Month: February 2009
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Data Governance? What’s That? (And How Can Companies Fix It?)
Forty-four percent of companies don’t have a formal data governance policy, and 22% of firms without a data policy have no plans to implement one. Here are the key steps to getting data governance and quality going in your organization.
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BusinessObjects is The Best Thing About SAP Business Suite 7?
As I’m sure everybody knows by now, SAP launched Business Suite 7 last week. Despite skepticism about some of the claims made for the new suite, analysts declared that the inclusion of BusinessObjects analytics into the suite was a big part of its appeal.
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Branding Your BI Solution: Everything Up to And Including Theme Music?
Branding and other forms of internal marketing are absolutely essential for successful BI projects — and it’s an area where the teams don’t often have a lot of expertise. This article touches on some of the key things teams should to do promote BI projects successfully.
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It Would Have Been a Crime not to Include Analytics in This New Application
Today, SAP launched SAP Investigative Case Management for Public Sector, a new solution to support police and other investigating authorities in the efforts to prevent, detect and investigate crime. It’s a great example of the new SAP Business Suite 7 applications that integrate technology from the Business Objects acquisition, combining both operational and analytic expertise…
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Bad Decisions: Just Blame Evolution?
It’s the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth this week . Evolution has left us with a legacy of poor decision-making. Technology should help more.
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Good Advice for Bad Times?
Bad times are ahead for everybody, hi-tech companies included. What should they do about it?
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MicroStrategy: The Start of the End? or Just a New Product Cycle?
MicroStrategy reports product license growth of -12%. Is this the start of the end for independent BI vendors, or just an indication of MicroStrategy’s new product cycle?
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More Milk Please, Ermintrude! A Classic Decision Trap?
Does naming a cow lead to more milk production? Yes, says a recent study — but what’s the “real” reason? BI analysis often doesn’t go far enough to distinguish correlation from causation…
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Gartner BI Europe 2009: The BIg Discrepancy?
Selected topics I found interesting from the Gartner Europe BI Summit 2009: Star Schema 2.0 rock!; Successful BI requires a BI strategy; BI governance is evolving; Megavendors dominate; SAP standardization and innovation; The future of decisions; Performance management showdown: the CEO vs. the CIO; Other coverage