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whitepaper MSDN Webcast: Building Business Intelligence Solutions Using Office Excel 2007 and SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (Level 200)2006-05-19 01:00:28 Microsoft
  Through this webcast one can learn how to use Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services to build end-to-end Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. This webcast shows how to create an Analysis Services 2005 Unified Dimensional Model (UDM) that can be consumed by Excel 2007, and demonstrates how to use the new features in Excel 2007 to take advantage of the metadata exposed by the UDM.   
whitepaper Moving Beyond the Limitations of Spreadsheets: How the Simultaneous Design and Documentation of Calculations Promote Engineering Excellence2006-09-08 01:00:28 MathSoft
  While spreadsheets have found their place in organizations as a way to handle tabular data and basic math operations, they fail to fulfill the more advanced computational needs of engineers as well as the larger business objectives of the engineering organization. To truly find the "Right tool for the job." engineering departments must fully examine their needs within the context of both the engineer and the engineering organization. Mathcad moves beyond the capabilities of the spreadsheet, providing a solution that is expressly designed to better manage calculations. Mathcad not only speaks in the language of the engineers - using real math notation - but also captures the assumptions, methods, and critical data behind every calculation.   
whitepaper Fisheye Tree Views and Lenses for Graph Visualization2006-12-13 01:00:24 IBM
  This paper presents interactive visual aids to support the exploration and navigation of graph layouts. It includes Fisheye Tree Views and Composite Lenses. These views provide, in an integrated manner, overview+detail and focus+context. Fisheye Tree Views are novel applications of the well known fisheye distortion technique. They facilitate the exploration of the hierarchy trees associated with clustered graphs. Composite Lenses are the result of the integration of several lens techniques. They facilitate the display of local graph information that may be otherwise difficult to grasp in large and dense graph layouts.   
whitepaper Keeping Pace with Enterprise Portal Trends: TechRepublic Real World Guide2006-05-06 08:04:08 TechRepublic
  The enterprise portal software market has shifted dramatically in the last five years—largely through mergers and acquisitions, but through a variety of other influences, as well. Download this TechRepublic Real World Guide to learn which vendors have emerged as leaders in this now-consolidated market space, and to find out how factors such as changing user needs, emerging Web standards, and the adoption of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) have served to further shape the evolution of portal software.

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whitepaper Map-Based Data Visualization: Beyond the Tyranny of the Spreadsheet2006-09-08 01:00:28 Investcorp
  Data visualization simplifies the presentation of information without stripping it of its depth or integrity. The same information can be presented in a range of visual models, which resonates with how brains comprehend, store and organize information. The reason that one can remember faces much easier than telephone numbers is because a significantly larger portion of the brains are dedicated to storing the complex geometric attributes of a human face. Likewise, the brain will more immediately recognize a data anomaly if it is displayed visually as opposed to being buried in a table of hundreds of other numeric values. If a picture is worth a 1,000 words, then a visualization is worth 10,000 spreadsheets.   
whitepaper Trends 2006: Retail IT2006-03-17 07:00:55
  The retail IT spending outlook is positive: Retailers have finally figured out how to compete with Wal-Mart and are now organizing themselves to deliver differentiation. Many retailers have tackled aging POS platforms, with most initiating a POS upgrade or replacement in 2004 and/or 2005. So where will 2006 take us? Two places: Experience-based differentiation — whether an explicit strategy or a reactive move to be more customer service-oriented — will drive technology activity beyond the store; and service-oriented architecture will break down application boundaries, putting infrastructure questions — and investments — back on the road map. Is the retail IT renaissance finally here? It might be just around the corner — but only if sales stay up, IT finally learns how to talk to the business, and the business finally learns that architecture investments pay off in the end.   
whitepaper Going Beyond Spreadsheets: How Visual Modeling Can Enhance Decision Analysis2006-12-02 01:00:18 Business Objects
  Traditional spreadsheet technology has peaked as the most effect method of data analysis. This paper outlines how the next advancement in the speed and quality of decision making comes with the creation of fully interactive and visually compelling models that provide greater insight into data.   
whitepaper Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS): More Than a Mapping Tool2006-10-17 01:00:14 Oracle
  More-complex analysis that combines various types of data and examines their spatial relationships still requires considerable expertise and extensive Geographic Information Systems (GIS) capabilities. Among many open source GIS tools, Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) is one of the few systems that provide a comprehensive set of tools for working with georeferenced data. Originally designed at the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory as land management support software for military installations, GRASS has evolved into a powerful, multipurpose GIS for geospatial data management, analysis, modeling, and visualization.   
whitepaper HP Serviceguard Solutions for End-to-End High Availability and Disaster Tolerance2006-11-02 01:00:17 Hewlett-Packard
  Investing in the appropriate IT infrastructure for high availability and disaster tolerance is a critical, strategic decision. Solutions must be reliable, proven, and cost-effective, and they must enable you to respond rapidly to shifting business needs and opportunities. Building on the concept of virtualization, HP Serviceguard solutions gracefully handle both planned and unplanned events. This white paper explains how HP Serviceguard can help you flexibly manage your clustered environment—and protect your mission-critical applications and data in the event of a disaster. Download it today!

  
whitepaper Creating And Importing Multi-Sheet Excel Workbooks the Easy Way With SAS2006-05-04 03:19:07 SAS Institute
  Transferring data and analytical results between SAS and Microsoft Excel can be difficult, especially when SAS is not installed on a Windows platform. This paper discusses using XML support in Base SAS 9.1 software to move data between SAS and Microsoft Excel (versions 2002 and later). Through this paper one can learn step-by-step techniques to quickly and easily create multi-sheet Excel workbooks containing the SAS output. The paper provides information about converting one's own multi-sheet Excel workbooks to SAS tables. The techniques described here can be used regardless of the platform on which SAS software is installed, including a mainframe. The use of SAS technology is also discussed.