Information Management BlogsMicroStrategy sets future on hot BI trends of cloud, mobile, social and big data

Information Management BlogsOracle Business Intelligence Mobile: Hands-On Review Finds Shortfalls

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Here are nine basic, enhanced and advanced recommendations for setting safe, secure enterprise use of mobile devices from members of the nonprofit information systems group, ISACA.

Information Management BlogsMany firms practice a style of strategic planning that might have worked in a different time and place

Information Management BlogsIn the last few years social media has transformed how people and companies interact, as well as how the technology industry communicates and conducts research

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Information Management BlogsMuch of the pablum that is passed off for guidance on leading others ignores the reality that the context in which we lead continues to change faster than any of us can truly understand

Web Seminars

With everyone going mobile, the challenge to information managers now involves adapting traditional business intelligence platforms to accommodate a new set of design demands. Some immediate challenges include:

• How can the mountains of data in today’s enterprise be efficiently managed, delivered, then sliced and diced on the variety of mobile devices available?
• What are the best practices for leveraging the latest innovations in cloud computing?
• How can I leverage Mobile to maximize my BI investment?

Register for this Espresso Shot webcast to learn from industry visionary Mark Madsen of Third Nature, who will offer insights about why mobile BI should not be viewed as just a bolt-on feature to existing information architecture.

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columnIn information management, we can be certain that data volumes are growing, that more data and additional data types will be utilized for business gain, that data will need to be cleaner, that data will be needed in increasingly progressive forms for use and with increased performance

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