Raj Joseph - January 15, 2013

Business Intelligence is vital to your ability to bring improvement and growth to your business. In fact, your ability to convert your company’s unique capabilities into usable information might just be the easiest way to develop new business opportunities for your future. But is Business Intelligence cost keeping you from the tools you need to…

Raj Joseph - November 28, 2012

An effective business intelligence (BI) implementation can generate significant business performance improvements. Once an organization decides to make decisions based on data and creates a culture where that is expected, it can make better decisions.However you may be struggling with how to begin; that is common. Following are seven important steps to take when considering…

Lily Caroline - November 20, 2012

When an organization plans to implement an integrated business intelligence solution, there are several cases why a business intelligence project may fail. Knowing these will help to draw an improved plan and thus being able to reach out the goals successfully.   Absence of upfront planning The slow adoption of methods leading to abandonment of…

Shanmuga Pragash (SP) - October 29, 2012

The decision-making in your business impacts future productivity, therefore, BI implementation should be considered to boost company potential.  BI can be useful for supporting many areas of a business, such as the decision-making for staff and departments. Choosing a Business Intelligence system can be overwhelming – even a simple internet search will return more than…

Shanmuga Pragash (SP) - October 16, 2012

Are you looking for ways to consolidate your business' multiple data sources to make them work more efficiently? Do you want to obtain a competitive advantage by analyzing large amounts of data of various types? Business intelligence consulting firms could be the answer for your needs, helping you uncover various hidden information relationships, as well...

Lily Caroline - September 6, 2012

Pharma-clinical-trial-programs have resisted adopting BI due to its inability to satisfy regulations; including security, audit-trails and communication between companies. While not commonly seen in clinical trials, pharma companies have benefited from utilizing BI. For example, Astra Zeneca uses BI to generate immediate responses to report inquiries, while Roch’s Spain Division uses BI to generate and…

Shanmuga Pragash (SP) - August 29, 2012

The top reason given for the use of open source business intelligence software is cost savings. The question is whether open source matters when it comes to license and support costs. How real are cost savings? How much does BI software and ongoing support actually cost? The answer is that open source does matter. At the…

Raj Joseph - September 20, 2011

Having Business Intelligence goes beyond just graphs and charts. It can give a company key targets for presenting information that will help speed up the sales process or make crucial business decisions within tight time frames. Ask yourself 1) What do I need to know about my business that I don’t know already? 2) What…

Raj Joseph - September 6, 2011

Open source does not always equal free software. In some cases it is, but you will get what you pay for: just certain components rather than entire suites, or products and suites that lack the functionality required for large enterprise operations. So its important to understand and compare the enterprise suite functionalities that is available…