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QlikTech Selected to Demonstrate Its Business Intelligence Software on Next-Generation Processor of Intel: The in-memory technology of QlikView requires maximum memory availability, since all the analysis data is stored directly in RAM. This rapid and user-friendly BI (Business Intelligence) solution is also dependent on extremely powerful processors. As part of the Intel Software Partner Program, Intel provides QlikTech with its latest generation of...; Tags: Business Intelligence System, Intel Corp., Tools & Techniques, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Chipsets, Databases, Processors, Enterprise Software, Management, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; Case studies 2007-07-01
Business Intelligence Software: What It Is and Why It Is Necessary: Business Intelligence Software are applications that build on existing data warehouses and provide analytical processing tools that allow users to more effectively analyze such data. This, in turn, permits businesses to more rapidly develop existing and new analyses and reports for improved decision-making power and information dissemination capacity. By generating...; Tags: Software, Business Intelligence System, Research & Development, Business Operations; White papers 2007-03-13
Crystal Reports, meet open source: Business intelligence software is a sweet, sweet business. If you want to deploy reporting beyond a few top users, you're looking at bills of $50,000 or more. Each year.No wonder no one takes advantage of their own data. What is the point of collecting all that data if only a...; Tags: open source business intelligence, open source; Blog posts 2006-04-24
EMEA business intelligence software up 10% in 2004: New license sales for the business intelligence software market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa grew 10% in 2004. Leading growth drivers include a combination of currency effects, data warehousing and other data-related projects, Gartner says.; Tags: business intelligence system, software; Blog posts 2006-02-10
Business intelligence software up 12% in 2004: New license sales for business intelligence software grew 12% from 2003 to 2004. Microsoft led with 53% growth for its BI platform offering in the composite BI market, Gartner says.; Tags: Business intelligence, business intelligence system, software; Blog posts 2005-09-03

Insurance Business Intelligence - A Model-Driven Approach to Integrated Analytics: This paper discusses the issues involved in building an end-to-end business intelligence system, looks at the benefits that packaged intelligence models have to offer in such an environment, and reviews the insurance intelligence solutions available from SAS Institute. The SAS Business Intelligence platform includes a number of integrated software components...; Tags: Analytics, SAS Institute, Business Intelligence System, SAS Business Intelligence Platform, Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance; White papers 2002-11-18
Business Intelligence Software Keeps Centrebet on Top of Its Game: Each day Centrebet handles about 50,000 bets on anything from cricket and tennis to soccer and polo. Its 260,000 clients generate annual revenue of about $1 billion. Keeping track of such a vast array of transactions, some involving large amounts of money is no easy task. Choosing the wrong odds...; Tags: Game, SAS Institute, Business Intelligence System, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management; Case studies
Cognos Business Intelligence Software Arms Agencies for Today's Challenges: The problem with most government operations is not a lack of data, but how to use it. Agencies at all levels are drowning in files and database entries. The problems in decision-making are lack of coordination, too much information, difficulty to assimilate it, slow data delivery and too much opinion....; Tags: Cognos Inc., e.Republic, Agency, Business Intelligence System, Advertising & Promotion, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Databases, Marketing, Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies
TechNet Webcast: Real-World Experience With a business intelligence system on SQL Server 2005 (Part 1 of 3): Overview and Design (Level 200): Project REAL uses large volumes of actual data and scenarios from real companies to implement Business Intelligence (BI) systems using early releases of Microsoft SQL Server 2005. This webcast focuses on the reference implementation and lay out the overall system design.; Tags: Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Business Intelligence System, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft TechNet, Digital Media, Databases, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Data Management; Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Real-World Experience With a business intelligence system on SQL Server 2005 (Part 2 of 3): Data Engines (Level 300): This webcast focuses on delivering BI information from Project REAL to end users using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services and Analysis Services. The discussion includes a look at data delivery scenarios ranging from simple intranet cases to public Web services.; Tags: Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Discussion, Microsoft Corp., Business Intelligence System, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft TechNet, Intranet, Digital Media, Databases, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Data Management; Webcasts
Banca Popolare Di Vicenza Banks on 64-Bit business intelligence system: For a Karaoke TV (KTV) club that operates 72 karaoke rooms twenty-four hours a day, the Video-On-Demand (VOD) system must provide constant stability with no system errors, even when many simultaneous data streams are being delivered. This high-capacity usage environment requires robust systems since performance directly impacts the level of...; Tags: 64-bit, VoD, Business Intelligence System, Intel Corp., Video On Demand (VoD), Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Digital Media, Processors, Servers, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; Case studies
Unitrin Direct Selects SAS Business Intelligence Software for Better Efficiency, Quicker Results: Unitrin Direct selected SAS Enterprise BI Server to help the company become more efficient and agile within its data management system and overall IT network. By using SAS, the leader in business intelligence, Unitrin Direct - the direct, personal auto insurance arm of leading insurance provider Unitrin Inc. - expects...; Tags: Software, SAS Institute, Business Intelligence System, Insurance, Data Management, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance; Case studies
Process Consulting for an International Bank Provides a Standardized business intelligence system That Can be Rolled Out to Multiple Locations Worldwide: The client is a multinational bank operating in 50 countries. The bank had begun building an enterprise data warehouse and a pilot data mart in early 1998. They had adopted a waterfall development model. The project suffered a setback because of quality related issues and delivery schedules could not be...; Tags: Bank, Wipro Technologies, Client, Consulting, Business Intelligence System, Financial Services; Case studies
TechNet Webcast: Real-World Experience With a business intelligence system on SQL Server 2005 (Part 3 of 3): Presentation (Level 300): This webcast focuses on delivering BI information from Project REAL to end users using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services and Analysis Services. The discussion includes a look at data delivery scenarios ranging from simple intranet cases to public Web services.; Tags: Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Discussion, Microsoft Corp., Business Intelligence System, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft TechNet, Intranet, Digital Media, Databases, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Data Management; Webcasts
Music Giant Implements business intelligence system to Monitor the Organisation's Heartbeat: Global music company EMI Music is evolving its business to capitalise on the growth opportunities created by the digital revolution. To maintain its leadership position and be capable of responding quickly to meet demand for new music products and services, EMI has partnered with Microsoft and identified a series of...; Tags: Monitor, EMI Group Plc., Microsoft Corp., Business Intelligence System, Music, Portals, Sales Strategy, Web Technology, Leadership, Performance Management, Databases, Internet, Sales, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies

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Craigslist fires back at eBay; Bogus Google ads to Kijiji alleged: Craigslist has filed its response to eBay's lawsuit and the company hits back--hard. Craigslist alleges that eBay participated in everything from "unlawful and unfair competition," false advertising, business interference and even phishing attacks. The official list via Craigslist: "We filed a complaint in California today, charging...; Tags: Google Inc., Craigslist, Advertisement, eBay Inc., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Details, details, details... more on the Microsoft flaws from today: Thought I'd explore some of these bugs a bit more... first, Tipping Point released one of the vulnerabilities that Larry reported earlier, listed as a stack overflow issue in Microsoft Office Jet Database Engine. The stack overflow isn't what's interesting, what's interesting is the attack vector itself. To be fair to...; Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Database Engine, iDefense, Flaw, Exploitation, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, CSS, Microsoft Office, Security, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Microsoft vs. Google: Are all monopolies created equal?: Are Microsoft and Google really locked into a zero-sum game, where every gain in Google's search business translates into an automatic kick-in-the-pants for Microsoft? That seems to be the premise, to a degree, of a couple of new items -- one on the Financial Times and...; Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Monopoly, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-13
No Brotherly Love: EarthLink will pull its Wi-Fi network from Philly: EarthLink on Tuesday threw in the towel on its Philadelphia Wi-Fi project, which the ISP was trying to transfer to a non-profit or the city's operating group. Now EarthLink is trying to pull out its gear. EarthLink says in a statement: After months of negotiations with...; Tags: EarthLink Inc., Network, Wi-Fi Network, City, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
That Florida beach isn't just sand, it could be a lot of crap: Now that you've read the headline, here's the brutal research result: fecal bacteria are likely lurking in that sunny beach where you've lain in the sun. Seems those micro-organisms can find the damp sand about as comfortable a medium as, say, some human's lower intestine.The research also indicates that...; Tags: Bacteria, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-13