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Linguistic Collation: Everyone Can Get What They Expect - Sensible Sorting for Global Business Success 2008-04-23 SAS Institute

In "Creating Order out of Character Chaos: Collation Capabilities of the SAS System" the authors describe the collation capabilities offered by PROC SORT in SAS and explain their respective applicability, advantages, and the processing implications of each approach. This paper concentrates on the true linguistic collation capabilities that SAS offers, and shows how everyone gets their expected results when searching for data in "Sorted" order. Global enterprises have information in many languages and from many different regions. Gathering the right information is crucial to their success. Sorting is ubiquitous in data processing, be it when searching for authors, titles, topics in on-line documentation, or when ordering a customer database by name or address, and so on.

Information Architecture Essentials, Part 6: Distributed Data Mining 2008-04-08 IBM

The explosive growth in data-storage capabilities and rapid network communication protocols has allowed organizations to collect and store a staggering amount of information on specific topics. These databases may be upwards of petrabyte size (1 x 10 15 bytes, or a billion megabytes) - a truly awe-inspiring amount of data! Such massive information stores are often found in research applications (such as biology, medicine, physics, and astronomy) and government agencies (such as the IRS, Department of Defense, and Department of Labor). They may also occur in business: for example, in insurance calculations for underwriting risk. Government agencies often need to share data, but different data schemas, interfaces, and communication techniques complicate these transfers.

Tags: Data Mining - Analysis

Enhancements to SAS/GRAPH Software in SAS 9.2 2008-04-02 SAS Institute

This paper covers the key functionalities that have been added to SAS/GRAPH 9.2. Highlights include integration of styles with current SAS/GRAPH procedures; new SAS/GRAPH statistical graphics procedures such as SGPlot, SGScatter, and SGPanel; Graph Template Language (GTL) that can be rendered using the SGRender procedure; GKPI and GTILE procedures; Network Visualization Workshop; new device drivers such as Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG); a new set of TrueType fonts that are shipped as part of SAS; support for more than 256 colors for the devices that support them; several new map data sets; and much more. In addition, integration of Output Delivery System (ODS) with graph procedures has been improved to automatically pick the best device and size based on the output destination.

Tags: Data Visualization

Information Architecture Essentials, Part 5: Business Intelligence in Your Information Architecture 2008-04-01 IBM

This series explores a variety of elements that create a successful information architecture design. As one manages and organizes data and content, work with distributed data mining, and analyze and present information to users, there is a key element that one can't let go untapped: business intelligence. How is one using all that data to build a better business from within? Is one getting the right information to the right people and in a format they can understand? If the first response is, "Um, uh&," then it's a good bet that the design is suffering from what some experts call an information paradox - an excess of information that has little usefulness.

Tags: Data Mining - Analysis, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing

BEA AquaLogic Pathways 1.5: Extend Knowledge Discovery Everywhere 2008-04-01 BEA Systems

BEA AquaLogic Pathways is a knowledge and expertise discovery system that provides personal and collaborative management of enterprise content. It is used to discover and classify information stored in any corporate repository-from Documentum to Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint to Lotus Notes or Windows file systems. AquaLogic Pathways helps users discover information and expertise based on how information is actually used. Put simply, the system combines search, content tagging, bookmarking, and activity analytics, delivering a better way to discover information and experts.

Tags: Collaboration Tools

Enterprise Strategy Group: Data Management Challenges in the Internet Computing Era 2008-04-01 Brocade Communications Systems

Ever feel like you're storing everything and managing nothing? As data evolves, so must your file management skills. You need new tools to help you keep up. Thankfully, Brocade File Solutions for Windows File Administrators can clear the clutter. With Brocade File Solutions, you'll consolidate, automate, and manage your files for optimal organization, giving users access to the files they need and keeping you in control. Learn how the data center is changing with the free Enterprise Strategy Group whitepaper, "Data Management Challenges in the Internet Computing Era." Download it now!

Tags: Storage Management, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, Data Recovery - Security, Virtualization

Datagate: The Next Inevitable Corporate Disaster? 2008-04-01 McAfee

Is data leakage the next wave of impending disaster that could sweep the global enterprise landscape? In a 2007 study conducted by Datamonitor, more than 60 percent of enterprises surveyed have experienced data leakage within the last year, and 33 percent believe it could put them out of business. Data leakage has the potential to change the face of business and the global economy if it continues to go unchecked. Survey respondents see the primary threat coming from inside rather than outside the organization, although the vast majority recognize that leakage occurs to some extent on both sides of the firewall. Download this paper to learn where to focus your data protection efforts, including increasing overall awareness of risk, implementing controls and preventive technologies, applying best practices, enforcement of security policies and procedures, and safeguarding key assets.

Tags: Best Practices, Security Management, Data Recovery - Security

Introduction to the Graph Template Language 2008-03-24 SAS Institute

In SAS 9.2, the SAS/GRAPH Graph Template Language (GTL) goes production. This system is used by many SAS analytical procedures to create the automatic graphical output within the Output Delivery System (ODS). Now, one can access this same system to create one s own custom graphs or to customize the graphs created by the SAS analytical procedures. This paper helps one understand the basics of GTL, and how one can leverage its features to customize the graphs.

Tags: Graphics Applications, Data Visualization

Implementing a Transaction Hub MDM Pattern Using IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Server 2008-03-20 IBM

Master data such as customers, products, accounts or locations is the foundation of critical business decisions and is used in important business processes. Today, many companies have their master data scattered and inconsistent across numerous front- and back-office systems and lack a consistent, complete, and accurate enterprise view of this data. This inefficient handling of data costs businesses millions of dollar in lost revenue. Master Data Management (MDM) solves these issues and improves revenue by enabling cross- and up-sell opportunities. Implementing a MDM solution successfully requires a well-designed MDM system as a core component of the solution.

Tags: Application Servers, Gateways - Hubs

The Tangled Web of Google Health - Online Medical Records Could Change Healthcare Receivables Strategies 2008-03-20 Kaulkin Ginsberg

Several prominent web cornerstone firms, like Google and Microsoft, are pushing a system that would allow consumers' access to Personal Health Records. The medical ARM industry could both benefit and suffer by this move. The World Wide Web and the major international corporations that help users organize the way they navigate it, is on the cusp of another transformative moment in the evolution of healthcare. If anyone has picked up a newspaper - or more likely read one online - in the last month, he or she have probably encountered at least one story on Personal Health Records (PHRs) and the controversy surrounding plans by Google, Microsoft, Aetna, and other companies purportedly to give consumers more active control of their healthcare decisions.

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Title	Date Added	Company
Linguistic Collation: Everyone Can Get What They Expect - Sensible Sorting for Global Business Success	2008-04-23	SAS Institute
In "Creating Order out of Character Chaos: Collation Capabilities of the SAS System" the authors describe the collation capabilities offered by PROC SORT in SAS and explain their respective applicability, advantages, and the processing implications of each approach. This paper concentrates on the true linguistic collation capabilities that SAS offers, and shows how everyone gets their expected results when searching for data in "Sorted" order. Global enterprises have information in many languages and from many different regions. Gathering the right information is crucial to their success. Sorting is ubiquitous in data processing, be it when searching for authors, titles, topics in on-line documentation, or when ordering a customer database by name or address, and so on.
Information Architecture Essentials, Part 6: Distributed Data Mining	2008-04-08	IBM
The explosive growth in data-storage capabilities and rapid network communication protocols has allowed organizations to collect and store a staggering amount of information on specific topics. These databases may be upwards of petrabyte size (1 x 10 15 bytes, or a billion megabytes) - a truly awe-inspiring amount of data! Such massive information stores are often found in research applications (such as biology, medicine, physics, and astronomy) and government agencies (such as the IRS, Department of Defense, and Department of Labor). They may also occur in business: for example, in insurance calculations for underwriting risk. Government agencies often need to share data, but different data schemas, interfaces, and communication techniques complicate these transfers. Tags: Data Mining - Analysis
Enhancements to SAS/GRAPH Software in SAS 9.2	2008-04-02	SAS Institute
This paper covers the key functionalities that have been added to SAS/GRAPH 9.2. Highlights include integration of styles with current SAS/GRAPH procedures; new SAS/GRAPH statistical graphics procedures such as SGPlot, SGScatter, and SGPanel; Graph Template Language (GTL) that can be rendered using the SGRender procedure; GKPI and GTILE procedures; Network Visualization Workshop; new device drivers such as Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG); a new set of TrueType fonts that are shipped as part of SAS; support for more than 256 colors for the devices that support them; several new map data sets; and much more. In addition, integration of Output Delivery System (ODS) with graph procedures has been improved to automatically pick the best device and size based on the output destination. Tags: Data Visualization
Information Architecture Essentials, Part 5: Business Intelligence in Your Information Architecture	2008-04-01	IBM
This series explores a variety of elements that create a successful information architecture design. As one manages and organizes data and content, work with distributed data mining, and analyze and present information to users, there is a key element that one can't let go untapped: business intelligence. How is one using all that data to build a better business from within? Is one getting the right information to the right people and in a format they can understand? If the first response is, "Um, uh&," then it's a good bet that the design is suffering from what some experts call an information paradox - an excess of information that has little usefulness. Tags: Data Mining - Analysis, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing
BEA AquaLogic Pathways 1.5: Extend Knowledge Discovery Everywhere	2008-04-01	BEA Systems
BEA AquaLogic Pathways is a knowledge and expertise discovery system that provides personal and collaborative management of enterprise content. It is used to discover and classify information stored in any corporate repository-from Documentum to Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint to Lotus Notes or Windows file systems. AquaLogic Pathways helps users discover information and expertise based on how information is actually used. Put simply, the system combines search, content tagging, bookmarking, and activity analytics, delivering a better way to discover information and experts. Tags: Collaboration Tools
Enterprise Strategy Group: Data Management Challenges in the Internet Computing Era	2008-04-01	Brocade Communications Systems
Ever feel like you're storing everything and managing nothing? As data evolves, so must your file management skills. You need new tools to help you keep up. Thankfully, Brocade File Solutions for Windows File Administrators can clear the clutter. With Brocade File Solutions, you'll consolidate, automate, and manage your files for optimal organization, giving users access to the files they need and keeping you in control. Learn how the data center is changing with the free Enterprise Strategy Group whitepaper, "Data Management Challenges in the Internet Computing Era." Download it now! Tags: Storage Management, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, Data Recovery - Security, Virtualization
Datagate: The Next Inevitable Corporate Disaster?	2008-04-01	McAfee
Is data leakage the next wave of impending disaster that could sweep the global enterprise landscape? In a 2007 study conducted by Datamonitor, more than 60 percent of enterprises surveyed have experienced data leakage within the last year, and 33 percent believe it could put them out of business. Data leakage has the potential to change the face of business and the global economy if it continues to go unchecked. Survey respondents see the primary threat coming from inside rather than outside the organization, although the vast majority recognize that leakage occurs to some extent on both sides of the firewall. Download this paper to learn where to focus your data protection efforts, including increasing overall awareness of risk, implementing controls and preventive technologies, applying best practices, enforcement of security policies and procedures, and safeguarding key assets. Tags: Best Practices, Security Management, Data Recovery - Security
Introduction to the Graph Template Language	2008-03-24	SAS Institute
In SAS 9.2, the SAS/GRAPH Graph Template Language (GTL) goes production. This system is used by many SAS analytical procedures to create the automatic graphical output within the Output Delivery System (ODS). Now, one can access this same system to create one s own custom graphs or to customize the graphs created by the SAS analytical procedures. This paper helps one understand the basics of GTL, and how one can leverage its features to customize the graphs. Tags: Graphics Applications, Data Visualization
Implementing a Transaction Hub MDM Pattern Using IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Server	2008-03-20	IBM
Master data such as customers, products, accounts or locations is the foundation of critical business decisions and is used in important business processes. Today, many companies have their master data scattered and inconsistent across numerous front- and back-office systems and lack a consistent, complete, and accurate enterprise view of this data. This inefficient handling of data costs businesses millions of dollar in lost revenue. Master Data Management (MDM) solves these issues and improves revenue by enabling cross- and up-sell opportunities. Implementing a MDM solution successfully requires a well-designed MDM system as a core component of the solution. Tags: Application Servers, Gateways - Hubs
The Tangled Web of Google Health - Online Medical Records Could Change Healthcare Receivables Strategies	2008-03-20	Kaulkin Ginsberg
Several prominent web cornerstone firms, like Google and Microsoft, are pushing a system that would allow consumers' access to Personal Health Records. The medical ARM industry could both benefit and suffer by this move. The World Wide Web and the major international corporations that help users organize the way they navigate it, is on the cusp of another transformative moment in the evolution of healthcare. If anyone has picked up a newspaper - or more likely read one online - in the last month, he or she have probably encountered at least one story on Personal Health Records (PHRs) and the controversy surrounding plans by Google, Microsoft, Aetna, and other companies purportedly to give consumers more active control of their healthcare decisions.