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• How to explain and define business intelligence to mid-management

  In this Q/A, find out how to explain and define business intelligence for middle-level managers and learn how decision support services are linked to BI.  Continue Reading

• How to find user groups for business intelligence professional networking

  Get a career in the business intelligence (BI) industry by networking with other BI professionals. Learn what BI institutions, industries and groups you should join to meet other BI specialists and earn a BI job.  Continue Reading

• What business intelligence tools are most important to learn today?

  Looking to get an education in business intelligence? Find out what BI tools and software you should study and what important concepts you should know. Also, find out what the top BI products are in today's market.  Continue Reading

• What does it take to become a business intelligence (BI) analyst?

  Want to become a business intelligence (BI) analyst? Find out if becoming a BI analyst is a good career choice and what it takes to become a successful BI analyst with advice from a BI career expert.  Continue Reading

• What industries are looking for certified business intelligence (BI) professionals?

  Find out what industries are looking for certified business intelligence (BI) professionals and how to find a BI job if you're recently certified in BI and data warehousing.  Continue Reading

• The importance of metadata management in EIM

  Metadata management is an important part of enterprise information management (EIM). Find out why and how a metadata management strategy provides context to a company's information, systems and data assets.  Continue Reading

• What industries are using enterprise information management (EIM)?

  Find out if your industry can benefit from enterprise information management (EIM) and what kinds of organizations are using EIM, including companies whose primary asset is data and information.  Continue Reading

• A definition of enterprise information management (EIM)

  What is enterprise information management (EIM)? Get an enterprise information management (EIM) definition, learn what an EIM system can do and how an EIM strategy can address data integration challenges.  Continue Reading

• How to gather business intelligence reporting requirements from BI users

  Gather business intelligence reporting requirements from BIend-users with six questions from an expert. Learn if you should use a reporting requirement template during the evaluation process for business intelligence (BI) projects.  Continue Reading

• Project management tools and techniques for small business

  Is it important for small businesses to teach project management tools and techniques to software developers? Learn how the way a company develops applications can impacts business methodologies and what a waterfall model is.  Continue Reading

• How to design a project proposal draft and project management schedule

  Learn how to create an effective project proposal draft and a realistic project management schedule and find out what factors often affect project phases with this tip.  Continue Reading

• Examining different data access methods: OLAP and data mining

  Learn about the different types of data access methods including OLAP and data mining, find out about using query languages to access data warehouses and SQL and OLAP's role in accessing data.  Continue Reading

• Fastest way to learn business intelligence (BI)

  Find out how you can learn business intelligence (BI), get business intelligence training and discover why analytics is the key to marketing efforts in this BI tip.  Continue Reading

• What are the best analytical tools for business intelligence for finance?

  Learn about business intelligence for finance, compare financial business intelligence tools and discover some of the best pattern matching and analytical tools for the financial services.  Continue Reading

• How to start a career with a master's degree in business intelligence

  Learn how to use a master's degree in business intelligence to start a career in business intelligence and data warehousing and find out about the IT job market for business intelligence jobs.  Continue Reading