Articles
When Data is Not Enough
Because companies are faced with the limitations of traditional business intelligence (BI), this article examines how companies can marry BI information with broad search capabilties.
Business Intelligence for “Un-Tethered” Users
Companies looking to improve distribution and analytics to un-tethered users must find solutions that are simple and intuitive or they will fail.
Driving Performance Measurement: Keeping Your Employees on Course
How to Gain Control by Getting Behind the Wheel
As companies increasingly provide metrics to their employees, they are learning that there can be some unintended consequences that are not so desirable.
How Dis-Integrated Data Can Derail Your ERP Initiative, Part 2
The Multimillion-Dollar Mistake You Don't Want to Make
Many companies see their ERP investments fall short due to the lack of high-quality integrated master data.
How Dis-Integrated Data Can Derail Your ERP Initiative, Part 1
The Multi-Million Dollar Mistake You Don’t Want to Make
Many ERP implementation projects do not address master data management or customer data integration until they encounter problems either during testing or after the system has gone into production.
News
General Services Administration Approves immixGroup's Modification to Add the Complete Cisco Product Line
This is the result of a broader relationship between Cisco and immixGroup in which immixGroup is delivering value–added services designed to assist the Cisco public sector business.
JDA Software to Acquire i2 Technologies
The combination of the two companies creates a global provider in the supply chain planning and optimization market.
AWhere, Inc. Announces Location Intelligent Solution for the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
CPG Vision allows users to see store level sales performance alongside key consumer trends, demographics and other store performance indicators.
Emerson Network Power Selects Silver Creek’s DataLens System
Emerson Network Power selected Silver Creek’s DataLens System to master their product data and drive improvements in data quality and data integration across existing enterprise systems, from
PLM to ERP.
Aternity Launches Frontline Performance Intelligence Partner Program
FPI Partner Program is designed for vendors delivering products and services in the financial services, healthcare, energy, manufacturing and retail industries.
White Papers
The Hidden Challenge of Product Information Management
This paper discusses product how automating product data quality is the key to maximizing product information management performance.
Automating Product Data Quality for Trouble-Free PIM and MDM
This paper discusses product data quality & governance and how to create PIM-perfect data to maximize PIM-MDM performance.
Great E-Commerce Needs Great Data
This paper illustrates that smarter data means smarter E-commerce by discussing the unique nature of product data, its role in effective merchandising and breakthrough technology that automates
product data quality.
Product Information Management: Business and Technology Trends
Independent research study into business and technology trends around Product Information Management and delivers useful insight into the needs, practices, and challenges faced by companies
implementing PIM or any form of product data integration.
Faster…Must Go Faster
Businesses today are under increasing pressure to do more with fewer resources, the need for truly operational business intelligence is real.
Case Studies
HP Helps Trane Cool Down Warranty Costs
Trane Commercial Systems developed a data repository for early detection of unknown quality and warranty-related issues using PolyVista’s Discovery analytical software to more quickly discover
defects, improve reliability and reduce costs.
Major Paper Products Manufacturer Implements Ab Initio Development Best Practices
This major manufacturer of paper, packaging and building products needed employee training and best pratice development for Ab Initio, its technology platform for enterprise data integration.
KLA-Tencor Achieves Complete Sales Performance Management
Varicent’s SPM solution provides KLA-Tencor with complete sales performance management.
Controlling Compliance Requirements & Streamlining Manufacturing With QUMAS
Napp Pharmaceuticals found QUMAS solution a perfect fit to their need to control increasing amounts of compliance critical documentation.
HyperRoll Case Study: Coty
Coty implemented HyperRoll to dramatically reduce its query response times and expand its access to detailed data.
Spotlights
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Robert Potts, Vice President, Sales for PolyVista
Robert Potts explains how PolyVista helps companies gain a competitive advantage, reduce costs and increase profitability by uncovering emerging issues and opportunities hidden in both structured and unstructured text. |
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Theresa Kollath, Senior Director of Product Management – Content Management for ASG
Theresa Kollath explains how ASG’s Business Service Platform (BSP) allows IT executives to deliver true value by identifying, correlating and aligning the relationship between IT investments and overall performance. |
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Michael Ruland, Manager, Field Engineering for expressor software
Michael Ruland describes how expressor software redefines data integration via an active, semantic-driven metadata repository approach that simplifies design and reuse, and shortens development time and effort. |
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