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How To Define and Select Good KPIs for Your Business

Rachel Agheyisi wrote 1 week ago: Introduction  KPI (key performance indicator) is one of those buzzwords heard often in today’s busin … more →

Tags: BI Basics, BI Software, Key Performance Indicators, kpis, performance metrics

Business Intelligence

georgegijo wrote 2 weeks ago: It is tough to make decisions when they are based on large data. The efficiency of decisions depends … more →

Tags: business decisions, decision making systems

Commentary on IBM's Grudge Match Presentation

Jeff Block wrote 1 month ago: Post 4 in a series of 4, in which I share my thoughts on how our vendors did at the BI Tool Vendor G … more →

Tags: Tools, Events, grudge match, ITA BI Roundtable, Information Technology, ibm cognos, Business Intelligence, IBM, Cognos

Another Grudge Match?

Jeff Block wrote 1 month ago: The more people I talk to about the BI Tool Vendor Grudge Match we conducted last month, the more in … more →

Tags: Events, Polls, Tools, Business Intelligence, grudge match, IBM, Information Technology, Microsoft, pentaho

Commentary on Pentaho's Grudge Match Presentation

Jeff Block wrote 1 month ago: Post 3 in a series of 4, in which I share my thoughts on how our vendors did at the BI Tool Vendor G … more →

Tags: Events, Tools, Business Intelligence, grudge match, Information Technology, ITA BI Roundtable, Open Source BI, pentaho

Commentary on SAP’s Grudge Match Presentation

Jeff Block wrote 2 months ago: Post 2 in a series of 4, in which I share my thoughts on how our vendors did at the BI Tool Vendor G … more →

Tags: Best Practices, Events, Tools, Business Intelligence, BusinessObjects, Data, Excel, grudge match, Information Technology

Commentary on Microsoft's Grudge Match Presentation

Jeff Block wrote 2 months ago: Post 1 in a series of 4, in which I share my thoughts on how our vendors did at the BI Tool Vendor G … more →

Tags: Tools, Events, grudge match, ITA BI Roundtable, Microsoft, Information Technology, SharePoint, PerformancePoint, Excel

How Does Data Mining Work?

Rachel Agheyisi wrote 2 months ago: In an earlier article, we introduced some basic features of data mining.  At its core, data mining t … more →

Tags: Data Mining, data mining models, Data Mining Software, Predictive Analytics, SAS

BI Tool Vendor Grudge Match a Success!4 comments

Jeff Block wrote 2 months ago: BI Tool Vendor Grudge Match Yesterday’s ITA BI Roundtable was designed to be a face off … more →

Tags: Tools, Events, Return on Investment, grudge match, ITA BI Roundtable, Microsoft, pentaho, Information Technology, ibm cognos

Getting a Little Help2 comments

dtaylor92 wrote 3 months ago: Happy Friday!  Hope you’ve had a great week… A Little Help from My Friends Ever feel lik … more →

Tags: Administrators, BI Platform, BusinessObjects, Documentation, Downloads

History of BI

janesato wrote 3 months ago: http://www.gazhoo.com/doc/200907310225140077/History+of+BI … more →

Tags: Bi, Business Intelligence, History of BI

Harbor Tour Demonstration

dtaylor92 wrote 3 months ago: If your like me sometimes you want to skip all the marketing hype and just see a demo.  Here is a ni … more →

Tags: BI Platform, Demo, Overview

Mining Data for Business Insights1 comment

Rachel Agheyisi wrote 3 months ago: Anyone who has an Amazon.com account has experienced the power of data mining at the retail level.  … more →

Tags: BI Basics, Data Mining, Bi, Business Intelligence, Data Mining Software, Predictive Analytics

Five Bad Ideas in Business Intelligence

Jeff Block wrote 3 months ago: Introduction The goal of Business Intelligence (or “BI”) should be to assist business in … more →

Tags: Best Practices, Anti-patterns, Corporate Politics, Warehouse Support, data ownership, Data Warehouse

Universe Measures - Divide and Conquer

dtaylor92 wrote 1 year ago: I was recently working with a universe and attempting to calculate a ratio between two numbers and c … more →

Tags: Administrators, BI Platform, Semantic Layer, Tips, universe

BusinessObjects XI 3.1 Features25 comments

dtaylor92 wrote 1 year ago: I haven’t seen a lot of information available that talks about what’s new in the release … more →

Tags: Administrators, BI Platform, Crystal Reports, In The News, Semantic Layer, Voyager/Pioneer, Web Intelligence, Xcelsius, Life Cycle Manager

Common Questions about Connectivity with SAP17 comments

dtaylor92 wrote 1 year ago: Now that SAP has clearly and unambiguously stated that BusinessObjects is the new face of BI for SAP … more →

Tags: Administrators, BI Platform, Crystal Reports, Semantic Layer, Voyager/Pioneer, Web Intelligence, Best Practices, BW Query, Connectivity

Looking for an Xcelsius 2008 Best Practices Guide?

dtaylor92 wrote 1 year ago: I think I may have found what you are looking for. This is an excellent guide that you can use to br … more →

Tags: BI Platform, Xcelsius, Best Practices, Connectivity, HOW TO?

Tip: XI 3.0 Administration Best Practice9 comments

dtaylor92 wrote 1 year ago: If you’ve had a chance to use the new BusinessObjects XI 3.0, one of the first things you will … more →

Tags: Administrators, BI Platform, Best Practices, BusinessObjects, CMS, installation, SIA


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