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- Modeling
- Simulating a condition or activity by performing a set of equations on a set of data. See data model, data administration, financial planning system and scientific application.
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- Market-Leading Data-Modeling Tools: Research Report from the Burton Group
- The Burton Group provides an in-depth research report on Market-Leading Data-Modeling Tools. According to their research, basic data modeling tools have become commoditized - basic features are yesterday's news! Today's emphasis is less on data modeling features and more on Architecture. According to this research; Sybase PowerDesigner is...
- Tags: Burton Group, Sybase PowerDesigner, Sybase Inc., Modeling, Research & Development, Databases, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-11-01
- Strategic Secret Weapon for Tightening Business & IT Alignment: Modeling!
- Achieving alignment between an organization's core goals and the IT infrastructure that supports an enterprise's strategic direction is an ongoing challenge. Learn how aligning business processes with data from information systems enables the development of a model-driven approach that will ultimately lead to heightened agility and greater productivity across the...
- Tags: Business Process, Information Technology, Sybase Inc., Modeling, Operational Planning, Strategy, Databases, Business Operations, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-11-01
- Simgua 3.3 (Windows)
- Simgua is a powerful modeling tool similar to VenSim or STELLA that can solve complex simulation problems with surprising ease. Simgua's foundation is an intuitive flow and stock principle. Stocks or reservoirs of some material are connected by a series of flows. The stocks can contain any material--water, air, dollars,...
- Tags: Stock, Microsoft Windows, Flow, Modeling, Simgua, Research & Development, Investment, Business Operations, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- Toad Data Modeler 3.4.15 (Windows)
- With Toad Data Modeler, you can create high-quality data models and easily and accurately deploy changes to data structures - at a fraction of the cost of many other solutions. In today's economic environment, time and cost savings are front and center. With Toad Data Modeler you can realize greater...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Quest Software Inc., Modeling, Research & Development, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2009-10-26
- Simgua 3.3 (Mac)
- Simgua is a powerful modeling tool similar to VenSim or STELLA that can solve complex simulation problems with surprising ease. Simgua's foundation is an intuitive flow and stock principle. Stocks - or reservoirs - of some material are connected by a series of flows. The stocks can contain any material...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Stock, Flow, Modeling, Simgua, Research & Development, Investment, Business Operations, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-10-24
- Wings 3D 1.1.16 (Windows)
- Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware. It is possible to assign materials, vertex color, UV coordinates and textures. There is no support in Wings for doing animations. However, Wings boasts a wide array of modeling tools, customizable hotkeys, and a context sensitive user...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Modeling, Bjorn, Wings 3D, Research & Development, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2009-10-21
- KnowledgeMiner (yX) for Excel 2.0 (Mac)
- 2 data modeling applications, yX for Excel and KnowledgeMiner 6.0 both in one download. yX has 3 main differences from KnowledgeMiner. 1. yX works in Microsoft Excel and can export models back to Excel. 2. yX contains a subset of the features in KnowledgeMiner. 3. yX Is...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Modeling, Script Software, yX, Research & Development, Microsoft Excel, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Microsoft Office, Marketing Research, Databases, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-10-19
- TurboCAD Mac Deluxe 4.1 (Mac)
- TurboCAD Mac Deluxe 2D/3D provides state of the art modeling tools without sacrificing speed and ease of use. It's packed with professional level 2D drafting and 3D modeling tools, 11,000+ 2D/3D symbols, and supports import/export to the most common file types. Anything you can dream up, TurboCAD Mac Deluxe brings...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Modeling, IMSI/Design, TurboCAD Mac Deluxe 2D/3D, Research & Development, Desktops, Productivity, Business Operations, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-09-30
- EasyPlanEx 1.54 (Windows)
- EasyPlanEx is both a simple and powerful tool that performs capital budgeting. It is a self-contained non-spreadsheet software that solves four key issues related to using spreadsheets: It automatically evaluates up to thousands of alternatives, instead of evaluating only one project configuration; It performs risk analysis Monte Carlo considering probabilities...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Modeling, BoraSystems, EasyPlanEx, Research & Development, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2009-09-25
- Tabulus 2010 B3 (Windows)
- Tabulus is a business modeling software program that combines the flexibility of a spreadsheet, structure of a database, modeling of financial software, and presentation ability of a reporting program, all with a state of the art intuitive graphical user interface. The table oriented business modeling software provides customers with a...
- Tags: Financial, Microsoft Windows, Modeling, Diehl Technology, Tabulus, Research & Development, Sales Strategy, Business Operations, Sales
- Software downloads 2009-09-02
- Microsoft Oslo shifting to the data side
- Last year, I heard Brian Loesgen compared Oslo, Microsoft's modeling strategy, to an onion, with many layers of features. Lately, it appears there is another layer to Oslo forming, which ties the platform closer to Microsoft's data programmability stack. Darryl Taft reveals that Microsoft has been shifting...
- Tags: Oslo, Microsoft Corp., Modeling, Darryl Taft, Research & Development, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Microsoft shifts gears (again) with its Oslo modeling platform
- makes a little more senseI had a very difficult time sorting thru what M did and quadrant did and Doug's effusive personality only clouded things.I understand what the EF does and how it helps . I have no idea what M or Quadrant does and how that would help, even...
- Tags: Research & Development, Microsoft Corp., Doug, modeling
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- Microsoft shifts gears (again) with its Oslo modeling platform
- It's been awfully quiet on the Microsoft service-oriented architecture SOA front for the past nine months or so. But on August 17, Product Unit Manager Doug Purdy broke the silence to provide an update on Microsoft's "Oslo" modeling platform and strategy. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Oslo, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Modeling, Research & Development, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Business Operations, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
- athenaCL 1.4.9 (Mac)
- Modular, polyphonic, poly-paradigm algorithmic music composition in a cross-platform interactive command-line environment. The AthenaCL system is an open-source, object-oriented composition tool written in Python. The system can be scripted and embedded, and includes integrated instrument libraries, post-tonal and microtonal pitch modeling tools, multiple-format graphical outputs, and musical output in Csound,...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Object-oriented, Modeling, AthenaCL System, Research & Development, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Productivity, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2009-08-15
- Operational Riskdata eXchange Association (ORX) Helps Banks Worldwide Gain Better Insight Into Operational Risk
- To help its member financial institutions better assess risk, the Operational Riskdata eXchange Association ORX needed to provide a more sophisticated statistical analysis and modeling methodology as part of its operational. ORX worked with IBM to develop the new methodology, which draws on data collected from ORX member banks around...
- Tags: Bank, Statistical Analysis, Modeling, IBM Corp., Research & Development, Business Operations
- Case studies 2009-08-06
- DeKlarit 4.5.2 (Windows)
- DeKlarit is the data modeling and code generation tool that enables you to concurrently generate and maintain the data model, the data access, and business logic layers of your .NET-connected applications. DeKlarit is the only Model Driven tool that combines agile database modeling, declarative business rules, automatic code generation, and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Modeling, ARTech, DeKlarit, Research & Development, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2009-07-26
- Modeling for Fault Localization in Data Warehouse Applications
- The paper describes first results of an attempt to develop a general tool for localizing faults in applications of data warehouse technology. Genericity is achieved by a model-based approach: a model of the application is configured from a library of models of standard types of modules and exploited by a...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Model, Modeling, Technischen Universitat Munchen, Genericity, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-10
- Figure Setup Tools 3.9.6.11 (Mac)
- Interested in creating your very own content from scratch? The Figure Setup Tools for DAZ Studio will allow you to create a figure skeleton, edit joints, and even includes an exporter for Poser's .CR2 file format. Whether you take an existing model that has yet to be setup as a...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Figure, Modeling, DAZ 3D, Research & Development, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2009-07-03
- Figure Setup Tools 3.9.6.11 (Windows)
- Interested in creating your very own content from scratch? The Figure Setup Tools for DAZ Studio will allow you to create a figure skeleton, edit joints, and even includes an exporter for Poser's .CR2 file format. Whether you take an existing model that has yet to be setup as a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Figure, Modeling, DAZ 3D, Research & Development, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2009-07-03
- Best Practices in Carbon Footprint Modeling: Going Beyond Inventories and Calculations
- Off late highly competitive economy presents many obstacles to profitable growth and customer retention. In a 2008 McKinsey Quarterly article, "Business Strategies for Climate Change," the authors explain: "... the winners will be companies that reposition themselves to seize the opportunities of a low-carbon future." This statement has been echoed...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Carbon Footprint, Best Practice, Modeling, Research & Development, Business Operations
- White papers 2009-07-01
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