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Choosing a Standard for BI and Reporting: Simplify the IT Environment Reduce Your TCO Increase Your ROI
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: The reasons driving standardization in BI and reporting are core to every company—cutting costs, boosting revenue, and increasing profits. IBM Cognos 8 BI lets business users move among capabilities in a guided way, get the answers they seek, and collaborate while giving IT complete control over the BI environment.
Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Jan 2009

IBM

Selecting a Visual Analytics Application
sponsored by Tableau Software
WHITE PAPER: Visual analytics is the process of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces. Its becoming the fastest way for people to explore and understand Business Intelligence data of any size. This paper will introduce you to the seven essential elements of true visual analytics applications.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 20 Apr 2009

Tableau Software

Harvard Business Review's Guide to Visualizing Data
sponsored by SAS
WHITE PAPER: The following Harvard Business Review report explores the current state of data visualisation. Hear from many leading authors on how to leverage data visualisation, and the right times to use it.
Posted: 24 Apr 2014 | Published: 24 Apr 2014

SAS

Help Alleviate Batch Windows with Reliable, Timely Data Delivery
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the business issues that drive organizations to consider a real-time change data capture solution to optimize ETL processes. This helps alleviate batch windows to enable the delivery of timely, trusted information to the business.
Posted: 24 Mar 2011 | Published: 24 Mar 2011

IBM

Backup Analysis Engine report from Butterfly Software
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the benefits of a backup solution that uses software technology to analyze existing heterogeneous data backup environments.
Posted: 05 Jun 2014 | Published: 31 May 2013

IBM

Designing Great Visualizations
sponsored by Tableau Software
WHITE PAPER: Visual representations are a fundamental component of human learning and understanding. To study the impact of data visualization, we must first look to the past and see how our ways of shaping and representing data have changed over time. This paper traces the history of visual representation, from cave drawings to the computer revolution.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 20 Apr 2009

Tableau Software

Five Predictive Imperatives for Maximizing Customer Value
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper from IBM describes how a set of five predictive imperatives can help ensure that your company maximizes the value of its customer relationships and sustains higher levels of revenues and profits.
Posted: 20 Feb 2011 | Published: 20 Feb 2011

IBM

Business Intelligence: Cognos BI: ZiffDavis - A Visualization is Worth a Thousand Tables: How IBM Business Analytics Lets Users See Big Data
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: The following white paper explores the importance of data visualization in deciphering growing big data volumes. Learn why spreadsheets and other conventional data display methods cause so many problems, how visualization offers a solution, technology recommendations, and more.
Posted: 11 Jun 2014 | Published: 11 Jun 2014

IBM

Predictive Analytics for Market Basket Analysis
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, learn how retailers are using predictive analytics to uncover patterns in the products purchased together to differentiate assortment, merchandise stores and develop combined product offers to drive sales and profits.
Posted: 20 Feb 2011 | Published: 20 Feb 2011

IBM

Analytics At The Speed Of Thought
sponsored by Tableau Software
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn more about Tableau's unique approach to in-memory software architecture; what it is and what it means for your organization.
Posted: 26 Aug 2011 | Published: 26 Aug 2011

Tableau Software