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Building a Robust Business Case for High Quality Master Data
sponsored by Melissa
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the key elements for building a proper, quantified business case. It presents the measures that are favored by corporate finance departments, and helps develop a strong business case for data quality and MDM projects. A number of real-life examples with quantifiable benefits are also included.
Posted: 19 Apr 2010 | Published: 01 Feb 2010

Melissa

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

Thinking through Uncertainty: CFOs Scrutinize Non-Financial Risk
sponsored by IBM Line of Business
WHITE PAPER: Risks can impact the top and bottom line and eventually every risk is expressed in the company's share price.
Posted: 12 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2007

IBM Line of Business

Leading Energy Utility Company Increases Efficiency Through PeopleSoft Financials and HRMS Systems Upgrades
sponsored by Hexaware Technologies
WHITE PAPER: Explore the four phases of the lifecycle for the upgrade methodology of an on-site delivery model that provides upgrade services to enable one organization to achieve its business objects.
Posted: 10 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008

Hexaware Technologies

The 101 Guide To The Cloud
sponsored by Rackspace Hosting
WHITE PAPER: You may have heard the term cloud computing or 'the Cloud', but could you describe what it is?
Posted: 16 Nov 2010 | Published: 16 Nov 2010

Rackspace Hosting

Total cost of ownership (TCO) of Dell PowerEdge M710 and HP Proliant BL685c G5 blade solutions
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and IntelĀ®
WHITE PAPER: Enterprises of all sizes are deploying or considering deploying blade systems as a way to consolidate resources and lower their total cost of ownership. Read this white paper to learn about the total cost of ownership (TCO) for the Dell PowerEdge servers.
Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 19 Mar 2009

Dell, Inc. and IntelĀ®

Peace of Mind for the Life of Your Business
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In today's rapidly changing marketplace, small businesses are facing new challenges and competitive pressures. Read this whitepaper to learn how to choose the right vendor to build the solutions that your business needs.
Posted: 28 Aug 2008 | Published: 28 Aug 2008

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Becoming Value-driven: Focusing on What Matters Most
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides insight into the six key areas essential for becoming a value-driven organization. Discover how to gain the visibility and control essential to meet and exceed customer needs.
Posted: 20 Aug 2008 | Published: 20 Aug 2008

IBM

What CFOs Should Ask their Software Development Leaders
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper illustrates a new way of thinking about the funding of IT software projects, one that considers funding in terms of investment, and value as an expansive, longitudinal variable.
Posted: 20 Sep 2011 | Published: 20 Sep 2011

IBM

Release Management: Closing the Gap in Application Lifecycle Management
sponsored by SERENA Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Businesses are struggling to keep up with the massive amount of change to their software applications. By strategically automating release management, companies can create a crisp, accurate Release Management function that dramatically boosts the competitive edge gained from application change. Control application change or let it control you.
Posted: 18 Jan 2011 | Published: 18 Jan 2011

SERENA Software, Inc.