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What's New: Finding Significant Differences in Network Data Streams 2006-12-13 01:00:24 Rutgers, State University of New Jersey

Monitoring and analyzing network traffic usage patterns is vital for managing IP Networks. An important problem is to provide network managers with information about changes in traffic, informing them about "What's new". Specifically, the focus of this paper is on the challenge of finding significantly large differences in traffic: over time, between interfaces and between routers. The paper introduces the idea of a deltoid: an item that has a large difference, whether the difference is absolute, relative or variational. It presents novel algorithms for finding the most significant deltoids in high speed traffic data, and proves that they use small space, very small time per update, and are guaranteed to find significant deltoids with pre-specified accuracy.

End-to-End Monitoring Is Critical to Meeting End User Expectations Today and Tomorrow 2007-01-04 01:00:22 FireScope

To function as Business Partners, IT must provide more than technology. They must fuel productivity by delivering critical services at expected levels. They also must contribute to enterprise strategy, planning for the capacity and services that enable growth. To know they are meeting expectations today and to plan for tomorrow, IT needs an end-to-end infrastructure view that reveals issues as they happen and tracks trends that predict future needs. But, IT groups can't drain resources just to create a unified view of the environment. FireScope provides a cost-effective solution that collects, analyzes, and reports data from all of IT's critical systems, delivering the essential business intelligence needed to achieve the Business Partner vision.

Domain of Competence of XCS Classifier System in Complexity Measurement Space 2006-12-09 01:00:18 Alcatel-Lucent

The XCS classier system has shown a high degree of competence on a variety of data mining problems. But to what kind of problems XCS is well and poorly suited is seldom understood, especially for real-world classification problems. The major inconvenience has been attributed to the difficulty of determining the intrinsic characteristics of real-world classification problems. This paper investigates the domain of competence of XCS by means of a methodology that characterizes the complexity of a classification problem by a set of geometrical descriptors. The focus is on XCS with hyperrectangle codification, which has been predominantly used for real-attributed domains.

RIAS Turns Information Into Knowledge by Leveraging Data Assets 2006-12-08 01:00:19 Oracle

RIAS, a specialist insurer for clients in the over-50s age bracket, has a rapidly growing customer base of 840,000. The company wanted to enhance ability to analyze customer and product data to improve cross-selling and up-selling and increase market share. They wanted to extend the availability of actionable information from Business Intelligence (BI) professionals to a wider accountable audience. RIAS replaced SQL server and Cognos-based management information system with Oracle Database 10g and BI tools. The company used Oracle Warehouse Builder to design and deploy a BI solution using data from in house and third-party sources.

An Asian Giant in the Consumer Sector Finds Out the Real Nature of the Company It Almost Signed a JV Deal With...Just in the Nick of Time 2006-12-01 01:00:18 ValueNotes Database

The client, Asian consumer sector giant, had almost signed a Joint Venture (JV) with an Indian partner. Attraction was the large Indian consumer market. Some senior managers were not fully comfortable with the partner. Valuenotes research found that JV partner had misrepresented the size of their business. They were embroiled in several legal (criminal) cases. Their earlier alliance partners had parted from them in unhappy circumstances. The client was saved from potential losses of millions of dollars, as well as the negative impact of allying with an unsatisfactory local partner.

A European Company Sought to Strengthen Its Relationship With an Existing IT Services Vendor in India, and Wanted a Second Opinion 2006-12-01 01:00:18 ValueNotes Database

The client is a European company sourcing IT services from a vendor in India. To strengthen the relationship they wanted to buy equity in the vendor. Second opinion sought from an unbiased source based on ground research. ValueNotes research found the vendor highly competent and well regarded. Also found that the vendor had a relationship with another international services firm which was a possible conflict of interest. The client could bargain more effectively. They drafted legal provisions to eliminate possible future conflicts of interest.

A Company Seeking New Opportunities in a "Hot" Sunrise Industry Wants to Evaluate Its Chances of Success 2006-12-01 01:00:18 ValueNotes Database

Client was looking for opportunities to diversify out of their traditional businesses, which were showing declining growth and profitability. Their consultants had prepared feasibility and market research studies. They were advised to enter a "Hot" new sunrise industry. The potential, projections and future profits were fantastic, in fact, almost too good to be true. They wanted to gauge the competitive scenario in the sunrise industry. ValueNotes found that the future potential was huge. Capital requirements were larger than anticipated. The market would take much longer to develop than had been assumed. Client had no real strengths or advantages to be able to compete effectively in the chosen market. The client pulled out of the project, and today is thankful that they did so.

VoIP : qualit� et performance pour une utilisation optimale 2006-12-04 07:04:48 Ovum

73 % des entreprises qui ont d�ploy� la VoIP (ou pr�voient de le faire) ont d�clar� que la qualit� et la fiabilit� constituaient toujours leur principale pr�occupation. Ceci n'est pas surprenant lorsque l'on sait que seulement 8 % d'entre elles surveillent, ou pr�voient de surveiller, tous les appels effectu�s sur leur r�seau.* Fournir un excellent service peut �tre un v�ritable d�fi si vous ne poss�dez pas les informations n�cessaires sur la qualit� de service offert par votre r�seau pour chaque appel voix. Compuware peut vous aider. T�l�chargez notre Kit de ressources VoIP GRATUIT. Il inclut : * Un w�binaire en partenariat avec Ovum et BT ; * Le dernier rapport d'Ovum : R�pondre aux exigences des applications m�tiers avec des r�seaux de nouvelle g�n�ration ; * Le Livre Blanc Visibilit� : un facteur indispensable pour la gestion des applications strat�giques sur MPLS. * �tude ind�pendante r�alis�e � la demande de Compuware aupr�s de 300 directeurs informatiques EMEA, octobre 2006.

Building the Business Case for Application Portfolio Management 2006-11-04 01:00:15 IBM

This Forrester Report, "Building the Business Case for Application Portfolio Management," will help you build a business case for Application Portfolio Management (APM) in your enterprise.

Sponsored by IBM, the report explains why firms that use APM tools shave 10 to 30 percent or more from their maintenance budgets and achieve ROI within the first 12 months.

Business Performance Management (BPM) in the Mid-Enterprise 2007-01-24 12:02:31 Hyperion

Hyperion Mid-Enterprise Solutions is a set of products designed to bring the power and reliability of Hyperion's Business Performance Management (BPM) applications and Business Intelligence (BI) tools to mid-enterprise companies globally.

The Hyperion Mid-Enterprise Solutions address small and mid-enterprise customer requirements for more effective financial reporting and budgeting, operational planning, ad hoc query & reporting and business analysis.

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Title	Date Added	Company
What's New: Finding Significant Differences in Network Data Streams	2006-12-13 01:00:24	Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
Monitoring and analyzing network traffic usage patterns is vital for managing IP Networks. An important problem is to provide network managers with information about changes in traffic, informing them about "What's new". Specifically, the focus of this paper is on the challenge of finding significantly large differences in traffic: over time, between interfaces and between routers. The paper introduces the idea of a deltoid: an item that has a large difference, whether the difference is absolute, relative or variational. It presents novel algorithms for finding the most significant deltoids in high speed traffic data, and proves that they use small space, very small time per update, and are guaranteed to find significant deltoids with pre-specified accuracy.
End-to-End Monitoring Is Critical to Meeting End User Expectations Today and Tomorrow	2007-01-04 01:00:22	FireScope
To function as Business Partners, IT must provide more than technology. They must fuel productivity by delivering critical services at expected levels. They also must contribute to enterprise strategy, planning for the capacity and services that enable growth. To know they are meeting expectations today and to plan for tomorrow, IT needs an end-to-end infrastructure view that reveals issues as they happen and tracks trends that predict future needs. But, IT groups can't drain resources just to create a unified view of the environment. FireScope provides a cost-effective solution that collects, analyzes, and reports data from all of IT's critical systems, delivering the essential business intelligence needed to achieve the Business Partner vision.
Domain of Competence of XCS Classifier System in Complexity Measurement Space	2006-12-09 01:00:18	Alcatel-Lucent
The XCS classier system has shown a high degree of competence on a variety of data mining problems. But to what kind of problems XCS is well and poorly suited is seldom understood, especially for real-world classification problems. The major inconvenience has been attributed to the difficulty of determining the intrinsic characteristics of real-world classification problems. This paper investigates the domain of competence of XCS by means of a methodology that characterizes the complexity of a classification problem by a set of geometrical descriptors. The focus is on XCS with hyperrectangle codification, which has been predominantly used for real-attributed domains.
RIAS Turns Information Into Knowledge by Leveraging Data Assets	2006-12-08 01:00:19	Oracle
RIAS, a specialist insurer for clients in the over-50s age bracket, has a rapidly growing customer base of 840,000. The company wanted to enhance ability to analyze customer and product data to improve cross-selling and up-selling and increase market share. They wanted to extend the availability of actionable information from Business Intelligence (BI) professionals to a wider accountable audience. RIAS replaced SQL server and Cognos-based management information system with Oracle Database 10g and BI tools. The company used Oracle Warehouse Builder to design and deploy a BI solution using data from in house and third-party sources.
An Asian Giant in the Consumer Sector Finds Out the Real Nature of the Company It Almost Signed a JV Deal With...Just in the Nick of Time	2006-12-01 01:00:18	ValueNotes Database
The client, Asian consumer sector giant, had almost signed a Joint Venture (JV) with an Indian partner. Attraction was the large Indian consumer market. Some senior managers were not fully comfortable with the partner. Valuenotes research found that JV partner had misrepresented the size of their business. They were embroiled in several legal (criminal) cases. Their earlier alliance partners had parted from them in unhappy circumstances. The client was saved from potential losses of millions of dollars, as well as the negative impact of allying with an unsatisfactory local partner.
A European Company Sought to Strengthen Its Relationship With an Existing IT Services Vendor in India, and Wanted a Second Opinion	2006-12-01 01:00:18	ValueNotes Database
The client is a European company sourcing IT services from a vendor in India. To strengthen the relationship they wanted to buy equity in the vendor. Second opinion sought from an unbiased source based on ground research. ValueNotes research found the vendor highly competent and well regarded. Also found that the vendor had a relationship with another international services firm which was a possible conflict of interest. The client could bargain more effectively. They drafted legal provisions to eliminate possible future conflicts of interest.
A Company Seeking New Opportunities in a "Hot" Sunrise Industry Wants to Evaluate Its Chances of Success	2006-12-01 01:00:18	ValueNotes Database
Client was looking for opportunities to diversify out of their traditional businesses, which were showing declining growth and profitability. Their consultants had prepared feasibility and market research studies. They were advised to enter a "Hot" new sunrise industry. The potential, projections and future profits were fantastic, in fact, almost too good to be true. They wanted to gauge the competitive scenario in the sunrise industry. ValueNotes found that the future potential was huge. Capital requirements were larger than anticipated. The market would take much longer to develop than had been assumed. Client had no real strengths or advantages to be able to compete effectively in the chosen market. The client pulled out of the project, and today is thankful that they did so.
VoIP : qualit� et performance pour une utilisation optimale	2006-12-04 07:04:48	Ovum
73 % des entreprises qui ont d�ploy� la VoIP (ou pr�voient de le faire) ont d�clar� que la qualit� et la fiabilit� constituaient toujours leur principale pr�occupation. Ceci n'est pas surprenant lorsque l'on sait que seulement 8 % d'entre elles surveillent, ou pr�voient de surveiller, tous les appels effectu�s sur leur r�seau.* Fournir un excellent service peut �tre un v�ritable d�fi si vous ne poss�dez pas les informations n�cessaires sur la qualit� de service offert par votre r�seau pour chaque appel voix. Compuware peut vous aider. T�l�chargez notre Kit de ressources VoIP GRATUIT. Il inclut : * Un w�binaire en partenariat avec Ovum et BT ; * Le dernier rapport d'Ovum : R�pondre aux exigences des applications m�tiers avec des r�seaux de nouvelle g�n�ration ; * Le Livre Blanc Visibilit� : un facteur indispensable pour la gestion des applications strat�giques sur MPLS. * �tude ind�pendante r�alis�e � la demande de Compuware aupr�s de 300 directeurs informatiques EMEA, octobre 2006.
Building the Business Case for Application Portfolio Management	2006-11-04 01:00:15	IBM
This Forrester Report, "Building the Business Case for Application Portfolio Management," will help you build a business case for Application Portfolio Management (APM) in your enterprise. Sponsored by IBM, the report explains why firms that use APM tools shave 10 to 30 percent or more from their maintenance budgets and achieve ROI within the first 12 months.
Business Performance Management (BPM) in the Mid-Enterprise	2007-01-24 12:02:31	Hyperion
Hyperion Mid-Enterprise Solutions is a set of products designed to bring the power and reliability of Hyperion's Business Performance Management (BPM) applications and Business Intelligence (BI) tools to mid-enterprise companies globally. The Hyperion Mid-Enterprise Solutions address small and mid-enterprise customer requirements for more effective financial reporting and budgeting, operational planning, ad hoc query & reporting and business analysis.