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<description><![CDATA[Analytical Applications are software that is designed specifically for analysis and development of a particular environment or object.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The End of the Spreadsheet Budgeter]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper330/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-16 22:37:50</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ultimately, it all adds up to one thing: lack of control. You need more control over the amount of time it takes to put the budget together, more control over how long it takes to make a change in the budget whenever it&#39;s needed, more control over the accuracy of the data, and more control over who can access that data.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reap the Benefits of Business Intelligence with HP Servers and Microsoft SQL Server]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper382/</link>
<pubDate>2007-03-21 10:36:50</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Read this whitepaper to learn why HP Integrity servers and HP enterprise storage, combined with SQL Server 2005, can create the critical Business Intelligence IT environment that Windows customers have been dreaming of.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CPM and The Big 3: Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting for Success]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper496/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-27 08:12:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Never has the need for a modern corporate performance management (CPM) solution -- one that unifies the &quot;big three&quot; processes of planning, budgeting, and forecasting -- been more critical to regaining and sustaining the accuracy, consistency, and transparency you expect from your numbers. Read this white paper to learn more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Executive Guide to Web Services Security]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper542/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-27 12:37:07</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Businesses are rapidly adopting Web services to provide new levels of integration between applications. By comparison with earlier data communications techniques, Web services are faster and cheaper to develop, quicker to deploy, and easier to adapt to emerging business needs.  This paper discusses the special security challenges posed by the use of Web services, and how to secure networks against them.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Architecting the Infrastructure for SOA and XML]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper544/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-27 12:35:06</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper introduces the requirements for an XML infrastructure that is designed to ensure the opportunities and benefits of SOAs and Web Services can be realized. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Service Virtualization: Key to Managing Change in SOA]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper545/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 13:15:06</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Load balancers, name servers (e.g. DNS), even stock brokerage services are existing examples of virtual services in the worlds of networking and financial services. This paper will introduce the concept of virtual services for SOAs and provide details of the characteristics of virtual services that enable SOA success.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GIS Interoperability: The Safe Way]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper559/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 14:14:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper by S. Raghavendran of Pixel Infotek Pvt Ltd on GIS Interoperability and Spatial ETL solutions was presented at the GSDI conference in India and provides an excellent description of the interoperability challenges that Safe&#39;s products address.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GML: Experiences from the Field]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper561/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 14:19:42</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the most powerful aspects of GML is the freedom it gives users to define their own custom application schemas. While this capability provides extraordinary flexibility to data modellers, it also creates significant challenges, particularly when the data is interpreted.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Enterprise Application Integration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper656/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 14:44:04</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The biggest problem facing CIO&#39;s today is their existing applications. This paper describes the problem and describes our permanent solution, Enterprise Application Integration.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Points to Consider in a Business Integration Vendor]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper659/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 15:37:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Selecting the right business integration vendor is a challenge. While it is essential to focus on what is critical for your company, it is also important to evaluate vendors using a common set of metrics. This document uses customer feedback taken from a broad portfolio of evaluations to offer key factors and considerations to use when selecting an integration software vendor.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DataDrill EXPRESS v3 for Software Project Performance Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper694/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-19 13:14:57</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DataDrill EXPRESS is known for being the most capable web-based performance dashboard tool available for software and IT projects and organizations, automating every aspect of performance measurement.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Delivering on the Enterprise Business Intelligence Mandate]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper708/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-27 13:51:26</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper discusses the specific business and architectural success factors to consider when selecting one Enterprise Business Intelligence Suite (EBIS) to serve as the enterprise standard.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Deploying an Operational Business Intelligence Architecture]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper709/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-27 13:51:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The best business intelligence solutions use a data integration framework to optimize data access and BI processes at the source:&nbsp; the systems that run the business.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Achieving Compliance- Meeting Today's Reporting Requirements With Business Intelligence Technology]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper710/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-20 12:32:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn about the challenges and solutions for meeting the reporting requirements faced by today&rsquo;s organizations, with attention to formal government legislation, industry-specific regulations, and internal corporate governance.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Establishing a Culture of Measurement – A Practical Guide to Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper711/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-27 13:51:49</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper serves as a synopsis of Information Builders&#39; philosophy of business intelligence. By using this paper as a model, you&#39;ll learn how to establish a culture of measurement and begin a powerful cycle of continued improvement within your organization.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Cost of a Question – Examining Total Cost of Ownership for Business Intelligence Solutions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper712/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-27 13:52:18</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Reduce the purchase, maintenance, and implementation costs of business intelligence by standardizing on a single solution that meets all of your reporting and information delivery needs. This paper compares the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) of BI solutions from Cognos, Business Objects, and Information Builders.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Service-Oriented Architecture ( SOA )  – A New Alternative to Traditional Technology Integration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper713/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-16 16:11:51</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Service-oriented architectures are being heralded by industry analysts and vendors as the only viable way to overcome the complexities involved in creating agile, reusable business systems. This paper examines the basic premises underlying SOAs.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Butler Group on iWay Service Manager]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper714/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-10 10:29:46</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[iWay Service Manager is a complete integrated design environment. From an end-user perspective, it is simply a complete management solution that can be used with the graphical interface to design process-centric applications, without the need for developers to understand or map to the underlying infrastructure.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Role of ESB in SOA: Creating a Loosely Coupled Integration Architecture]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper715/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-16 16:12:12</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper discusses the relationship between ESB, loose coupling, and the effort needed to align IT with business process owners in order to ensure a successful SOA implementation in any organization.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Agile Framework for Fast, Flexible, Low-Risk Service Deployments]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper716/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-10 10:29:35</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Can service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles untangle the complexity of today&#39;s business integration requirements? This paper provides an overview of the promises and realities of collaborative SOA environments, and describes how iWay SOA Middleware solutions make the benefits of an SOA achievable, while protecting investments in already-in-place applications, middleware, and information systems.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Removing Dependencies Between Business Process and Technical Infrastructure with SOA]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper730/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 12:17:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many of today&rsquo;s businesses have already moved from rigid siloed application approaches to more flexible business process focused solutions.&nbsp; This is driving the need for transparency in the underlying technologies, and for better levels of standardization and virtualization of the infrastructure.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Predictive Analytics to Uncover Root Causes and Solve Problems vs. Treat Symptoms]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper751/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-17 09:00:58</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Predictive analytics can be utilized to uncover root causes so that problems can be eradicated.&nbsp; Read this white paper to learn how companies can use predictive analytics treatment and prevention approaches to save time and resources, eliminate root causes of problems, and obtain the actionable insight required to improve marketing effectiveness.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Five Key Building Blocks Help You Realize the Bottom-line Benefits of Predictive Analytics]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper752/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-17 08:42:10</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Building a top-tier analytics practice is an evolution.&nbsp; The best approach is to start small, then scale with each success.&nbsp; Learn how to incrementally build your analytics practice with five customizable building blocks that create a strong foundation for analytical success. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Improving ROI with Predictive Analytics: Six Keys to Unlocking the Value of Customer Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper753/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-17 08:58:48</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Read this white paper to learn about the six keys to a structured approach to planning and implementation of a predictive analytics infrastructure.&nbsp; Find out how you can turn customer intelligence data into actionable information for improving the accuracy, efficiency and success of your targeting efforts.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Discover Low-Cost Data Handling Breakthrough: MSSO]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper760/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-13 11:42:54</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Surprisingly low-cost technology MSSO/SD4E transforms Excel into an incredibly powerful and completely secure Business Intelligence tool capable of quickly and easily manipulating and analyzing live data directly from multiple, disparate data sources, generating even the most complex and sophisticated analytical reports with a simple keystroke.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Easy Integration of Excel with SAP Solutions for Financial Data]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper773/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 09:09:34</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper describes how to easily integrate Excel data with SAP solutions and the resulting benefits from such integration &ndash; reduction in financial closing time, reduction in data entry resources, and availability of timely data for reporting.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Making Mass Changes to SAP Data in Record Time with Minimal Resources]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper775/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 09:15:36</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper describes some of the best practices that many companies have adopted and are able to make mass changes to SAP data in record time with minimal resources.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Empowering Business Users to Automate Transfer of Spreadsheets to SAP]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper776/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 09:12:28</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper describes how many companies are realizing significant productivity gains by empowering the business users with tools to transfer their own data between spreadsheets and SAP.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Upload Excel Data to SAP: 7 Best Practices]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper778/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 09:17:42</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper describes 7 best practices that many companies have adopted in automating the upload of Excel data into SAP. Adopting these best practices will alleviate many of the pains that business users and IT analysts face in uploading Excel data to SAP.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Converging Text and BI: The Case for a Content Mining Platform]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper790/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-16 22:10:11</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper describes how the Clarabridge Content Mining Platform avoids the pitfalls of previous approaches to unstructured analysis, and capitalizes on lessons learned from solving similar problems in the structured domain.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Definition of a Business Service for Customer Data Integration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper801/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:34:13</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper will define different vendor approaches to developing business services and the relative cost implications of each approach for the customer.&nbsp;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Controlling Excel Chaos With Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper822/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-16 16:10:40</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper describes how to leverage WebFOCUS business intelligence software to generate Excel spreadsheets directly from enterprise data sources, consolidating large amounts of data, performing complex calculations, and creating advanced structures like PivotTables.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Performance at the Application Layer Requires Flexibility]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper831/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-23 15:05:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today&#39;s business drives application use, but it is how these applications are deployed and managed that can deliver differentiation value to the business. Whether your challenge is one of scale, optimization, heterogeneity or complexity &ndash; learn how flexibility can be built in at the application layer.&nbsp; Download this analyst bulletin today!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Sell Skeptics on the Value of Master Data Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper837/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:44:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This comprehensive report addresses industry-specific issues for the Financial Services sector, Insurance, Pharmaceutical companies, Retailers, Manufacturing, and High-Tech.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Intelligence for Mid-Size Organizations: It's Not Just for Industry Giants]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper843/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:24:41</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Download this step by step guide to learning how mid-size companies can benefit from Business Intelligence. You&#39;ll learn the benefits of BI and why mid-size companies need it for effective decision-making and improved results.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leveraging Intelligence Resources]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper911/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 08:54:33</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This White Paper discusses how intelligence agency management can apply machine translation as a much-needed support tool that can make linguists and intelligence analysts more effective in producing meaningful and actionable results.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Intelligence Software: What It Is and Why It Is Necessary]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1021/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Business Intelligence Software are applications that build on existing data warehouses and provide analytical processing tools that allow users to more effectively analyze such data. This, in turn, permits businesses to more rapidly develop existing and new analyses and reports for improved decision-making power and information dissemination capacity. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Calculating the Return on Investment for Automated Remote Data Acquisition and Aggregations Systems]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1022/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ROI is based on the analysis of differential cash flows. In the case of remote data acquisition and aggregation systems for fuel tank operators, it is based on calculating the cost of acquiring and aggregating the data manually and compared to the total cost of owning, maintaining and operating an automated data acquisition and aggregation system.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Trust, Information and Relationships to Improve Operational Efficiency]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1024/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Companies that purchase fuels, chemicals, solvents and other products often have to make a choice: either reduce costs by keeping inventory levels low, risking run-outs and lost sales, or keep enough surplus inventories on hand to be prepared for unforeseen spikes in product demand, which tends to drive up inventory costs and market price risks.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BI 2.0: The Next Generation of Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1094/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:56:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The term Business Intelligence 2.0 (BI 2.0) is cropping up more and more in the industry, generally referring to the next generation of BI just as Web 2.0 has come to refer to the next generation of the Web.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reporting & Dashboarding with Cognos 8 Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1155/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-11 14:11:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Read how Cognos 8 Business Intelligence delivers complete reporting to all users with one business intelligence product&mdash;to make it simpler, faster, and easier to manage.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices in Siebel CRM Performance Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1214/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-21 13:15:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What is often overlooked is that application performance is just one of three key drivers of return on investment (ROI) from your Siebel application. An efficient infrastructure is critical. It&#39;s important to optimize the Siebel application for your own unique business environment, user needs and usage patterns. But, it&#39;s all for naught if you do not build and sustain adoption and efficient and effective use of the Siebel application by your end users.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[6 Keys to Smarter Cross Channel Integration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1266/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-28 09:08:50</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Need a retail intelligence system that doesn&#39;t require a significant up front investment, coordination of multiple software vendors and system integrators, or take months or years to implement? This guide will help you gain greater visibility of all your sales channels, products, distribution and suppliers to make timely and effective business decisions. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Meeting Regulatory Log Requirements]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1373/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discover how NetIQ Security Manager can help your organization comply with the log collection and analysis requirements within recent regulations and standards. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Appistry EAF for Intelligence Applications]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1486/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-14 09:44:05</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Organizations serving the intelligence &amp; defense community rely on the performance of their applications for more than revenue - national security depends upon those applications for mission-critical operations. This industry profile details how Appistry provides the reliability and performance demanded by intelligence &amp; defense organizations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Worst Practices in Business Intelligence: Why BI Applications Succeed Where BI Tools Fail]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1587/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-16 12:39:46</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper provides insight into the top four worst practices for business intelligence. It also provides guidance on how to avoid or overcome worst practices in order to tap into the true power of BI. By reading this paper, you will have a solid understanding of how to avoid BI failure and achieve success with your BI initiatives.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Harnessing the Power of an IT Dashboard]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1635/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-24 09:53:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discover the three key reasons how enterprise IT dashboards can deliver highly valuable information to your organization in an easy to use format and provide simple processes that will turn dashboard data into actionable IT decisions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 5 Must-Have Features of a CRM Solution]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1712/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-30 14:07:35</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Customer relationship management (CRM) systems are being implemented by a variety of companies looking for a competitive advantage in the global marketplace. Without customer loyalty, many companies won&rsquo;t be able to thrive and grow. Today&rsquo;s consumers are more demanding because they have a greater variety of choices, including doing business on the Internet and via automated phone systems. Many expect access to customer service 24 hours a day.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Enhancing SQL Reporting Services with Double-Take]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1754/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-04 15:48:02</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Although SQL Server offers options for database protection and recovery, none of them is intended to provide a complete disaster recovery solution. Make sure you&rsquo;ve take the time to develop a high availability and disaster recovery plan to cover unforeseen catastrophes that might threaten your database in the future. When recoverability matters, depend on Double-Take Software to protect and recover business critical data and applications.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Learn the Secrets of Competing with Larger Financial Institutions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1992/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-10 09:04:54</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s tough for community financial institutions to succeed, especially when faced with fierce competition from large banks with large budgets. See how IBM can help with solutions tailored for community banks. Click now and receive the new 18-page report from TowerGroup on CRM Metrics and how smart banks measure success.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices Using WS Business Modeler and Monitor]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2339/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The purpose of this Redbook is to provide guidance for the preparation of business process models, developed with the WebSphere&reg; Business Modeler, which will ultimately be monitored by the WebSphere Business Monitor. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Overview]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2402/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-09 14:57:42</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Companies in every industry rely on information to make decisions. Often, the information they need is difficult to obtain because it either does not reside in their departmental systems or is fragmented across different applications. Although company function such as sales, marketing, operations, finance, and human resources are interconnected, the data they produce and store is not. For a business to achieve optimal performance, information has to flow across functional boundaries.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Applications of Industrial-Strength Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2404/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-01 06:41:12</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discover the wide range of business intelligence applications that MicroStrategy customers are using.&nbsp; This 88-page document features detailed application descriptions, sample reports and customer vignettes from leading companies like eBay, Netflix, Yahoo!, and many more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Customer Success with MicroStrategy Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2405/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-01 06:41:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn how MicroStrategy delivers the Best in Business Intelligence to its customers.&nbsp; This comprehensive book reviews over 90 customer success stories, presents customer applications by industries and much more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Corporate Overview: Enterprise Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2406/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-01 06:41:29</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MicroStrategy software has helped industry leaders such as eBay, Ace Hardware and Cingular Wireless increase revenues, reduce operational costs, and better serve their customers. Learn how these and other successful MicroStrategy customers have committed to a culture of continuous performance improvement by running innovative MicroStrategy-based business intelligence applications.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reducing Total Cost of Ownership: Delivering Cost Effective Enterprise Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2407/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-01 06:41:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The business value of a business intelligence application is often hard to measure, given that value will continue to evolve and grow over the application&rsquo;s lifetime. In contrast, the investment costs &ndash; also referred to as Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) &ndash; often represent a more objective and quantifiable estimate. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BI Market Consolidation: Re-Igniting the Debate of Open Systems vs. Closed Systems]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2408/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-01 06:41:20</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The recent acquisitions in the BI market are re-igniting the debate on the most fundamental issue in enterprise software today &ndash; whether it is better for companies to have their software supplied by a few conglomerate vendors or by a range of independent vendors. This MicroStrategy white paper focuses on the contrasting dynamics of open system vs. closed system solutions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MicroStrategy Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2429/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-01 06:42:24</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MicroStrategy Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards deliver a new caliber of information dashboards. MicroStrategy combined state-of-the-art data visualization and interactivity with its industrial-strength business intelligence platform to create dashboards that yield greater business insight and are usable by more people than ever before. Dashboards provide easy-to-use access to enterprise data and help organizations track performance and optimize decision-making.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scenarios for Leveraging Solutions from SAP and Business Objects]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2662/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A recent worldwide survey listed business intelligence (BI) as CIOs&#39; number one priority for 2008, the third consecutive year BI topped the list. In this light, organizations that run SAP software should perform due diligence on solutions from SAP and from Business Objects, an SAP company. New milestones in areas such as user experience and information integration, from both business-user and enterprise-IT perspectives, will be hard to ignore under such a mandate.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Managing Business Intelligence (BI) Complexity]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2944/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-22 22:15:58</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Businesses, more than ever before, are relying on fact based decision-making and analytics to compete in this environment. This has given rise to &quot;Business Intelligence,&quot; or simply BI, a broad category of applications and technologies for accessing, combining, computing and analyzing data to help enterprise users make better business decisions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Insights to Accelerate Services Growth]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2993/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a Services Executive are you struggling with questions regarding what to measure, how to effectively engage with your customers, and what information should be leveraged and shared with service-chain partners and customers? Leading edge organizations are making tools and data available to their suppliers and customers with aggregated information from multiple data systems. Service-chain partners and customer personnel can now see the same views of service performance and activity. This is the next frontier to creating customer &quot;stickiness&quot; and business growth. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Transform Data and Analytics into Meaningful Business Insights with Microsoft Dynamics GP]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3039/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Watch this informative webcast as we discuss how the integrated intelligence in Microsoft Dynamics GP and other Microsoft technologies can help improve your company operations by providing business insights to all employees. Learn how you can enable people throughout your organization to make confident, business-critical decisions while minimizing costs.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial Management and Business Intelligence Solutions for a High-Performance Workplace]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3042/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sound, responsible financial management is at the heart of business success. Download this webcast to learn more about the Microsoft solutions for financial management and business intelligence (BI) that can help you transform your business into a high-performance workplace. We describe how Microsoft business solutions are designed to help you work more efficiently by focusing on the tasks that add the most value to your business and enable you to make more informed decisions based on timely, accurate information.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Financial Management Solutions to Make Intelligent Business Decisions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3043/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this webcast, we discuss how companies excel when they empower their people to drive the business forward. While strategies, organization, motivation, and leadership all set the stage for business success, you also have to give your people the right tools, information, and opportunities to see results&mdash;because ultimately success is determined by your people. Learn why we call a business that fosters a winning environment a &quot;people-ready business.&quot;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Developing and Strengthening Profitable Customer Relationships with Microsoft Dynamics CRM]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3045/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The business landscape is evolving; the traditional way people work together-in the office or in the field-looks very different today than it did just a couple of years ago. Download this webcast to learn how Microsoft Dynamics CRM empowers you to take advantage of your existing technology investments to extend the reach of your business and enable your mobile workforce to drive better business results.]]></description>
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