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Information Builders Resolves Excel Hell
11.20.2008
blog author
Mark Smith
Microsoft's prescribed antidote to "Excel Hell" won't be available until at least 2010... So why wait years to evaluate a product when there are solutions today?... Last month Information Builders released its latest product, called WebFocus InfoAssist, which brings a range of BI capabilities for business and IT for easily accessing, analyzing and publishing data across the enterprise.

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Sandy Kemsley
ChoicePoint Blends BPM, BAM and BI
11.13.2008
I attended a session at Software AG's recent Innovation World 2008 conference in which Cory Kirspel, VP of identity risk management at ChoicePoint, described how the company has created an external-facing solution using business process management, business activity monitoring and an enterprise service bus... The company found that BAM and BI were misunderstood, poorly managed and under-leveraged...

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Cool BI from TDWI in New Orleans
11.12.2008
blog author
Cindi Howson
TDWI hosted its first conference in New Orleans (post Hurricane Katrina) last week... I taught a new course at the event, the theme of which is highlighted in this week's In-Depth article, "Cool BI: Rating the Innovations."... Here's what course attendees chose as their top-three innovation investment priorities for next year.

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Neil Raden
Process Intelligence, CEP and Operational BI
11.11.2008
In case you haven't heard it yet, here comes a new product category: Process Intelligence. But what does it mean? All of these terms overlap: Operational BI, Pervasive BI, Operational Intelligence, Process Intelligence, BAM, CEP (Complex Event Processing), Decision Management, Decision Services. Arguments over definitions tend to be vigorous for two reasons...

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Cool BI: Rating the Latest Innovations
November 10, 2008
by Cindi Howson
Rich, interactive reporting interfaces, in-memory analytics and social networking may be cool, but how much value do they add to business intelligence. This article examines the maturity, value and mainstream appeal of leading innovations.

Five Steps to Optimizing BI and Data Warehouse Performance
October 20, 2008
by David Stodder
The pressure is on business intelligence and data warehousing professionals to handle ever-higher data volumes and ever-more-complex queries while reducing decision latency. Follow this five-step approach to identify key business drivers, optimize system performance, guide new technology deployments, improve responsiveness, and invest for future performance demands.

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JReport Upgrade Offers Dozens Of Improvements
JReport 9 offers enhancement in three areas, performance, usability and standards support.

Microsoft Offers 0% Financing On Business Software Purchases
Zero-percent financing could become a popular incentive from software companies looking to make sales during a tough economy.

IBM CEO Touts Smart Systems, Efficient Infrastructure
Supply chain inefficiencies cost the consumer products and retail industries an estimated $40 billion annually, or 3.5% percent of sales, IBM's Sam Palmisano pointed out.

Actuate Intensifies Focus On Open Source
The next release of Actuate's business intelligence software includes more support for its Eclipse Foundation project started four years ago.

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