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By using software tools that help you forecast and work together with others inside your organization, and even with your
customers, the forecasts may become more accurate. You can make an assumption on how much improvement might be possible.
This part discusses the challenge of performing the data anal (...)
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By using software tools that help you forecast and work together with others inside your organization, and even with your
customers, the forecasts...
Published:
2001-07-17
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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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... Multidimensional Analysis Software, also known as OLAP (see below),
is software that gives ... Query Tools is software that
allows the user to ask questions ...
Published:
2004-10-09
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Testing a system well is harder than building it. In the face of new risks introduced by the ever-increasing complexity of
software and hardware, test tools may be your only practical way to be confident that you've got just what you paid for. From
gathering the initial requirements to supporting the sys (...)
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... test results and histories, allowing comparisons and trend analysis. ...
but might be expected of any software tool. ... users will know that most tools
require user ...
Published:
2008-12-15
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Commerce One has partnered with Sagent Technology to add analytic tools to its enterprise e-purchasing application. Also,
Ariba has partnered with Informatica to add analytic tools to its enterprise e-purchasing application. (...)
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Commerce One has partnered with Sagent Technology to add analytic tools to its enterprise e-purchasing application. Also,
Ariba has partnered with...
Published:
2000-07-20
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thinkAnalytics signs a partnering agreement with one of the largest information technology services companies in North America.
Why does CGI expect thinkAnalytics’ software to make a difference to its customers? (...)
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thinkAnalytics signs a partnering agreement with one of the largest information technology services companies in North America.
Why does CGI expe...
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2000-09-22
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Informix, a leader in data warehousing and business intelligence software, has developed an application named i. Decide Web
Success that promises to provide dot-coms and clicks-and-mortar organizations with a database independent platform for analyzing
their web data. (...)
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Informix, a leader in data warehousing and business intelligence software, has developed an application named i. Decide Web
Success that promises ...
Published:
2000-10-13
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For many reasons, SAS's alliance with Amdocs and partnership with Aprimo might be some of a few vendor partnerships where
customers and the vendors benefit. (...)
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For many reasons, SAS's alliance with Amdocs and partnership with Aprimo might be some of a few vendor partnerships where
customers and the vendor...
Published:
2005-08-12
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Sterling Software, Inc. (NYSE: SSW) announced general availability today of its new EUREKA:Intelligence product, a 100% Java,
Web-Based Integrated, Query, Analysis and Reporting tool that allows users to easily query, manipulate and format data for
personal or shared use. EUREKA:Intelligence is suited fo (...)
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... is no shortage of business intelligence tools on the ... Sterling Software
is a late entry to the portal ... this arena (See TEC News Analysis article: "MicroStrategy
...
Published:
1999-11-17
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Presently, software estimation is considered to be an art rather than a science. At the heart of this perception is the lack
of understanding of the concept of "productivity." This article attempts to provide insight into the concept of productivity. (...)
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... specialized knowledge, namely, in requirements gathering, analysis, and management;
software design, coding ... skilled person who uses various tools that
range ...
Published:
2007-05-30
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Pursuing an alternative strategy for software evaluation and selection, based on the capital investment paradigm and the
principles outlined in this article, is an effective method to mitigate implementation risk. (...)
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... company requirements, external software vendors, application software
tools, and outside ... The new software was purchased and initial analysis
begun before a ...
Published:
2003-02-12
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Seagate Software has announced a new chapter in its corporate history by changing its name to Crystal Decisions. Crystal
Decisions is an information infrastructure company that is a market leader in business intelligence, specifically for query
and reporting tools. The new name reflects that of its flag (...)
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Seagate Software has announced a new chapter in its corporate history by changing its name to Crystal Decisions. Crystal Decisions
is an informati...
Published:
2001-04-10
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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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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. Comments: 0. Read Comments.
Published:
2009-03-23
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Enterprise software selection is a risky undertaking. Even after you’ve determined your requirements, the crucial software
assessment and negotiation phases are potential minefields. Find out how you can reduce the risk involved in choosing a solution
that meets your needs. (...)
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Enterprise software selection is a risky undertaking. Even after you’ve determined your requirements, the crucial software
assessment and negotiat...
Published:
2007-12-28
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Close to a year behind schedule, Oracle released Warehouse Builder to the market. Oracle, in an interesting contradiction
in terms, has stated that the product is “already in production at nearly 20 beta sites.” But is it too little too late? (...)
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... and loading, aggregation, metadata management and integration of analysis tools
are all ... The tool does currently have modeling software, tools for generating
PL ...
Published:
2000-04-04
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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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... In general, contemporary BI tools provide graphical analysis of business
... information, users would need to use a wide range of software programs, such ...
Published:
2005-06-28
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While pundits have been debating whether the configuration software deserves to be a CRM module on its own, it is certainly
a part of the much broader CRM class of products, which typically includes front-office applications for sales force automation
(SFA), marketing automation, and field service/call c (...)
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While pundits have been debating whether the configuration software deserves to be a CRM module on its own, it is certainly
a part of the much bro...
Published:
2002-11-08
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Having garnered a powerful broad enterprise applications portfolio, Best Software is challenging the competition and telling
the market it will not easily be overlooked. (...)
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Having garnered a powerful broad enterprise applications portfolio, Best Software is challenging the competition and telling
the market it will no...
Published:
2002-07-29
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This BI article looks at why and how in-memory technology transforms analytic applications. The primary bottleneck to high-performance
multidimensional analysis has been slow hard drive speed—the time it takes for data to be transferred from disk storage to
random access memory (RAM). With crashing RAM (...)
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... is making it possible for enterprise software to move ... an in-memory
instance of Analysis Services in ... at providing a powerful combination of tools
(a calculation ...
Published:
2010-09-01
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If you are not experiencing organizational stress in some of the areas where the benefits may occur, then perhaps a decision
to invest in supply chain management software should be postponed. If you do have some pain in one or more of these areas,
then you can follow the concepts in this article to unde (...)
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If you are not experiencing organizational stress in some of the areas where the benefits may occur, then perhaps a decision
to invest in supply c...
Published:
2001-07-13