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whitepaper Populating a Data Quality Scorecard with Relevant Metrics2009-01-16 DataFlux
  Too often, data governance teams rely on existing measurements as the metrics used to populate a data quality scorecard. But without a defined understanding of the relationship between specific measurement scores and the business's success criteria, it is difficult to determine how to react to emergent data quality issues - and determine whether their fixing these problems has any measurable business value. This white paper by David Loshin explores ways to qualify data control and measures to support the governance program.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Observing Data Quality Service Level Agreements2009-01-16 DataFlux
  This white paper by David Loshin from Knowledge Integrity examines how to measure data quality and what to do when the data does not meet the level of acceptability. When a data quality service level agreement is in place, when issues are logged in a data quality incident tracking system, and when the individuals specified in the data quality service level agreement are charged with diagnosis and remediation, the result can be functioning operational data governance and the continuous monitoring and control of the quality of organisational data.

Tags: Data Tools, Data Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper IBM Data Studio Administrator Effective change management for dynamic application and database environments2009-01-12 IBM
  Making changes to database schemas can often be complex and error prone. Changes impact dependent objects and sometimes even the underlying data, and the stakes are high. Even with careful attention, schema changes can impact application systems, producing unexpected results, costly errors and business disruptions. By minimizing or eliminating manual tasks and automating the change management process, organizations can implement schema updates with ease and accuracy.

This solution brief explains the value of IBM Data Studio Administrator. This powerful and flexible tool simplifies the process of identifying, analyzing and implementing database schema changes for IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Microsoft Windows. Data Studio capabilities exploit modern development tools and techniques to provide for fast and efficient development and support a scalable infrastructure.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Data Tools, Data Tools, Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Oriental Insurance Company Cuts Report Production Time by 30 Days With Integrated System2009-01-01 Oracle
  Oriental Insurance Company wanted to replace a legacy decentralized inhouse developed insurance system with a centralized platform that streamlines operations and improves customer service and facilitate faster risk analysis, and cut processing time for policies, claims, and renewals. The challenge was to leverage centralized architecture to speed up the delivery of financial reports from branch offices to headquarters. Oriental Insurance Company engaged Oracle Partner 3i Infotech to deliver a customized Premia 10 insurance application, which runs on Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Application Server as well as enabled the company to issue around 35,000 policies and 64,000 transactions per day.

Tags: Data Tools, Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Oracle WebCenter: Platform for In-Context, Next Generation Applications with Embedded Web 2.0 Services2009-01-01 Oracle
  As organizations continually reinvent themselves and strive for higher levels of efficiency and productivity, the demands on the information worker are constantly increasing. To meet these ever growing demands, the information worker needs a better, more productive work environment. This new environment must be role- and task- focused so that all elements of a task are provided directly in context for the user. Collaboration and communication tools must also be directly integrated into these task-oriented applications, because people rarely work in a vacuum and frequently need to work together to complete a given task. What's more, the work environment must go beyond the browser to include all of the desktop tools and mobile devices with which the user is familiar. And perhaps most importantly, the information worker must have the ability to tailor and evolve the environment based on their own preferences and the needs of their organization. Oracle WebCenter injects new capabilities into the standard JavaServer Faces development environment to allow developers to create context-rich applications that satisfy these needs. Oracle WebCenter also provides the natural user interaction environment for your SOA applications and allows you to leverage all types of services in creating a better, more effective user experience.

Tags: Data Tools, IT Infrastructure, Server Platforms - OS, Enterprise Planning		   
whitepaper Music-Analysis Firm Affords Twice as Much Hardware Through Sun Startup Essentials2009-01-01 Sun Microsystems
  MusicMetric helps companies in the music industry make faster, better-informed decisions by uncovering trends between musicians, releases, brands, and events. It needed to support the performance demands of varied applications, minimize costs and to provide for scalability and availability. Through the Sun Startup Essential program, MusicMetric purchased a mix of Chip-Multithreading (CMT) and Symmetric-Multiprocessing (SMP) processors to meet varied application demands. Sun's MySQL database and virtualization software provides needed functionality and additional support options.

Tags: Server Hardware, Data Tools		   
whitepaper Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3 and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)2009-01-01 Oracle
  High availability and scalability has always been the focus in different systems enabling the customer scenarios with cost efficient solutions. There are various known issues in a heterogeneous complex environment involving JEE middle tier and the backend database. For example, the application requests may get blocked for a long period when a database node dies. There's no easy way to tell whether to obtain a fresh new connection after an application received the SQLException. The middle tier applications are unaware of new or restarted database nodes or it executes the work on a slow, hung or dead database node. Often it has to rely on waiting for TCP/IP time-outs.

Tags: Data Tools		   
whitepaper City of Heemskerk Improves Data Availability, Scalability, and Security2009-01-01 Oracle
  The City of Heemskerk is a medium-sized municipality located in the center of The Netherlands' province of North Holland. This area, which was originally agricultural and is located in the triangle between Amsterdam, Haarlem, and Alkmaar, was among the fastest-growing municipalities in the Netherlands in the 1960s. It needed to comply with government directives to expand the variety of information and services available 24/7 to citizens and avoid unscheduled downtime for critical applications that serve the public. City of Heemskerk implemented Oracle Real Application Clusters on Linux to enable 24/7 availability, greater flexibility, and scalability of critical applications including those that can be accessed by citizens.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Data Tools		   
whitepaper Victoria University of Wellington Cuts Costs, Minimizes Downtime With Active Support2009-01-01 Oracle
  Founded in 1897, Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand has a reputation for education and research excellence. The institution encompasses four campuses catering to more than 20,000 students and staff. One of the University's main goals was to provide staff with around-the-clock access to its central system so they could work at any time and from anywhere. The institution also wanted to establish a robust financial management system to meet the growing reporting demands of the government-funded tertiary sector. In addition, it needed to implement efficient financial and research software solutions within tight budget constraints. Victoria University deployed Oracle Database and Oracle Financials to take advantage of Oracle's mature and stable database technology and streamline all basic financial and accounting functions.

Tags: Data Tools		   
whitepaper Case Study: Oracle Database Products Have Been an Integral Part of Analytics Partners' Success as BI Consultants2009-01-30 Oracle
  Analytics Partners, based in Jacksonville, Fla., is one of the leading BI consultants and solutions providers in the Southeast, with more than 20 full-time consultants and approximately $5 million in total revenue.

Right around the time Analytics Partners was launched, nQuire was acquired by Siebel, which was subsequently acquired by Oracle. Today, Analytics Partners offers the full range of Oracle DataWarehousing and Oracle Business Intelligence solutions, including Standard Edition, aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, as well as Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, aimed at larger companies with a minimum of 50 users.

Analytics Partners choose to work exclusively with Oracle because of the strength and superiority of its product line, as well as confidence in Oracle's commitment to the emerging midmarket, as well as to its channel partners. Read this case study to learn more about this successful partnership.

Tags: Data Tools, Data Tools, Data Infrastructure, Data Tools