Tag: BI
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Why Will 2009 be a Great Year for Business Intelligence?
Despite a weak economy, IT spending growth remains positive. Within IT, software spending is the healthiest. And within software spending, BI is a top priority. So if your job involves business intelligence, you should bless your good fortunes in 2009, as you should can expect a (relatively) good year — because BI really does transform…
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Which BI Product Skills Are Most Lucrative?
I missed this post from odinjobs’s Carl Williams. It’s very interesting reading. It seems to provide tangible proof that the acquisitions of last year have raised interest in business intelligence across the board. And it seems that SAP’s acquisition of Business Objects has driven far more demand for skills than IBM’s purchase of Cognos.
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One Picture to Sum Up our Data Activity?
Courtesy of Wordle, here’s a representation of the words in all my blog postings of 2008. Wouldn’t it be great to have one of these for our business data?
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What Might Go Wrong in Business Intelligence in 2009?
In 2009, people will be tempted to hand-code scripts for analysis, implement standards without changing organization structures, and implement new business unit silos.
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Review of 2008 Predictions: How did I do?
Last February, I chose my top 5 BI predictions for 2008. It’s now almost the end of the year and I’m thinking about 2009 predictions but before that post, how do last year’s stack up?
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If Europe Could Vote in the US Elections?
Some fun with Xcelsius, using polling data gathered by the Economist. Click on the different countries to see the percentages. Use the slider to see how many times more votes McCain would need to have a chance of winning such an election… Download a model as a PowerPoint slide
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BI: Strategic but not Trendy?
Just in case you missed it — BI is (somewhat predictably) one of Gartner’s top 10 strategic technologies for 2009. Business Intelligence. Business Intelligence (BI), the top technology priority in Gartner’s 2008 CIO survey, can have a direct positive impact on a company’s business performance, dramatically improving its ability to accomplish its mission by making…
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The Pie is Shrinking?
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Quantivo Selling BI Wish Fulfillment?
Startup Quantivo sells a new form of BI wish-fulfillment
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Is Your Company’s Strategy a Secret, Even to Your Employees?
A performance management project recently stalled when executives decided that the strategy map was too confidential to roll out…