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Performing a master data assessment can reveal data issues that create hassles and unnecessary costs for your company, says Michael Collins of BackOffice Associates.

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• Open Source Vendors Blaze a Trail in Advanced Analytics
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• 8 Common CRM Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them
• How Qualitative Research Can Improve Your Business Analytics

Office 365's future comes into sharper focus with a new, deeply integrated social layer and an app that surfaces the most relevant activities and interactions.

• IBM Launches Watson Mobile Developer Challenge
• Data Mining Group Updates PMML
• Oracle Adds Another Tool for Clouds With BlueKai Purchase
• AdStage Raises $1M, Rolls out Advertising Platform Apps and API
• InsightSquared Intros Analytics for QuickBooks
• CRM Adoption to Reach $24 Billion in 2014: Gartner

Reviewer Matt Sarrel finds the Attunity Cloudbeam SaaS platform an easy way to move Big Data locally and in the cloud.

• Review: KXEN InfiniteInsight Genius and Predictive Offers
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• Review: Data Stewardship Platform Eases ERP Migration
• Review: Base CRM Is Useful Mobile Sales App

While qualitative analytics is more popular in academia than in business, it can help enterprises improve their more traditional quantitative analytics.

• Microsoft, IBM Team Up for Retail ERP

While qualitative analytics is more popular in academia than in business, it can help enterprises improve their more traditional quantitative analytics.

• Embedded Analytics Catching Fire
• Using Big Data to Fight Fraud

While qualitative analytics is more popular in academia than in business, it can help enterprises improve their more traditional quantitative analytics.

• Manufacturers Face ERP Challenges
• Top ERP Trend? Usability, Says Nucleus Research
• Top 8 ERP Trends for 2014
• Embedded Analytics Catching Fire
• 7 Cloud ERP Startups to Watch

ArborMetrix leverages the cloud to help hospitals and other healthcare organizations improve the quality of care and keep costs in check.

• Big Data Genomics Firm Bina Raises $6M