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=The Problem: = []

MANH generates business reports using five separate applications: Great Plains, SAP, Salesforce.com, NetSteps, and SharePoint. MANH would like to be able to report from a single repository rather than the individual databases.

The NetSteps database has over 430 reports that include canned and ad hoc reports. Some of the reports have only been used once and are essentially taking up space. MANH would like to develop a consolidated list of reusable reports as well as continue to have the ability to generate ad hoc reports. MANH has also expressed interest in having canned reports be auto-generated.

MANH is also concerned with system lockouts at report generation. MANH would like to significantly reduce lockout time or eliminate lockouts altogether.

Works Cited: "Why relational databasess make sense for big data." news.cnet.com (2010): Web 6 Oct 2010.  <[]>.