June 2008 - (Free Research) This paper explores the leading business intelligence (BI) applications across industry verticals. It is useful for business users just learning about BI applications, as well as for project managers and report developers looking for best practices.
February 2008 - (Free Research) While many small or medium-size companies have relied on spreadsheet as their primary BI tool, most of them have come to realize that this is a stopgap solution and one that's apt to lead to data chaos and inconsistent analysis results.
June 2008 - (Free Research) The BI Survey 7, the leading independent survey of real-world BI implementations, provides unique, statistically significant insight into actual BI implementations and customer experiences with various BI products.
WebFOCUS is a comprehensive and fully integrated enterprise business intelligence platform. It sets the standard for enterprise business intelligence by scaling to support every level of the global organization – executive, analytical, & operational – and make data available, accessible, and meaningful to every person or application that needs it.
June 2008 - (Free Research) LiveWire Mobile needed a way of managing the royalty stream for end-user downloads, measuring performance and the end-user experience, and analyzing trends quickly.
August 2008 - (Free Research) In this expert podcast, learn how to make BI data as accurate, current and complete as possible -- so your BI system can truly support your business.
January 2007 - (Free Research) While many BI vendors want you to think that their pricey, industrial-strength solutions are absolutely necessary for the small and midsized business (SMB) sector, our research shows otherwise. Since all SMBs can benefit from BI tools, this paper provides a way for them to determine what tools they really need to make bottom line improvements.
June 2007 - (Free Research) Tthis paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for BI. It also provides guidance on how to avoid and/or overcome worst practices in order to tap into the true power of BI. By reading this paper, you will have a solid understanding of how to avoid BI failure and achieve success with your BI initiatives.
The BIG-IP Link Controller seamlessly monitors availability and performance of multiple WAN ISP connections to intelligently manage bi-directional traffic flows to a site, providing fault tolerant and optimized Internet access. The BIG-IP Link Controller delivers improved link performance and high availability capabilities.
August 2008 - (Free Research) In this 20-minute podcast, appropriate for IT and business professionals, listeners will get a complete introduction to operational BI benefits and related technology concepts.
June 2008 - (Free Research) This tour provides an overview of MicroStrategy platform's uniquely powerful enterprise BI capabilities and illustrates the 12 key differentiators between MicroStrategy and Cognos.
Application Extensions include: Analytic facilities, which provide real-time analysis of business performance; Customer portals, allowing access to timely & accurate data about customer account or service orders; & Mobile capabilities, that empower field forces to fully participate in corporate goals for revenue optimization & customer retention.
October 2007 - (Free Research) While data warehouses are important for many types of analytical systems, they aren’t always necessary. Building a data warehouse can dramatically increase the cost of a BI project. This paper describes data warehouses, along with many other options for placing relevant, timely information in the hands of business users.
August 2008 - (Free Research) Business intelligence (BI) is the key to leveraging the wealth of data that accumulates in an enterprise. Learn how BI can help you lower costs, increase revenue, and improve customer satisfaction.
June 2008 - (Free Research) The BI Survey provides a detailed quantitative analysis of why customers buy BI tools, what they use them for, how successful they are and why they eventually abandon them.
June 2008 - (Free Research) Noetix provides the tools and technology that tightly links the Cognos BI solution with the operational information found within the Oracle E-Business Suite.
WebFOCUS development and deployment solutions provide easy-to-use Web-based applications for unlimited numbers of users, tailored to their skill level and preferences regardless of location, as well as flexible and intuitive development tools for building applications.
June 2008 - (Free Research) Learn how Information Builders' philosophy of business intelligence will help you to establish a culture of measurement and begin a powerful cycle of continued improvement within your organization.
August 2008 - (Free Research) In this white paper, Dr. Mark Whitehorn of PenguinSoft Consulting discusses how leading firms use business intelligence to manage risks and spot new opportunities during the economic downturn.
Softrax Business Intelligence delivers actionable revenue analytics and financial forecasting to help you optimize top line performance. With Softrax BI, executives and financial professionals have instant access to detailed views of revenue that are personalized, timely and "in context" to the questions they need answered.
July 2008 - (Free Research) Through a series of online presentations, industry experts will offer advice on how to standardize and automate management processes and integrate performance management and BI solutions to optimize enterprise-wide performance.
