Visualization White Papers

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Selecting a Visual Analytics Application
sponsored by Tableau Software
WHITE PAPER: Visual analytics is the process of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces. Its becoming the fastest way for people to explore and understand Business Intelligence data of any size. This paper will introduce you to the seven essential elements of true visual analytics applications.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 20 Apr 2009

Tableau Software

Business Intelligence: Cognos BI: ZiffDavis - A Visualization is Worth a Thousand Tables: How IBM Business Analytics Lets Users See Big Data
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: The following white paper explores the importance of data visualization in deciphering growing big data volumes. Learn why spreadsheets and other conventional data display methods cause so many problems, how visualization offers a solution, technology recommendations, and more.
Posted: 11 Jun 2014 | Published: 11 Jun 2014

IBM

SAP HANA Accelerated Finance and controlling rapid-deployment solution
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: It's essential to have real-time access to your organization's financial data in order to make accurate decisions. Discover how the SAP HANA Accelerated Finance and Controlling rapid-deployment solution enables instant access to information and provides easy-to-use, graphical self-service analytics while accelerating runtimes for essential reports.
Posted: 21 Mar 2014 | Published: 21 Mar 2014

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Pervasive Visibility in Remote Offices and Branch Offices
sponsored by Gigamon
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discusses the challenges of data monitoring in remote environments and how these challenges can be overcome.
Posted: 27 Sep 2013 | Published: 27 Sep 2013

Gigamon

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 a Successful Structure for Your Visualization
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This informative white paper discusses the importance of the structure that you use to frame your data in order to effectively communicate your findings to your audience.
Posted: 20 Feb 2015 | Published: 31 Jan 2014

IBM

IBM InfoSphere DataStage Performance and Scalability Benchmark White Paper 
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper highlights the performance and scalability potential of InfoSphere DataStage 8.1 based on a benchmark test simulating a data warehouse scenario. The benchmark is designed to use the profiled situation to provide insight about how InfoSphere DataStage addresses customers' key FAQs when designing their information integration architecture.
Posted: 24 Mar 2011 | Published: 24 Mar 2011

IBM

Sybase IQ: The Economics of Business Reporting
sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company
WHITE PAPER: Reporting is recognized as a way for companies to improve service, ensure quality, control costs, and prevent losses by empowering decision-makers throughout the organization. This paper will explain why reporting is one form of business intelligence that has become business-critical.
Posted: 31 Aug 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2009

Sybase, an SAP company

Accelerating the Speed of Intelligence for Fast and Flexible Forecasting
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Based on interviews with CFOs and senior finance executives at six leading international companies, this report presents the strategies they are using to infuse flexibility into their planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes in order to detect and address the constantly changing market realities of today's stubbornly volatile global economy.
Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 30 Sep 2011

SAP America, Inc.

Splunk App for Citrix NetScaler with AppFlow
sponsored by Splunk
WHITE PAPER: In this brief resource, you will discover the possibilities of Splunk's flexible, visual application for Citrix NetScaler and learn how it can provide enhanced visibility and analytics within your organization.
Posted: 04 Apr 2012 | Published: 04 Apr 2012

Splunk