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Seven Steps to Successful BI Competency Centers
by
Doug Henschen
- August 24, 2008
From setting a strategic vision and gaining C-level support to promoting successes and responding to emergencies, follow these seven suggestions for developing BICCs that boost business performance. Microsoft Drops Virtualization Fees For SQL Server 2008, Other Apps by Paul McDougall - August 19, 2008 The fee-elimination program applies to 41 Microsoft server applications, including certain editions of SQL Server 2008, Exchange Server 2007, Dynamics CRM 4.0, and SharePoint Server 2007. BI Tools Can Slice And Dice Data Without A Data Warehouse by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee - August 12, 2008 A medical center is using DataWatch's Web-based Monarch BI Server to analyze patient data from lab reports and other sources to improve care. Of BI and Baseball: Two Reports Present Vendor and Product Standings by Doug Henschen - August 11, 2008 It ain't over till it's over, and Forrester and BIScorecard reports say the business intelligence playoffs are a long way off. SQL Server 2008 Available For Free Public Trial by Paul McDougall - August 7, 2008 Users looking to try out Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 can download a fully functional copy free of charge and run it for up to 180 days. BI Executive Bill Baker Leaves Microsoft by Doug Henschen - August 5, 2008 Long-serving executive helped grow the business intelligence product line from its roots in Microsoft SQL Server. Actuate Upgrade Bridges Strategic and Operational Performance Management by Doug Henschen - August 5, 2008 With an interface for every user type and eight extendable BIRT report layouts, Views 8 app is said to go from strategic scorecards down to operational exception reports. Kimball University: Eight Recommendations for International Data Quality by Ralph Kimball - August 1, 2008 Language, culture, and country-by-country compliance and privacy requirements are just a few of the tough data quality problems global organizations must solve. Start by addressing data accuracy at the source and adopting an MDM strategy, then follow these six other best-practice approaches. IBM Brings Cloud Computing To Earth With Massive New Data Centers by Richard Martin - August 1, 2008 Big Blue plans to build a data center in North Carolina and open a "cloud computing center" in Tokyo at a cost of nearly $400 million. Competitors React to the Microsoft-DatAllegro Deal by Doug Henschen - July 28, 2008 Oracle stays quiet while Greenplum, Netezza and Teradata say data scalability alone won't satisfy customers. Tableau Takes on Geospatial Analysis by Doug Henschen - July 25, 2008 Tableau 4.0 upgrade adds mapping features as well as collaboration and usability enhancements. Sybase Reports 15% Revenue Growth To Record Level by Charles Babcock - July 24, 2008 Its pace of growth exceeded the 12.6% rate of growth for the database market as a whole during 2007 and most of its relational database competitors last year. Business Objects Says It's Cracking Midmarket for BI by Doug Henschen - July 23, 2008 SME-oriented Edge Series hits version 3.0. Crystal Report Server gains Office integrations and central management console. Combined sales grow 18 percent. Amazon S3 Crash Raises Doubts Among Cloud Customers by Thomas Claburn - July 21, 2008 The company's Simple Storage Service suffered a similar outage lasting about two hours in February, an incident that at the time led many to question its dependability. Enterprise in the Cloud: Q&A with Google's Rishi Chandra by Doug Henschen - July 21, 2008 As product manager at Google Enterprise, Rishi Chandra is responsible for spreading search appliances, Google Apps and a growing portfolio of services into the business world. Continuing a series of interviews on cloud computing, Intelligent Enterprise asks Chandra about Google's plans for applications, underlying infrastructure and meeting the demands of the enterprise.
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