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• Six misconceptions about deploying BI applications and systems

  Faulty project management assumptions can limit the effectiveness of business intelligence tools. Don't let them lower your return on BI investments. Continue Reading

• Coca-Cola overcomes challenges to seize BI opportunities

  The Coca-Cola Co. understands that analytics challenges can be overcome and that a team approach helps businesses take advantage of BI opportunities. Continue Reading

• Experts discuss best practices for business intelligence success

  Teamwork is one of the most important best practices for business intelligence implementations, said speakers at the TDWI BI Executive Summit. Continue Reading

• Collaboration is key to business intelligence tool implementations

  Business units and IT departments aren't always on the same page, but they need to be in order to successfully implement business intelligence tools. Continue Reading

• Four factors to weigh in planning an analytics big data architecture

  Consultant Lyndsay Wise details four key elements to consider when planning a big data infrastructure to ensure it will support your analytics needs. Continue Reading

• No more shortcuts: Sound data quality strategy a must for BI success

  In the past, companies might have gotten away with not building data quality efforts into business intelligence programs. That's less likely now.Continue Reading

• BI architect has new options to meet growing data, analytics demands

  Designing a business intelligence architecture that can meet the expanding needs of BI users is an exercise in finding the right combination of tools.Continue Reading

• Tagged.com solves data quality problems on road to better analysis

  For Tagged.com, a data quality project led the company to realize excellent data means more than having the correct information.Continue Reading

• Practical approach, not dazzle, needed on mobile BI applications

  To be successful, mobile business intelligence projects must provide useful capabilities, not just cool-looking apps, BI managers and analysts say.Continue Reading

• Business intelligence management should mostly be about the business

  The best way to manage BI projects is to involve business users in everything, from defining needs to creating reports and dashboards, analysts say.Continue Reading

• Social media analytics tools offer customer insights, but care needed

  While analyzing social media data can yield valuable information, consultants caution that the process is still a complex and inexact science.Continue Reading

• Data quality issues still plaguing data analytics projects

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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.Continue Reading

• 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.Continue Reading

• Data quality still a major hurdle for analytics programs

  Attendees at SAS’ Analytics 2011 Conference Series said data quality is still creating some major headaches for analysts.Continue Reading