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		<title><![CDATA[IBM launches private business analytics cloud; Eyes 'easily consumable' BI for the masses]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=27328]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM will unveil Blue Insight, a massive business analytics cloud that will hold more than a petabyte of data. This internal cloud computing environment will be the basis for future external services. by Larry Dignan]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:02:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Business Analytics and Optimization for the Intelligent Enterprise]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1181181]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on our survey of 225 business leaders worldwide, we found that enterprises  are operating with bigger blind spots and that they are making important decisions  without access to the right information. They recognize that new analytics, coupled  with advanced business process management capabilities, signal a major...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Case for Software-as-a-Service Analytics]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1122779]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Software-as-a-Service SaaS has many advantages over traditional "on-premise" enterprise software, causing companies increasingly to consider SaaS solutions. Compared to most Business Intelligence options, managers and business analysts are finding SaaS solutions to be less expensive and easier to deploy and use. Today's newest analytics technologies are available as SaaS offerings,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Emerging Green Intelligence: Business Analytics and Corporate Sustainability]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1130823]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This white paper, Emerging Green Intelligence: Business Analytics and Corporate Sustainability, reviews a portion of the research and provides analysis and insights on the topic of business analytics. It is part of a series of white papers for C-level executives intended to facilitate sharing the most important insights from the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beyond "Reinventing Government": Streamlining Government With Business Analytics]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1140153]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In April 2009, BusinessWeek Research Services BWRS launched a research program to determine the attitudes and opinions of C-level executives with regard to the use and value of business analytics. The research program was designed to understand how companies can optimize business analytics to improve fact-based decision making. This white...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Customer You Know: Keeping, Leveraging and Profiting From Current Customers With Business Analytics]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1140319]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This white paper reviews a portion of the research and provides analysis and insights on the topic of business analytics. It is part of a series of white papers for C-level executives intended to facilitate sharing the most important insights from the research. There is no business model that exists...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News to know: Microhoo; Multilingual spam; Apple; Verizon; Sprint]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=21857]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are todayâ€™s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNETâ€™s around-the-Web tech coverage.    Larry Dignan: Microsoft-Yahoo search pact appears to be a win-win if smaller deal    	Boomtown: Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Struck-Will Be Announced...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:00:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM launches business analytics system]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=21779]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM on Tuesday unveiled a business analytics system---a bundle of preconfigured and optimized hardware and software---designed to cut deployment time.    The system is designed to complement and enhance IBM's existing business analytics service. The system will also have optional business intelligence and data mining software. The IBM...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:00:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Information Is King: Business Analytics in the Age of the Downturn and the (Re)Emergence of the Customer]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1140225]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This white paper reviews a portion of the research and provides analysis and insights on the topic of business analytics. This research program is an online survey of C-level executives at leading large and midsize companies who are members of the BusinessWeek Market Advisory Board, an online panel of 20,000+...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Raising the Bar on Business Analytics: Innovation Powered by Grid]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1140273]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This white paper focuses on the benefits of deploying business analytics solutions on grid computing platforms. The paper discusses these technologies, the reasons for selecting business analytics software on grid computing platforms, and the benefits achieved from them by three organizations. The examples show that these technologies can enable competitive...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Banco BHD Manages Risk-Performance Relationship Using SAS Business Analytics]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1143163]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BHD Bank, a pioneer in multiple banking services in the Dominican Republic, was founded in July 1972 and is still the leader in promoting important historical changes in the financial system. As measured by assets, BHD is the second-largest private bank in the country. The challenge was that BHD needed...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Savings at Nippon Paper Highlights the Value of Business Analytics Framework]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1143399]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nippon Paper Group is an industry-leading manufacturer of a variety of paper products used for newsprint, business communication, printers and in industry. The challenge was to increase penetration and utilization of existing business intelligence systems within the company and the cost of overlapping investments for multiple tools. Nippon Paper Group...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM picks up data analytics company Exeros]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=17468]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM said Tuesday that it acquired Exeros, a privately-held data discovery software maker.Â     The terms of the deal weren't disclosed.Â     IBM said it will wrap Exeros' technology into its recently launched business analytics unit.Â     Exeros' technology uncovers relationships between database and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 03:53:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Longitudinal Data Systems in Education: Leveraging the SAS Business Analytics Framework to Accelerate Implementations and Minimize Risk]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1130851]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper takes a brief look at the drivers of LDS initiatives and the challenges in implementing a large-scale data warehouse that can support the analytics and reporting needed to achieve the goals of LDS initiatives. It then explores SAS' best-practice-based framework for implementing large-scale data integration and enterprise data...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM launches business analytics services unit; Eyes predictive modeling]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10532-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=63320&messageID=1171483&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM math wonk: Social media another source of data]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=16306]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[All those emotional Tweets. Those blog rants. The guy going off about being scorned by a vendor. It's just another data set.Â     Brenda Dietrich, vice president of business analytics & mathematical sciences at IBM Research, made the comments on a panel at Big Blue's Hawthorne, NY facility.Â ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:41:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM launches business analytics services unit; Eyes predictive modeling]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=16268]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM said it is pushing for "fact based enterprises" that operate more on analytics than intuition. In other words, gut feel will be downgraded in management. Big Blue also noted that it expects rivals to follow. by Larry Dignan]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:00:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Webinar Series: Applying Business Analytics--Transform your business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=949251]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Tune into this Applying Business Analytics Webinar series to learn how the SAS® Business Analytics Framework can help can help you transform the way you do business. You'll dive deep into best practices for:     Integrating data to improve data quality and consistency throughout the organization ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Defining Business Analytics and Its Impact on Organizational Decision-Making]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=949255]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 200 executive and IT professionals weigh in on their definition of - and familiarity with - business analytics as a growing market category. Read top-line results of this survey for insight into how analytics software drives improved performance. Respondents cite a number of key benefits their organizations derived from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SAS preps cloud computing facility; Bets on on-demand BI]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=14935]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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.Â  ...]]></description>
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