07.23.08
Posted in Business Intelligence (BI), Data Management, Publications at 2:31 pm by irusgroup
Although we enjoyed reading our quarterly issues of BI Review, we were not surprised to see its demise and fold back into DM Review. Here’s an email we received from the editors recently.
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Many of you have asked us why you have not received your latest issues of BI Review. Well, we’ve been working for some time on changes at both BI Review and DM Review that we feel will better serve our loyal readers. As of July 24, 2008, we will combine the brands under the DM Review name and Web site to create a single source of information about all things relating to information management, business intelligence and data warehousing. While the BI Review brand will disappear and we will no longer mail our quarterly print edition, you’ll find all the content you are used to and more — fresh case studies, profiles and columns — posted in new content areas at our updated Web site DMReview.com.
‘Why did you make this change?’
Business/IT initiatives have progressed to the point that we no longer feel the need to serve these audiences separately. And, simply put, we felt that our new Web platform, with its extra resources, content and search features provide a more comprehensive and timely experience for readers of BI Review. The Internet also allows us to support many more readers at DMReview.com than we could in print.
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05.06.08
Posted in Business Intelligence (BI) at 1:56 pm by irusgroup
We agree. A recent report from our partner Noetix says:
Noetix Corp. recently announced results from a market survey that reveals that most companies do not believe they are using their current BI tools to their fullest potential. Moreover, if enterprises could conduct ROI studies more efficiently, it would be easier to get BI projects approved, justify the cost of purchasing hardware and software, and support the rollout of BI applications to larger user communities.
Read more about the study here then call us to discuss. 703.444.6030.
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Posted in Business Intelligence (BI), Oracle OBIEE, Reporting at 1:50 pm by irusgroup
Interesting perspective from Shadan Malik at iDashboards on utilizing dashboards for reports vs. reporting.
A subtle yet important difference lies between reporting and a report. While reporting connotes the gathering of textual and numeric data, a report is a representation of this information. For example, with regard to a manufacturing company that gathers an array of information about its supply chain, a report would be generated as a spreadsheet encompassing data collected by the different relevant areas of the business. The process with which this data is collected and displayed is the manufacturing company’s reporting technique. The importance of this difference emerges when considering the many forms of reporting, which are currently transforming the use of reports within businesses across all sectors. More
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05.03.08
Posted in Business Intelligence (BI), Data Management, Internal IT at 9:51 am by irusgroup
BI analyst Lyndsay Wise published a fairly provocative piece that we agree with in large part. She investigated whether it’s wise for a company’s IT organization to be responsible for BI application implementation. She says:
Realistically, most organizations deploying BI use the traditional model of internal IT staff to manage and develop the data warehouse as well as to develop reports and front-end tools that can be deployed organization-wide. For IT departments to deliver value and create applications that extend beyond the super user, it becomes essential for IT to understand the business units, business needs and problems. Unless data is transformed into information that is valuable for the end user to make informed decisions, the full value of BI may not be harnessed or accessed at all.
Boy do we agree. Everyone agrees that one reason why many BI systems fail is because the systems aren’t effectively tied to the business objectives and in a sense simply become another piece of shelfware. We work with our clients to ensure that everyone understands the business purpose we are all trying to achieve and have found that by starting from that perspective, the possibility of success greatly improves. We’re not always sure that our corporate IT partners look first from a business perspective, so we put key meters in place to ensure that’s we’re all working to achieve the same goals.
It’s transforming data into information into knowledge that leads to better business decisions.
Read the rest of the article here.
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05.01.08
Posted in Business Intelligence (BI), Publications at 1:34 pm by irusgroup
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04.24.08
Posted in Business Intelligence (BI), Data Management at 5:16 am by irusgroup
Here’s a good article by Michael Overturf of Pitney Bowes that the challenges we face with the tons of unstructured data (emails, etc.) in most systems and the opportunities that business intelligence can provide once the data is normalized. Most of our engagements entail a large degree of data normalization, in fact our tagline originally was “we make sense of your data.”
The foundation of any successful business intelligence (BI) project rests on accurate, clean data. In fact, data quality tools should be a precursor to any BI exercise. The challenges that companies continue to face regarding data quality are mostly around free-form or unstructured data. Unstructured data - from such sources as forms, email or documents -contains a great deal of information that can be usefully employed in a BI system, but first it must be accurately captured and cleansed.
The rest of the article can be found here.
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04.19.08
Posted in Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise/Corporate Performance Management (EPM/CPM), Oracle OBIEE at 3:12 pm by irusgroup
Our OBIEE clients ask us to define business intelligence (BI) all the time. Here are some good definitions we found after a quick search.
a popularized, umbrella term used to describe a set of concepts and methods to improve business decision making by using fact-based support …
www.noisebetweenstations.com/personal/essays/metadata_glossary/metadata_glossary.html
Normally describes the result of in-depth analysis of detailed business data. Includes database and application technologies, as well as analysis practices. …
it.csumb.edu/departments/data/glossary.html
Systems that provide directed background data and reporting tools to support and improve the decision-making process.
bridgefieldgroup.com/bridgefieldgroup/glos1.htm
The capability to perform in-depth analysis and possibly data mining, of detailed business data, providing real and significant information to business users. Business intelligence usually makes use of tools designed to easily access data warehouse data.
www.damacoc.org/presentations/2007_04_11_Adelman_DWGlossary.doc
The knowledge derived from analyzing an organization’s information.
planning.ucsc.edu/irps/dwh/DWHGLOSS.HTM
Business intelligence (BI) is a business management term which refers to applications and technologies which are used to gather, provide access to, and analyze data and information about their company operations. …
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business intelligence
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04.17.08
Posted in Business Intelligence (BI), Federal, Oracle OBIEE at 1:12 pm by irusgroup
Collaborate 08 was truly a great conference. We were proud to be a part of it. Click here for a copy of our well-attended presentation on business intelligence strategies for public sector entities. It also has some great ideas for commercial entities as well.
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04.15.08
Posted in Business Intelligence (BI), Oracle OBIEE, Packaged BI Applications at 3:56 am by irusgroup
Good article by Robert Farris of Hitachi covering the pros and cons of deploying packaged applications. Obviously we see more of the pros having implemented dozens of systems for government and commercial customers.
The Promise of Packaged Analytics
Many companies these days run their business, or at least significant areas of their business, using packaged applications configured to automate business processes across major functional areas such as finance, human resources (HR), manufacturing, supply chain management, customer service, sales, marketing, etc. These systems are good at capturing detailed transactional data about what is happening in the business. Click here for the rest of the article.
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04.02.08
Posted in Business Intelligence (BI), Events at 1:25 pm by irusgroup
Leveraging Information for Breakthrough Business Performance: 2008 DIG in Las Vegas May 13-15, 2008.
DIG is the foremost performance management and analytics conference where IT, Finance, and business leaders gain the insights needed to leverage information for critical decision-making, helping them to achieve breakthrough business performance. DIG steps beyond normal one-sided lectures and provides an exchange and access between our delegates and leading industry practitioners who attend – a collaborative environment truly unique in the industry. Click here for more information.
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