Don't blame IT if you have bad data. Individual lines of business also contribute to data accuracy woes. They're also in the best position to help push for change.
A new report from Aberdeen Group shows the strong synergy that integrating ERP and BI systems can bring.
The trouble with Oracle's Exadata v2 pitch, a competitor alleges, is that there just isn't much demand for what Oracle's selling.
IT can’t provide real-time metrics
Getting a handle on your IT servers can be difficult. We explain how one company tackled the problem.
Experimental language aims to promote good coding practices, discourage bad ones
Symantec's new Norton-branded offerings use a new technology to plug the gap between whitelists and blacklists.
How to get more from your e-mail system.
Large discrepancy between small and midsize business perceptions about disaster readiness and their actual readiness
Three new offerings combine HP and Informatica products. Is even closer collaboration in their future?
Oracle claims that the latest version of Exadata can beat all competitors, including specialty solutions.
Business intelligence delivered via software-as-a-service (SaaS) seems to be on the cusp of a wave of popularity, but it also brings some risks, as the recent demise of SaaS BI company LucidEra indicates. What's the future of SaaS BI and data warehousing in the cloud, and how can companies mitigate the risk?
Business-critical data resides in more than one domain, which is why enterprises must manage master data across domains with great care.
Where should IT focus its attention in protecting network assets, what investments offer the best return, and how can IT to avoid common mistakes when developing its security strategy?
In the last part of our three-part excerpt adapted from The Data Access Handbook, authors John Goodson and Rob Steward conclude their discussion of nine guidelines that will help you create meaningful, useful benchmarks in your own organization.
Symform positions itself as the most clever and affordable take on online disaster recovery to date.
How to overcome the biggest hurdles to agile adoption in Enterprise IT shops.
IT as a service is a shorthand term for many changes enabled by virtualized infrastructure, from how resources are purchased and procured to how they’re managed. Learn how delivering IT as a service can help organizations reduce costs and improve efficiencies.
Cites cost benefits as motivator
About one-quarter of shops use open source BI tools; even more are evaluating them.