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whitepaper Windows Enterprise Data Protection with Symantec Backup Exec2007-12-01 Symantec
  Today's enterprises face a growing data protection challenge: how to optimize the backup and recovery of a volume of business-critical data that grows larger each and, in many cases, doubles each year. Most enterprises are finding that their IT footprint and storage resources continue to grow at a rate of 40 to 50 percent per year, which adds considerable complexity to their existing data protection strategies. This challenge becomes yet more difficult as companies migrate from stand-alone Windows server backups to enterprise site-wide backups that are performed across the local area network and storage area network environments.

With the data protection landscape becoming more distributed and IT resources increasingly constrained, businesses need a centralized data protection strategy that can efficiently manage multiple backup and recovery jobs across the enterprise. In addition, the data protection strategy must be able to support an off-host backup strategy to efficiently minimize the impact on mission-critical applications and network user interruption, and take advantage of the speed of disk-based data protection.

Symantec Backup Exec 12 addresses these critical enterprise challenges with the following cutting-edge features: Central Admin Server Option, SAN Shared Storage Option, and dynamic disk-based data protection which is the subject of this paper.

Tags: Back-up, Storage Management, Data Recovery - Security, Hard Drives, SANs		   
whitepaper Exporting SAS/GRAPH Output to PDF Files From Release 8.2 and Higher2007-12-01 SAS Institute
  The Portable Document Format is a common format for storing text and graphics in a single document. This format supports high-resolutions and maintains the page layout when transmitted, viewed, and printed. The format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and is based upon the PostScript printer language. The program most often used to view PDF files is Adobe's Acrobat Reader. From SAS/GRAPH there are two basic methods for exporting graphs to PDF files: the native device drivers: PDF and PDFC, The Universal Printer: PDF.

Tags: Programming Languages, Data Visualization		   
whitepaper Maps and Data Sets Supplied With SAS/GIS Software2007-12-01 SAS Institute
  Several SAS/GIS sample maps and their associated data sets are supplied with SAS/GIS Software. These maps reside in the MAPS library, along with map data sets shipped with SAS/GRAPH Software. These maps can be used for exploring the software or for demonstration purposes. To open the sample maps, invoke SAS/GIS and select File => Open Map, or right-mouse on the GIS Map window and select Open map. Select the MAPS library, followed by the catalog and map name. Three sets of sample maps are included with SAS/GIS Software, and two maps are created by the SAS/GIS Tutorial. The following list provides the name of the map, and the spatial data sets, catalogs, and data sets associated with each map. The format of the map name is MAPS.catalog.map-name.

Tags: GPS - GIS, Graphics Applications		   
whitepaper Seven Thoughtful Tips for a Multicountry BI Implementation2007-11-08 Investcorp
  Businesses and organizations are becoming truly global and so is competition in today's business landscape. Strategic moves need to be considered on a global scale. Whether it is business and market expansion, product and service portfolio expansion or cost containment, the benefits are reaped only when global strategies are thought through. It is imperative and mandatory to think globally first and then act globally. The need to view business as a global entity, engage with customers worldwide and contain costs across the value chain drives global Business Intelligence (BI) initiatives. The rhythm and sophistication of global initiatives pose varied challenges to organizations.

Tags: Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing		   
whitepaper Bust a Move with Your SSIS - Passing Package Variables2007-11-06 Global Knowledge
  Integration Services (SSIS), the next generation of the Extract, Transport, and Load (ETL) feature included with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 has befuddled Database Administrators. SSIS includes many new capabilities bundled with a Visual Studio front end. This paper explores the creation of sample development data featuring the use of the most basic features in this new interface.

Tags: Data Quality, Database Management, Data Center, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, Data Acquisition - ETL, Database Applications		   
whitepaper Gauging the Impact of Fragmentation2007-11-01 Diskeeper
  Looking for an accurate way to measure fragmentation on your systems? This white paper has clear step-by-step instructions that can tell if your volumes are standing up to fragmentation or if your performance is deteriorating.

The paper also recommends a handful of performance measurement tools from software companies that objectively analyze your PC. Use the charts and graphs supplied to plot the peaks and valleys of your computer's performance.

Read this white paper and get detailed instructions and information about the fragmentation on your drives; discover how you can solve fragmentation problems.

Tags: Storage Management, Data Center, Hard Drives, High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Information Management: Better Information for Winning Decisions2007-11-01 SAS Institute
  Business leaders must make decisions. But the decisions they make will only be as good as the information they have. Information that is incomplete or out-of-date will lead to bad decisions. Information that is accurate, timely and meaningful will empower business leaders to make decisions that enable their organizations to beat out competitors by delivering greater value to their stakeholders. Since the advent of information systems, IT professionals have been trying to provide business leaders with timely and accurate information on which to base strategic decisions. But as businesses have evolved, the need for both fast access to quality intelligence and autonomy at the business unit level have made it imperative and challenging to manage information assets more effectively, efficiently and wisely.   
whitepaper TechRepublic Resource Guide: Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence2007-11-01 TechRepublic
  As more and more data is being created and converted to digital streams, businesses need a way to consolidate and harness all of it. That's where a data warehouse comes in. Once they've got all of that data connected, they need a way to tap into it for powerful reporting and forecasting. That's what business intelligence is for, as this TechRepublic Resource Guide will explain. Download this Resource Guide to learn more about:
  • Understanding why and when you need a data warehouse
  • Making the case to the business for a data warehouse project
  • Understanding and communicating the value of business intelligence (BI)
  • Using BI for nimble decision-making
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Tags: Data Center, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper White Paper - IBM Master Data Management: Effective Data Governance2007-11-01 IBM
  Organizations with data-sharing environments, complex information and systems hinder business responsiveness and decision makers' ability to make informed decisions. Collaboration among users, functions and systems is often fraught with few clear-cut roles and responsibilities for protecting or enhancing data. Challenges like these illustrate why data governance has emerged as a strategic priority for organizations of all sizes. This white paper describes how engaging in a master data management (MDM) project enables effective governance of data--specifically master data--and achieves maturity in key categories of the IBM Data Governance Maturity Model.

Tags: Data Quality, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, Data Recovery - Security		   
whitepaper Global Data Deduplication With NetBackup PureDisk Deduplication Results From 5 Customer Environments2007-11-01 Symantec
  Enterprises are seeking new ways to tackle their data protection challenges. While data growth is not new, the pace of growth has become more rapid, the location of data more dispersed, and the linkage between data sets more complex. Data deduplication offers companies the opportunity to dramatically reduce the amount of storage required for backups and to more efficiently centralize backup data to multiple sites for assured disaster recovery. Veritas NetBackup PureDisk from Symantec uses data deduplication technology to help customers address these data protection challenges. At the heart of NetBackup PureDisk customers will find flexible deduplication technology, a highly scalable software-based storage system, and integration with NetBackup for greater functionality. PureDisk deduplication technology can be deployed into backup environments in two different places.

Tags: Back-up