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Compression in DB2 Viper
sponsored by IBM Software Group
WHITE PAPER: The DB2 Viper is contributing significant advancements in database compression technology. This white paper compares the leading data server compression utilities and details how to reduce storage costs and improve performance.
Posted: 16 Nov 2006 | Published: 01 May 2006

IBM Software Group

Veritas NetBackup™ Operations Manager and Veritas Backup Reporter - Backup/Recovery Management and Reporting
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Storage volumes are expanding with no apparent limit, while backup and recovery processes grow steadily more complex. Navigate the new product landscape and identify key issues needed to address balance efficiency and risk in your backup environment.
Posted: 01 Dec 2006 | Published: 01 Nov 2006

Symantec Corporation

Accelerate Value Creation: The Virtuous Cycle of Using Technology to Maximize Business Value
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Understanding how IT can drive value and competitive advantage for your company is important for executives in all industries. This SAP Executive Insight paper explores the relationship between IT investment and performance and productivity gains.
Posted: 30 Jan 2009 | Published: 18 Oct 2008

SAP America, Inc.

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

IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence MidMarket Reporting Packages
sponsored by IBM Cognos
WHITE PAPER: IBM Cognos 8 BI is the only solution that provides complete BI functionality in one product, on a single, proven architecture, it also delivers seamless reporting, analysis, scorecarding, dashboards, and event management.
Posted: 29 Oct 2008 | Published: 29 Oct 2008

IBM Cognos

The Financial Close: Optimizing Performance and Driving Financial Excellence
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls
Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

SAP America, Inc.

Usage of Virtualization Technology at Small and Midsize Businesses
sponsored by VMware and Intel
WHITE PAPER: Virtualization technologies can allow small and medium-sized businesses to reduce hardware costs and optimize IT. If your business is not currently using this technology, checkout this survey to gauge how your peers are addressing virtualization issues.
Posted: 09 Nov 2007 | Published: 01 Nov 2007

VMware and Intel

Small Business Networking: The Basics
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Small business networking begins with a secure, reliable, fast data network foundation. This paper fleshes out 7 ways small business networking can transform your company.
Posted: 02 Feb 2009 | Published: 02 Feb 2009

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Energy Logic: Calculating and Prioritizing Your Data Center IT Efficiency Actions
sponsored by Emerson Network Power
WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews the challenges of measuring data center energy efficiency and proposes a solution: a new metric called CUPS, or Compute Units per Second, that allows data center managers to calculate data center efficiency.
Posted: 07 Jul 2009 | Published: 07 Jul 2009

Emerson Network Power

Using Master Data in Business Intelligence
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Improve planning, building, and deploying a master data management (MDM) environment. Consider an evolutionary – rather than revolutionary – approach to MDM, and examine how to use MDM with business intelligence applications and an underlying data warehousing environment to improve decision making.
Posted: 18 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2007

SAP America, Inc.