The Importance of Data Management for Business People

Jan 24, 2015 by Lyndsay Wise in Midmarket Analytics

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In the quest for successful business intelligence, many organizations look at how they can access information through dashboards and scorecards, or interactive analysis and reporting. Self-service models and the increasing ability to interact with information more easily let more people access...

Business Intelligence Success: Perception and Reality

Jan 24, 2015 by Steve Dine in Enterprise Data Warehousing

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How many times have you heard a statistic such as “42% of respondents rate their Business Intelligence (BI) program as moderately successful” or “more than 50% of all Business Intelligence projects fail”? When I read these types of statistics I often wonder what’s behind these numbers. I’d love...

Performance Analytics Solutions Profiles

Jan 24, 2015 by Art McDonald in Banking Analytics

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 Client relationships are designed to promote the growth of information empowered performace cultures that generate above industry average business outcomes. This article provides examples of how BI provided guidance, solutions and services to help clients transform information into actions that...

Why BI Projects Fail: The Allure of the Silver Bullet

Jan 24, 2015 by Steve Dine in Enterprise Data Warehousing

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The high failure rate of BI projects and programs has been well documented throughout the years. The reasons why they fail has also been well documented, which leads to the obvious question of "why do they continue to fail at such a high rate?"  This article discusses the many combination of...

Risk Series: IT Factors of Competitive Advantage in Uncertainty Part 1

Jan 24, 2015 by Michael Gonzales, Ph.D and And Maria Barulina, Ph.D in Data Science

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Part 1 in the series "IT Factors of Competitive Advantage in Uncertainty". The three IT factors often studied with varying results include: Leadership, Skill, and Infrastructure. While these constructs are critical to establishing and measuring competitive advantage, by themselves, they fall...