Business Intelligence Network - The Vision for BI and Beyond

ANALYST BRIEF - It is often said that desperate times call for desperate measures. In recent months, this is certainly the case for some ERP vendors. The good news, however, is that there are ways to manage ERP software vendors to ensure a fair, consistent, and unbiased selection process for your organization. Read on to learn what they are.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | ERP | ERP Software | IT Spending | Purchasing Best Practices | Vendor Selection | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - The current recession and credit crunch deeply affected IT spending in the last quarter of 2008 and into 2009. This SWOT Analyst report for Q3 2009 regroups the market contenders by categories for an easier evaluation to enable vendor strategy professionals to substantiate decisions about their partnership and go-to-market strategies.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  IT Management | IT Spending | Middleware | Software Implementation | Software Licensing | Storage Management | Vendors

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This presentation transcript explores the benefits and drawbacks of buying business intelligence (BI) solutions from enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors, and shares survey results that reveal whether or not customers who have gone down the sole-sourcing path are happy with their decision.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Application Service Providers | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | ERP | Market Research | SAP (Product) | Vendor Selection | Vendors

PODCAST - This Podcast explores the benefits and drawbacks of buying business intelligence (BI) solutions from enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors, and shares survey results that reveal whether or not customers who have gone down the sole-sourcing path are happy with their decision.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Premiered: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Application Service Providers | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | ERP | Market Research | SAP (Product) | Vendor Selection | Vendors

WEBCAST - This webcast explores the benefits and drawbacks of buying business intelligence (BI) solutions from enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors, and shares survey results that reveal whether or not customers who have gone down the sole-sourcing path are happy with their decision.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Premiered: September 30, 2009


Topics:  Application Service Providers | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | ERP | Market Research | SAP (Product) | Vendor Selection | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - Are you looking for an enterprise data encryption solution? Read this guide to learn what questions to ask vendors and why.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Published: December 22, 2008


Topics:  Application Integration | Application Security | Data Encryption | Data Encryption Software | Data Security | Encryption Standards | Vendor Selection | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - A complement to your existing IT infrastructure, IBM CloudBurst™ includes hardware, software and services, and provides secure, reliable, private cloud computing. Fit-for-purpose and self-contained, IBM CloudBurst dramatically reduces capital and operational costs, accelerating investment payback. Read on to learn more . . .
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Management | Data Storage | Economic Environment | Infrastructure Management | Investments | Platform as a service | Private cloud computing | ROI | Server Management | TCO | Vendors

VIDEO - Discover how Novell and Intel collaborate in open standards and open source projects such as the Linux* kernel and the Xen* hypervisor moving virtualization forward along with the user of non-proprietary architecture so that customers can avoid vendor lock-in, while lowering solutions costs.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Premiered: September 3, 2009


Topics:  Information Management | Kernels | Linux | Open Source | Open Systems Standards | Server Virtualization | Systems Management | Vendors

ANALYST REPORT - Check out this report, which examines the findings of a Forrester evaluation of ten leading web content management vendors, to learn about the strongest performers in WCM.
Posted: July 20, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Enterprise Content Management | Vendor Selection | Vendors | Web Authoring | Web Content Accessibility | Web Content Management | Web Development | WebSphere

ANALYST BRIEF - Vendor market share positions shuffled once again in 1Q09: With Cisco down 30%, Riverbed down 10%, and Blue Coat holding steady, Blue Coat is back on top with 30% revenue market share. This market has essentially become a 3-horse race, with the top 3 vendors capturing roughly 3/4 of the overall market.
Posted: July 1, 2009 | Published: May 29, 2009


Topics:  Leadership | Market Research | Market Trends | Vendor Selection | Vendors | WAN | WAN Hardware

ASSESSMENT TOOL - Take this quick survey on server to show us the important advantages between solutions.
Posted: June 23, 2009 | Published: June 23, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Rack Servers | Server Management | Server Software | Surveys | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - This paper addresses some of the critical issues of virtualization and some of the ways it can be effectively implemented to help organizations utilize resources more efficiently, reduce costs, manage data across the entire enterprise.
Posted: April 22, 2009 | Published: November 6, 2008


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | Regulatory Compliance | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Vendors | VMware

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, learn how your organization can use customer-centric strategies and CRM tools to maximize the value and loyalty of your customer base. Gain insight into new areas of opportunity and do more with less in a time of economic uncertainty.
Posted: February 20, 2009 | Published: February 20, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | CRM | Customer Service | Economic Environment | Vendors

PRODUCT LITERATURE - Combining Microsoft Hyper-V technology with SCVMM 2008 on Dell platforms can help organizations create highly available virtualized systems while offering simplified management, dynamic performance, and reduced costs.
Posted: December 11, 2008 | Published: December 11, 2008


Topics:  High Availability | IT Infrastructure | Productivity | SAN | Server Virtualization | SQL Server | TCP/IP | Vendors | Virtual Machine Monitor

WHITE PAPER - The release of Windows Vista SP1 enables customers to take advantage of improvements that Microsoft and its partners have developed. It's a continuation of Microsoft and its partners' drive to provide the best experience possible.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: December 10, 2008


Topics:  BIOS | Enterprise | Internet | Operating Systems | Vendors | Windows