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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.

BROWSE SUBCATEGORIES:  Business intelligence and text mining (3),  Business intelligence and BPM (4),  The Excel factor (2),  Business intelligence and compliance (10),  Business intelligence and data quality (13),  Business intelligence, CRM and CDI (11),  Business intelligence, privacy and security (5),  Business intelligence and CPM (6),  Business intelligence and search (5),  Business intelligence and other technologies (10) 
  Business intelligence and text mining: 1 - 3 of 3

IBM says that companies need to mine blogs, wikis for vital business data
ARTICLE - Companies will need search and data mining technologies to obtain business-critical information from the explosion of blogs, wikis and other Web-based collaborative schemes.
Text mining: A golden opportunity for HP
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.
Application vendors to dig into data mining
ARTICLE - The fragmented data mining market should see some growth in the coming years, thanks in part to application and database software vendors.
  Business intelligence and BPM: 1 - 3 of 4

Q&A with Howard Dresner, part II: The business performance management revolution
Q A INTERVIEW - Howard Dresner invented the term "business intelligence" in 1989. In 1992, Dresner joined Gartner Inc., where he built up the analyst firm's BI practice and made strides toward what he termed "information democracy."...
BPM -- the final software frontier?
ARTICLE - If you don't know what business performance management is, it's probably time for a crash course. Business app gurus say it may be "the last bastion" of enterprise software.
Hyperion calls for a BPM revolution
ARTICLE - Hyperion rallied its users to a revolution, calling for "actionable insight for all."
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  The Excel factor: 1 - 2 of 2

Excel in enterprises: How to deal with data integrity
ARTICLE - Microsoft Excel in the enterprise can present problems, but there are tools and techniques for managing Excel data integrity that keep both business users and IT departments happy.
Microsoft Excel: The king of BI
TIP - The current king of business intelligence (BI) tools is Microsoft Excel. Microsoft states that there are over 150 million Excel users, with many of them using Excel for reporting and analysis of corporate data.
  Business intelligence and compliance: 1 - 3 of 10

Compliance and BI: Same mission, different approaches
(Presented by SearchCRM.com)
COLUMN - Both BI and compliance initiatives are used to help manage a company's assets. But they offer completely different approaches to the same goal. In this month's column, BI expert Wayne Eckerson discusses the differences...
Complying with Sarbanes Oxley Act with business intelligence
EXPERT RESPONSE - According to our expert, Sarbanes Oxley is probably not number one on the BI agenda.
Find the right SOX tool
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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  Business intelligence and data quality: 1 - 3 of 13

The importance of data quality for data warehousing and CRM
ARTICLE - Poor data quality can stymie your CRM efforts and even worse, make your company look poorly run and unprofessional. Find out how to keep your data clean and up-to-date.
Learning guide: Data quality
GENERIC - Here you'll find articles, white papers, advice and resources to help you better manage and leverage your company's data. From an introduction to data quality-related terms to understanding the innovations in tools and...
Three requirements in a data consolidation project
ARTICLE - Data consolidation is moving slowly despite the clear benefits. A successful project requires three main ingredients -- a CEO mandate, enterprise-wide commitment and an investment of time and money.
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  Business intelligence, CRM and CDI: 1 - 3 of 11

The right mix of BI and CRM analytics
ARTICLE - With SAS and Onyx both releasing new products today, businesses need to consider both CRM analytics tools and BI.
Analyzing the CRM analytics race
(Presented by SearchCRM.com)
ARTICLE - "Analytics" is the hot word in CRM these days. And it's not just the business intelligence vendors who are throwing it around.
How is BI different from CRM?
EXPERT RESPONSE - William McKnight explains that business intelligence is a broad category that includes many uses of data, one of which is in pursuit of a CRM strategy.
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  Business intelligence, privacy and security: 1 - 3 of 5

Warning: Your BI architecture may not be secure enough
(Presented by SearchCRM.com)
Q A INTERVIEW - While the growth of business intelligence (BI) software is allowing organizations to turn huge amounts of data into valuable strategic information, there is a risk involved. According to a recent report from Stamford,...
Learning about privacy from your CRM vendor
(Presented by SearchCRM.com)
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.
Don't 'creep out' your customers
(Presented by SearchCRM.com)
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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  Business intelligence and CPM: 1 - 3 of 6

Business intelligence and corporate performance management software: What's the difference?
TIP - Business intelligence and corporate performance management are not the same thing. Learn the differences between BI and CPM -- and how they're related -- from expert Rick Sherman.
Corporate performance management: Top five headlines
ARTICLE - Get the top five recent corporate performance management headlines, selected by our readers and editors, to stay informed about CPM news and trends.
Corporate performance management quiz
GENERIC - Test your corporate performance management (CPM) knowledge by answering 10 multiple-choice quiz questions about CPM software, trends, best practices and more.
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  Business intelligence and search: 1 - 3 of 5

Enterprise search and business intelligence: What's in store
EXPERT RESPONSE - Find out what our expert has to say about the future of enterprise search and business intelligence.
Text analytics, search bolster business intelligence software stack, says TDWI
ARTICLE - Text analytics, search and other unstructured data technologies can bolster business intelligence software, says TDWI.
Enterprise search software enables AMR's analysis
ARTICLE - Analyst firm AMR Research implemented enterprise search software for its Web site -- but found it could use the same platform for business intelligence and CRM analytics.
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  Business intelligence and other technologies: 1 - 3 of 10

Business intelligence and data warehouse trends: The challenges of third-generation BI (Part 2)
COLUMN - With many new business intelligence and data warehouse software technology trends to consider, expert Mark Whitehorn examines the technical challenges of third-generation BI in this two-part article.
Business intelligence appliances: Disruptive technology or distraction?
TIP - Rick Sherman discusses the emergence of business intelligence appliances and renewed competitive pressures in the data warehousing (DW) marketplace.
Law enforcement data mining, predictive analysis: Terms, errors of data mining for violent crime
GENERIC - Get definitions and explanations of data mining and predictive analysis terms, and learn four data mining errors to avoid in law enforcement -- or any in context.
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