IMPERATIVE 1
Enable decision-makers across the organization to act with the highest level of confidence and knowledge.
SMB Excel-eration
Small to midsized businesses (SMBs) often begin -- and sometimes end -- their quest for business intelligence with Microsoft's ubiquitous Excel. However, with an increasing number of add-ins -- not to mention a long look at what's up with Microsoft Business Solutions -- SMBs' options will multiply.
by
Stewart McKie
The No-Sacrifice, Affordable Data Warehouse App
Smart planning and open source technologies can cut away huge costs normally associated with enterprise data warehouse applications. Budget-constrained large enterprises have put these tips to the test, and smaller enterprises can benefit from them, too.
by
Michael Gonzales
BAM by Any Other Name
Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) is hot but requires careful planning to achieve return on investment.
by
David S. Linthicum
The Right Stuff
Business intelligence applications are moving upward and outward. Corporate executives, business unit managers, customer representatives, and now customers themselves expect quality, timely information. A roundtable discussion reveals what's top of mind in the user community.
by
David Stodder
And Then There Was One
Stuart Robbins of the CIO Collective describes how BI's success raises the bar for future BI systems.
by
David Stodder
The Truth About The Truth
The difference between data, information, and the truth has never been so important.
by
Joshua Greenbaum
A Better View Into Relationships
Anacubis Desktop 3.0 shows the BI potential of information visualization software.
by
Stephen Few
Pipeline
Important product releases for the development of intelligent enterprises.
by
IE Editors
Survival Data Mining for Customer Insight
Data mining techniques that have proven their worth in smaller applications are now crossing over into mainstream business computing. A practical approach will help you better understand customer behavior and reduce churn.
by
Gordon S. Linoff
Seeing the Connection
Thanks to text mining, visualization software can now depict relationships between concepts found in documents and email.
by
Seth Grimes
The 2004 Editors' Choice Awards: The Intelligent Enterprise Dozen
Watch these important enablers of the intelligent enterprise.
by David Stodder
A Year in Perspective
A look back at the news of 2003 and a projection of trends in 2004
by Jeanette Burriesci & Michelle M. Young
The 2004 Editors' Choice Awards
Business intelligence, performance management, and all forms of integration are the dominant requirements addressed by the 12 IT solution providers that make up our supreme list for 2004.
by David Stodder, Jeanette Burriesci & Michelle M. Young
Companies to Watch 2004
Watch these important enablers of the intelligent enterprise.
by Michelle M. Young
Embracing Excel
Microsoft Excel is a much-beloved desktop tool for business intelligence, yet many people want to contain its use or replace it
by Philip Russom
Preemptive Intelligence
The Department of Homeland Security's concept of an information sharing and analysis center — designed to watch for crisis signals so that it can respond rapidly and intelligently if one does unfold — has merit for private businesses. Here's why
by Lisa Sokol
Beyond Paving the Cow Paths
Use the five-stage analytic framework to deliver more from the data warehouse
by Bill Schmarzo, Edited By Margy Ross
Destination Known: An Interview with Robert A. Burgelman
Strengthened by BI and performance management, businesses are focused on improving their strategy development. In an interview, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Professor Robert A. Burgelman discusses how strategy is made and analyzes the impact of technology
by David Stodder
12 That Get It
Taking the pulse of BI leadership, we highlight a dozen companies meeting success in BI implementation — and achieving business goals to become smarter, faster, and more profitable
by David Stodder
Breaking Out of the Warehouse
To many, BI is equivalent to data warehousing. Although data warehouses are important, they're not the total solution. To deliver all the BI capabilities business users want, we need to create a BI grid
by Michael L. Gonzales
