Whitepaper

Why WebSphere Operational Decision Management? A Case for Business Users of Information Technology

To the business user of information systems, the relationship with the IT personnel who build and maintain those systems can be a contradictory experience: on the one hand, IT delivers significant productivity benefitsby automating routine tasks and improving access to information; on the other, the process of building automated systems often requires embedding business policies

Self-Service: An Essential Capability Of BI

There are major forces at play that are changing how business operates: Business processes are becoming more integrated and complex, economic pressures are forcing companies to do more with less, and the amount of information available is becoming more overwhelming. To meet these changing conditions, companies of all sizes are progressively more dependent on increasing

SAP Crystal Solutions What’s New In 2011

SAP® Crystal solutions offer an open, self-serve approach to entry-level business intelligence that enables business users to explore, view, report, visualize, and manage actionable information in a secure environment. SAP Crystal solutions include SAP Crystal Server software, designed for data exploration, report viewing, dashboard viewing, management, and delivery; the SAP Crystal Reports® family of offerings,

Consideration for the Cloud: The process every Enterprise should think through

Cloud computing is one of the hottest topics in enterprise IT today. However, amidst all the hype and misinformation, it is critical that enterprise decision makers consider the Cloud as a viable strategic resource for their IT environment. This whitepaper discusses the IT challenges enterprises face and how the Cloud can help overcome those challenges.

Unlocking the Enterprise Cloud: How the OpenStack project eliminates Cloud lock-in

Cloud computing stands well-poised to help enterprises significantly improve their IT speed, agility and costs. However the fear of technology “lock-in” – difficulty in efficiently switching cloud hosting providers or platforms due to enterprise size and scale – continues to discourage large organisations from realising the benefits of Cloud. This whitepaper discusses how OpenStack can

Versed in Virtual Desktop

Distributed computing has been pervasive in IT organisations for nearly two decades, but the tables are beginning to turn. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), also known as Hosted Virtual Desktop (HVD), is one of the fastest growing trends in IT today, at least in part because of the benefits it offers in management, access, performance and