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De-Risking Data Migration: The Case for Data Quality Technology Summary
 This white paper by Dylan Jones provides practical advice that will help the reader understand the pivotal role data quality technology must play in a data migration. Jones describes five distinct implementations of data quality technology in detail, each one providing clear evidence for the need to - and the benefits of - adopting the right data quality approach in data migration projects.

Topics: Data Warehousing, Data Quality, Information Quality (IQ), Data Migration, Data Management login required
0 comments 		06-05-2010
Data Migration for Project Leaders Summary
 The project leader can play a critical role in ensuring a successful data migration. This guidebook by Dylan Jones of Data Quality Pro examines exactly what responsibilities and activities project leaders should fulfill and supplies details for these responsibilities, including sections on essential activities such as planning, forecasting, risk management, team selection, communication and collaboration.

Topics: Data Warehousing, Information Management, Data Quality, Data Migration, Data Management login required
0 comments 		06-05-2010
Finding an Upside in the Downturn with Data Quality Summary
 The current macroeconomic malaise means organizations in almost every sector are finding it tough. Although companies are relying even more on IT systems to run their businesses in a leaner and meaner fashion, new IT investments are invariably impacted as well. CIOs are left scratching their heads on how to sustain and fund important information management projects such as master data management (MDM) and data quality. This paper from Ovum, a leading research firm in technology, telecommunications and other business sectors, describes why a rigorous data quality program is now a business imperative rather than a luxury.

Topics: Information Quality (IQ), Information Management, Data Quality, Master Data Management (MDM), Governance, Data Management login required
0 comments 		06-05-2010
A Guide to the Value of Reliable Data in Insurance Summary
 How critical is reliable data to the insurance industry? Insurance companies must attract the right customers, price correctly, write the right business, decline high-risk business, mitigate risk and reserve correctly. They must also maintain positive cash flow, manage outstanding claims and get the best re-insurance deals – all the while minimizing operating expenses. If unreliable data is flowing through the organization, the impact on the core insurance operational and analytical processes can be catastrophic. This white paper from industry thought leader Mike Ferguson looks at the importance of reliable data to the insurance industry, focusing on the impact of poor data. He discusses how an enterprise data quality approach can help get you back control of your data.

Topics: Information Quality (IQ), Data Quality, Data Warehousing, Enterprise Information Management (EIM), Data Management login required
0 comments 		06-05-2010
A Guide to the Value of Reliable Data in Retail Banking Summary
 This paper by Mike Ferguson of Intelligent Business Strategies examines the impact of unreliable data on retail banks. Defining the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in retail banking, it offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data, and shows how you can get started in making trusted data available in to help improve marketing, customer service, risk management, compliance and profitability.

Topics: Information Quality (IQ), Information Management, Data Quality, Governance, Data Management login required
0 comments 		06-05-2010
A Guide to the Value of Reliable Data in Manufacturing Summary
 The impact of unreliable data on manufacturing can be so negative that the return from investing in the people, processes and technologies needed to establish enterprise data governance will more than outweigh the cost of implementing such a program. This white paper by Mike Ferguson from Intelligent Business Strategies explores how reliable, trusted data can contribute significantly towards reducing unnecessary operational costs, avoiding customer dissatisfaction and cash flow problems for manufacturing companies.

Topics: Data Warehousing, Information Management, Data Quality, Governance, Information Quality (IQ), Data Management login required
0 comments 		06-05-2010
Analytics: The Art and Science of Better Summary
 This briefing presents a series of insightful, timely articles that highlight how people, culture, process and technology combine to overcome analytical challenges. Learn how analytics can help you make better decisions faster.

Topics: Analytics, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence login required
0 comments 		26-04-2010
Automating Data Flows to Your Business Intelligence System Summary
 Learn how to improve data quality through automation of the ETL process and integration with data sources, with robust error recovery and auditability. Ensure that data is accessed in the proper order, and processing is completed within the operating window.

Topics: Data Integration, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence login required
0 comments 		21-04-2010
Database Design: Getting It Right Summary
 In this white paper, Bill Inmon emphasizes that any time a database is created, modified, merged or moved, the database design needs to be reviewed. To stop the flow of flawed information, inspecting and fixing every production database should be a high priority in every organization.

Topics: Data Warehousing, Data Modeling and Design, Databases/Database Administration login required
0 comments 		29-03-2010
Lowering the Total Cost of Ownership for Business Intelligence Databases Summary
 This white paper discusses how IT executives and decision makers can lower the overall cost of business intelligence applications by selecting a business intelligence database that 1) Meets the current needs of BI applications about to be implemented; 2) Future-proofs their decision for BI systems that grow or will be deployed in the next few years; 3) Delivers a total ROI that greatly exceeds what current expensive traditional database vendors offer with their products.

Topics: Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Databases/Database Administration, Analytics login required
0 comments 		16-03-2010
Why Choose a Column Database for Business Intelligence? Summary
 This white paper explains how column-oriented databases can help IT directors and BI architects who are charged with implementing modern data warehouses, business intelligence databases and other read-intensive applications.

Topics: Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Databases/Database Administration, Analytics login required
0 comments 		15-03-2010
ASG-Total Content Integrator (TCI) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) Summary
 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides easily adopted and easily used collaboration and document management functionality. However, MOSS may not address the broader set of ECM functions required for the enterprise. Learn how to enhance, optimize and extend the reach of MOSS in your organization.

Topics: Data Integration, Content Management, Data Management login required
0 comments 		10-03-2010
The Search for the Elusive ROI: Tracking Down Value in a Jungle of Enterprise Management Products Summary
 In the enterprise management space, ROI research provides a glimpse into “real world” IT and the experiences of a variety of companies. Every IT organization is on a quest to deliver high value to the business in the most cost effective way possible. While ROI is important in all areas of the business, skillful product selections within IT can yield particularly high levels of quantifiable value.

Topics: Data Integration, Business Intelligence, Data Acquisition and Delivery, Data Quality, Data Warehousing, ROI (Return On Investment), Data Management login required
0 comments 		10-03-2010
Integrating Content Across the Enterprise: An Introduction to ASG-Total Content Integrator Summary
 Research shows that enterprise content is growing by as much as 200% per year, and the risks of not managing it effectively are growing even faster. This paper examines the business and technical challenges of integrating disparate enterprise content and offers an elegant solution to address these issues.

Topics: Data Integration, Compliance (SOX, Basil II, HIPAA), Content Management, Data Modeling and Design, Data Management login required
0 comments 		10-03-2010
BPM: The Intelligent Assembly Line: An Introduction to Business Process Management and Workflow Summary
 Though we are well into the Information Age, knowledge workers can still be found using processes and procedures designed decades ago to provide a physical product, service or transaction. Learn how business process management and content-enabled workflow allow organizations to do the right things in the right ways.

Topics: Performance Management, Business Process Management (BPM) login required
0 comments 		10-03-2010

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