Reporting 2.0 - A New Era in Business Reporting
[ Source: Synaptris ]
March 2008-
Despite its pride of place as the most widely used Information Management tool, Reporting has a severe limitation which significantly compromises its efficiency for business users. Reports are pre-defined at the time of design and cannot be modified by users to suit their current business need. It also poses a significant challenge to IT professionals as they are typically inundated with report change or new report requests to reflect the dynamic business environment.
Providing ....
Data Visualization Tools Help Traders Achieve Best Execution in Today’s Ultra-Fast Moving Markets
[ Source: Panopticon Software ]
May 2008-
Security traders today face two major challenges: the markets in which they operate have become highly complex and ultra-fast, while at the same time the fiduciary duty of best execution is viewed more seriously than ever. Wayne Wagner explains how data visualization applications help traders achieve best execution by informing them of developing situations quickly enough to prevent sub-standard executions. Advanced data visualization software platforms have emerged in recent years as solutions ....
Improve Your Vision and Expand Your Mind with Visual Analytics
[ Source: Tableau Software ]
April 2009-
Learn why data visualization is important to overcome the limits of short term memory, and how it can result in finding what’s meaningful in your data and then making sense of it.
You will learn how visual analysis can allow you to:
• Identify what’s meaningful in the data in ways that your eyes can see and brain can understand
• Keep focused on what’s important and not be distracted by ....
Three Blind Men and an Elephant- The Power of Dashboards
[ Source: Tableau Software ]
March 2009-
Stephen Few, Principal of Perceptual Edge, reveals how dashboards make it easy to shift from one perspective to another while exploring and analyzing data, and pursuing every question that arises during the process.
Business people struggle every day to make sense of data, stumbling blindly, touching only small parts of the information, and coming away with a narrowed comprehension.
In this paper you'll learn how dashboards increase data comprehension through:
• Greater ....
Project Portfolio Management: An Overview
[ Source: Atlantic Global PLC ]
August 2009-
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is about how the business manages projects as short-, medium-, and long-term strategic investments. It helps the business establish a clear line of sight from the top right down to the individual project layer -- giving you the ability to spot project redundancies before they happen. From the strategic viewpoint, it allows stakeholders, business leaders, and executives to see clearly and understand how effective their strategies are and, if necessary, which ....
Selecting & Implementing an Effective Time & Expense Management Solution
[ Source: Atlantic Global PLC ]
August 2009-
In this guide, Atlantic Global looks at some of the common benefits of automating your timesheet and expense capture; how significant cost savings can be achieved, and how your organization can potentially improve its bottom line. Atlantic focuses on basics such as home-grown vs. dedicated solutions and client-installed software vs. software as a service (SaaS), and complex areas of tax credits and automated client billing. Using real client case studies, we highlight some of ....
Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management Strategy, Theory Of Constraints
[ Source: Hitachi Consulting ]
May 2008-
Business Intelligence is more of and art than a science. In exploits of science one knows exactly what to expect in the end. In exploits of art one knows the end but the end could be different for different people with different experience, maturity, methodology, and technology. Business intelligence is more of an art than a science because everyone knows what they need in the end but how they achieve the end result depends ....
Predictive Analytics: Extending the Value of Your Data Warehousing Investment
[ Source: SAS ]
August 2008-
Predictive analytics can yield a substantial ROI. Predictive analytics can help companies optimize existing processes, better understand customer behavior, identify unexpected opportunities and anticipate problems before they happen. With such stellar credentials, the perplexing thing about predictive analytics is why so many organizations have yet to employ it. Learn how to deliver predictive analytics and understand the latest trend in predictive analytics from TDWI.
Playmarts Give Business Analysts Agility with Control
[ Source: Lyzasoft, Inc. ]
December 2008-
One key group of potential users of business intelligence tools and data warehouse data has been seriously underserved for many years. These power business analysts resort to a mishmash of desktop productivity tools to support them in their search for innovative answers in the ever-growing jungles of enterprise data.
IT departments trying to keep control of the corporate data asset through the data warehouse architecture denounce the "spreadmarts" thus created. Indeed, business analysts themselves also often ....
Business Intelligence For Manufacturing
[ Source: MAIA Intelligence ]
July 2009-
With increasing competition and ever more demanding customers, manufacturing is never easy. Use of BI can significantly improve both the performance and power of manufacturing reporting. BI is very effective for all types of manufacturing, be it process, discrete, or automotive. BI can close the “fact gap” by improving the availability and delivery of actionable data with minimal IT involvement. Manufacturers should carefully consider using BI as a cost-effective way to improve operations. BI for ....