2/9/2012
Business reporting is a priority for IT and business users at midsize companies. These companies, lean on resources, need a single reporting solution that addresses a full range of reporting requirements and users. Discover complete reporting solutions that can recognize and accommodate different kinds of users, provide complete coverage for all types of reports, and access all enterprise data, regardless of the source.
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2/7/2012
This Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting for Dummies book introduces you to common network performance management (NPM) issues and gives you a new way of looking at solving them. This perspective allows you to see your network from your users’ point of view—namely, the services and applications they use and their experience with them. Of course, you can still get down to the other flow and packet levels, but macro-level visibility is a key differentiator in your ability to monitor and troubleshoot network performance efficiently.
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2/6/2012
What makes SAP HANA such a game changer for business intelligence (BI)? How is SAP approaching cloud-based BI? How are companies faring with today's BI solutions, and where is business intelligence headed in the future? Get the answers to these questions, and more, in this exclusive TEC interview with one of the industry's top BI experts.
Read Thinking Radically about BI: Interview with SAP's Timo Elliott
2/4/2012
The perception of most small to midsized business (SMB) executives is that most of the data they need to make decisions is available “in the computer system,” or at least locked away until the moment is right for it to be accessed and used. But what if your enterprise system has not been structured to track and report this information? What if this information or metric is not even defined? Download this TEC report to find out about the three keys to better data-driven decisions—and discover how an integrated enterprise system can help you jump-start a plan for accessing the right information at the right time.
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2/3/2012
Growing businesses run into some classic difficulties that can be avoided with some foresight and the right technology. Learn about the three major problems you’re likely to encounter if your company is expanding—and how you can head them off before they cause serious damage.
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2/2/2012
Strategic inventory management requires a deep understanding of how the end-to-end supply chain is managed. From intelligently micro-segmenting products to creating continuous inventory process improvements, few businesses are capable of transforming their inventory into a competitive advantage. Some forward-looking leaders—backed by technology and expertise from JDA—are changing the definition of inventory optimization. Read how.
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2/1/2012
Technologies come, and technologies go, but this one looks like a real game changer. In TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic’s latest report, learn about SAP’s HANA, a platform that allows users to analyze large volumes of detailed information in real time, from virtually any data source—and promises to change the way people think, work, plan, and operate.
Read SAP HANA—One Technology to Watch in 2012 and Beyond
1/30/2012
SYSPRO may make smart, reliable software solutions, but is the vendor really the "Einstein" of the ERP world? The company's current marketing campaigns would certainly have you think so. Find out what TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic has to say on the matter, as he serves up a look at SYSPRO's products, marketing strategies, and an interview with the vendor's top U.S.A. executive team.
Read SYSPROTaking a Quantum Leap or Simply Becoming Smarter?