Henry Morris is the group vice president and general manager for for IDC's Integration, Development and Applications Strategies (IDeAS) solution research group. Dr. Morris started the Analytics and Data Warehousing research service at ICD and coined the term "analytic applications" in 1997. Currently, he is exploring the relationship between business intelligence and business process automation. Morris may be contacted at hmorris@idc.com.

Business Performance Management: From Outsourcing to Visibility to Optimization
October 1, 2005 The imperative to outsource business functions creates a more intense need for business performance management. With improved...

BAM, Real-Time and Event-Based BI: An Application Perspective
September 1, 2004

Analytic Applications and Decision-Centric BI
June 1, 2004 It's not enough to deliver information. Learn how to address decision-making processes with DCBI.

Planning for the Unplanned: From Scheduled to Event-Based Business Intelligence
September 1, 2003 The pace of events can easily outrun the ability of people in a business to react, understand and decide on an...

The 5 Principles of High-Impact Analytics
April 1, 2003 IDC recently completed a major study - The Financial Impact of Business Analytics - and identified a series of best practices...

The Financial Impact of Business Analytics: Build vs. Buy
January 1, 2003 When considering whether to build or buy an analytic application, the approach adopted depends on the problem to be...

Analytic Applications: Beyond Business Intelligence
April 1, 2002

Trends in Analytic Applications
April 1, 2001

Analytic Applications and Business Performance Management
March 24, 2000 This classic article from the DM Review archives discusses how analytic applications automate planning, forecasting and...

Analytic Applications and Business Performance Management
March 1, 1999 Analytic applications automate plann, forecasting and predictive modeling activities. The market for these applications is...