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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...
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2005-06-23
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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: Like its Microsoft Office cousins, Word and ...
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2011-07-29
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Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) Research Analyst Jorge García looks at the role of the human factor in your business intelligence
(BI) software implementation. We are easily convinced that having the right business intelligence (BI) application will help
us achieve total control over our business and (...)
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Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) Research Analyst Jorge García looks at the role of the human factor in your business intelligence
(BI) software...
Published:
2011-07-07
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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...
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2004-04-05
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Enterprise performance management (EPM) and business intelligence (BI) supplier, Vanguard Solutions Group's business strategy
focuses on selling with and through enterprise resource planning (ERP) and other enterprise application vendors. Over the
last few years, the strategy has proven to be successful (...)
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Enterprise performance management (EPM) and business intelligence (BI) supplier, Vanguard Solutions Group's business strategy
focuses on selling w...
Published:
2005-07-19
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Although the recent spate of acquisitions in the business intelligence market, especially marked with Business Object’s acquisition
of Crystal, Hyperion’s acquisition of Brio, and Actuate’s acquisition of Nimble, may bear resemblance to the raging consolidation
in the ERP market, the underlying rea (...)
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Although the recent spate of acquisitions in the business intelligence market, especially marked with Business Object’s acquisition
of Crystal, Hy...
Published:
2003-08-17
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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...
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1999-09-29
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On September 27, a group of vendors including Oracle, IBM, Unisys, NCR, and Hyperion Solutions announced the submission of
a metadata interchange standard to the OMG standards body. A common approach to metadata would allow products from different
vendors to interact, a problem that has vexed customers f (...)
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... tool. The user then wants to work with a data movement tool, but that
tool can not read the BI tool's metadata repository. The user ...
Published:
1999-09-28
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Users choosing point planning or BI products should consider the integration infrastructure and effort needed to combine
these products versus the cost and functionality issues of choosing an integrated CPM product suite (if still possible to
find). Mission-critical issues like scalability, reliability, (...)
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Users choosing point planning or BI products should consider the integration infrastructure and effort needed to combine these
products versus the...
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2003-08-19
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MAPICS XA expands its Business Intelligence (BI) offerings via a partnership with the Vanguard Solutions Group. With GPS,
MAPICS has taken a critical step forward in creating value for its customers. (...)
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MAPICS XA expands its Business Intelligence (BI) offerings via a partnership with the Vanguard Solutions Group. With GPS,
MAPICS has taken a crit...
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2001-03-19
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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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CODA's savvy accounting and financial offerings include budgeting, forecasting, scorecards, and tools that use Microsoft
Excel spreadsheets collaboratively and securely. However, CODA must defend its narrow specialist and best-of-breed approach
against larger-scale integrated enterprise system offerings. (...)
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CODA's savvy accounting and financial offerings include budgeting, forecasting, scorecards, and tools that use Microsoft
Excel spreadsheets collab...
Published:
2005-11-16
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Web-based BI Solutions . Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and
Time-Bound. Web-based business intelligence (BI) is no longer an anomaly: organizations are ready for BI solutions that go
beyond Web portals. However, when selecting Web-based BI appl (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Web-based BI Solutions . Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant
and Time-Bound. Web-based bus...
Published:
2010-03-11
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In addition to products' rationalization, the integration at sales and cultural levels will be challenging. In general, existing
customers of involved merging vendors should be alert, but they should still look at these events as positive. (...)
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In addition to products' rationalization, the integration at sales and cultural levels will be challenging. In general,
existing customers of invo...
Published:
2003-08-18
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Previously price management was an overlooked area by vendors because they lacked the native capabilities to meet this need.
However, through partnerships and acquisitions, they are creating viable products, which are enabling enterprises to see greater
return. (...)
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Previously price management was an overlooked area by vendors because they lacked the native capabilities to meet this need.
However, through part...
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2006-05-03
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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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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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... including how products were chosen, which applications were used ...
proof-of-concept- faster as an evaluation tool. End users should favor BI products and services
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2004-10-09
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... First, we see companies chose a BI tool first and then architect around
it. ... Second, we see companies chose a SINGLE BI tool and expect everyone
to use it. ...
Published:
2010-05-25
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Web-based BI Solutions . Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and
Time-Bound. Web-based business intelligence (BI) is no longer an anomaly: organizations are ready for BI solutions that go
beyond Web portals. However, when selecting Web-based BI appl (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Web-based BI Solutions . Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant
and Time-Bound. Web-based bus...
Published:
2010-03-11
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... Without an extensive research, please take a look at this ... Kisrty,
I do think that new applications like yours can ... to make the best use of a BI
tool, some users ...
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2011-06-06