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Oracle Acquires AmberPoint in the Shadow of Sun

news: Database, application and middleware giant to increase service-oriented architecture management capabilities with new acquisition

Seven Major Guidelines for a Successful Business Process Management Project

feature: Compliance with these guidelines will translate into a very high probability of project success and a major boost for business interest in adopting BPM as a program

Business Analytics Challenges Linger

news: Accenture survey results show siloed data, outdated technology and a lack of analytical talent plague organizations

High Performance Databases: A Tool for Quant Traders

news: As firms add new trading areas and struggle to meet regulatory requirements, high performance databases are becoming increasingly vital

Savvis Expands Chicago Data Center

news: The service provider is expanding one of its two Chicago data centers, adding approximately 10,000 square feet of raised floor space to its Cermak Road facility.

90 Days to Success in Consulting

column: True value-added consulting is business, but it's also personal

Sybase Expands to Real-Time Analytics With Aleri Purchase

news: Sybase’s acquisition of complex event processing firm Aleri boosts the database management firm’s appeal to firms needing real-time analytics

Is Agile Enterprise Data Modeling an Oxymoron?

column: Iteration and collaboration make it possible to use an agile approach for building an enterprise data model. Read Steve Hoberman's column and then join the discussion.

MDM Achieving Maturity in Enterprises

news: Survey shows organizations are turning to MDM as a key enabler in improving the quality, timeliness and reliability of business intelligence

The Real World Versus MBA Textbooks

column: Understanding how to influence, persuade and educate people is arguably more critical to transform an organization than understanding the principles and concepts of performance management methodologies

Blogs

The ROI of High-Quality Decision Support Infrastructure

The Forrester Muse: I’m developing a return on investment calculator for data warehousing appliances, using the Forrester Total Economic Impact methodology

Performance Measurement – Common Causes/Risk, Skill and Luck, Part 1

Steve Miller: Wouldn't it be nice if business intelligence could generally distinguish common cause/market risk from skill components when assessing business performance?

IBM Initiates Deeper Healthcare Focus by Acquiring MDM from Initiate Systems

Ventana Research: IBM has indicated their focus on using Initiate as a lever into healthcare and government industries and clearly will need to rationalize their technology portfolio

Ode to Initiate Systems

Baseline Consulting: The rumors of IBM’s acquisition of MDM vendor Initiate Systems were confirmed in an IBM press release. Herewith, Jill pays homage to a class act.

800lb MDM Gorilla Obviously Not Looking for Weight-Loss Plan: IBM Acquires Initiate Systems

The Forrester Muse: You wouldn’t know it following this week’s activity, but there are more than two MDM vendors in this ever-changing market. What does this massive disruption mean?

Case Studies / Profiles

Processing AVATAR

A thoroughbred of a data center at Weta Digital sits behind intense visual effects in the blockbuster movie and the creative artists who put it together

Going Long

Dallas Cowboys Merchandising pulls off comeback win with real-time metrics

BI’s March to Health Care

Rays of light but no ready cure as institutions wrangle with foundational requirements of business intelligence

Bringing Analytics to the Treatment Level

A program at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center includes data warehouse and analytics software to facilitate ongoing care of cancer survivors

Leadership Zone

Net Expectations

What a Web data service economy implies for business

U.S. Government, Wal-Mart and You

Can you see the impact of new U.S. government and Wal-Mart initiatives on your company or customers? If not yet, I suspect you will soon

Baseball + Analytics = Improved Performance

How does an organization create a culture of metrics? One example of organizations that have done so is the baseball community

Is Performance Management Art, Craft or Science?

For today’s organizations implementing the various component methodologies of the performance management framework, how much is art, craft or science?

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Quality Is as Quality Does: The Importance of Data Integrity

February 4, 2010
How can Data Integrity generate value across your organization? Tune into this episode to find out! We'll talk to data quality veteran Larry English and four other guests.

Knowing What's Next: Use Cases for Predictive Analytics

February 11, 2010
Can you read my mind? If so, you're probably employing a successful predictive analytics solution! Learn some tips for various use cases on this episode of DM Radio!

Executive Interview

Overheard: AVATAR's Data Center

Processing visual effects for the blockbuster movie shows how data center designs can differ by purpose

Overheard: Decision-Making Without Borders

Big thinkers are calling for more sources of data - and tools - to contextualize information

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