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Many business intelligence (BI) projects fall short of expectations. Unless organizations implement a methodology and benchmark
the success other organizations have experienced, BI implementations may fail to provide the desired results. This article
identifies five steps organizations should take when i (...)
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Many business intelligence (BI) projects fall short of expectations. Unless organizations implement a methodology and benchmark
the success other ...
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2009-09-11
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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, ...
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2005-12-24
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The University of Illinois provides a good example of extensive integration of its business intelligence (BI) solution and
data warehousing environment with its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. (...)
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The University of Illinois provides a good example of extensive integration of its business intelligence (BI) solution and
data warehousing enviro...
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2006-10-27
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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...
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2005-07-14
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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 ...
of Analytics and Their General Business Application. ... can be defined as an analytical
tool set that ...
Published:
2009-09-11
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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...
Published:
2009-07-17
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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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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.
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2005-06-27
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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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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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An explanation of the origins of data warehousing and why it is a crucial technology that allows businesses to gain competitive
advantage. Issues regarding technology selection and access to historical 'legacy' data are also discussed. (...)
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... on the way to the target, or can be a "proxy" and move the data directly from
the source to the target. Selection of the business intelligence tool(s)
requires ...
Published:
2000-08-02
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Most enterprises fight fires with axes, fire hoses, trucks, and hordes of firemen, but the CDQM approach is a smoke detector.
It’s far less expensive to put a fire out when it’s just smoldering, rather than to extinguish a blazing house fire and then
remodel the entire house. (...)
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... we have developed this new framework, a continuous data quality management tool
to work in concert with enterprise business intelligence and database systems. ...
Published:
2002-10-18
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Data quality has direct consequences on a company's bottom-line and its customer relationship management (CRM) strategy.
Looking beyond general approaches and company policies that set expectations and establish data management procedures, we
will explore applications and tools that help reduce the negat (...)
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Data quality has direct consequences on a company's bottom-line and its customer relationship management (CRM) strategy.
Looking beyond general ap...
Published:
2004-03-08
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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
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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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... focus on completing a proof-of-concept-faster as an evaluation tool. ...
Business Intelligence, The use of software tools that enable business users
to see and use ...
Published:
2004-10-09
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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 ...
Published:
2008-06-04
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Corda's CenterView™ enterprise performance dashboards allow users and software partners to use Corda's dashboards to create
the presentation layer of analytics, and to help organizations present and achieve their business goals across the organization. (...)
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Corda's CenterView™ enterprise performance dashboards allow users and software partners to use Corda's dashboards
to create the presentation layer...
Published:
2007-03-16
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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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WESTBORO, Mass., November 29, 1999 - Ardent Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARDT) today announced a strategic partnership with Firstlogic,
Inc., the developer of i.d.Centric data quality software that helps companies cleanse and consolidate data in database marketing,
data warehousing, and e-business application (...)
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... the DataStage suite, the most comprehensive Business Intelligence (BI)
Infrastructure ... November 10, 1999), the data cleansing tool vendors
continue to ...
Published:
1999-12-01
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Through this interview with RCG Information Technology’s Robert Abate, manufacturers can gain an understanding of what it
takes to add value to their current business intelligence (BI) use, or what they can gain from BI and how to get started. (...)
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Through this interview with RCG Information Technology’s Robert Abate, manufacturers can gain an understanding of what it
takes to add value to th...
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2008-10-20