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Introducing Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Smart Space: Maximizing performance across an organization often requires employees to make decisions quickly, efficiently and appropriately to meet the ongoing challenges of everyday business. However, in reality most organizations couldn't be further from this ideal. Research by Cindi Howson suggests that 75% of business users in current organizations do not have...; Tags: Enterprise Performance Management, Oracle Corp., Organization, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Performance Management, Roi/Tco, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting; White papers 2008-01-01
Enterprise Performance Management: Connecting the Dots: An Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) system brings the management processes under a single umbrella, connecting financial and operational decisions and activities with transactional systems to form a comprehensive management picture. This paper demonstrates how an EPM system connects people and processes, metrics, businesses, and systems. It introduces important criteria for...; Tags: Enterprise Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2007-11-01
Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management: Hyperion's 2007 survey (2007 Business Finance Hyperion Mid-Enterprise Survey) of requirements for business intelligence (BI) and enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions revealed the differences in requirements, evaluation criteria, and purchase influencers between emerging businesses and large enterprises. With a heavy reliance on spreadsheets to support EPM processes, top investment areas...; Tags: Enterprise Performance Management, Hyperion Solutions Corp., Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2007-10-01
Enterprise Performance Management for Emerging Businesses and Workgroups: This white paper reviews the stages of business growth and provides examples of how forward-thinking emerging companies have leveraged BI and EPM solutions to manage expansion and address complex reporting and compliance issues. BONUS! Download this paper TODAY for your chance to win a 30-GB Apple iPod,...; Tags: Enterprise Performance Management, Oracle Corp., Compliance, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2007-10-01
Oracle's Accelerate Initiative: Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management: This paper by analyst Lee Kroon of Anderson Consulting Group examines Oracle Accelerate to determine whether it has what it takes to deliver genuine value to midsize organizations. The paper makes clear that Accelerate is to be a solid effort on Oracle's part that is both elegant and practical in...; Tags: Enterprise Performance Management, Oracle Corp., Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management; White papers 2007-10-01

Building Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Dashboards for the Peoplesoft Enterprise Performance Management Warehouse: This white paper is a technical case study of building Oracle BI Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) dashboards for the PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Warehouse. It details an example of how to build an OBIEE dashboard on top of PeopleSoft EPM Human Capital Management (HCM) Warehouse. It also discusses integration points...; Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Enterprise Performance Management, Oracle Corp., Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, Performance Management, Dashboard, Oracle Business Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2006-07-01
Enterprise Performance Management: A Framework for Optimizing Network and Application Performance: The Enterprise Performance Management framework takes a systematic approach to managing the combined performance of enterprise application and network resources. It is a five-step framework that gives IT professionals the processes and information necessary to help ensure continuous IT infrastructure optimization, reliability and performance. In addition, EPM can also help...; Tags: Enterprise Performance Management, Performance, Network General Corp., Enterprise Performance Management Framework, Business Intelligence, Performance Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2006-03-01
Oracle Business Intelligence and PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management: PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) 8.9 helps companies achieve disciplined growth and drive towards world-class performance by aligning the right information and resources to strategic objectives. Oracle Business Intelligence 10g is the industry's most comprehensive offering designed to address the entire spectrum of analytical requirements including query, reporting, analysis, data...; Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Enterprise Performance Management, Oracle Corp., Performance Management, Oracle Business Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management; White papers 2005-09-01
Building High-Performance Enterprises in the Federal Government: A Proposal for Transforming Government Enterprise Performance Management: The Federal Government Community faces many challenges in its effort to evolve Government and Agency to become high-performance enterprises. Achieving this status will require a Government-wide sustained effort that addresses all aspects of enterprise performance management and program execution. The organization and cultural change issues are daunting. This paper presents...; Tags: Enterprise Performance Management, Government, High-performance, Federal Government Community, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2005-04-01
Enterprise Performance Management: Driving Smarter Business: Global competition, investor scrutiny and new regulations are forcing managers to rethink how they systematically monitor and manage performance leading to a high level of interest in performance management. Enterprise performance management is littered with its fair share of acronyms - CPM, BPM, EPM, FPM - all striving to exemplify...; Tags: Enterprise Performance Management, Performance, Business Objects, Business Intelligence, Performance Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2005-01-01
Enterprise Performance Management: A Critical Path to Business Success: Think that the performance management of your enterprise has little to do with the success of your business? Think again! This Webcast examines the beneifts of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), whit it's key components are, and how to implement a successful EPM solution.; Tags: Critical Path, Enterprise Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Webcasts
Sprint Calls the Shots With Supply Chain Analytics: Sprint is at the forefront of integrating wireline and wireless communications services. For Sprint gaining a greater understanding of purchasing spend-leading to a leaner supply chain-was a top priority. An enterprise performance management (EPM) system providing visibility into the flow of goods would help the company meet these goals. A...; Tags: Supply Chain, Enterprise Performance Management, Sprint Communications, SCM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies

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Is anyone ready to process a trillion events per day?: What is event processing and how could it make a difference? Here is one example of where it could take us: Scientists are talking about the possibility of an in-body network that could detect heart attacks or diabetic collapses and alert emergency services. A typical company deals...; Tags: Event, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Sales Strategy, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-05-11
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Blaupunkt New Orleans MP58: The New Orleans MP58 shows that Blaupunkt customers get what they pay for. In contrast with the Brisbane SD48 that we reviewed recently, the New Orleans MP58is a stylish head unit with a well-thought-out interface for letting drivers search their MP3 files with ease. It may not have the...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, New Orleans MP58, Blaupunkt, disc, display; Product reviews 2008-05-09
Philips DCP851 portable DVD player w/ iPod dock: While the DCP750 and DCP850 weren't the first portable DVD players to include built-in iPod docks, the Philips brand ensured that they made a bigger splash than earlier models from the likes of iLuv. For 2008, Philips has overhauled the design, opting for a tablet configuration instead of the standard...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, Media players, DVD player, Philips DCP851, Apple iPod, Philips Electronics N.V., DVD; Product reviews 2008-05-09
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VCs put big sums into SaaS: VCs put big sums into SaaSWhat else would software investors invest in?We still see high VC/investor interest FWIW. At the end of the day, if you are a VC in the software (esp. business software) vertical, what is there better to invest in than SaaS?RE: VCs put big sums...; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), software-as-a-service, big sum; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
VCs put big sums into SaaS: Several SaaS vendors have announced some big funding rounds the past couple of weeks, which suggests that SaaS is still able to command strong VC support where vendors can show good traction for their offerings. The three rounds that caught my eye were: Rearden Commerce, $100 million....; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Rearden Commerce, Analytics, Sales Compensation, Intacct, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-05-09