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This buyer guide is for business owners, managers, decision makers, and anyone interested in learning about the deployment
of business intelligence (BI) systems across large enterprises as well as small to medium businesses (SMBs). It presents a
comprehensive view of the wide spectrum of BI software solu (...)
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2011 Business Intelligence Buyer's Guide: BI for Everyone. ... Download <strong>2011
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Published:
2011-03-23
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The need for business intelligence (BI) is real for all enterprise software users. It is rare to find a user who feels they
get the information they need from their enterprise software system and even those who do want more. The need is not just
reporting; they need business monitoring, analysis, an unde (...)
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The need for business intelligence (BI) is real for all enterprise software users. It is rare to find a user
who feels they get the information th...
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2004-03-19
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MAPICS XA expands its Business Intelligence (BI) offerings via a partnership with the Vanguard Solutions Group. With GPS,
MAPICS has taken a critical step forward in creating value for its customers. (...)
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MAPICS XA expands its Business Intelligence (BI) offerings via a partnership with the Vanguard Solutions
Group. With GPS, MAPICS has taken a crit...
Published:
2001-03-19
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The core concept behind the Vanguard solution is that business intelligence (BI) must be demand-driven, which means that
the business needs of the user dictate the technical solution, not the other way around. In other words, it should let the
business users drive the process, and remove the problems of (...)
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The core concept behind the Vanguard solution is that business intelligence (BI) must be demand-driven, which
means that the business needs of the...
Published:
2005-07-20
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Users choosing point planning or BI products should consider the integration infrastructure and effort needed to combine
these products versus the cost and functionality issues of choosing an integrated CPM product suite (if still possible to
find). Mission-critical issues like scalability, reliability, (...)
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Users choosing point planning or BI products should consider the integration infrastructure and effort needed
to combine these products versus the...
Published:
2003-08-19
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Enterprise performance management (EPM) and business intelligence (BI) supplier, Vanguard Solutions Group's business strategy
focuses on selling with and through enterprise resource planning (ERP) and other enterprise application vendors. Over the
last few years, the strategy has proven to be successful (...)
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Enterprise performance management (EPM) and business intelligence (BI) supplier, Vanguard Solutions Group's
business strategy focuses on selling w...
Published:
2005-07-19
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Although the recent spate of acquisitions in the business intelligence market, especially marked with Business Object’s acquisition
of Crystal, Hyperion’s acquisition of Brio, and Actuate’s acquisition of Nimble, may bear resemblance to the raging consolidation
in the ERP market, the underlying rea (...)
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Although the recent spate of acquisitions in the business intelligence market, especially marked with Business Object’s acquisition
of Crystal, Hy...
Published:
2003-08-17
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In addition to products' rationalization, the integration at sales and cultural levels will be challenging. In general, existing
customers of involved merging vendors should be alert, but they should still look at these events as positive. (...)
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In addition to products' rationalization, the integration at sales and cultural levels will be challenging. In general,
existing customers of invo...
Published:
2003-08-18
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The BI market is ripe for consolidation, but not necessarily for the reason of capturing the scarce remaining market share
like in the ERP case, but more likely for the reasons of garnering the most complete CPM portfolio. (...)
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The BI market is ripe for consolidation, but not necessarily for the reason of capturing the scarce remaining
market share like in the ERP case, b...
Published:
2003-08-09
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For many years, business intelligence (BI) has proven to be invaluable for enhancing database information in the retail and
banking sectors. But to be truly useful in the manufacturing sector, the manufacturing environment’s existing technology information
structure needs to continually inform the BI s (...)
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For many years, business intelligence (BI) has proven to be invaluable for enhancing database information
in the retail and banking sectors. But t... ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Traditional business intelligence (BI) solutions are becoming a thing of the past. Companies today are moving toward business
solutions that can help maintain a competitive edge while empowering business executives across the enterprise. Operational
BI is an approach that incorporates traditional BI best (...)
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Traditional business intelligence (BI) solutions are becoming a thing of the past. Companies ...
h... The Executive Guide to BI Success. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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To drive improvements in operating profit and customer service, you need to use business intelligence (BI) dashboard tools
both tactically for operational visibility—and strategically for more forward-looking analysis. But you also need to
ensure the use of BI is pervasive across the enterprise. Ge (...)
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To drive improvements in operating profit and customer service, you need to use business intelligence (BI)
dashboard tools both tactically for ope... ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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By adopting traditional business intelligence (BI) tools, companies have gained valuable insights into past activities and
results. However, with operational BI that is different from standard and tactical BI, promptness of information and data
in real-time or near real-time is established. Learn how ope (...)
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By adopting traditional business intelligence (BI) tools, companies have gained valuable insights into past
activities and results. ... Operational BI. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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I'm Lyndsay Wise, senior research analyst at Technology Evaluation Centers. Welcome to another in TEC's series of enterprise
software Vendor Showdowns. Today's Showdown pits three of the top business intelligence (BI) vendors against each other in
a head-to-head contest: Oracle's Hyperion System 9 vs. Mi (...)
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I'm Lyndsay Wise, senior research analyst at Technology Evaluation Centers. Welcome to another in TEC's series of
enterprise software Vendor Showd...
Published:
2007-09-26
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On January 5, 2009, the American Design Communities presented a document to the US Congress called “Redesigning America’s
Future: 10 Design Policy Proposals for the United States of America’s Economic Competitiveness & Democratic Governance.”
Indeed, design is gaining importance in every area. T (...)
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Think About Design When Thinking of BI. Source: QlikTech ... intelligence (BI).
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Published:
2010-06-02
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In the world of Web-based business intelligence (BI), mashups combine two or more data sources in a single feature. Mashups
are among the innovations that help spread BI wider and deeper across organizations. Known as “pervasive BI,” this concept
hinges on offering features and applications that blen (...)
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In the world of Web-based business intelligence (BI), mashups combine two or more data sources in a single
feature. ... Mashups and Pervasive BI. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Software manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers (OEM) needing to embed business intelligence (BI) modules into
their solutions are familiar with the “build versus buy” question. Learn about the factors you should take into consideration
when making this decision, including cost, time to m (...)
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Software manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers (OEM) needing to embed business intelligence (BI)
modules into their solutions are fam... ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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For many organizations in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, the cost of high product volume sales is extreme data
complexity. This affects line-of-business managers in marketing, sales, manufacturing, and procurement, who must derive tangible
business value from this quagmire of data. Find out (...)
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BI for the CPG Industry: Supply Chain Visibility Drives Performance. Source: SAP. Document Type: White Paper
Description: For many ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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For a full picture of the business environment and make the best decisions, middle managers must have access to business
intelligence (BI). You can’t focus on only the functional level—you must see the relationships among various business
components. And you can—with a BI tool that’s easi (...)
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For a full picture of the business environment and make the best decisions, middle managers must have access to business intelligence
(BI). You ca... ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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No matter the size of your company, you need critical business information and integrated reporting. Small to medium enterprises
(SMEs) shouldn’t discount the importance of business intelligence (BI). In fact, most SME owners make decisions based on a
best guess, and don’t know the value of business (...)
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The Value Proposition of Business Intelligence (BI) for Small and Medium Enterprises. Source: Elegant MicroWeb.
Document Type: White ...
Published:
2010-03-11