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Business Oriented Information Architecture
sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company
WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines an information architecture (IA) and why it is useful in determining everything from the robustness of IT projects to testing business process scenarios to see if they satisfy the wide-ranging needs of your business. Read this now to learn more about IA, including its basic design, how to start your program and more.
Posted: 17 Apr 2012 | Published: 16 Apr 2012

Sybase, an SAP company

Does Data Modeling Still Matter Amid the Market Shift to XML, NoSQL,Big Data, and the Cloud?
sponsored by Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Many organizations have reconsidered their commitments to data modeling in the face of NoSQL and big data systems, as well as XML information management. However, should you really be shifting focus away from data modeling?
Posted: 24 Feb 2014 | Published: 24 Feb 2014

Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.

Ten Things to Avoid in a Data Model
sponsored by CA ERwin from CA Technologies
WHITE PAPER: The construction of a data model is one of the more difficult tasks of software engineering and is often pivotal to the success or failure of a project. Many factors determine the effectiveness of a data model. In this white paper, industry expert Michael Blaha covers the Top 10 pitfalls to avoid - from both the strategy and detail perspective.
Posted: 20 Apr 2011 | Published: 20 Apr 2011

CA ERwin from CA Technologies

SAP predictive analysis: What you need to know
sponsored by HP Inc
WHITE PAPER: Read on to find details about SAPs BusinessObjects Predictive Analysis, including how the NBA used HANA to help cater to stat-hungry fans.
Posted: 27 Aug 2013 | Published: 27 Aug 2013

HP Inc

ERwin in the Cloud: How Data Modeling Supports Database as a Service (DaaS) Implementations
sponsored by CA ERwin from CA Technologies
WHITE PAPER: Cloud Computing is an emerging market, and there exist an increasing number of companies that are implementing the cloud model, products and services. Read this white paper to find out more about this exciting new technology.
Posted: 20 Apr 2011 | Published: 20 Apr 2011

CA ERwin from CA Technologies

Top 10 Data Mining Mistakes
sponsored by SAS
WHITE PAPER: In the following paper, we briefly describe, and illustrate from examples, what we believe are the “Top 10” mistakes of data mining, in terms of frequency and seriousness. Most are basic, though a few are subtle. All have, when undetected, left analysts worse off than if they’d never looked at their data.
Posted: 07 Apr 2010 | Published: 07 Apr 2010

SAS

Choosing visual properties for successful visualizations
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: In the following article, IBM experts address a key aspect in the design process.
Posted: 09 Oct 2013 | Published: 09 Oct 2013

IBM

Business-Model-Driven Data Warehousing: Keeping Data Warehouses Connected to Your Business
sponsored by Kalido
WHITE PAPER: This paper analyzes the issues of conventional data warehouse design process and explains how this practice can be improved using a business-model-driven process in support of effective Business Intelligence.
Posted: 04 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

Kalido

A Usability Comparison of the Top Three Data Modeling Tools
sponsored by CA ERwin from CA Technologies
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to get a comparison of data modeling tools.
Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

CA ERwin from CA Technologies

Information-led Transformation Planning, Modeling and Building New Intelligence Applications
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses: What is an industry model? What is the value of industry models? Considerations for building or buying data models IBM Industry Models—business and technical blueprints Reducing time to value with IBM Industry Models
Posted: 24 Mar 2011 | Published: 24 Mar 2011

IBM