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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