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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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... OLAP expert and industry analyst who has been involved with business intelligence products
for ... He is the lead author of The OLAP Report, (www.olapreport.com) a ...
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2004-10-09
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The term The Third Opinion was coined by Clark Clifford, advisor and friend to many US Presidents. One thing is clear to
all of us who have been observing business, politics, and life: good advice is hard to get. Ms. Joni bases The Third Opinion
on the years of her advisory work with some of the world’ (...)
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The term The Third Opinion was coined by Clark Clifford, advisor and friend to many US Presidents. One thing is clear to all
of us who have been o...
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2004-04-23
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Business strategy, a road map telling us how the business plans to be successful, does not guarantee success. Strategy execution
requires business processes that do what the strategy calls for--and do it well. In today's automated world, these business
processes rely on business systems. Therefore, a dir (...)
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... strategy. An analysis like the one suggested above may lead you to increase both customer value and business.
About the Author. Olin ...
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2004-07-31
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Business changes constantly in small ways and large. It is rare to find an application product that can change once it is
implemented. This gap is a reality leading to dissatisfaction and the application being a drag on the business. This gap,
the lack of the ability to change, costs the business dearly. (...)
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Business changes constantly in small ways and large. It is rare to find an application product that can change once it is
implemented. This gap is...
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2004-05-31
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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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... Contemporary business intelligence (BI) solutions should enable business
users to easily author, publish, and distribute enterprise reports via a fully ...
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2005-06-28
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Chemical company H.B. Fuller has leveraged the Internet to increase their ability to sell. (...)
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Chemical company HB Fuller has leveraged the Internet to increase their ability to sell.
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2001-10-01
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Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) can bring significant business value in the world of technical data, but its justification
must be derived from business management improvements. The most important claim for BAM is that it can fundamentally alter
the way businesses understand and act to threats and opp (...)
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Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) can bring significant business value in the world of technical data, but its justification
must be derived from...
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2004-01-03
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Picture your business today without software applications. It's hard to imagine, isn't it? But maybe you should try - and
not for the reason you may be thinking. Think about how hard it would be to run your business if your software applications
weren't working - and then build a plan to provide total (...)
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2004-02-14
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Typical explanations given for increased spending in business intelligence include, meeting government regulations, managing
information overload, tracking corporate goals, and improving competitive response. However, a deeper drive for BI stems from
the need to quantify the intangibles that underlie the (...)
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... He is a regular columnist for Business Week Online, the editor of Marketonomy.com, and
a frequent author and speaker on emerging marketing trends, including ...
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2005-03-11
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IT complexity drives cost and to a great extent, it is business management that drives IT complexity. Until IT architecture
and infrastructure are simplified and configured into an adaptable platform, system design and construction will be fraught
with wasteful work and non-essential components. (...)
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... About The Author. ... located in Woburn, Massachusetts. TEC researches
IT products and suppliers as well as the ways companies obtain business value from IT. ...
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2002-07-25
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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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2009-03-23
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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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The new independent company will certainly benefit from having control of its own financial destiny, being able to make decisions
based upon its own needs and objectives rather than being a small part of the much larger entities needs and objectives. (...)
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The new independent company will certainly benefit from having control of its own financial destiny, being able to make decisions
based upon its o...
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2002-06-26
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... Consider this in light of a recent InfoWorld post suggesting that open source business
models don’t scale. In that post, author Savio Rodrigues, discusses ...
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2007-12-03
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All the recent management trends from Continuous Improvement to Business Process Re-engineering have had the same issue we
see with E-Business. They have enterprise-wide implications and tend to become part of the corporate department that started
the initiative. This article recommends a more strategi (...)
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... of E-Business technology is not well understood may undermine the current IT organization
and set up the E-Business group for failure. About The Author. ...
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2003-07-05
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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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... expected to spend upwards of $22B by 2005 on business intelligence initiatives ...
on the importance of maintaining data quality, based on the author's experience. ...
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2002-10-18
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The ability to market and sell to expanding markets can easily exceed a company's ability to fulfill the demand along with
the expectations that are generated. (...)
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The ability to market and sell to expanding markets can easily exceed a company's ability to fulfill the demand along
with the expectations that a...
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2003-04-30
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Many software services companies are not able to turn their individual project successes into a line of business that brings
in additional revenue streams. At the root of this is the simplistic assumption that "if you build, they will come." (...)
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Many software services companies are not able to turn their individual project successes into a line of business that brings
in additional revenue...
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2006-09-14
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Lately demand-driven supply networks (DDSN) are a much talked about topic, yet little is written about SMBs and DDSN. By
understanding the basics of DDSN, and through selective implementation, SMBs can experience the agility, adaptability, and
alignment of DDSN. (...)
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Lately demand-driven supply networks (DDSN) are a much talked about topic, yet little is written about SMBs and DDSN. By understanding
the basics ...
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2005-10-10
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Channel master business is good. Everyone likes increased volume. But the impact of this business can be bad for the bottom
line. How can manufacturers meet the demands of the channel master and preserve their business? (...)
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Channel master business is good. Everyone likes increased volume. But the impact of this business can be bad for the bottom
line. How can manuf...
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2003-09-16