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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 (12),  Business intelligence and BPM (5),  The Excel factor (2),  Business intelligence and compliance (8),  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 (12) 
  Business intelligence and text mining: 1 - 3 of 12

Fielded applications of data mining and machine learning
GENERIC - Discover the importance of data mining machine learning and find out about fielded applications of data mining and machine learning in this tutorial from the book Data Mining: Know it All.
Information and examples on data mining and ethics
GENERIC - Learn about data mining and ethics and review ethical issues related to data mining, plus find information, data mining examples and sources from the book Data Mining: Know it All.
Data acquisition and integration techniques
GENERIC - Find data mining methods and techniques including methods for data acquisition and data integration. Learn how to gather from different and types of data sources, plus get tips for data aggregation, rollup, sampling and...
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  Business intelligence and BPM: 1 - 3 of 5

Benefits of operational, real-time capabilities in smart systems
GENERIC - Learn how to build smart systems and discover common characteristics of smart systems including operational and agile functionality and real-time capabilities. Find definitions of agile compliance, loose coupling and...
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.
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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 8

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.
Why companies still struggle with compliance
ARTICLE - A security analyst with a major rental car company has some theories on why companies aren't meeting government mandates for data security.
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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.
Data quality guide
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 quiz
GENERIC - Test your corporate performance management (CPM) knowledge by answering 10 multiple-choice quiz questions about CPM software, trends, best practices and more.
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.
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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 12

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.
The importance and benefits of operational decision making
GENERIC - In this section of 'Smart (Enough) System', you'll learn the importance of operational decisions and different strategies that influence decision making. You'll also read about key BI terms including business agility,...
How to make operational decisions and data corporate assets
GENERIC - In this excerpt, you'll find out why operational decisions matter to businesses and how to turn operational decisions into a corporate asset. You'll also learn about the five characteristics of effective operational...
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