Business Intelligence Enterprise Decision Management - KnowledgeStorm

Crystal Reports Server 2008

SAP BusinessObjects — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Delivering information to 1000's of end users that is useful, timely and accurate for critical decision making, ensuring easy access to this information over the web, securely, and the need to save time on the management of reports

Providing CFOs Unprecedented Views of Hospital-Wide Data Converged Financial, Clinical, and ...

SAP BusinessObjects — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

CFOs at large hospitals must process enormous amounts of information to make quick strategic decisions. This paper will explore the decision-making challenges faced by CFOs and examine the many benefits of solutions that accelerate insight.

CIO Decisions eZine: ITSM Managing for Efficiency and Effectiveness

SkillSoft Corporation — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

IT Service Management frameworks are helping CIOs leverage best practices to lead change, improve response time and better manage the IT/business relationship. In this CIO Decisions eZine, experts offer insights into how to roll out your ITSM implementation.

Webcast - Are You Making the Best Decisions for Your Organization? Make Better Decisions by ...

IBM — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Learn how the new IBM Performance management and measurement solution automatically provides real-time information from across the entire development lifecycle for complete visibility into progress.

Driving Operations through Better, Faster Decision Making

SAP AG — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Software can't tell you how to beat the competition, but it can determine which products and services have the greatest profit margin, who are the most productive employees, or how many pairs of socks customers buy when they purchase particular styles of shoes. Having accurate, timely data takes the guesswork out of the decision-making process.

Driving Business Results with a New kind of Intelligence

IBM — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In a turbulent economy, companies need to seize every viable opportunity possible. Yet, as the global markets struggle, any margin for error or inefficiency has virtually vanished. Access to sound intelligence -- derived from accurate, up-to-date information -- helps companies make game-changing decisions quickly and with confidence.

Six Mistakes Companies are Making Today and How You Can Avoid Them

SAP America Inc — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper highlights common mistakes companies make in a down economy and discusses how organizations can use business intelligence to avoid them. Use the self-assessment questionnaire at the end of this paper to determine the level of business intelligence opportunity across your organization.

Seeing the Big Picture: A Corporate Guide to Better Decisions through IT

SAP — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Executives at small and midsize companies are making critical business decisions every day based on the information available to them. This information can come from a variety of sources: opinions from peers and colleagues; a personal sense of intuition or business judgment; or data derived internally or externally to the organization.

Making Strategy Real

SAP America Inc — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

How can management communicate business strategy effectively and assure that the entire organization has bought in to the strategy and is aligned behind it? Business performance optimization systems are an important tool for success.

The importance of IT governance in an economic recession

Innotas — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Hear from Brian Barnier, Principal at ValueBridge, as he speaks on how a formal governance process will ensure a positive impact on your bottom line. Also, get answers to some of the toughest governance questions, including “how important is risk evaluation in IT governance?”

Oracle Crystal Ball: Dramatically Improve the Quality of Your Strategic Business Decisions

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Increase revenue. Decrease costs. Reduce development time. Every day you strive to meet these goals. And each business decision you make either enables you to advance toward them - or impedes your progress. Read this paper to learn more.

Culver Franchising Systems Improves Operations with Microsoft Business Intelligence Solution

Microsoft — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This Case Study examines how Culver Franchising Systems turned to the RedPrairie-Microsoft Business Intelligence solution to make better decisions and improve store operations, while vastly reducing reporting time. With the RedPrairie-Microsoft solution in place, Culver now gets early warning of underperforming stores.

Operational Responsiveness: Case Studies of Business Making Progress

Progress Software — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Read these case studies to learn how Progress Software made it not only possible but also made it easy to improve operational responsiveness for several leading companies that operate in many varying industries. Learn the benefits these organizations accrued from Progress Software and learn what benefits your company can experience.

Sybase IQ: The Economics of Business Reporting

Sybase, Inc. — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Reporting is recognized as a way for companies to improve service, ensure quality, control costs, and prevent losses by empowering decision-makers throughout the organization. This paper will explain why reporting is one form of business intelligence that has become business-critical.

Sole-sourcing BI from your ERP vendor: IT convenience or strategic business decision?

IBM — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Datamonitor surveyed 100 SAP customers to understand the implications of sole-sourcing. Read the survey findings and learn the trends and behaviors associated with sole-sourcing BI from ERP vendors.

Creating and managing value-driven product portfolios

IBM — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The product portfolio decisions you make today will determine whether your company is relevant tomorrow. To increase the chances of marketing a successful product, organizations must deliver products and services to the consumers they value the most, and they must provide those deliverables when their consumers want them. Read on to learn more.

Business Intelligence Standardization

SAP BusinessObjects — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper gives an overview of the advantages of implementing business intelligence (BI) standards. Learn how successful organizations have standardized on, and benefited from BI solutions from SAP - and why you should join them.

Uncovering Insight Hidden In Text: How Unstructured Data Analysis Is Helping IT Deliver ...

SAP BusinessObjects — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

With business units demanding more access to corporate data, IT is pressured to deliver. Yet current business intelligence (BI) and data warehouse systems only examine specific quantifiable data. This white paper from Business Objects, explores the growth trend of unstructured data and examines the many benefits of unstructured data analysis.

Making Business Relevant Information Instantly Available to More Users

SAP BusinessObjects — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Executives, managers, and business users need the ability to quickly discover, collect, analyze, and share relevant information and they need to be able to answer their own questions as they have them. Read this quick report to learn more about a solution that addresses just these needs.

Expanding BI ' s role by including Predictive Analytics

SAP BusinessObjects — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In today's economic downturn, organizations are looking for ways to improve the way they do business, to keep ahead of the competition, and to grow revenue. With reduced funding for new initiatives, it can be difficult to meet these objectives. Read on to learn how expanding your business intelligence with predictive analysis can help.

Blaze Advisor 6.6 Trial Download

FICO — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

FICO™ Blaze Advisor® is the world's leading business rules management system, maximizing control over high volume operational decisions.

Seeing the Big Picture: A Corporate Guide to Better Decisions through IT

SAP America Inc — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

A 2007 report conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) found that nine out of ten corporate executives admit to making important decisions on the basis of inadequate information. This whitepaper will discuss what information visibility can do for your organization as well as the three critical strategic areas of business decision making.

Leveraging Integration to Weather the Economic Storm

Information Builders — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper highlights four primary ways to use integration to make your business better during a down economy. You'll discover how, with the right integration plan and supporting software in place, your company can increase efficiency, minimize expenses, and streamline and accelerate core processes.

The 11 Secrets of Business Rules Success

FICO — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Download this paper and learn how Blaze Advisor makes it easy to bring the power of predictive analytics to bear on decisions, integrating judgmental and regulatory business rules with analytically derived models for more precise, more effective decision making. Download and learn the secrets of developing decision management applications.

BI for Business Users: How IT Can Make Business Intelligence Easy for Everyone

IBM — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Today, the latest BI solutions put the power of advanced business intelligence into the hands of more people throughout the organization - improving the speed and accuracy of decision-making from top to bottom. Knowing your business, market, customers, and competition is critical for any organization. Read this for more...

Business Analytics and Optimization for the Intelligent Enterprise

IBM — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Executives recognize that new analytics capabilities, coupled with advanced business process management, signal a major opportunity to create business advantage. Those who have the vision to apply new approaches are building intelligent enterprises positioned to thrive.

IDC Technology Spotlight: Everyone ' s a Genius: SaaS-Delivered Business Intelligence Tools ...

SAP BusinessObjects — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Inexpensive, easy-to-deploy SaaS BI can help companies put easy-to-use data mining and reporting tools for smart decision making into the hands of more employees and uncover the real “geniuses” of decision making hidden in every department.

Performance Management for a Challenging Economy

IBM — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In a challenging economy, the price paid for bad decisions can be dire. Even average decisions can cost your organization dearly. See how information sweet spots and performance management can help you not only weather the storm, but be better prepared to steer your way with greater agility into the upturn.

Intelligent Decisions: Enhancing Processes with Business Rules and Predictive Models

SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST

Learn how your organization can integrate analytics with business processes to become a Predictive Enterprise that employs insights to make intelligent decisions. This webinar will show you the fundamentals of combining industry knowledge and business rules with powerful analytics to improve revenue generation and business performance.

Decide to Survive: Four Imperatives that make Decision Management Essential in Today ' s ...

FICO — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Download this paper and learn about a decision making solution that will help you survive in this difficult economy by managing decisions with greater precision, agility, speed and consistency while driving down costs.

Advanced Consulting Enterprises - Mapping Database Solutions to Your Needs

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

Guardianship Program is involved in all decisions like paying bills, medical treatments, rent for each person in its system and to manage this they implemented an Oracle Database and Oracle Developer Tool.

SAP Provides a Central Hub for Managing Interfaces & Web Services for Largest NA Oil ...

SAP America Inc — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

Valero Energy Corporation selected SAP because of its ability to provide a central hub for managing all interfaces and Web services, power to serve as a single integration & development platform for nearly all of Valero's business, capability to integrate SAP and non-SAP software systems, and support for synchronous & asynchronous messaging.

Business Intelligence: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers

SAP America Inc — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

To gain greater business insight and transparency, organizations urgently require a new generation of business intelligence tools and applications that allows cross-enterprise, interenterprise and external data to be integrated and analyzed.

Business Intelligence for the Health Care Industry: Actionable Insights for Business ...

SAP America Inc — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

Hospitals from across the world are facing increased pressure to improve operations from multiple directions. What is needed is a new generation of business intelligence (BI) tools and applications designed with the health care sector in mind, capable of integrating cross and inter-departmental processes and information.

Business Intelligence for Process Industries: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers

SAP America Inc — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

Firms in Process Industries have made significant investments in information technology to increase the efficiency of their operations and supply chains. By integrating real-time decision making with mission-critical business processes, smart businesses can set a path for industry leadership.

Using enterprise architecture to develop a blueprint for improving your energy efficiency ...

IBM — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

This whitepaper is about enterprise architecture as it pertains to finding and maximizing the business value in greener operations. Higher energy efficiency and a smaller carbon footprint are obvious areas of interest for any business, but how do you balance these goals with productivity, customer service, and all your other business concerns?

Business Intelligence - Now More Than Ever

SAP BusinessObjects — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

The goal of this white paper is to explain why business intelligence is a sound investment for any IT manager to make, especially now. Budgets are tighter and demands from executives to see immediate results from IT implementations are increasing. This paper outlines the benefits of a BI solution and its impact on a company. Read on to learn more.

The Path toward Pervasive Business Intelligence at Ferrari North America

Tableau Software — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

Organizations in all industries and of all sizes are turning to business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW) technologies and services to either automate or support decision-making processes.

The Information Agenda: Rapidly Leveraging Information as a Trusted Strategic Asset for ...

IBM — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

An Information Agenda is an approach for transforming information into a trusted strategic asset that can be rapidly leveraged across applications, processes and decisions for sustained competitive advantage.

Best Practices in Extending Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): A Buyer & #39;s Guide to ...

SAP America Inc — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Extending ERP is the focus of this document, which encompasses utilizing more functionality, extending the footprint beyond the core ERP functionality and making decisions between ERP vendors and pure play or "Best of Breed" solutions.

Guide to Better Decision-Making for Your SMB Through IT

SAP America Inc — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Small and midsize companies that can successfully align IT with their business objectives will be the ones to stay ahead of the competition by having access to the right information at the right time, allowing for better, faster decisions.

Business Intelligence for Consumer Packaged Goods: Actionable Insights for Business ...

SAP America Inc — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This paper discusses about how technological advances are enabling improved decision making across three broad axes: simplicity and relevance, agility and integration.

The Performance Manager: Turning Information Into Higher Business Performance

IBM — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

Download this white paper for an extensive summary of The Performance Manager, Proven Strategies for Turning Information into Higher Business Performance, a book that examines the partnership between decision-makers and the people who provide them with information to drive better decisions.

Maximizing Operational Efficiency with Oracle Business Intelligence Applications

Oracle Corporation — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

This technology brief highlights how BI applications can integrate information across data sources and departments, provide a single, integrated view of customer and enterprise information, and enable greater alignment of decisions and execution to drive higher customer profitability and share of wallet.

Business Intelligence: The Strategic Imperative for CIOs

Information Builders Inc. — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

The CIO's role becomes more strategic as organizations use information to create a competitive advantage. This paper – using evidence from benchmarks created with IBM to test WebFOCUS' performance on System z running z/OS and Linux – helps CIOs to balance demands for information accessibility and processing power.

In Search of Clarity: Unravelling the Complexities of Executive Decision & #45;Making

SAP America Inc — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Decision-making by companies has enormous room to improve both in terms of efficiency and quality; it will have to for companies to keep pace in an increasingly competitive global business environment.

SAP Solutions for SMBs: Making Better Decisions by Gaining Reliable Information from ...

SAP America Inc — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

Gain access to accurate information and visibility across your small to mid-sized company from efficient integrated IT systems - and use that information to make faster, smarter decisions.

Process-Driven Business Intelligence: Building Smarter Business Processes

Information Builders Inc. — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

Most organizations strive for efficiency because it ties to cost savings and better performance, while helping to anchor competitive advantages. However, improving efficiency requires organizations to continually seek new methods of managing increasingly complex business processes.

Process & #45;driven Business Intelligence: Building Smarter Business Processes

Information Builders — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

The concept of BAM revolved around the notion that data could be gathered at critical points and information produced that could give businesses the ability to make better decisions on a near-real-time basis.

Controlling Microsoft Excel Chaos With Business Intelligence

Information Builders Inc. — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Enterprises can take control of the burgeoning number of unsanctioned spreadsheets by adopting a policy of centralized master spreadsheet generation. Learn how WebFOCUS creates fully summarized, organized, and styled Excel spreadsheets with complex formulas already in place, lowering the potential for keystroke and logic error.