BI and Datawarehousing

Business Performance Management
Data Quality & Integration
Data Mining
Master-Data Management
Virtualization
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Better Business Intelligence
Ventana’s CEO and SVP of Research Mark Smith
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The business of intelligence
Cognos' SVP of Performance Management Applications Renee Lorton: improved business performance.
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A fresh look at large scale data warehouses
Traditional data warehouse technologies are being overwhelmed by accelerating demand from business users for wider access to rapidly growing data sets.
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Business Performance Management

Corporate performance management: A strategic choice
BMA asked Neal Hill, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, at Cognos how BI and CPM can help business leaders define and execute corporate priorities.
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Make the right moves with the right tools
Recently we have seen the rise of a new generation of business intelligence, reporting and performance management solutions.
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Data Quality & Integration

Data, data everywhere
Most organisations hoard data (and even store it multiple times) so they can squirrel it away for disaster recovery purposes or to produce in the event of a regulatory investigation or lawsuit.
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Dealing with the data explosion
John Mancini, President of AIIM, the ECM industry association, explains how ECM will be just as important - if not more so - to companies who want to stay at the cutting edge in the future.
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A strategic crossroads
Located at the intersection of CRM and quality initiatives, customer communication management (CCM) integrates customer-facing and internally focused processes. Its impact will be felt on both top and bottom lines, says Group1 Software's Jeff Cohen.
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Data Mining

Master-Data Management

Mastering the data management maze
Getting a single, consistent view of key information has traditionally been a problem for companies of all sizes – but now proponents of master data management (MDM) claim to have found the answer.
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Getting a single view of ‘X’
Creating a master data management strategy to obtain that elusive, single view of critical company data
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Case study: Building value through master data management
“The ebuild catalog has existed online since January of 2001, and now thousands of building professionals visit it every day,” says Glenn Stevens, Director of Internet Technologies for ebuild.
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Master data management: Changing the information landscape
While a number of hot technologies have flared up and disappeared with much fanfare and little fruition, master data management (MDM) is rapidly emerging as a substantiated.
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When is the Last Time You Saved Your Company $800 Million?
Are you greeted with a chorus of yawns when you talk about data management? Try mentioning that it can save over three quarters of a billion dollars.
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Virtualization

Come together
To date, there has been a tendency among organizations to overlook the importance of data center management and, as a result, many now find themselves leaking costs through inefficiency and missed opportunity.
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A vision of virtualization
Bob Muglia is Senior Vice President of the Server and Tools Business Group at Microsoft Corporation.
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Optimizing Server Resources in Today’s Enterprise
In recent years, the widespread adoption of servers has fundamentally changed the way organizations manage data, information and knowledge.
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