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It’s only lately that people have been questioning the value of information they’re able to garner from within “spend data”
warehouses. Why can t we leverage traditional tools to give the sourcing and purchasing community what they want? To understand
the limitations of traditional data-cleansing (...)
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... cleansing technology, and why spend data necessitates special algorithms, we need to
start with the basics. Download <strong>Spend Data Warehouse “On
Steroids ...
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2010-03-11
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Business performance management (BPM) includes setting key performance indicators, using data mining to discover data patterns
and using software to help drive business decisions and develop corporate strategy. For an organization, there are many benefits
to implementing a BPM solution. (...)
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Business Performance Management Basics: An Overview of Business Performance Management and Its Benefits to
the ... the meaning and importance of data mining. ...
Published:
2009-04-27
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Data Integration: Creating a Trustworthy Data Foundation for Business Intelligence. Find Free Guides and Other Solutions to
Define Your Implementation In Relation To Data Integration and Business Intelligence. If you can’t see how your business is
performing, how can you make the right decisions? For a (...)
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Data Integration: Creating a Trustworthy Data Foundation for Business Intelligence. Find Free Guides and Other Solutions to
Define Your Implementat...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Most business software system changes falter--if not fail--because of only a few root causes. Data quality is one of these
root causes. The cost of high data quality is low, and the short- and long-term benefits are great. (...)
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Business Basics: Unscrubbed Data Is Poisonous Data. ...
the value of business decisions made from data. ... Passport, Prism Software Solutions'
Warehouse Manager, QDB ...
Published:
2003-11-26
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Business Intelligence: a Guide for Midsize Companies. Documents and Other Dynamic System to Use In Your Midsize Organization
In Relation TO Business Intelligence and Date Warehouse. Business intelligence (BI) is not a new concept. What’s new is that
BI tools are now accessible for midsize companies. Man (...)
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Business Intelligence: a Guide for Midsize Companies. Documents and Other Dynamic System to Use In Your Midsize Organization
In Relation TO Busines...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Today’s manufacturers face increasing global competition and complex manufacturing networks. Supply chain management provides
manufacturers with the needed visibility into their supply chain, as well as software solutions, to help give them a competitive
edge. (...)
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Today’s manufacturers face increasing global competition and complex manufacturing networks. Supply chain management provides
manufacturers with t...
Published:
2008-04-11
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Getting ERP transaction data into a summarized form that is useful to knowledge workers is one way to extend the value of
your ERP system. This article discusses the advantages that can be gained by moving ERP and other transaction data to a data
warehouse. (...)
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Getting ERP transaction data into a summarized form that is useful to knowledge workers is one way to extend the value of
your ERP system. This a...
Published:
2003-10-31
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It’s common to hear that master data management (MDM) projects are difficult to initiate. But pairing up an MDM project with
another initiative already on your organization’s priority list might be easier than you think. Find out some of the basics
surrounding MDM itself, including what MDM can refer (...)
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... Type: White Paper Description: It’s common to hear that master data management (MDM
... Find out some of the basics surrounding MDM itself, including what MDM can ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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... In other words, for a data warehouse: it’s being loaded ...
out there who claim to have “good data governance and ... I would say: go back to basics,
examine the ...
Published:
2011-08-19
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The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) hosts quarterly World Conferences to help organizations involved in data warehousing,
business intelligence, and performance management. These conferences supply a wealth of information aimed at improving organizational
decision-making, optimizing performance, and ac (...)
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... to Avoid is distributed quarterly, and advises readers on different topics related to building, deploying,
or maintaining a data warehouse, or managing a data ...
Published:
2006-10-25
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Informix« (NASDAQ: IFMX) and Ardent Software (NASDAQ: ARDT) today announced that they have reached a definitive agreement
to combine their operations in a transaction valued, on a fully diluted basis, at approximately $880 million, based on the
closing price of Informix common stock on November 30, 1999 (...)
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Informix« (NASDAQ: IFMX) and Ardent Software (NASDAQ: ARDT) today announced that they have reached a definitive agreement
to combine their operati...
Published:
1999-12-08
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Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has retailers talking. The reason: RFID helps reduce labor and improves
the ability to gather data. Retailers can use this data to make positive changes to business processes, which can be tremendously
advantageous for them. With careful planning, an RFID (...)
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RFID Basics for Retailers. Source: Intermec. ... talking. The reason: RFID helps reduce
labor and improves the ability to gather data. Retailers ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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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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... financial services). In-memory technology is making the minimization—even elimination—of the data
warehouse a possibility. In fact ...
Published:
2010-09-01
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The distinction between business performance management and operational business intelligence is sometimes unclear. Many
vendor offerings overlap in terms of features and functionality, making it difficult to distinguish between the two. However,
there are some differences worth exploring. (...)
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The distinction between business performance management and operational business intelligence is sometimes unclear. Many vendor
offerings overlap ...
Published:
2009-07-31
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The key to a successful data migration: read a Road Map to Data Migration Success, a SAP white paper. Many significant business
initiatives and large IT projects depend upon a successful data migration. But when migrated data is transformed for new uses,
project teams encounter some very specific manageme (...)
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The key to a successful data migration: read a Road Map to Data Migration Success, a SAP white paper. Many significant business
initiatives and lar...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Can you relate to the following software demo situation? Jennifer, the sales engineer, is at the keyboard. She's on a roll.
She's been setting the stage to show how her price matrix capability will eliminate costly errors. This is all-important to
the prospect. She has the audience's full attention and i (...)
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... "Jennifer, I think this would be a great time to show how the information you're working with
updates the data warehouse and is immediately available for sales ...
Published:
2004-12-18
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Bar code technology allows users to analyze information to develop more accurate maintenance, personnel, and financial planning.
In particular it can hasten the data recording processes in a maintenance system, as seen in its use in the aircraft maintenance
process. (...)
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... the aircraft maintenance process and in tracking components and operations in the technical warehouse.
This technology speeds up the data recording processes ...
Published:
2005-05-02
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Informatica Corp. (Nasdaq: INFA) today announced the acquisition of Influence Software, a leading provider of analytic applications
for the e-business value chain. Informatica is acquiring Influence Software for roughly $80 million in a stock transaction
that will be treated as a pooling of interests. Th (...)
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Informatica Heads for E-Business. M. Reed - January 5, 2000. Comments: 0. Read Comments Event Summary. "PALO ALTO, Calif.,
Dec. 15 /PRNewswire ...
Published:
2000-01-05
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Creating Competitive Advantage in Growing and Mid-sized Businesses with Business Intelligence. Solutions and Other Documents
to Delineate Your Buy, In Relation To Business Intelligence. Business intelligence (BI) is not only an imperative for big
companies. Growing and midsized organizations also require (...)
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Creating Competitive Advantage in Growing and Mid-sized Businesses with Business Intelligence. Solutions and Other Documents
to Delineate Your Buy,...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Recently, SAP announced solid results for Q4 2001, in contrast to the current soft market. Although not all troubles seem
to have been left behind, as can be seen from reduced license revenue, and while some may question SAP's justification of
merging its two subsidiaries, a positive sign is that SAP has (...)
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... The entire solution is managed through a sophisticated set of data warehouse
management capabilities that can ensure the consistency and quality of information ...
Published:
2002-02-25