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Brochure: DB2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Discover the new features and benefits of IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS version 4.1.
Posted: 24 Mar 2014 | Published: 31 Oct 2013

IBM

Sybase IQ: The Economics of Business Reporting
sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company
WHITE PAPER: Reporting is recognized as a way for companies to improve service, ensure quality, control costs, and prevent losses by empowering decision-makers throughout the organization. This paper will explain why reporting is one form of business intelligence that has become business-critical.
Posted: 31 Aug 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2009

Sybase, an SAP company

Top 10 Data Mining Mistakes
sponsored by SAS
WHITE PAPER: In the following paper, we briefly describe, and illustrate from examples, what we believe are the “Top 10” mistakes of data mining, in terms of frequency and seriousness. Most are basic, though a few are subtle. All have, when undetected, left analysts worse off than if they’d never looked at their data.
Posted: 07 Apr 2010 | Published: 07 Apr 2010

SAS

Guide: Enterprise Security Reporter for SharePoint
sponsored by ScriptLogic Corporation
WHITE PAPER: With more and more sensitive data moving from file servers to SharePoint sites, it's important to keep a close eye on what users can access documents, what users have permissions to change the SharePoint sites, and what documents are getting modified.
Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2008

ScriptLogic Corporation

Comprehensive Data Warehousing & BI Solution with Oracle Database 11g
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white-paper provides an overview of Oracle Database 11g's capabilities for data warehousing, and discuses its key features and technologies. Discover how to integrate information, perform fast queries, scale to very large data volumes, and more.
Posted: 15 Oct 2007 | Published: 01 Oct 2007

Oracle Corporation

XML: Changing the Data Warehouse whitepaper
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Technical white paper covering the impact of XML on data warehousing and how to deliver new levels of business analysis and bring users closer to their data.
Posted: 17 Mar 2011 | Published: 17 Mar 2011

IBM

How Pink OTC Markets Cuts Reporting Time and Operating Costs with a Market Data Warehouse Built on Vertica and Syncsort
sponsored by Vertica Systems
WHITE PAPER: Learn how Pink OTC Market Inc., the third largest U.S. equity trading marketing place,  built a highly available and reliable (no downtime in a year of production use) data warehouse using Vertica's Analytic DBMS that cost-effectively stores billions of records and scales easily by simply adding CPUs without incurring additional licensing fees.
Posted: 16 Jul 2010 | Published: 16 Jul 2010

Vertica Systems

Ovum Technology Review of Vertica’s Analytic Database
sponsored by Vertica Systems
WHITE PAPER: Column-based databases can be slow deleting and updating data. Vertica’s Analytic Database is designed specifically for storing and querying large datasets. Vertica’s differentiator is that it combines a columnar database engine with MPP and shared-nothing architecture, aggressive data-compression rates, and high availability.
Posted: 16 Jul 2010 | Published: 16 Jul 2010

Vertica Systems

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

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