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- Jive & Telligent Get More Analytical
- Jive, creator of 'Social Business Software 3.0', are announcing today an OEM agreement with business intelligence vendor SAP AG, through which it will deliver community analytics that combine the best in Social Business Software together with SAP® BusinessObjects™ BI OnDemand offerings. This partnership makes available complete cloud-based analytics...
- Tags: Analytics, Social Computing, SAP AG, Enterprise 2.0, Telligent, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Financial Planning, Social Networking, Enterprise Software, Databases, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management, Finance, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Demonstrate Accountability for Your Analytical Assets Throughout Your Organization
- If you use data mining or rules-based models to make key decisions, you may need to explain the basis for these decisions to satisfy compliance for Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II, and other regulations. This executive brief explains how you can address regulatory compliance by using proven analytics management technology to automatically...
- Tags: Asset, Analytics, Compliance, SPSS Inc., Accountability, Asset Management, Basel II, Financial Planning, Regulatory Compliance, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Services, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2009-06-03
- Dexrex Extensions 0.7.0b (Mac)
- Dexrex Extensions for Mac stores all of your instant messages to your own personal account on dexrex.com. You can use your favorite clients like iChat, Adium, Proteus, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, and Microsoft Messenger to save all of your text communications over the AIM, Yahoo, or MSN networks. You...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, AOL Instant Messenger, Analytics, Yahoo! Inc., Dexrex, Financial Planning, Instant Messaging, Finance, Internet, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2009-06-01
- Collaborative Analytics: Sharing and Harvesting Analytic Insights Across the Business
- The architectural model described provides the basis for a new cooperative approach between the edge-based business analysts and the center-focused IT department. Their long experience and personal understanding of how analysts actually work suggests that the IT department change their approach. Criticizing spreadsheet usage is not enough. IT must provide...
- Tags: Analytics, Information Technology, Analyst, Consulting, Spreadsheet, Productivity, Strategy, Outsourcing, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Extend the Value of Symantec Endpoint Protection With Management and Analytics Reporting
- The presenter of this webcast will highlight some of the key management and analytics reporting capabilities available today that can enhance and provide greater visibility into one's existing security posture. The attendee will discover how to extend the value of the existing Symantec Endpoint Protection investment.
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Analytics, Security
- Webcasts 2009-05-27
- IBM takes its streaming computing software commercial
- IBM on Wednesday will unveil the commercial version of its stream computing software, which is used for real-time analysis of data. The commercial version of this IBM Research software will be dubbed System S. IBM will also establish the IBM European Stream Computing Center in Dublin, Ireland. In...
- Tags: Software, Analytics, IBM Corp., System S, TD Securities, Financial Planning, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Flash disk drives are a hit with enterprise customers, says Sun
- Today, Sun announced hundreds of wins across a range of industries for its eco-friendly Sun Storage 7000 series since it was introduced 5 months ago. According to Sun, over 17 petabytes of total space has been purchased, making it "the fastest ramping new product in Sun's storage portfolio ever". Sun...
- Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Analytics, Sun Microsystems Inc., ZFS, Storage, Hardware, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- IBM picks up data analytics company Exeros
- IBM said Tuesday that it acquired Exeros, a privately-held data discovery software maker. The terms of the deal weren't disclosed. IBM said it will wrap Exeros' technology into its recently launched business analytics unit. Exeros' technology uncovers relationships between database and...
- Tags: Analytics, Business Analytics, IBM Corp., Exeros, Financial Planning, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Wolfram/Alpha's demo: Search results meet analytics
- Wolfram/Alpha's demo: Search results meet analyticsHe deserves to do well.Hopefully he can take over Microsoft's little share of the search market.RE: Wolfram/Alpha's demo: Search results meet analyticsHi there,"Algorithms: Wolfram/Alpha uses a bevy of algorithms including 5 million to 6 million of mathematical code." should probably be"Algorithms: Wolfram/Alpha uses a bevy...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Engineering, SEARCH, Mathematica, IMHO, Wolfram/Alpha, analytics, search result, algorithm
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Wolfram/Alpha's demo: Search results meet analytics
- Updated: Stephen Wolfram, creator of the Wolfram/Alpha search engine, on Tuesday demonstrated his much ballyhooed "computational knowledge engine" at a talk at Harvard University. Wolfram likened his effort to reproducing a global reference library and said Wolfram/Alpha will launch in "a few weeks." Wolfram's demonstration was one...
- Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Algorithm, Search Engine, Analytics, Knowledge, Data, Search Result, Wolfram/Alpha, Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram/Alpha Search Engine, Search, Engineering, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- IBM launches business analytics services unit; Eyes predictive modeling
- IBM launches business analytics services unit; Eyes predictive modelingAll watched over by machines of loving graceIBM seems to want to remove the human element, which is the only infinitely variable part of a business. By opting for safety and predictability, you create institutionalised mediocrity. RE: IBM launches business analytics services...
- Tags: Research & Development, IBM Corp., IBM launches business analytic, IBM launches business analytics services unit, IBM Launches, predictive modeling, business analytics, services unit, analytics, modeling
- Discussion threads 2009-04-15
- Processing and Analytics Workbench 1.0 (Windows)
- PAW helps you with data massaging and data integration tasks, enabling you to build custom reports and perform adhoc data analysis. You can import data from Excel, CSV, XML, text files, databases, and web pages. You can join and compare datasets, convert and map fields, find distinct values, consolidate and...
- Tags: Analytics, Data, Microsoft Windows, Data Integration, PAW Analytics, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-04-09
- Content Management Meets Text Analytics, Featuring Hurwitz & Associates
- Boundless information growth has created some tough challenges for most organizations. Substantial data volumes make it difficult to quickly find what is relevant or valuable, and create a composite view of market trends, competitive landscapes, or customer feedback. Text analytics technology can help organizations cull through their massive amounts of...
- Tags: Analytics, Content Management, Information Growth, Financial Planning, Finance
- Webcasts 2009-04-09
- Real Analytics for Real Business
- Savvy organizations are strategically applying analytics to their daily operations to outthink and outperform the competition. This Computerworld technology briefing illustrates how CIOs and their teams have a vital role to play in understanding the data needed for informed decision making - and establishing an analytical IT architecture with the...
- Tags: Analytics, SAS Institute, Savvy Organization, Financial Planning, Finance
- White papers 2009-04-01
- A firehose of free at Google Analytics
- A firehose of free at Google AnalyticsHello from XinjiangHey Dana, even those of us out here in Xinjiang need to keep up with news and information! Just because we're in the middle of a stinkin' desert doesn't mean we're entirely disconnected :)I completely agree with you about how invaluable...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Google Analytics, Xinjiang, analytics, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-28
- A firehose of free at Google Analytics
- It's the attitude behind this firehose of free that is the story. By building it first, then worrying about the money, Google creates goodwill that brings in the paying customers whenever they do go to the market. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Google Inc., Analytics, Google Analytics, Financial Planning, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Identity Analytics - "User Provisioning" Case Study: Using Modelling and Simulation for Policy Decision Support
- This paper extends and complements paper by providing additional details on how modelling and simulation can support the policy decision making process, for Identity and Access Management IAM. Specifically, the process of making IT security policy decisions, within organizations, is complex: it involves reaching consensus between a set of stakeholders...
- Tags: User Provisioning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Analytics, Policy, Decision Support, Identity, IAM, Tools & Techniques, Data Mining, Strategy, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-03-21
- The Platform for SAS Business Analytics as a Centrally Managed Service
- Organizations that employ the Software as a Service model are looking to reduce the overall costs in supporting their "Customers." In the government sector, an Information Technology organization may be responsible for providing data integration, business intelligence, or analytic applications to several consuming agencies. A standardized set of hardware and...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Analytics, SAS Institute, Business Analytics, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management
- White papers 2009-03-17
- Microsoft kills adCenter Analytics
- Microsoft kills adCenter AnalyticsLet's hope next product for the ax is windozeThat will put M$ and many users out of misery.Horrah! Something from MS to cheer aboutIf this stuff was anything like Google analytics or adsense, good riddence.It clearly wasn'tWhich was WHY they killed it. If it worked, like Google...
- Tags: Financial Planning, analytics, adCenter analytic, Microsoft adCenter, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-12
- Microsoft kills adCenter Analytics
- Microsoft has pulled the plug on adCenter Analytics -- the product formerly known as "Gatineau" -- before it ever had a chance to exit beta. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft adCenter, Analytics, Microsoft Corp., LiveSide.Net, Financial Planning, Finance, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-03-12

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