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Application Performance Management Survey Report 2006-11-29 01:00:19 Compuware

How do your application performance practices compare to your peers? Download this survey report to see how other organisations are approaching application performance. Compuware's Application Performance Assurance Solution : predictable performance every time • Identifies potential performance problems • Assures end-user performance expectations will be met • Avoids jeopardising the performance of production applications

TechNet Webcast: Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (Level 200) 2006-11-24 01:00:19 Microsoft

This webcast introduces Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services. The presenter discusses its place in the Microsoft business intelligence solutions strategy, and explores the components and features that comprise the Reporting Services platform. The webcast explains many new and exciting features that have been added to Reporting Services since Microsoft SQL Server 2000. It explains about the report life cycle, and how to create, publish, manage, and deliver reports using the new tools and features in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.

Introducing Master Data Management 2006-12-16 01:00:21 Forrester Research

Master data management (MDM) is a business capability enabled through the alignment of multiple information management technologies, business process improvements, and organizational commitments. MDM is much more than a single technology solution; it requires an ecosystem of technologies to allow the creation, management, and distribution of high-quality master data throughout the organization. This master data can be leveraged on both sides of your firewall — wherever and whenever it's needed. Enterprise architects and information management leaders must filter through the vendor hype surrounding MDM and use a checklist that considers the current state of the master data landscape and the technology, resource, and organizational commitment required to successfully implement this business capability across it.

Keeping Up With the Times 2006-11-08 01:00:18 Oracle

This paper provides an approach to implementing one of the more demanding types of transformations: the dreaded Type 2 Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD). Although this technique may be applicable to other type of transformations, it is particularly useful for the Type 2 SCD. The focus of this paper is the Type 2 SCD, as it is the most effective and most commonly used variety. The Type 2 SCD provides an approach for completely and elegantly tracking history, while conforming to the dimensional model for optimal performance. Although Oracle9i Warehouse Builder (OWB) does not have "Built-in" support for SCD transformations, one can easily implement them within the OWB framework.

Corporate Performance Management Solution Enhances the Eyes and Ears of Police Force 2006-11-08 01:00:18 Microsoft

Israel Police is regarded as one of the most progressive, best-trained, and most dedicated forces in the world, with approximately 27,000 officers spread over six districts, 17 sub-districts, and some 70 police stations. In 1999, in an effort to be accountable and responsive to the needs and concerns of citizens and to demonstrate the impact of its efforts in areas of crime, traffic law, and beyond, Israel Police implemented a basic system for collecting performance information. However, the system lacked tools for organizing information to make informed decisions about how to improve service performance. Israel Police chose a corporate performance management solution from Microsoft Certified Partner Panorama Software that is based on Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005.

Mortgage Company Improves Report Quality, Decreases Creation Time by 75 Percent 2006-11-01 01:00:29 Microsoft

New Century Mortgage Corporation needed a better way to generate and access reports. The company's solution wasted developers' time and delayed the creation of new reports. It was expensive to maintain and update. And because each department had a different reporting structure, varying results and duplicated effort were common. Working with Avanade, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, the company created a solution integrating its data warehouse with a reporting portal. Users now access a wide variety of reports and scorecards through the Web-based interface of Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003. New Century Mortgage has decreased the amount of time it takes to create reports by 75 percent, improved the quality of its reports.

Business Intelligence Center of Excellence Builds Robust Reporting Portal With Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 2006-11-01 01:00:29 Microsoft

Microsoft's Business Intelligence Center Of Excellence team (BICOE) is a service organization dedicated to helping groups throughout the company benefit from the spectrum of databases and reporting tools available across the enterprise. A key challenge for users has long been the lack of a central, easy to use, integration point for hosting so many different types of reporting solutions, and the BICOE team is eager to develop a solution that will bolster the company's internal Business Intelligence (BI) initiatives. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 gives the BICOE team the integration platform they need to create a BI portal and begin to implement their vision of providing a single point from which users can access all the reports and other metrics their work requires.

Johnson & Johnson Diagnostics Firm to Improve Report Integration and Analysis With New Business Intelligence Capabilities in the 2007 Microsoft Office System 2006-11-01 01:00:29 Microsoft

For more than a half-century, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (OCD), a Johnson & Johnson company, has provided accurate, timely, and cost-effective solutions for screening, diagnosing, monitoring, and confirming diseases to the global healthcare community. Despite OCD's efforts to acclimate employees to the current business intelligence platform, employees view the system as unintuitive and difficult to use. Because the current platform lacks simple report generation and data gathering techniques, the IT department has been forced to think of other ways to present sales information. Joining the Microsoft Office Rapid Deployment Technology Adoption Program, OCD hopes to adopt a new solution centered on Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services.

Managing Data Quality 2006-11-08 01:00:18 Oracle

Oracle Warehouse Builder is a design tool for modeling and maintaining a data warehouse. Its datasources are not limited to Oracle databases. Oracle Warehouse Builder also supports other databases, including DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, Informix, and Teradata. It also works with file and enterprise application datasources, so it supports the complete collection of data for the organization. Oracle Warehouse Builder provides profiling and auditing capabilities through its user interface, allowing for complete data quality management when combined with the previously mentioned user participation and process improvements.

Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Technical Overview 2006-11-30 01:00:16 Oracle

The Oracle Business Intelligence Suite EE is a comprehensive and integrated suite of Analytic Tools designed to bring greater business visibility and insight to the broadest audiences of users, allowing any user in an organization to have Web-based self-service access to up-to-the-moment, relevant, and actionable intelligence.

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Title	Date Added	Company
Application Performance Management Survey Report	2006-11-29 01:00:19	Compuware
How do your application performance practices compare to your peers? Download this survey report to see how other organisations are approaching application performance. Compuware's Application Performance Assurance Solution : predictable performance every time • Identifies potential performance problems • Assures end-user performance expectations will be met • Avoids jeopardising the performance of production applications
TechNet Webcast: Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (Level 200)	2006-11-24 01:00:19	Microsoft
This webcast introduces Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services. The presenter discusses its place in the Microsoft business intelligence solutions strategy, and explores the components and features that comprise the Reporting Services platform. The webcast explains many new and exciting features that have been added to Reporting Services since Microsoft SQL Server 2000. It explains about the report life cycle, and how to create, publish, manage, and deliver reports using the new tools and features in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.
Introducing Master Data Management	2006-12-16 01:00:21	Forrester Research
Master data management (MDM) is a business capability enabled through the alignment of multiple information management technologies, business process improvements, and organizational commitments. MDM is much more than a single technology solution; it requires an ecosystem of technologies to allow the creation, management, and distribution of high-quality master data throughout the organization. This master data can be leveraged on both sides of your firewall — wherever and whenever it's needed. Enterprise architects and information management leaders must filter through the vendor hype surrounding MDM and use a checklist that considers the current state of the master data landscape and the technology, resource, and organizational commitment required to successfully implement this business capability across it.
Keeping Up With the Times	2006-11-08 01:00:18	Oracle
This paper provides an approach to implementing one of the more demanding types of transformations: the dreaded Type 2 Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD). Although this technique may be applicable to other type of transformations, it is particularly useful for the Type 2 SCD. The focus of this paper is the Type 2 SCD, as it is the most effective and most commonly used variety. The Type 2 SCD provides an approach for completely and elegantly tracking history, while conforming to the dimensional model for optimal performance. Although Oracle9i Warehouse Builder (OWB) does not have "Built-in" support for SCD transformations, one can easily implement them within the OWB framework.
Corporate Performance Management Solution Enhances the Eyes and Ears of Police Force	2006-11-08 01:00:18	Microsoft
Israel Police is regarded as one of the most progressive, best-trained, and most dedicated forces in the world, with approximately 27,000 officers spread over six districts, 17 sub-districts, and some 70 police stations. In 1999, in an effort to be accountable and responsive to the needs and concerns of citizens and to demonstrate the impact of its efforts in areas of crime, traffic law, and beyond, Israel Police implemented a basic system for collecting performance information. However, the system lacked tools for organizing information to make informed decisions about how to improve service performance. Israel Police chose a corporate performance management solution from Microsoft Certified Partner Panorama Software that is based on Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005.
Mortgage Company Improves Report Quality, Decreases Creation Time by 75 Percent	2006-11-01 01:00:29	Microsoft
New Century Mortgage Corporation needed a better way to generate and access reports. The company's solution wasted developers' time and delayed the creation of new reports. It was expensive to maintain and update. And because each department had a different reporting structure, varying results and duplicated effort were common. Working with Avanade, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, the company created a solution integrating its data warehouse with a reporting portal. Users now access a wide variety of reports and scorecards through the Web-based interface of Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003. New Century Mortgage has decreased the amount of time it takes to create reports by 75 percent, improved the quality of its reports.
Business Intelligence Center of Excellence Builds Robust Reporting Portal With Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007	2006-11-01 01:00:29	Microsoft
Microsoft's Business Intelligence Center Of Excellence team (BICOE) is a service organization dedicated to helping groups throughout the company benefit from the spectrum of databases and reporting tools available across the enterprise. A key challenge for users has long been the lack of a central, easy to use, integration point for hosting so many different types of reporting solutions, and the BICOE team is eager to develop a solution that will bolster the company's internal Business Intelligence (BI) initiatives. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 gives the BICOE team the integration platform they need to create a BI portal and begin to implement their vision of providing a single point from which users can access all the reports and other metrics their work requires.
Johnson & Johnson Diagnostics Firm to Improve Report Integration and Analysis With New Business Intelligence Capabilities in the 2007 Microsoft Office System	2006-11-01 01:00:29	Microsoft
For more than a half-century, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (OCD), a Johnson & Johnson company, has provided accurate, timely, and cost-effective solutions for screening, diagnosing, monitoring, and confirming diseases to the global healthcare community. Despite OCD's efforts to acclimate employees to the current business intelligence platform, employees view the system as unintuitive and difficult to use. Because the current platform lacks simple report generation and data gathering techniques, the IT department has been forced to think of other ways to present sales information. Joining the Microsoft Office Rapid Deployment Technology Adoption Program, OCD hopes to adopt a new solution centered on Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services.
Managing Data Quality	2006-11-08 01:00:18	Oracle
Oracle Warehouse Builder is a design tool for modeling and maintaining a data warehouse. Its datasources are not limited to Oracle databases. Oracle Warehouse Builder also supports other databases, including DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, Informix, and Teradata. It also works with file and enterprise application datasources, so it supports the complete collection of data for the organization. Oracle Warehouse Builder provides profiling and auditing capabilities through its user interface, allowing for complete data quality management when combined with the previously mentioned user participation and process improvements.
Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Technical Overview	2006-11-30 01:00:16	Oracle
The Oracle Business Intelligence Suite EE is a comprehensive and integrated suite of Analytic Tools designed to bring greater business visibility and insight to the broadest audiences of users, allowing any user in an organization to have Web-based self-service access to up-to-the-moment, relevant, and actionable intelligence.