green2009-09-30 Experian QAS
  Cross over to greener communications with improved data accuracy. Many organisations have processes in place to improve the quality of their contact data to address business drivers, such as cost reduction and revenue generation. But often, the environmental benefits that come with the implementation of a contact data strategy are overlooked.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, IT Budgeting, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper Epicor Enhances Enterprise Resource Planning With SQL Server 2008 Reporting2009-09-25 Microsoft
  For 25 years Epicor has been creating creative Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions for small and mid-sized businesses and Global 1000 companies. Epicor has 20,000 customers in more than 150 countries, and generated 2008 revenue of U.S.$487.8 million. The company recently released Epicor 9, an innovative Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) offering that converges all of its products into a single, flexible solution using what Epicor refers to as its True SOA approach to delivering ERP solutions. To meet customer requests for a powerful and cost efficient reporting environment, the company migrated Epicor 9 reporting to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Internet and Web		   
whitepaper How to Calculate Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) for Electronic Products2009-09-25 PE INTERNATIONAL
  To comply with international standards for carbon footprinting (PAS 2050, ISO 14040, and the upcoming ISO 14067), a product carbon footprint has to account for emissions from cradle to grave - that is, from initial resource extraction to final disposal, including manufacturing, use-related impacts, and transportation or shipping. PE International deployed high-quality process-based datasets which accurately represent typical electronic components. PE International, creators of the GaBi 4 Life Cycle Inventory databases, provides market-leading environmental impact databases for creating product carbon footprints, including an electronics-specific emissions database.

Tags: Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Text Message Solution Helps Smokers Quit2009-09-23 Microsoft
  The Quit Group is a charitable trust that provides smoking cessation programs for New Zealanders. The Quit Group was tasked by the New Zealand Ministry of Health to deliver and evaluate a text message-based smoking cessation solution to reach out to young smokers and help them quit smoking. With help from Microsoft Certified Partner HSAGlobal, The Quit Group deployed STOMP (Stop smoking Over Mobile Phone), a text message-based smoking cessation solution built on Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.0. The solution, renamed as 'Txt2Quit', has had a high impact on health and wellness by helping smokers in New Zealand to quit smoking, and augments The Quit Group's range of smoking cessation programs.

Tags: Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper How Ready Are You to Upgrade to Microsoft Windows Server 2008?2009-09-22 Dell
  There has been a lot of buzz about Server 2008, otherwise known as Longhorn. But the question on many IT peoples' minds is whether their infrastructure is ready for it. Wouldn't it great if there was a tool that would let you know? Fortunately a Readiness Advisory Utility is available that scans your infrastructure and lets you know just how ready you are, and where there are areas that need work before upgrading. So listen to some expert advice from Jemilson Pierrelouis, who is a senior software engineer at Dell, and one of those who is developing the Utility.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Security Administration, Software Development Tools		   
whitepaper Veritas Storage Foundation for Sybase ASE Cluster Edition2009-09-17 Sybase
  Sybase and Symantec are working together to optimize Sybase's Virtualized Resource Management™ technology framework found in ASE Cluster Edition for Veritas Storage Foundation HA. The new solution delivers a truly integrated database and storage clustering solution providing administrative efficiency, higher availability and improved performance. Learn more in an on demand webcast.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, Data Tools, IT Budgeting