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• Data Management

  • Forrester Wave: Informatica, IBM lead data virtualization tools market

    Informatica and IBM are the top dogs in the data virtualization software market, thanks to a strong combination of “enterprise-class” features, according to Forrester Research Inc.

  • Data virtualization tools: Are they right for you?

    Real-time BI reporting and high-performance transaction processing top the list of potential reasons to use data virtualization tools, according to IT professionals and industry analysts.

  • The top five data management mishaps of 2011

    Some of last year's biggest information management mess-ups could have been avoided through closer adherence to best practices, according to experts.

• Business Analytics

  • When shopping for a 'big data' analytics platform, talk the talk

    Enterprise Strategy Group provides a few tips on how to narrow down the product and deployment options before investing in a “big data” analytics platform.

  • SAS CEO Goodnight on revenue, talent, collaboration and the year ahead

    SAS Institute CEO Jim Goodnight celebrates another profitable year for the privately held software vendor and considers the data and analytics road ahead for 2012.

  • Collaborative BI key to bringing order to chaotic business environments

    Collaborative BI may not carry the same kind of prestige that “big data” or the cloud does, but devotees like Barry Devlin believe it to be a critical game changer.

• Content Management

  • 'Extreme' collaboration: TV spurs success in social media strategy

    An "extreme makeover" on television leads to a social media strategy triumph. Experts agree there are three things common to such success: forethought, careful plan execution and ongoing measurement.

  • Successful SharePoint governance is essential to smart implementation

    Successful SharePoint governance is just one aspect to successful implementation of the collaboration platform as explained in a chapter of Essential SharePoint 2010: Overview, Guidance, and Planning.

  • Content management, collaboration grapple with consumerization of IT

    Content management and social collaboration are not free of the effect consumerization has had on IT.

• CRM

  • Is the content industry focusing on the customer?

    A blog post has columnist Denis Pombriant pondering the future of the content industry and whether it is focusing too much on products.

  • Speech analytics is worth the pain

    Expert Donna Fluss discusses the benefits of using speech analytics in the contact center and other areas of business.

  • More data makes CRM data management harder, but still doable

    According to Salesforce.com, about 70% of CRM data “goes bad,” or becomes obsolete, annually. Find out the truth behind this statistic, and strategies companies can use to keep data up to date.

• Oracle

  • Create business rules in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management

    Data units are the key to forming great business rules for Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, according to Brian Wilson from TopDown Consulting.

  • Improve the Media Recovery Process (MRP) in Oracle Data Guard

    One reader asks expert William Cullen why the Media Recovery Process (MRP) in Oracle Data Guard shouldn't be used in multi-node Real Application Clusters (RAC) environments.

  • How Oracle Virtual Private Database helps consolidation

    In this third part of a series on Oracle database consolidation, contributor Jeff McCormick explains how the Oracle Virtual Private Database (VPD) can promote and encourage Oracle database consolidation.

• SAP

  • Increase system effectiveness through solid SAP business processes

    Find out how SAP business processes and monitoring automation can affect SAP system performance.

  • Customers looking for alternative SAP pricing models

    Some customers are pushing SAP to consider alternative pricing models as a way to cut costs, such as basing licenses on consumption. SAP says it’s given some thought to the idea.

  • SAP system performance can hinge on hardware choices

    Learn what to consider for server, CPU and server architectures to ensure optimal SAP system performance. Find out what to avoid and how the cloud fits into the landscape.

• SQL Server

  • When up isn’t enough: Techniques for scaling SQL Server out

    Scaling SQL Server out is not easy; that’s why most businesses choose to scale up their databases instead. But some applications give you no choice: You’ve got to look at options for scaling out.

  • SQL Server stored procedures supercharged in recent, upcoming versions

    Microsoft is forever tinkering with SQL Server stored procedures to give queries more thrust. Find out what’s new in SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2 and the next-generation 2012 release.

  • Cost, proliferation power rise of SQL Server data warehousing

    SQL Server data warehousing may have seemed a misnomer a few years ago. But many Microsoft shops with growing data needs are seeing the benefits of native products.

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