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Self-service BI is the new analytics
Traditionally, businesses needed an idea of what they were looking for in querying their data. With new BI tools, huge quantities of data can be explored and relationships identified even if they were completely unknown at the outset.
How to get business leaders on board with BI
When making decisions about business intelligence, it makes sense that the business units should play a key role, but it doesn't always work that way. For some strategies on ensuring that business
CIOs compete for top data analysts
Companies increasingly are turning to business intelligence to gain or maintain a competitive edge, but there is a shortage in the marketplace of IT professionals with sufficient analytics skills,
Study finds business volatility requires new IT approach
In today's environment of economic volatility and globalization, businesses are scrambling to improve and hasten decision-making. IT departments are being given fewer resources, but at the same time
How 'serious games' can improve agility
Business process management, business intelligence and interactive simulation systems each provide value in their own right. But when the three systems are combined, the whole is much greater than
Gartner: SaaS-based BI gains traction
Traditional on-site business intelligence appears to be losing some traction in the face of SaaS-based alternatives, according to a survey by Gartner. A third of the 1,364 IT managers polled reported
MicroStrategy integrates Cloud Personal with Salesforce
MicroStrategy is rolling out a capability that integrates its data discovery offering with Salesforce so that customers can import data directly from their CRM systems and analyze it immediately. The
Data quality: Garbage in, garbage out?
We're seeing quite a bit written these days about the need to move forward on IT initiatives and decisions with great speed. When it comes to data-related projects, increasingly the advice seems to
CRM + predictive analytics = Insights in real time
What do you get when you combine CRM and predictive analytics? Potentially some very detailed, real-time information about customers, which can be used to improve interactions and increase sales,
Pfizer expands BI strategy with 'Intelligence Storefront'
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has long used a variety of business intelligence and analytics tools to identify trends in drug use with the goal of projecting future needs more efficiently. Now it is
