Business Intelligence Network - The Vision for BI and Beyond

WHITE PAPER - This white paper examines existing data-loading methods and best practices to easily incorporate data into SAP solutions.
Posted: December 3, 2008 | Published: December 3, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Data Management | Databases | ERP | Spreadsheets | Training

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides an analysis of a comprehensive survey with 144 senior IT managers examining the impact training and skill level had on the success of 377 IT projects.
Posted: December 1, 2008 | Published: November 26, 2008


Topics:  CIOs | Employee Monitoring | IT Asset Management | IT Managers | Project Management | Training | Training and Educational Services | Training Software

WEBCAST - Data Protection Manager 2007 uses wizards and workflows to help ensure that you can protect your organization's data, and it doesn't require an advanced degree, training, or certification in storage and backup technologies.
Posted: November 11, 2008 | Premiered: November 11, 2008


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Databases | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | NAS | SAN | SQL Server | Training

WHITE PAPER - In every organization there are wasteful activities, both in operations and in communications. Seldom, however, are these activities conveniently labeled as wasteful, nor do these activities standout and beg for improvement. In fact...
Posted: October 24, 2008 | Published: March 13, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | Training | Video Services | Video Systems | Video-over-DSL | Videoconferences | Videoconferencing Software | Videoconferencing Systems

WHITE PAPER - This eBook discusses nine eProcurement best practices. It also demonstrates how they will help you reduce environmental waste while implementing and managing your Green purchasing program.
Posted: September 30, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Benefits | Best Practices | CRM | eProcurement | ERP | Internal Controls | Supplier Management | Systems Integration | Training

WHITE PAPER - This survey explains the actual costs incurred by 35 U.S. organizations that lost confidential information and had a regulatory requirement to publicly notify affected individuals.
Posted: September 24, 2008 | Published: September 24, 2008


Topics:  Data Encryption | Data Security | Financial Services | IT Managers | ROI | Training

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains the rationale behind the need to have in place a solid change management program in support of an ERP initiative or other growth and expansion initiative.
Posted: September 22, 2008 | Published: September 22, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Change Management | ERP | Manufacturing | ROI | Training

WHITE PAPER - The report examines how to increase adoption of BI tool licenses and how to increase usage once those licenses are deployed. It also discusses best practices and pitfalls for deploying, reporting, and analysis tools on an enterprise basis.
Posted: September 12, 2008 | Published: September 11, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Intelligence | Change Management | Dashboards | Financial Services | Project Management | Training

WHITE PAPER - This report is the result of a study taken by 87% of IT executives on the best way to manage the service of business critical applications to measure performance at the end-user level. Read this to learn the best practices in performance management.
Posted: September 9, 2008 | Published: September 9, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Best Practices | CRM | Performance Testing | ROI | Training | User Experience

CASE STUDY - In this case study, FM Global needed to expand their training program. Learn how they worked with SkillSoft to develop custom courses covering a variety of topics such as fire prevention, boiler maintenance, and preparation for floods and hurricanes.
Posted: September 4, 2008 | Published: September 3, 2008


Topics:  Courseware | Education Industry | Educational Software | LMS | Risk Management | Training

WHITE PAPER - Often ERP implementations fail to recognize the need for enterprise level governance until post-implementation issues have highlighted the gap between IT oriented governance and the governance needed for ERP. Read this Gartner report to learn more.
Posted: September 3, 2008 | Published: September 3, 2008


Topics:  Data Governance | Distribution Centers | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing Software | Quality Control | Security | Supply Chains | Testing | Training | Warehouse Management

WHITE PAPER - This e-zine issue explains the direct benefits of implementing a SAP virtualization plan. It compares virtualization platforms, highlights common problems, and offers tips to leverage hardware-assisted memory virtualization.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 18, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Change Management | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | LAN | Server Virtualization | Software | Testing | Training

WHITE PAPER - You may wonder what sorts of everyday applications are available in a Linux desktop environment. You can do anything with Linux that you can with Windows. Try the Linux alternative offered through the IBM® Open Collaboration Client Solution (OCCS).
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | Collaborative Applications Software | Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Management | File Formats | Linux | Linux Desktop Environment | Training

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper discusses a different culture that is developing for learning and training departments. This new cultures prime concern is meeting monetary and fiscal targets.
Posted: August 15, 2008 | Published: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Customer Service | eLearning Software | Employee Monitoring | ROI | Staffing | Training

WHITE PAPER - This white paper details how to go beyond HIPAA by showing how to use HIPAA as the starting point for your security program, and then using best practices and Lumension Security solutions to improve your overall security posture.
Posted: August 15, 2008 | Published: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Data Centers | Health Care Applications Software | Health Care Industry | HIPAA | Payment Card Industry | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Risk Assessment | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Security Policies | Training