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IBM Cognos - Scorecarding for the public sector Rising expectations for public sector performance have driven many public organizations to use scorecarding to monitor and manage their way to improved performance— with well-documented successes. Scorecarding provides the means to capture and clearly articulate the organization’s strategy, align all stakeholders and employees toward those goals, and help measure and manage the organization’s progress towards those objectives.
There are a number of unique issues and approaches to scorecarding in the public sector. In this white paper, Brett Knowles, one of North America’s leading authorities on the Balanced Scorecard, discusses some of the unique public sector issues and proven solutions.
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Market Overview - Gartner Research - Magic Quadrant for BI Platforms 2008 Download |  PDF | |
IBM Cognos - Business Analytics, The perfect fit for agile enterprise Today’s best, most competitive companies move very quickly to turn out new products or services, targeting new channels or entirely new markets. These enterprises, largely in mid-market, tackle unprecedented customer demand for individual treatment and pounce on operational problems, seeking innovation in every area with strong teams and aggressive strategies.
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An Architecture for Data Quality - Kimball Group Consulting In this white paper, we propose a comprehensive architecture for capturing quality data events, as well as measuring and ultimately controlling data quality in the data warehouse. This scalable architecture can be added to existing data warehouse and data integration environments with minimal impact and relatively little upfront investment. Using this architecture, it is even possible to progress systematically towards a Six Sigma level of quality management. This design is in response to the current lack of published, coherent architecture for addressing data quality issues..
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Master Data Management -Extracting Value from Your Most Important Intangible Asset This white paper explores the importance of master data and the barriers to achieving sound master data, describes the ideal master data management solution, and explains the value and benefits of effective management of master data.
Think of master data management (MDM) as a single source of truth: the home of accurate data concerning everything that is vital to the company.
Data integration software and services empower your organization to access, integrate, and trust all its information assets, giving your organization a competitive advantage in today’s global information economy.
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Informatica - Redefining Data Enterprise Warehousing In this white paper, Informatica redefines Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) to address this new paradigm that mandates harnessing enterprise data to ensure competitive advantages and operational excellence. The paper will discuss:
• Why EDW?
• What is EDW?
• Whats different now?
• EDW architectural principles
• The Informatica approach
This paper specifically underscores core EDW requirements and capabilities, delineates key EDW architectural principles, and articulates the foundational role of a robust data integration solution in EDW deployments. Drawing from actual case studies, we also highlight the business benefits of our proposed approach to EDW. Finally, this paper demonstrates why, with the critical burden now placed on the data warehouse, it is essential to deploy EDW using a proven data integration platform with a track record of success to lower implementation risks for EDW initiatives.
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Informatica - Accelerating ROI with SAP Software through Success ful Data Migration A Mission-Critical Approach to Data Migration
The on-time migration and consolidation of existing corporate data from legacy applications to SAP® software is critical in achieving the fastest ROI. Toward that end, SAP and Informatica have partnered to provide a seamless data migration strategy to ensure that you derive maximum business benefit from your investment in SAP software.
Companies frequently assume that data migration and consolidation is a one-time effort. The reality is that nearly all enterprise applications are implemented and deployed in a phased approach – by country, by plant, or by lines of business, for example – that often represents a complex, time-consuming undertaking. While critical to the overall success of the project, data migration considerations frequently are not addressed until too late.
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Dynamics NAV - Business Intelligence This white paper reviews how Business Intelligence tools and capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics NAV help empower companies to improve business performance as their business grows and their requirements change.
After reading this paper you will know:
• How business intelligence is defined today
• How Microsoft envisions a complete and integrated business intelligence offering for its customers
• How Microsoft Dynamics NAV enables business insight for companies with varying needs
• Which Microsoft business intelligence applications work with Microsoft Dynamics NAV
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IBM Cognos - Performance Management Spells Accurate Reporting and Analysis Can Improve Your Firm’s Performance.We’ve all been there before. Sitting in front of a PC, you type in one or more key words to initiate an Internet search for some analysis you are doing, and in an instant 1,687,439 hits are returned..
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IBM Cognos - Business Intelligence for Professional Users Reporting requirements have changed dramatically in organizations. Yesterday, professional report authors, working with business managers who wanted relevant information, followed a laborious path to get their reports created. Professional report authors needed to work with business managers to understand the business requirements and expectations, translate those business requirements into report requirements, and then feed the reports back to their business managers and stakeholders. Often, they negotiated back and forth between these groups to make any adjustments. These negotiations resulted in a loss of productivity because, in most cases, professional authors were removed from an organization’s business needs and from the drivers for the report creation.
Accurate Reporting and Analysis Can Improve Your Firm’s Performance.We’ve all been there before. Sitting in front of a PC, you type in one or more key words to initiate an Internet search for some analysis you are doing, and in an instant 1,687,439 hits are returned..
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Microsoft - Let Information be your guide Accurate Reporting and Analysis Can Improve Your Firm’s Performance.We’ve all been there before. Sitting in front of a PC, you type in one or more key words to initiate an Internet search for some analysis you are doing, and in an instant 1,687,439 hits are returned..
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Dynamics NAV - End-User Business Productivity: A Field Study of SAP & Microsoft In this white paper, we measure how end users of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications describe the impact of Microsoft and SAP applications on their business productivity. This research found that Microsoft Dynamics end users on average rated their experience with Microsoft applications more favorably than SAP users rated their experience with SAP. These fi ndings are based on a business productivity measurement framework developed by Keystone Strategy, working under the direction of Dr. Marco Iansiti, the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, and sponsored by Microsoft.
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Dynamics NAV - Business Analytics Technical Paper Business Analytics for Microsoft Business Solutions Navision 4.0 SP3 provides an interface between Microsoft Business Solutions Navision 4.0 SP3 and Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services. You can use both Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005 for the Business Analytics part, while Microsoft Business Solutions Navision 4.0 SP3 itself can be either the SQL Option or the Native database server version. What Business Analytics does, put simply: Business Analytics makes it possible to populate cubes in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services automatically with data from Microsoft Business Solutions Navision 4.0 SP3. Any OLAP client that can access Analysis Services can then be used to analyze the data on Analysis Services, create reports, and so forth.
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SAP Insider Article CRN Extending the value Many customers choose IBM Cognos software to cure business pains such as lengthy reporting times, cumbersome report authoring, combining disparate data into a coherent view, and poor visibility into performance. Cognos, an SAP Software Partner, can also extend and enhance the value of your SAP investment:
- More users leveraging the value of the information available from SAP BW, a key component of SAP NetWeaver
- Self-service and increased reporting flexibility for novice users
- Added ability to amortize your overal SAP BW and SAP NetWeaver investment over a larger number of users.
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Dynamics NAV - Integration with Other Microsoft Products and Technologies Adds Value Investigate how integration with other Microsoft products and technologies adds value.This white paper is intended for Microsoft partners. It reviews how integration between Microsoft DynamicsTM NAV 5.0 and other Microsoft products help small and medium-sized companies do more – faster than ever – without increasing costs. Download |  PDF | |
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Informatica in manufacturing Download |  PDF | |
Informatica in Transportation Download |  PDF | |
Informatica in retail Download |  PDF | |
Informatica in Financial Services Download |  PDF | |
Choosing a standard for BI and reporting - Cognos Download |  PDF | |
Informatica - BB Data Exchange for Healthcare Download |  PDF | |
Informatica in Telecoms Download |  PDF | |
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Datasheet for Datawarehousing Download |  PDF | |
Informatica in state and local government Download |  PDF | |
Informatica in Government Download |  PDF | |
Facts Sheet Dynamics NAV - Business Intelligence Turn raw data into understanding of how a business is operating.
• Choose from basic or advanced analytics functionality
• Provide decision makers with a 360-degree view of performance
• Set up graphical reports and displays, using an interface similar to Microsoft Outlook 2003 Download |  PDF | |
IBM Cognos - Impromptu Training Download |  PDF | |