TechRepublic Resources
- The Decision-Driven Warehouse - Attention Warehouse Shoppers: The Output is in the Decision
- Today’s Decision Support System (DSS) market place has about as many definitions of warehouse as vendors: Centralized warehouse, operational data store, distributed warehouse, virtual warehouse, data mart, replicated online transaction processing (OLTP) data. If you are currently undertaking a Data Warehousing project, you are faced with trying to select...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, OLTP, Thomson Corp., Databases, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Storage, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Management
- White papers
- Financial Firm Improves Portfolio Software, Streamlines Customer Workflows
- Over the past 20 years, portfolio managers at hundreds of firms have relied on the Thomson Financial PORTIA system to manage investment portfolios. However, as the pace of financial markets has accelerated, customers have begun to look for ways to automate process-intensive tasks. Thomson Financial responded by creating a new,...
- Tags: Software, Financial, Portia, Thomson Corp., Workflow, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations
- Case studies
- No Room for Error - Delivered
- Thomson Financial, the market-leading provider of investment and technology solutions for retail and institutional investment professionals, sought to create an infrastructure that would support its plans for growth and deliver the high levels of performance and reliability its customers demand. The company migrated from commodity servers to three Intel based...
- Tags: Solution, Unisys Corp., Thomson Corp., Microsoft Windows, Servers, Financial Planning, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Finance
- Case studies
- Leading Financial Data Provider Standardizes on Web Services for Product Delivery
- Due to a history of growth through acquisition, Thomson Financial had multiple systems that delivered the same types of information and forced customers to access the company's different offerings in different ways. To appear as a single company to customers and to reduce the cost of product delivery, Thomson Financial...
- Tags: Web, Financial, Web Service, Thomson Corp., Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, Investment, Finance
- Case studies
- Tax Software Provider Improves Customer Experience by Using Modern Transport Layer
- Thomson Tax & Accounting serves corporations and accounting firms with leading tax return preparation software. When a legacy transport layer in the company's Web-based software posed problems for its clients and their customers and became difficult to manage, Thomson turned to Microsoft for the latest technology. Thomson programmers created a...
- Tags: Software, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Thomson Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance
- Case studies
- Financial Services Provider Gives Clients Real Time Access to Market Information on Windows Mobile-Based Pocket PCs
- The key to success for professionals in the financial industry is having access to the latest financial information, such as broker research and analyst forecasts, through a familiar toolset. With its flagship desktop product, called Thomson ONE, Thomson Financial provides its customers in the global financial services industry the software...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Financial, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, PC, Financial Service, Thomson Corp., Financial Accounting, Pocket PC, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Finance, Hardware, Software
- Case studies
- Pivotal Case Study: IOB Thomson
- Prior to the implementation of their Pivotal CRM solution, IOB Thomson in Brazil based its sales, telemarketing and customer service activities on stand-alone, administration intensive systems. Today, drawing on the power and flexibility of the Pivotal CRM Suite, IOB Thomson has witnessed an increase in customer retention and satisfaction rates...
- Tags: CDC Software, Thomson Corp., Pivotal Corp., Sales Strategy, Telemarketing, Sales Force Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Product Marketing, Sales, Marketing, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- With the Fujitsu LifeBook Tablet PC, Keeping the Thomson Learning Sales Force Up-to-Date Is Elementary
- A division of multi-billion dollar publishing company, Thomson Corporation, Thomson Learning delivers learning solutions to secondary, post-secondary, and graduate level students, teachers, and learning institutions in traditional and distance learning environments. The challenge was to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Thomson Learning's sales force by equipping sales reps to...
- Tags: PC, Sales Force, Tablet PC, Fujitsu LifeBook, Fujitsu Ltd., Thomson Corp., Thomson Learning, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Tablets, Notebooks, Sales, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies
- Thomson Financial Delivers Market Data Cost Effectively on Intel-Based Servers
- With $1.7 billion in 2004 revenues, Thomson Financial is a leader in providing global financial service companies with sophisticated information solutions that combine real-time market data and integrated workflow. Thomson Financial customers can make - or lose - millions of dollars in milliseconds, so they demand the ultimate in performance...
- Tags: Intel Itanium 2, Thomson Corp., Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Processors, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies
- Borland Software Case Study: Thomson Elite
- Thomson Elite, a business within The Thomson Corporation, is a leading provider of financial and practice management solutions to the legal industry and to other professional services markets. To ensure visibility into its ever-evolving software development, Thomson Elite needed a solution that would help it to increase visibility and quality...
- Tags: Borland Software Corp., Thomson Corp., Software Development, Process Improvement, Team Management, Tools & Techniques, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Quality, Business Operations, Management
- Case studies
- Serena Software Case Study: Thomson BETA Systems
- Thomson BETA Systems is a securities processing firm based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. BETA Systems employs more than 650 people, with offices in Hong Kong, London, New York, and San Francisco. BETA Systems used a manual Enterprise Change Management (ECM) process with a homegrown tool before automating with Serena ChangeMan ZMF....
- Tags: Serena Software Inc., Thomson Corp., Enterprise Change Management, Thomson BETA Systems
- Case studies
- Financial Services Provider Gives Clients Real-Time Access to Market Information on Windows Mobile-Based Pocket PCs
- Thomson Financial develops integrated information and technology applications for clients in the global financial services industry. Thomson operates in 22 countries and achieved 2003 revenues of $U.S.1.5 Billion. Thomson Financial wanted a way to expand the appeal of its primary workstation product and to meet growing customer demand for mobile...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Financial, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, PC, Financial Service, Thomson Corp., Pocket PC, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Hardware, Marketing, Finance, Software
- Case studies
- Thomson Financial Consolidates Systems to Ensure Around-the-Clock Information and Services
- Financial and corporate communities worldwide rely on Thomson Financial software and services for financial information, research, and analysis. Thomson Financial determined the cost for upgrading all the systems was too expensive. Instead, it chose to consolidate the five databases into a consolidated research repository in which Oracle Database with Real...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, Thomson Corp., Financial Accounting, Databases, Servers, Enterprise Software, Finance, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Case studies
- Thomson Prometric Evaluates Web Services Deployment Alternatives and Chooses the Reactivity XML Security Gateway
- A part of The Thomson Corporation, Thomson Prometric provides academic and professional tests and testing services worldwide. Thomson Prometric needed their systems to reduce processing overhead and improve application performance to ensure that Thomson Prometric met and exceeded service level agreements (SLA) with clients. Not only would this further differentiate...
- Tags: Web, Web Service, Thomson Corp., Thomson Prometric, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Service Level Management, Web Services, XML, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, It service Management, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Case studies
- Elite Calendar Connect for Microsoft Outlook: Simplify Firm-Wide Scheduling in Elite Enterprise
- This planning guide characterizes the performance of Microsoft Exchange 2000. The paper begins with an overview of the Exchange 2000 architecture and summarizes key performance and scalability enhancements. Next, the methodology of performance testing performed by Compaq using the MMB2 workload on selected Compaq servers and the results of that...
- Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Performance, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Thomson Corp., Performance Management, E-mail Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-06-19
- Best Practices in Online Video Webcasting
- Video can help a person convey the strength and achievements of the organization and leadership team to customers, partners, vendors, investors, employees and the media. In an era of transparency and short attention spans, online video provides a personal, emotional experience that connects the presenter to the audience for the...
- Tags: Online Video, Video, Thomson Corp., Best Practice, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- White papers 2007-06-07
- Get Engaged!: Using Streaming Media to Reach Employees in a Web 2.0 World
- Globalization has changed not only how businesses interact with each other, but how companies communicate internally with employees. With the increase in global sourcing, remote working and virtual teams, important messages are increasingly being delivered electronically - competing for attention in already congested inboxes. As the adoption of broadband Internet...
- Tags: Web, Employee, Thomson Corp., Streaming Media, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Globalization, Web 2.0, Digital Media, Internet, Strategy, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2007-05-04
- Can't reinstall Thomson 330 usb modem
- Hope someone can help. I'm trying to help a freind get back online. She uses Thomson 330 usb modem to connect to broadband but it has stopped working. OS is XP home. Device manager shows the device but says no driver is loaded. When we try update driver with the...
- Tags: Modems, Microsoft Windows XP, joq, modem, USB, Thomson Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
- Thomson Creative Solutions - UltraTax CS
- With more than 200 modules available for 1040, 1041, 1065, 1120, 1120S, 706, 709, 990, 5500 and state and municipal equivalents of these forms, UltraTax CS provides a comprehensive tax compliance system that can integrate with Thomson Creative Solutions' suite of tax planning, asset management, professional accounting and productivity programs....
- Tags: Cygnus Business Media, Thomson Corp., Electronic Filing, Taxes, Document Management, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2005-04-01
- EDI May Crimp Correct Claims Payment
- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) contains Federal rules for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and medical code standards. These rules hinder the efforts to rectify the errors in billing and coding by medical providers. The paper elucidates this issue.
- Tags: Payment, Thomson Corp., EDI, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Enterprise Software, Software, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2004-04-15
