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- Engineering BI
- The BI engineering framework is the working environment for the BI practitioner. It offers a structured set of activities and deliverable templates to enable efficient, manageable and repeatable BI development. BI framework describes the main processes to be understood by all involved parties in a BI initiative. The BI engineering...
- White papers 2009-05-17
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- Microsoft whittles away at Oslo; now plans to fold it into SQL Server
- Let's wait for PDC09 firstOk, it's a fact that the Oslo umbrella has little left of the glory it once had. On the other hand, the original plan would never have yielded a stable, full-featured product or a set of products in v1. If the new direction results in shipping...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Enterprise 2.0 2009 Conference: Aggregate and Organize
- I finally made it to Boston for the Enterprise 2.0 conference with my record intact. That record would be that I have NEVER in 15 years of flying to Boston a hundred times, NEVER, repeat again, NEVER been on time both ways. This one was resolved quickly because my flight...
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- .NET ModelKit Suite 4.0.3 (Windows)
- .NET ModelKit Suite contains data analysis, visualization, and processing components for .NET Framework. The package includes OLAP ModelKit and Report Sharp-Shooter, the use-proven BI components intended for intelligent data handling and presentation; Instrumentation ModelKit, a tool for digital dashboards and KPI creation; and Chart ModelKit, a component for charts and...
- Software downloads 2009-06-10
- The BI Lifecycle
- Knowledge and experience of many years has now been consolidated in a practical framework. Many approaches, methodologies and architectures are available for BI solutions in the market. Each of them has its advantages, disadvantages and specific application areas. Its BI Framework is not a new approach, methodology or architecture for...
- White papers 2009-05-17
- ComSuper Turns to SAS for Quality-Assured Business Intelligence
- ComSuper, in Australia's capital city of Canberra, is responsible for administering a number of superannuation schemes for public service employees and Australian Defence Force personnel. The challenge was that generation of information through process was labour intensive and often dependent on the availability of specific subject matter expertise. This situation...
- Case studies 2009-05-01
- Metadata and IBM Cognos 8 BI
- For enterprise-scale business intelligence BI to function successfully, it requires common metadata to deliver the often promised but rarely delivered "single version of the truth." With centralized metadata, IT saves time and resources by re-using existing models, without having to redevelop reports and analyses across an organization when simple changes...
- White papers 2009-04-01
- SAS preps cloud computing facility; Bets on on-demand BI
- SAS is planning to spend $70 million on a cloud computing facility at its Cary, N.C. headquarters as it expands its on-demand offerings. SAS seems to be making a big bet on business intelligence software in the cloud, a concept that isn't expected to get a lot of traction. ...
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
- Retailer Realises Benefits of Integrated, Business Wide Management Information
- Founded in 1813, Harvey Nichols is a high fashion retailer, focusing on branded merchandise and quality food and restaurant offerings. Harvey Nichols realised that they needed to implement a sound framework that would support their requirements as their growth continued. BOARD's Business Partner Retail Assist were already a trusted supplier...
- Case studies 2009-01-19
- Row Level Security With BI Publisher Enterprise
- Having a tight security and clear accountability for reporting data has never been more critical in this more compliance and regulatory requested business world. A row level security is a technique that allows same report or same query to retrieve different set of data for different users, based on a...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Can open source saving gaming companies?
- Can open source saving gaming companies?Can open source saving gaming companies?What is that, Stephen Colbert's next book title?RE: Can open source saving gaming companies?Save gaming companies? Maybe.This might not be in the same league but, there are a lot of dedicated end users that have patched and modded existing games.Look...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-15
- Understanding the Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite Security Framework
- Security and access rights are two components of the most crucial area of Business Intelligence BI. It is imperative to enforce strict user privileges against information content, to afford proper reach to the needed data by knowledge workers, to provide for effective collaboration among colleagues, and to prevent unauthorized access...
- White papers 2008-12-12
- Think Bigger About Business Intelligence - Create an Informed Healthcare Organization
- Healthcare organizations are under increasing pressure to improve performance and the quality of care they provide. Microsoft provides a fully integrated BI platform, infrastructure, and applications to help organizations access and understand personal, team, and organizational information that affects business performance. And Microsoft BI software is completely integrated with the...
- Case studies 2008-10-28
- The Path Toward Pervasive Business Intelligence at an Asian Telecommunication Services Provider
- The trend toward evidence-based decision-making is taking root in commercial, non-profit and public sector organizations. Driven by increased competition due to changing business models, deregulation or, in some cases, increased regulation in the form of new compliance requirements, organizations in all industries and of all sizes are turning to Business...
- Case studies 2008-09-01
- Vicor Evaluates Business Performance in Realtime Using IBM Cognos Software
- Vicor Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets modular power components and power systems used in the communications, data processing, industrial controls, test equipment, medical, and defense electronic markets. It needed to track and analyze production processes and issues more effectively. It deployed Business Intelligence BI solution that provides a framework for...
- Case studies 2008-08-01
- Pervasive DataRush: A Description of the Highly Parallel Dataflow Framework
- The data requirements of many industries are quickly expanding and growing more complex. Several emerging industry trends point to this. First, CRM, ERP and BI data warehouses and Enterprise Records Management ERM data storage devices face data proliferation as companies and organizations comply with regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley, Basel...
- White papers 2008-07-01
- Live Mesh: Microsoft hews to open standards rule
- As reported pretty much everywhere already (I rarely "scoop" things, a trait that would make me a bad journalist were I ever to become one), Microsoft has provided more details about the new platform that it is calling "Live Mesh." They will likely have the same problem explaining it that...
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Metadata Promotion in SAS 9.2
- Promotion of metadata content is typically used to support movement across Development, Test, and Production environments. In SAS 9.1.3, the paper provided tools for full repository promotion and partial promotion. In SAS 9.2, these tools have been enhanced to streamline functionality and provide batch interfaces. SAS Management Console will continue...
- White papers 2008-03-14
- Justifying Business Intelligence Applications 2008
- Businesses today face enormous market pressure to compete and recognize business opportunities and potential threats. Businesses also face regulatory challenges and the pressure to improve profits and reduce operating costs. To respond to these challenges, businesses require the ability to make informed decisions in an ever-compressing time frame. Business Intelligence...
- White papers 2008-01-24
- Integrating Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus With SOA
- As one is most likely aware by now, Service-Oriented Architecture SOA is a design approach that allows developers to construct business applications and business processes out of loosely coupled, independent services provided by distributed applications. By basing the application infrastructure on SOA-enabled products such as Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle JDeveloper,...
- White papers 2008-01-01
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