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- Interview: IBM Cognos chief Rob Ashe
- Rob Ashe, general manager of IBM's business intelligence and performance management unit, has had a busy year. He sold his company, Cognos, to IBM for $5 billion and has stayed on as a member of IBM's leadership team. Ashe's role day to day hasn't changed too much....
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Software-as-a-service, IBM Corp., Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Software As A Service (SaaS), Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Catching up: MySpace adds Karaoke; Friends Reunited drops paid access; Facebook apps create privacy scare
- The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the last week… MySpace adds Karaoke. Nearly two years after Fox Interactive purchased the karaoke site kSolo.com, its feature-set has finally been integrated into MySpace. "The combination of...
- Tags: Facebook, Privacy, MySpace, MySpace Karaoke, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Corporate Communications, Marketing Research, Desktops, Databases, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Hardware, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- SoftPhone (exe)
- We help individual callers and sale agents and also Internet cafes, and call shops. Our service provides you with most advanced technology and functionality to make reliable, inexpensive worldwide phone calls. Multilingual panels: Arabic, English, Espanol, Francias, Portuguese, Urdu, Serbo-Croat, Bangla, Nepali and more coming. Callshop Software. Complete Reporting Tools....
- Tags: Acacia Voiceline, Business Intelligence, Internet, Real Estate, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2008-05-05
- Staffing Service Coordinates Sales Activities, Utilizes Business Intelligence With CRM Solution
- Volt Information Sciences, Inc. provides staffing services, telecommunications, and information solutions to Fortune 100 customers. The company's 5,000 employees used diverse tools to access customer data located in a wide array of databases. These solutions created silos of customer information, limited visibility into sales and marketing data, and hampered employee...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Staffing, CRM Solution, Sales, CRM, Staffing Service, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-04-18
- Information Architecture Essentials, Part 5: Business Intelligence in Your Information Architecture
- This series explores a variety of elements that create a successful information architecture design. As one manages and organizes data and content, work with distributed data mining, and analyze and present information to users, there is a key element that one can't let go untapped: business intelligence. How is one...
- Tags: Information Architecture, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Data Mining, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Extreme Business Warehousing: 60 Terabytes and Beyond
- This paper covers the design criteria and implementation of an SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP BI) system of extreme size, under massive online load, and with very demanding availability requirements. The proof of concept documented here is based on real customer data, business processes and business needs. It shows the...
- Tags: Warehousing, SAP AG, IBM Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Databases, Middleware, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Web publishing, CMS, BI most hot for open source disruption, but ESB and security are not?
- Acquia, KnowledgeTree and JasperSoft touted new open source web publishing, social software, content management and business intelligence products at the Open Source Business Conference this week. Acquia, of Andover, Mass., said it is on track this fall t ship a new social web publishing platform...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Security, JasperSoft, Web-publishing, Content Management System, KnowledgeTree, MuleSource, MuleSource 2.0 Community Edition, Open Source Security, 3D System, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Service Bus, Management, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- San Diego Zoo Enhances Visitor Experience, Improves Operations
- San Diego Zoo leaders wanted to give visitors a better experience and gather valuable data about visitor patterns and preferences. To address these needs, the zoo created iZoofari, an online visitor planning tool with data analysis and reporting capabilities. iZoofari was developed using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition, and...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Visitor, San Diego Zoo, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows
- Case studies 2008-03-24
- Social networking, IBM, Microsoft etc: the Twitterverse debates
- Charles Cooper's article noting the rise of Twitter as part of the media fabric is a cue for surfacing a long conversation I had yesterday with some of my 800 Twitter followers. The pretext was my post about the end of software and the number of thanks folk posted on...
- Tags: Social Networking, Consultant, Network, Information Technology, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, IBM Corp., E-mail, Knowledge Management, Groupware, Business Intelligence, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software, Data Management, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- Black Ice TIFF Printer Driver for XP/Vista 32-Bit (exe)
- The Monochrome Vista/XP/2000 Driver is designed for developers and sophisticated end users to build faxing, document imaging, e-commerce, archiving, or raster image capturing applications. The Monochrome driver is based on Black Ice Technology, not on Microsoft Mini-driver technology. Black Ice guaranties the monochrome driver will print 100,000 pages in a...
- Tags: 32-bit, Microsoft Windows XP, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, TIFF, Black Ice Software, Monochrome Vista/XP/2000 Driver, Monochrome Driver, Document Management, Business Intelligence, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows
- Software downloads 2008-03-20
- DokaClock
- Convenient alarm clock allows you in an indicated time to carry out the run of applications. At the same time it use minimum of systems budget. As an application you can choose any file with known system extension. Due to that this alarm clock can be used not only as...
- Tags: Computer, LizardGroup, Productivity, Business Intelligence, E-mail, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-03-17
- TechNet Webcast: Building and Validating Advanced Mining Models With SQL Server 2008 Data Mining (Level 200)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 includes several important enhancements for data mining. One area will be of particular interest to the user who has progressed beyond simple models - there are new features for building many and varied models over common mining structures, and also for validating the accuracy of these...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Databases, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing
- Webcasts 2008-03-07
- FBI has more plans for criminal datasharing
- Are you ready for the "one-stop shop" of nationwide local, state and federal criminal records? Cops around the country are salivating for the Justice Department's National Data Exchange or N-DEx, says the Washington Post. Federal authorities have high hopes for the N-DEx system, which is to begin...
- Tags: Agency, Suspect, FBI, Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Databases, Government, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- Splunk goes 'platform' to extend IT search benefits across more IT management functions
- Gaining more insights early and often into what vast arrays of servers, routers and software stacks are actually doing has long been on the top of the IT wish list. Traditional IT management approaches force the trade-off been depth and comprehensive reach, meaning you can't get the full, integrated picture...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Application, IT Administration, Information Technology, Goal, Benefit, Splunk, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- Data warehouse appliance upstart plays the green card
- Heard today that the Dataupia Satori Server 12000 data warehouse appliance uses about 10 percent of the energy needed by a regular server designed for similar data warehousing applications. Likewise, it uses about half the energy that a SAN would need to store similar types of data. Or at least...
- Tags: Card, Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Finansbank Streamlines Business Processes and Increases Implementation Speed by Over 100%
- Finansbank is one of the largest private banking institutions in Turkey. Finansbank wanted to implement an automatic data management system for business intelligence to reduce man time lost through manual coding and reduce mistakes and anomalies caused by human error when manually coding. The challenge was to streamline systems for...
- Tags: Business Process, Oracle Corp., Finansbank, Data Management, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Banking, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Management, Financial Services
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- IWBank Improves Service and Insight With Advanced Business Intelligence Capabilities
- Established in 1999, IWBank specializes in online banking and financial services. IWBank wanted to respond promptly to requests from bank customers and optimize customer service and marketing processes. The challenge was to ensure continuous monitoring of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and verify achievement of marketing activities goals. IWBank implemented Oracle's...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Customer Service, Oracle Corp., IWBank, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing Research, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- Yangtze Power Improves Business Intelligence With Integrated Database and Analysis Tools
- China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd is China's largest publicly listed utility. Yangtze Power relies heavily on technology to support smooth operations. To gain a coherent view of its operations, Yangtze Power had to consolidate data from these systems, a time-consuming task that hindered timely decision-making during critical periods. The company...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Information Management, Oracle Corp., Power Generation, Analysis, Storage, Databases, Strategy, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- A Business Guide to Compliance - Baker & McKenzie
- The use of electronic data is rapidly increasing, and companies must find ways to manage it now so that they effectively control compliance risks. Proper archiving, retention, monitoring, filtering, and encryption of electronic data are no longer an option - it is imperative. ...
- Tags: Risk, Archiving, Compliance, Encryption, Business Intelligence, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-02-29
- SAP Takes A Swing at Oracle
- SAP has been hinting and mentioning and otherwise suggesting that it is taking away customers from Oracle's much vaunted Hyperion product line, and now it has issued a formal press release to that effect. While the press release talks about over 100 Oracle customers choosing SAP products over Hyperion, the...
- Tags: Hyperion Solutions Corp., Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Mergers & Acquisitions, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
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