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2011 business intelligence (BI) challenges survey
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Business intelligence competency centers on the rise
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Mobile BI, data visualization tools eyed for wider use
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Pacific Northwest BI Summit 2011: Exploring BI trends & best practices
Get expert insight on business intelligence and data warehousing from the Pacific Northwest BI Summit 2011. Learn about key trends and best practices shaping the future of BI and data warehousing. Special report
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How decision support systems (DSS) can help business decision-making
Learn how decision support systems (DSS) can help the business decision-making process. Find out why decision support is needed and what IT skills business managers need for DSS. Book excerpt
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Using computerized decision support systems, and the history of DSS
Learn about the history of computerized decision support systems and DSS theory, and find out how modern decision support systems differ from their DSS predecessors. Book excerpt
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Business intelligence, CPM and analytics guides and tutorials
These BI, CPM and analytics learning guides and tutorials can help users optimize their use of their BI software CPM applications and analytics tools and technologies. Tutorial List
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SaaS business intelligence (BI) software, technology and market guide
Get up to speed on SaaS business intelligence software and technology, plus learn about recent developments in the SaaS BI and BI on demand market. Special Report
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From viewer to content, video analytics software builds a following
While the industry fixates on “big data” and consumerization, another newcomer is carving out a quieter and smaller place in the market for itself. News | 25 Apr 2012
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Faster data delivery livens BI performance, user satisfaction
With business users looking to get their hands on business intelligence data more quickly, making BI systems more flexible and responsive is becoming a priority in many organizations. News | 18 Apr 2012
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In-memory analytics offers potential BI speed boost for business users
Business intelligence vendors offer a variety of in-memory analytics tools with very different architectures. But analysts say there's a common thread: the potential for faster BI performance. News | 19 Mar 2012
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Data discovery vendors cast spell in Gartner Magic Quadrant for BI
Business users turn to data discovery vendors like Tibco, Tableau and QlikTech for easy-to-use and easy-to-deploy analytics tools, much to the chagrin of IT, according to Gartner. News | 23 Feb 2012
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TDWI BI Executive Summit: Business intelligence benefits & strategies
Get news and other information resources about strategies for gaining business intelligence benefits, reported from the TDWI World Conference and BI Executive Summit in Las Vegas. Event coverage | 10 Feb 2012
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Hadoop is hot, but not most popular ‘big data’ technology
New research reveals businesses’ relative lack of “big data” maturity and the hurdles in both technology and analytics techniques they need to overcome. News | 07 Feb 2012
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Collaborative BI key to bringing order to chaotic business environments
Collaborative BI may not carry the same kind of prestige that “big data” or the cloud does, but devotees like Barry Devlin believe it to be a critical game changer. News | 19 Jan 2012
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'Big data' to inspire streamlined analytics programs in '12, IIA predicts
Faculty members from the International Institute for Analytics, a research firm that focuses on how organizations use analytics, weigh in on their predictions for 2012. News | 09 Jan 2012
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Biggest business intelligence software stories of 2011
From the explosion of "big data" analytics to data quality issues plaguing business intelligence (BI) programs to data mining privacy concerns, there was no shortage of must-read BI stories in 2011. Photo Story | 04 Jan 2012
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Business intelligence in the cloud: Is SaaS BI in your future?
The growth of cloud computing as an application platform means business intelligence teams should at least be prepared for the possibility of Software as a Service BI deployments, analysts say. News | 23 Dec 2011
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How Hadoop and open source BI software affect BI architecture
There’s been a lot of talk about Hadoop and open source BI software. Find out how the open source technologies affect business intelligence architecture and BI development. Answer
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Expanding your business intelligence architecture to mobile devices
Get tips on expanding a business intelligence architecture to support mobile devices and mobile BI software. Find out about the BI capabilities, strengths and weaknesses of mobile devices. Answer
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The basics of improving BI performance
Find some basic ways of improving BI performance at your company. Learn about in-memory analytics, columnar databases and how data aggregation affects BI performance. Answer
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How to leverage agile BI to help your BI architecture
Learn how to leverage agile BI to help with your business intelligence architecture. Find out why you should split your BI architecture into two categories -- data integration and BI applications. Answer
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The real deal on agile business intelligence (BI)
There’s a lot of confusion about agile business intelligence (BI). Get an expert’s take on what agile BI really is and if it’s a valid BI development strategy or just a buzzword. Answer
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Biggest business intelligence (BI) problem: overloading data
What’s the biggest BI problem companies keep running into? Overloading data at the expense of functionality, says an expert. Find out how to avoid this common BI problem. Answer
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What to keep in mind when expanding a business intelligence platform
If you’re looking to expand your existing business intelligence platform or system, make sure you keep these important concepts in mind before launching a new BI project. Answer
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Seven aspects of a successful business intelligence (BI) architecture
Knowing what makes for a successful business intelligence (BI) architecture can help you plan and expand your current BI system. Learn what your BI architecture should include. Answer
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Is there such a thing as a user-friendly ad hoc query tool for BI?
Can you find a user-friendly BI tool for ad hoc queries? Read what a BI expert thinks about ad hoc query tool needs and the BI software sold by business intelligence vendors. Answer
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enterprise mashup (or data mashup)
An enterprise mashup is the integration of heterogeneous digital data and applications from multiple sources for business purposes. An enterprise mashup is also sometimes known as a business mashup or, less precisely, as a data mashup. Definition
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in-database analytics
In-database analytics is a scheme for processing data within the database, avoiding the data movement that slows response time. Definition
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MicroStrategy
MicroStrategy is an enterprise business intelligence (BI) application software vendor. Definition
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mobile business intelligence
Mobile business intelligence is an extension of business intelligence (BI) from desktops and laptops to mobile devices such as Blackberry, iPhone, and iPad. Reports, charts, graphs, and alerts are designed for viewing on smaller mobile screens. Definition
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From viewer to content, video analytics software builds a following
While the industry fixates on “big data” and consumerization, another newcomer is carving out a quieter and smaller place in the market for itself. News
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Faster data delivery livens BI performance, user satisfaction
With business users looking to get their hands on business intelligence data more quickly, making BI systems more flexible and responsive is becoming a priority in many organizations. News
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In-memory analytics offers potential BI speed boost for business users
Business intelligence vendors offer a variety of in-memory analytics tools with very different architectures. But analysts say there's a common thread: the potential for faster BI performance. News
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Data discovery vendors cast spell in Gartner Magic Quadrant for BI
Business users turn to data discovery vendors like Tibco, Tableau and QlikTech for easy-to-use and easy-to-deploy analytics tools, much to the chagrin of IT, according to Gartner. News
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TDWI BI Executive Summit: Business intelligence benefits & strategies
Get news and other information resources about strategies for gaining business intelligence benefits, reported from the TDWI World Conference and BI Executive Summit in Las Vegas. Event coverage
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Hadoop is hot, but not most popular ‘big data’ technology
New research reveals businesses’ relative lack of “big data” maturity and the hurdles in both technology and analytics techniques they need to overcome. News
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Collaborative BI key to bringing order to chaotic business environments
Collaborative BI may not carry the same kind of prestige that “big data” or the cloud does, but devotees like Barry Devlin believe it to be a critical game changer. News
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'Big data' to inspire streamlined analytics programs in '12, IIA predicts
Faculty members from the International Institute for Analytics, a research firm that focuses on how organizations use analytics, weigh in on their predictions for 2012. News
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Biggest business intelligence software stories of 2011
From the explosion of "big data" analytics to data quality issues plaguing business intelligence (BI) programs to data mining privacy concerns, there was no shortage of must-read BI stories in 2011. Photo Story
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Business intelligence in the cloud: Is SaaS BI in your future?
The growth of cloud computing as an application platform means business intelligence teams should at least be prepared for the possibility of Software as a Service BI deployments, analysts say. News
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About Business intelligence architecture and integration
Architecting your business intelligence system and integrating business data from multiple data sources are key components of a business intelligence implementation. Get informed about business intelligence architecture and business intelligence data integration tools and concepts, including real-time data integration, the use of extract, transform and load (ETL) tools in business intelligence, and creating a BI reference architecture and a data integration architecture for business intelligence. Read news stories and case studies about BI architecture and business intelligence integration projects and issues, and get tips from business intelligence experts on business intelligence architecture and design and on business data integration for BI uses.
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