05.06.08

Noetix Report Says BI Utilization is Still Low

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.

Dashboards: The New Face of Reporting from DM Review

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

05.03.08

IT Departments Versus On-Demand: Does Internal Expertise Matter?

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. 

05.01.08

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Posted in Business Intelligence (BI), Publications at 1:34 pm by irusgroup

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