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Test Your Decision-Making Skills! Test Your Decision-Making Skills!

I sometimes sit in a café called “La Terrace” near my home in Paris. It’s next to the Metro stop Ecole Militaire, which is one of the closest stops to the Eiffel Tower. So each time I have my coffee... 

Great Examples of US Government BI Transparency Great Examples of US Government BI Transparency

We’re clearly entering a new era in government transparency, and we can hope that allowing citizens to access information interactively through business intelligence functionality to spot inefficiencies... 

American Recovery Act Business Intelligence American Recovery Act Business Intelligence

On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA or the Recovery Act). It places great emphasis on accountability and transparency in the... 

End of a LucidEra? End of a LucidEra?

According to the company web site, on-demand BI vendor LucidEra was formed: “to shake up the stagnant business intelligence industry and traditional approaches to corporate information access and analysis... 

Drink Dispenser Analytics: Coca-Cola Goes Freestyle, With Help from SAP BI Drink Dispenser Analytics: Coca-Cola Goes Freestyle, With Help from SAP BI

Mary Hayes Weier of InformationWeek recently published a great article, Coke’s RFID-Based Dispensers Redefine Business Intelligence. Coca-Cola has introduced a new RFID-enabled drink dispenser called...