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Outsourcing Business Intelligence |
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If outsourcing has worked for other areas of IT and for business processes, then why not consider outsourcing the business intelligence function?
Most organizations consider their business intelligence (BI) function as something that is unique and proprietary. They also think of it as a strategic tool that can provide enough insight and value to enable them to migrate from a gut-based to a data-driven decision-making process. With this mindset, most companies do not even consider the possibility of outsourcing the BI function.If outsourcing has worked for other areas of IT and for business processes, then why not consider outsourcing the business intelligence function? Read more |
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A look at the current landscape of platforms that enable you to deliver on the promise of mobile business intelligence.
The proliferation and growth in the adoption of mobile devices in business has created the opportunity to push business intelligence (BI) applications to the mobile user in order to provide access to information anytime, anywhere. But even though the opportunity is apparent, the technology capable, and the need real, are we ready to deliver mobile BI?A look at the current landscape of platforms that enable you to deliver on the promise of mobile business intelligence. Read more>> |
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7 Ways to Give Your BI Some Guts |
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The power of business intelligence lies in its ability to provide users with the right data, in the right format, from the right sources, with the right integrity.
Over the years, I have noticed that despite advancements in business intelligence (BI) technologies, as well as organizations' ability to implement solutions in faster timeframes, the amount of time consumed in accessing and preparing the data still represents a significant portion of the effort. With the list of systems that collect and provide data growing by the day, the need for a solution that effectively provides the integration to access data sources is critical.The power of business intelligence lies in its ability to provide users with the right data, in the right format, from the right sources, with the right integrity. Read more>> |
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Delivering Business Results from BI Insights |
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A business intelligence (BI)-driven process not only offers insight from data analysis, but also indicates action to be taken as a result of that analysis - thus maximizing the return on BI investments
Sadly, most companies using business intelligence (BI) tools are leaving significant benefits on the table by focusing solely on providing BI to users (also known as user-driven BI). By utilizing their BI deployments almost exclusively on delivering information, these platforms equip users with information and analysis tools along with the assumption that users will be able to perform better with this additional insight. These organizations have navigated the path from data to insight, but are missing the link from insight to actions, and eventually to business results.A business intelligence (BI)-driven process not only offers insight from data analysis, but also indicates action to be taken as a result of that analysis - thus maximizing the return on BI investments. Read More >> |
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Surveying the Mobile BI Landscape |
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What’s the best platform for enabling mobile BI in your enterprise?
According to a recent study published by Gartner, the demand for tablet computers, such as Apple’s iPad, will more than quadruple in the near future, from 15 million worldwide in 2010 to 70 million in 2011. This, along with the growing number of business users with access to tablets and smartphones, means that the need to provide mobile business intelligence (BI) solutions to this user base is expected to continue to be a critical component of any BI vendor strategy.What’s the best platform for enabling mobile BI in your enterprise? Read more |
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