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Business intelligence and related technologies
More and more, business intelligence is at the center of a web of integrated enterprise applications and not an afterthought in a single department. This extensive collection of tips, news analysis and expert advice covers many of the technologies that overlap with business intelligence, such as BPM, CDI, CPM, enterprise search, text mining, CRM, data quality and more.
Business intelligence and compliance:
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Some things SOX doesn't say: SOX myths
05 Apr 2006
Article - In this excerpt from Chapter 1 of "Sarbanes-Oxley for Dummies," author Jill Gilbert Welytok demystifies four common myths about SOX.
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17 Jan 2006
Article - SOX spending is shifting to technology, as companies automate compliance processes. Here's what you need to know to spend your technology budget wisely this year.
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Why companies still struggle with compliance
15 Nov 2005
Article - A security analyst with a major rental car company has some theories on why companies aren't meeting government mandates for data security.
Business intelligence and data quality:
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Postal service delivers data quality
25 Jan 2006
Article - The U.S. Postal Service is working with companies to clean up their databases, offering technology that can support customer data quality initiatives.
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Talkin' turkey with dirty data
(presented by SearchCRM.com)
| 18 Nov 2004
Article - When Jennie-O Foods merged with The Turkey Store, it had more than just processed turkey to integrate. The combined company created a Corporate Information Factory to centralize its data.
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Data quality market evolves as interest ramps up
(presented by SearchCRM.com)
| 29 Sep 2004
Article - The data quality market has seen some consolidation in recent years and, as bad data continues to haunt the enterprise, that should continue.
Business intelligence and other technologies:
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Getting BI from RFID no easy feat
29 Dec 2005
Article - Widespread RFID implementations are only a matter of time, but there is still a dearth of BI tools on the market for analysis. Will companies have to build BI for RFID themselves?
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The Humpty Dumpty data dilemma
(presented by SearchCRM.com)
| 19 Aug 2004
Article - Corporate data is increasingly falling apart and execs are constantly trying to piece it back together again. But companies have plenty of choices when it comes to getting scattered data in order.
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BI meets SOA, faces challenges
29 Nov 2006
Article - Business intelligence is moving toward being a Web service within a service-oriented architecture -- but that shift will have some notable challenges.
Business intelligence and text mining:
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Application vendors to dig into data mining
(presented by SearchCRM.com)
| 25 Jan 2005
Article - The fragmented data mining market should see some growth in the coming years, thanks in part to application and database software vendors.
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Text mining: A golden opportunity for HP
(presented by SearchCRM.com)
| 06 Jun 2005
Article - The deep insight text mining promised years ago never quite emerged, but some companies are finding success using it on customer data. HP is one.
Business intelligence, CRM and CDI:
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Put your faith in CRM's data stewards
(presented by SearchCRM.com)
| 18 Jun 2004
Article - At the Smart CRM West conference, analysts preached the importance of planning for a CRM implementation and installing a few key people to serve as data stewards.
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CDI: The missing piece to the CRM puzzle
06 Jul 2005
Column - While CRM is finally gaining momentum, it still can't seem to deliver on its promise of "one single view of the customer." But customer data integration technology (CDI) promises to change that -- and plenty of vendors want to get in on the action.
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The best practices in customer intelligence
11 Jan 2006
Article - Customer intelligence management can help improve acquisition, retention and profitability. A study describes the best practices of early adopters and offers recommendations.
Business intelligence, privacy and security:
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Learning about privacy from your CRM vendor
(presented by SearchCRM.com)
| 06 May 2004
Article - As privacy regulation continues to weigh on organizations, their CRM software vendors need to develop more privacy controls, says one analyst. Some vendors are appointing chief privacy officers of their own.
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Don't 'creep out' your customers
(presented by SearchCRM.com)
| 17 Mar 2004
Article - It's not good enough for your marketing campaigns to just meet the letter of the law. There's also a comfort threshold for customers, Gartner research finds.
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(presented by SearchCRM.com)
| 16 Feb 2004
Article - Protecting customer privacy eats up costs, right? Actually, one consultant argues that, if you do it right, it might actually make you money.