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 Business intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Businesses then lacked the computing resources to properly analyze the data, and often made commercial decisions primarily on the basis of intuition.
Persons involved in business intelligence processes may use application software and other technologies to gather, store, analyze, and provide access to data (also known as business intelligence).
People working in business intelligence have developed tools that ease the work, especially when the intelligence task involves gathering and analyzing large quantities of unstructured data.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_intelligence   (1249 words)

  
 Business intelligence - definition of Business intelligence in Encyclopedia
Business performance management is a software oriented business intelligence system that some see as the new generation of business intelligence though the terms are used interchangeably by most in the industry.
Business intelligence is the process of gathering information in the field of business.
Industrial espionage is a type of business intelligence that uses covert techniques.
http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Business_intelligence   (1240 words)

  
 Business Intelligence - Factiva
Factiva provides world-class business intelligence in its breadth and depth as well as the speed and accuracy with which it can be delivered.
Your business intelligence provider must help minimize the time it takes to search for information, integrate easily into your existing infrastructure, and deliver accurate and targeted information at maximum speed—so you can make better decisions, faster.
Finding the right intelligence service provider is critical to implementing a cost-effective business intelligence system.
http://www.factiva.com/business-intelligence.html   (404 words)

  
 Oracle Business Intelligence
Business Process Management is Under Construction (Intelligent Enterprise)- BPM systems have mastered process integration and automation, but the road to the future, which promises embedded process monitors and sophisticated simulation, has yet to be completed.
Definition: Business Intelligence is a term used to describe the process and software behind gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to intelligent information on a companys data in order to identify significant trends or patterns that ultimately facilitate the decision-making process and provide the company with a competitive advantage...
Business Intelligence Defined (Developer.com)- If you are not already familiar with the term Business Intelligence, now is a good time to start learning.
http://oracle.ittoolbox.com/topics/t.asp?t=424&p=424&h1=424   (2693 words)

  
 Making sense of business reporting
Today’s Business Intelligence software is inexpensive, easy to use and development times are short.
We have many years of experience providing business intelligence for major companies, our skills are not just technology based but are also business focused.
page which will give you the facts about what ‘business intelligence’ is and how it complements the multidimensional nature of your business information.
http://www.bi-solutions.co.uk   (337 words)

  
 Business - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are many types of businesses, and, as a result, businesses can be classified in many ways.
The authoritative list of business types for North America (although it is widely used around the world) is generally considered to be the NAICS, or North American Industry Classification System.
This lists some of the main branches of business.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business   (648 words)

  
 Business Intelligence and Reporting Software Free Information
Business Intelligence software is used to build, copy and manage a series of linked, dimensional data marts to build an integrated business intelligence system.
Business Intelligence (BI) is a relatively new concept.
Deliver business intelligence to users based on criteria they define, in real-time.
http://www.4business-intelligence.com   (160 words)

  
 Business Intelligence Research Pavilion
Business intelligence or data mining tools are used to dig through this information revealing patterns and relationships within the business activity and history.
Turning unruly data into business intelligence requires specialised tools that analyse, drill down or mine data to help users make informed decisions and ensure an organisation is more efficient and more competitive.
SAP Business Intelligence integrates all your corporate information so you can turn information into insight, insight into action, and action into improved business operations.
http://www.istart.co.nz/Business-Intelligence.htm   (934 words)

  
 business intelligence software
Business Intelligence and Business Planning solutions that utilise OLAP technology will achieve a level of success that is very gratifying, if you have selected the right product to address the problem and if it is implemented by people who know what they are doing.
Understanding that each business is different is an essential fact underpinning all business intelligence projects.
The following summary describes the methodology used by ClearView Business Intelligence to aid in the successful development of the Business Intelligence applications.
http://www.clearviewbi.com   (719 words)

  
 Business Intelligence: Software and Business Intelligence Management with ProClarity
These solutions, based on business processes, decision-making workflows and business intelligence management, dramatically speed the decision-making process by transforming information into usable business intelligence through the use of innovative real-time analytic technologies, patented visualizations, web-like navigation and powerful calculations.
Customers use ProClarity business intelligence software and solutions for decision support, data mining, balanced scorecards, and reporting from multiple data sources.
ProClarity Corporation is a leading provider of business intelligence software and solutions.
http://www.proclarity.com   (287 words)

  
 Business Intelligence Forum - Chicago
Business Intelligence - Chicago is the only program to combine deep technological insight with a tight strategic focus on specific industries.
Participants at this event will represent both strategic and technology functions, and the proceedings are designed to address the key issues of matching business needs with technology offerings and capabilities.
This cutting-edge program is focused on real-world business applications of business intelligence strategies and with a tight focus on:
http://www.sourcemediaconferences.com/conferences/BIC05   (193 words)

  
 Business Intelligence Gets Smart(er) - BI software can help extract hidden value from data - How to identify different ...
Companies are using business intelligence software for more than simple data mining.
Business intelligence is being used to identify cost-cutting ideas, uncover new business opportunities, roll ERP data into accessible reports, react quickly to retail demand and optimize prices.
He did this and more using business intelligence software.
http://www.cio.com/archive/091503/smart.html   (2975 words)

  
 business intelligence, BI, data analytics, data reporting
Speedware’s business intelligence (BI) solutions are designed to allow companies to easily turn the volumes of data they collect and store into meaningful information — to best manage their operations.
Speedware is pleased to work with companies to provide customized enterprise data warehousing solutions to optimize data for end user query, reporting and analysis.
Rather, complex reports may easily be generated using your own business terms, so it’s easy to understand exactly what is being retrieved from the datatabase.
http://www.speedware.com/solutions/business_intelligence   (568 words)

  
 CRM Today - Business Intelligence (BI)
Business Intelligence is used to answer queries like:
"Business Intelligence is the art of gaining business advantage from data".
Size: 192 Kb Abstract: Business intelligence and data warehousing (BI/DW) has reached a new level of maturity, both as a discipline and a technology market.
http://www.crm2day.com/business_intelligence   (428 words)

  
 Business Intelligence Tool - Factiva
The business intelligence tool from Factiva embeds business intelligence into everyday applications, so users access the information they need when they need it most—at the point of decision.
Built on an open architecture that is XML-based and Web services-enabled, this business intelligence tool provides for the quick integration of information into users' workflow.
Most importantly, our fully integrated business intelligence tool enables organizations to tailor information to the needs of their users.
http://www.factiva.com/business-intelligence-tool.html   (405 words)

  
 Overview: Gartner Business Intelligence Summit
Business Intelligence has supported the business for many years.
It's no wonder, then, that Gartner's 2005 CIO survey showed Business Intelligence as their second highest technology issue, rising to the highest priority by 2008.
We're proud of the program we've developed for you and hope you agree that Gartner's Business Intelligence Summit 2006 is vital for any organization making major investments in BI.
http://www.gartner.com/2_events/conferences/bie7i.jsp   (554 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: business intelligence
Business Intelligence Store billions of rows of structured, unchanging business event records and have rapid query access without needing a relational database.
Business Intelligence Best Practices Avoid common pitfalls in BI deployment with this free Webcast from Gartner and Information Builders.
Envision Extends Business Intelligence Capabilities With Envision SpeechMiner ContactCenterWorld.com - Mar 15 7:55 AM Envision Telephony, Inc., a...
http://www.technorati.com/tag/business+intelligence   (475 words)

  
 Business Intelligence - CIO Insight Web Buyer's Guide
Aruna Companion is a Business Intelligence software solution that applies breakthrough technology to give users rapid, easily implemented, cost-effective access to integrated data to support the decision making that improves corporate competitiveness.
Acuity is a business intelligence search solution for text.
Research the latest in Business Intelligence technologies, tools and techniques.
http://buyersguide.cioinsight.com/product/SearchResults.asp_Q_sitename_E_cioinsight_A_cboCategory_E_84   (447 words)

  
 Intelligent Enterprise Magazine: Enabling the Intelligent Enterprise: 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
Business intelligence isn't much without underlying data integration.
Plus, as BI moves out into more “operational” contexts, the technology must work within business processes and different user interfaces and desktop applications.
See how business intelligence can be used to solve real business problems with this live demo from Information Builders
http://www.intelligententerprise.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60404503&pgno=4   (697 words)

  
 Business Intelligence Software Solutions - SAS
SAS Business Intelligence allows you to understand the past, monitor the present and predict outcomes as you move your business ahead.
SAS Business Intelligence gives you the information, when you need it, in the format you need.
We deliver this through our technology and expertise in targeted business solutions and specific industry solutions.
http://www.sas.com/technologies/bi   (264 words)

  
 Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 – Business Intelligence and Customization
Business Insights Dashboard, which comes standard with any new Sage MAS 90 or MAS 200 system, is the ideal solution for busy managers, executives and business owners who need quick access to key business information in an easy-to-read format.
In the past, businesses withstood standalone applications and performed software "workarounds" to achieve integrated reporting.
Visual Postmaster is a wizard-driven tool that creates mail merges in a snap using Sage MAS 90 or MAS 200 data and/or custom databases for your mailing.
http://www.bestsoftware.com/mas90/management/intelligence   (788 words)

  
 Business Intelligence Products
BusinessObjects XI is the first and only business intelligence (BI) platform that delivers a complete set of BI capabilities: superior reporting, query and analysis, performance management, and data integration.
Query and analysis tools allow end users to interact with business information and answer ad hoc questions themselves, without advanced knowledge of the underlying data sources and structures.
With BusinessObjects XI, our medical professionals have critical data at their fingertips, and they don't have to be software engineers to get to it because BusinessObjects XI is so user friendly." Read more
http://www.businessobjects.com/products   (287 words)

  
 Amazon.com: e-Business Intelligence: Turning Information into Knowledge into Profit: Books: Bernard Liautaud
Trying to understand business intellingence as something that needs nothing more than a software tool, leaving behind all the intelectual and analytical work to do, is equivalent to define mathematics as the use of a scientific calculator.
If you need to really learn about business intelligence, don't bother reading it: you can find lots of free white papers that cover the same subject in the BI software vendors web sites.
Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications by Larissa T. Moss
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0071364781?v=glance   (1393 words)

  
 Business Intelligence Portal - Business Performance Management - BPM resources
Read Business Intelligence (BI) questions and answers in Ask the Experts.
Data Warehousing And Business Intelligence For E-Commerce provides the fresh orientation to data warehousing that you've been looking for.
In partnership with DM Review, QlikTech is proud to sponsor this research portal as an excellent source for the latest information on business intelligence.
http://www.dmreview.com/portals/portal.cfm?topicId=230064   (463 words)

  
 Data warehousing - Computer Business Review
Business intelligence software maker Business Objects SA continues to keep an eye on developments in the open source world after expanding an existing partnership with Swedish open source database firm MySQL AB.
The on-demand, or software-as-a-service, model is poised to hit the business intelligence and analytics software applications world in a big way in 2006 according to officials at Oco Inc.
Cognos Inc hopes to glean greater business intelligence from collaboration environments after unveiling a new modeling tool for IBM Lotus Corp's Domino platform.
http://www.cbronline.com/researchcenter.asp?id=7&z=rc_Datawarehousing   (791 words)

  
 BI Toolbox - The Business Intelligence Blog
The purpose of the Destination Phase of the Competitive Intelligence process is to initiate or, in the situation where some CI function already exists, to conduct an audit in order to further develop a Competitive Intelligence capability within an organisation.
The initial responsibility of this CI manager (or CI director) will be to conduct a stakeholder analysis to determine who the key intelligence users are, what they will use intelligence for, when it is required, why it is needed, and how the intelligence will be used.
A CI capability can have different purposes: Defensive intelligence to avoid surprises; Passive intelligence to provide benchmark data; and Offensive intelligence to identify opportunities.
http://bitoolbox.netfirms.com   (956 words)

  
 Business Intelligence - Description of Categories
There is a series of generic areas of information systems that have been grouped into the marketspace called Business Intelligence.
One of the signs that a piece of information technology has become mature is the availability of packaged solutions using that technology.
They would include tools such as Intelligent Agents, SQL Generators etc. "Helper " Tools such as AnswerSets have been put into this category since they are hard to categorize.
http://www.sgroves.demon.co.uk   (609 words)

  
 Business Intelligence
Business intelligence software allows you to integrate these disparate data sources into a single coherent framework for real-time reporting and detailed analysis by anyone in your extended enterprise – customers, partners, employees, managers, and executives.
WebFOCUS – Information Builders' comprehensive suite of business intelligence software and the industry's most secure and flexible solution – provides comprehensive BI functionality.
Business Intelligence (Business Intelligence Software, Business Intelligence Solution)
http://www.informationbuilders.com/business-intelligence.html   (348 words)

  
 Business Intelligence - Corporate Performance Management: Cognos
Cognos 8 Business Intelligence is the only solution that provides complete BI functionality in one product, on a single, proven architecture.
Align everyone with one, reliable version of business issues—with common data definitions and understanding of priorities, you will spend less time debating the data and more time deciding what to do.
Meet the information needs of all users—flexible, user-friendly reporting means everyone can have the right information delivered in the right way.
http://www.cognos.com/products/business_intelligence   (300 words)

  
 Business Intelligence - software for business intelligence management
Business Intelligence - software for business intelligence management
News briefs and articles on business intelligence are available below.
October 1, 2004 - With Internet communications and user-friendly interfaces, business intelligence tools enable non-technical personnel to interact directly with the data they need for planning and decision-making.
http://www.insurancenetworking.com/protected/portal-busintel.cfm   (561 words)

  
 Business Intelligence Articles, Webcasts, Resources and Strategies - BetterManagement.com
This webcast is part of our free Learning Series, Smart and Smarter: The Value of Business Intelligence.
From Back Office to Boardroom: Maximizing Business Intelligence Value with a BI Scorecard (Part 1)
From Back Office to Boardroom: Maximizing Business Intelligence Value with a BI Scorecard (Part 2)
http://www.bettermanagement.com/topic/default.aspx?f=10   (376 words)

  
 Unisys: Data Warehousing, Data Mining and Business Intelligence Solutions
Unisys ES7000 servers are a perfect match for business intelligence solutions with large databases and numbers of users.
Turning it into timely and useful information is what Business Intelligence (BI) solutions are all about.
Our Partners in Excellence for Business Intelligence solutions add yet another level of value to your working with Unisys.
http://www.unisys.com/products/es7000__servers/business__solutions/business__intelligence__database__server   (329 words)

  
 Business intelligence, data warehousing and analytics editorial from DMReview
Business intelligence, data warehousing and analytics editorial from DMReview
Welcome to DMReview.com, home of DM Review magazine, the premier publication for business intelligence, analytics, integration and data warehousing.
Columns focus on meta data, enterprise architecture, business intelligence, high availability, data warehousing and more.
http://www.dmreview.com   (307 words)

  
 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOFTWARE Nonprofit Business Intelligence Management
Nonprofit Intelligence™ — Business Intelligence for nonprofits — overcomes this challenge by tying together disparate data sources to provide a cross-organizational view of vital information.
By transforming data into knowledge and knowledge into informed decisions, Nonprofit Intelligence delivers the sophisticated analysis and insight nonprofit professionals need to make sound business decisions.
Nonprofit Intelligence, which can be achieved with The Information Edge, has four critical components:
http://www.blackbaud.com/products/intelligence/bi_overview.aspx   (180 words)

  
 Business Intelligence Software - Business Analytics Platform
The Siebel Business Analytics platform enables organizations to define a single, logical view of all enterprise data, regardless of source schema—including data than spans different data warehouses, multidimensional sources, and operational systems—and provide the business with a common, integrated view and intelligence into this information.
Proven capabilities such as intelligent request generation and optimized data access, advanced calculation and integration, and intelligent caching services enable new analytic applications with more complete and timely intelligence.
Siebel Business Analytics is based on an open architecture that enables organizations to fully leverage any existing data sources regardless of source schema and plug intelligence directly into any existing operational systems through Web Services.
http://www.siebel.com/business-intelligence-platform/software-solutions.shtm   (416 words)

  
 Business Intelligence White Papers, Webcasts and Product Information from Top IT Vendors
In today's fast paced business environment, delivery of passive reports is only the beginning of a successful enterprise business intelligence solution.
Business Intelligence - The Way It Should Be by QlikTech
Learn how issues such as information quality, master data management, offshore sourcing, unstructured data, and service-oriented architecture are driving investment in business intelligence.
http://www.bitpipe.com/data/rlist?t=987097376_65326874   (1118 words)

  
 Microsoft SQL Server: Business Intelligence Solutions
Business Intelligence and Analytics on the SQL Server Developer Center on MSDN
View this 10-minute demo to see how easily existing Visual Studio developers can add sophisticated business intelligence capabilities such as integration, analysis, and reporting into their applications.
  Analyze: Gain an integrated view of all your business data as the foundation for your traditional reporting, OLAP analysis, scorecards, and data mining.
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/solutions/bi/default.mspx   (416 words)

  
 Business Intelligence and Performance Management Software Solutions from Cognos
Leverage your IBM investment with Cognos business intelligence.
Business Intelligence and Performance Management Software Solutions from Cognos
Business Intelligence, Planning and Performance Management from Cognos
http://www.cognos.com   (145 words)

  
 Business Intelligence from Business Objects
Business Objects received an overall "Positive" rating in Gartner's December 2005 update on business intelligence vendors.
May 2-4, Cannes, France - Join other Business Objects customers to share best practices and explore products.
Create interactive visual analytics from Excel, then integrate them into PowerPoint, PDF, and the Web.
http://www.businessobjects.com   (240 words)

  
 TDWI: Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Education, Research, and Community
Founded in 1995, TDWI is the premier educational institute for business intelligence and data warehousing.
Directory of 1,500+ software, hardware and service providers for business intelligence and data warehousing
Knightsbridge Solutions provides business intelligence/data warehousing solutions for the largest companies with the most complex data challenges.
http://www.tdwi.org   (124 words)

  
 Oracle Business Intelligence Solutions
A new product has joined the Oracle Business Intelligence solution family, featuring award-winning BI tools for ad-hoc query, reporting, and analysis, ETL, BI application development, and more, in a single, affordable, and comprehensive package.
The biggest threat to your business is a lack of timely and accurate information.
Oracle Database is the first and only analysis-ready database with embedded Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL), Online Analytical Processing (OLAP), and Data Mining capabilities built into the data server, where analysis takes place.
http://www.oracle.com/solutions/business_intelligence   (312 words)

  
 Oracle Business Intelligence 10g
Oracle Database 10g—an analysis-ready database with ETL, OLAP, and Data Mining built into the data server—and Oracle Business Intelligence 10g allow you to rapidly develop and deploy data warehouses and data marts with an integrated array of query, reporting, analysis, data integration and management, desktop integration, and BI application development capabilities.
City of Charlotte consolidated disparate data sources and transformed data into a self-service business intelligence.
Oracle provides the technology foundation for building a complete Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing solution.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/bi   (312 words)

  
 BIXL
You lose none of Excel’s outstanding and familiar uses—but you gain business intelligence capabilities, and the business advantages, to read and write, chart and graph, slice and dice all the data kept in MS Analysis Services and other Industry-standard OLAP cubes.
With BIXL, the Excel spreadsheet is transformed into your ideal business intelligence tool.
Copyright © Business Intelligence Technologies Inc. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.bixl.com   (122 words)

  
 Business Intelligence Pipeline
There are a number of vendors vying to help businesses manage and analyze the 80-85 percent of all corporate data that's stored in unstructured and semi-structured formats -- and some of their names might surprise you.
Master data management answers the call for better data quality and real-time information, and shields your customer and product information from changes.
Read an executive summary and register to download the full IBM paper.
http://www.bizintelligencepipeline.com   (410 words)

  
 Business Intelligence and Analytics Software - SAS
SAS is the leader in business intelligence and analytics.
SAS has enhanced its anti-money laundering solution with advanced analytics and improved transparency.
Want solutions to your most pressing business problems?
http://www.sas.com   (158 words)

  
 Overview: Business Intelligence 2004
Due to a diminished economic environment over the past few years, Business Intelligence has been increasingly used to understand and address back office needs such as efficiency and productivity.
What the recommended architectures, technologies and methodologies are for successful Business Intelligence deployment.
The world has changed since last year, making the need for Business Intelligence even more pressing.
http://www.gartner.com/2_events/conferences/bi2.jsp   (355 words)

  
 eWEEK.com - Business Intelligence News and Trends
IBM is purchasing Language Analysis Systems, a maker of software that matches names and aliases across different languages, to add to its Information on Demand push.
Opinion: Microsoft's Swiss Army knife approach of using Office as a front end for business intelligence and CRM does nothing to reduce the complexity or cost of implementing these strategic applications.
See how business intelligence can be used to solve real business problems with this live demo from Information Builders
http://www.eweek.com/category2/0,1738,1639089,00.asp   (788 words)

  
 Computerworld Business Intelligence Perspectives
If you have or know of a business intelligence project worthy of an award, nominate the project for Business Intelligence Perspectives' "Best Practices in Business Intelligence" Awards Program.
Find out more about how sponsoring Business Intelligence Perspectives can help you meet your objectives.
BIP's annual awards program identifies and acknowledges excellence among users of business intelligence.
http://www.biperspectives.com   (336 words)

  
 Business Intelligence Software Business Analytics Platform
Siebel Business Analytics is a comprehensive suite of business intelligence solutions for enabling the truly insight-driven enterprise.
Do it in real time – Use real-time intelligence to drive better business outcomes and operational results every second of every day
To learn how Siebel Business Analytics can help your
http://www.siebel.com/business-intelligence/software-solutions.shtm   (337 words)

  
 Computerworld Business Intelligence
Two IBM executives outline five points to consider when trying to put business intelligence into the hands of end users.
Learn how to take your business intelligence efforts to the next level.
-999 --> Business Intelligence Optimization for Microsoft Dynamics SL a...
http://www.computerworld.com/databasetopics/businessintelligence   (825 words)

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