Business Intelligence Network - The Vision for BI and Beyond

WHITE PAPER - Learn more about the changing role of IT in business. This report includes research targeted towards senior executives responsible for managing and deploying information technology in pursuit of business objectives.
Posted: January 29, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Models | Customer Loyalty | Disaster Recovery | Executive Management | Investments | SOA | Supply Chain Management

CASE STUDY - Valero Energy Corporation selected SAP because of its ability to provide a central hub for managing all interfaces and Web services, power to serve as a single integration & development platform for nearly all of Valero's business, capability to integrate SAP and non-SAP software systems, and support for synchronous & asynchronous messaging.
Posted: January 26, 2009 | Published: January 23, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Activity Monitoring | Business Continuity Planning | Business Development | SOA | TCO | Web Services

WHITE PAPER - Firms in Process Industries have made significant investments in information technology to increase the efficiency of their operations and supply chains. By integrating real-time decision making with mission-critical business processes, smart businesses can set a path for industry leadership.
Posted: January 26, 2009 | Published: January 23, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Process Manufacturing Industry | SOA

BOOK - This whitepaper examines the role of ERP in Globalization in detail, outlining steps to improve current strategies to meet the changing face of the global business of today ...and tomorrow.
Posted: September 26, 2008 | Published: September 18, 2008


Topics:  ERP | Global Economy | Globalization | Localization | Manufacturing | Market Research | Offshore Outsourcing | SOA | Supply Chain Software | Supply Chains

WHITE PAPER - Extending ERP is the focus of this document, which encompasses utilizing more functionality, extending the footprint beyond the core ERP functionality and making decisions between ERP vendors and pure play or "Best of Breed" solutions.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: September 17, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | CIOs | ERP | Middleware | Product Life Cycles | SOA | Supply Chain Management | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - The goal of this paper is to paint the EIM landscape, noting its components but focusing on the importance of an overarching EIM strategy that focuses on corporate objectives while at the same time offering cross-functional support.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: September 5, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Governance | Data Quality | Information Management | Master Data Management | Metadata | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains business strategies, trends, and issues related to enterprise resource planning, financial management, operations management, and human capital management that drive the consideration of ESA.
Posted: August 6, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2006


Topics:  Business Intelligence | ERP | ERP Software | Financial Management | Productivity | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This paper reviews the forces that affect the professional services market today, defines and explains the main pillars of service delivery innovation, and reviews the benefits firms derive from service delivery innovation.
Posted: August 6, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Globalization | Outsourcing | Professional Services Industries | SOA | Software as a Service