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Companies relying on an Excel or Excel-like system need to know that, while Excel might suffice for ad hoc analysis and data
storage for individuals or small groups, the technological flaw of data and referential integrity prevents it from a corporate-wide,
collaborative effort like planning and budgetin (...)
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Companies relying on an Excel or Excel-like system need to know that, while Excel might suffice for ad hoc analysis and data
storage for individua...
Published:
2005-06-23
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As organizations face a pressing need to rationalize the cost of enterprise software, open source business intelligence (BI)
is fast becoming a viable alternative. Learn about the current state of open source BI, with particular focus on one vendor's
products. (...)
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As organizations face a pressing need to rationalize the cost of enterprise software, open source business intelligence (BI)
is fast becoming a vi...
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2009-07-17
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Business intelligence (BI) is evolving as it grows in popularity. Within BI, there is a shift from traditional analytics
to predictive analytics, and predictive analytics is emerging as a distinct new software sector. (...)
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Business intelligence (BI) is evolving as it grows in popularity. Within BI, there is a shift from traditional analytics to
predictive analytics, ...
Published:
2005-12-24
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Research shows that the number one software solution that small to medium businesses plan to purchase in the coming year
is business intelligence (BI). Download TEC’s latest podcast to find out why BI is so hot right now. (...)
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Research shows that the number one software solution that small to medium businesses plan to purchase in the coming year is
business intelligence ...
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2008-06-04
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What are predictive analytics, and how are they used within business intelligence applications and for business performance
management? (...)
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... analytics has helped drive business intelligence (BI) towards ...
identify its different applications inside and ... Analytics and Their General Business
Application. ...
Published:
2009-09-11
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Business intelligence (BI) represents the tools and systems that play a key role in the strategic planning process by allowing
a company to manipulate corporate data for decision-making. But what exactly are the primary components of BI? (...)
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Contemporary Business Intelligence and Its Main Components. TEC Analysts - March 23, 2009.
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2009-03-23
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Business Intelligence: Driving Better Business Performance for Companies with Changing Needs. Read White Papers and Other
Software for Your Comparison for Driving Better Business Performance. When it comes to acquiring business intelligence, small
to medium-sized companies are often at a disadvantage. Com (...)
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Business Intelligence: Driving Better Business Performance for Companies with Changing Needs. Read White Papers and Other
Software for Your Compari...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Is business intelligence (BI) an application that pays off? We have all heard mixed results but a 2003 extensive study on
on-line analytical processing (OLAP) states that BI usually pays off over 60 percent of the time , explains where the value
is found, and describes what’s required to get the pay (...)
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... BI projects, including how products were chosen, which applications were used ...
completing a proof-of-concept-faster as an evaluation tool. ... Business
Intelligence, ...
Published:
2004-10-09
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Microsoft Business Scorecard Manager 2005 has allowed Microsoft to enter the business intelligence (BI) market by using its
client base to expand its offering. Microsoft offers a complete solution with its SQL Server platform, OLAP, reporting analysis,
and scorecarding capabilities. (...)
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Microsoft Business Scorecard Manager 2005 has allowed Microsoft to enter the business intelligence (BI) market by using its
client base to expand ...
Published:
2006-06-30
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Current pure play business intelligence (BI) leaders offer the advantage of superior analytics and planning capabilities;
however, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors are improving their analytic capabilities and accessibility. (...)
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Current pure play business intelligence (BI) leaders offer the advantage of superior analytics and planning capabilities;
however, enterprise reso...
Published:
2005-07-14
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Spurred by government mandates for more business transparency, business intelligence has emerged to extract information from
ERP systems. How has BI emerged? What does the terminology surrounding it mean, and what is its current state of affairs? (...)
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Business Intelligence Status Report.
Published:
2005-06-27
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SCT, a leading supplier to the process industries, has extended their iProcess.SCT product set to include Business Intelligence
(BI). (...)
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SCT, a leading supplier to the process industries, has extended their iProcess.SCT product set to include Business Intelligence
(BI).
Published:
2001-09-04
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If the ultimate objective is to win and retain customers, one must consider the entire chain, which includes traditional
enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply chain management (SCM) functions as well as the once considered more remarkable
and supposedly more relevant CRM and e-commerce activity. (...)
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If the ultimate objective is to win and retain customers, one must consider the entire chain, which includes traditional enterprise
resource plann...
Published:
2004-04-05
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Tools under the business intelligence (BI) umbrella combine to convert data into information, and information into decisions
for action. Dashboards and scorecards are two such tools. Though often confused, they have functional difference, especially
in modern BI suites. (...)
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... see Attributes of Sarbanes-Oxley Tool Sets), and ... and What's
Really Driving Business Intelligence?. ... management (CRM) and other related
enterprise applications. ...
Published:
2005-06-28
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During September, two more data warehousing vendors announced product suites that they claim offer broader integration between
different data warehousing technologies. BI vendor Cognos announced "Cognos platform", a tool to build complete "BI-ready
data infrastructures". Data Movement vendor Ardent Softw (...)
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During September, two more data warehousing vendors announced product suites that they claim offer broader integration between
different data ware...
Published:
1999-09-29
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An application product can never provide competitive advantage by itself, it is a function of how and how much is implemented.
A good implementation of a commodity software product can give you a short-term advantage until the competition catches up. (...)
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An application product can never provide competitive advantage by itself, it is a function of how and how much is implemented.
A good implementa...
Published:
2003-09-11
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Business Objects and TopTier Software have teamed to provide a unified enterprise portal to unite ERP, CRM, and supply chain
information with business intelligence. Given that the market for analytical applications is estimated to mushroom at a compound
annual growth rate of 28 percent to more than $6 b (...)
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Business Objects and TopTier Software have teamed to provide a unified enterprise portal to unite ERP, CRM, and supply chain
information with busi...
Published:
2001-02-27
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On September 27, Oracle took a major step towards providing a fully integrated front and back office applications suite by
launching Oracle Applications 11i at its Applications' User Group conference in Orlando, Florida. (...)
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On September 27, Oracle took a major step towards providing a fully integrated front and back office applications suite by
launching Oracle Applic...
Published:
1999-09-29
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Like its Microsoft Office cousins, Word and PowerPoint, Excel is de rigueur software in businesses around the world. And
in offices that lack a formal business intelligence (BI) solution, Excel often becomes the go-to tool for compiling and analyzing
business data In this guide, John Wilson, CEO of Claim (...)
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Best Practices for Using Excel as a BI Tool. Source: Focus Research. Document Type: White
Paper Description ... that lack a formal business intelligence (BI) solution
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Published:
2011-07-29
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Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA), a major extract/transform/load tool vendor, today announced the general availability
of MX2 1.6, the latest version of its Metadata Exchange (MX2) application programming interface (API). Informatica bills MX2
1.6 as the first object-oriented metadata exchange faci (...)
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Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA), a major extract/transform/load tool vendor, today announced the general availability
of MX2 1.6, the lates...
Published:
1999-11-10