Research: February 2012
Big Data Not the Answer to Business Agility
February 28, 2012IT organizations must challenge vendors on their claims that their Big Data and business intelligence solutions "automagically" create business agility.
Big Data Buyer's Guide, Part Two: IBM, SAS, Pentaho and More
February 27, 2012Oracle and SAP have commanded much of the buzz around Big Data with their respective Exalytics and HANA products. But plenty of other vendors, including IBM and SAS, offer alternative approaches to dealing with Big Data.
Companies Still Challenged by ERP Implementations
February 22, 2012The bad news: According to a Panorama Consulting study based on ERP implementations completed in 2011, 54 percent of companies said their ERP projects took longer than expected and 56 percent spent more than expected. The good news: That's an improvement over last year's study.
Eight Business-changing Ways to Use Big Data
February 21, 2012Enterprises are finding business-changing ways to put the power of Hadoop, an open source Apache project for storing and processing large amounts of data, to good use. They are using Hadoop and Big Data to reduce risks, better serve customers and even change the Internet.
Getting Started with Workforce Analytics
February 17, 2012Carl C. Hoffmann, one of three authors of “Calculating Success: How the New Workplace Analytics Will Revitalize Your Organization,” discusses using workforce analytics to promote knowledge sharing and also shares six key steps for introducing workforce analytics to an organization.
SAP, Oracle Face Off in Human Capital Management Showdown
February 15, 2012Both SAP and Oracle recently acquired providers of software-as-a-service human capital management solutions, setting the stage for a big battle in the cloud. What does this mean for customers of both companies, and for the HCM space in general?
Review: QlikView 11 Connects Comparative Analysis With Social Business Intelligence
February 14, 2012User-driven business intelligence goes social in QlikView 11.
Fine Tuning Your Workforce with Analytics
February 13, 2012As part of the red-hot human capital management market, workforce analytics is gaining attention from executives looking to derive competitive advantage from their workforces.
In-Memory Analytics Buyer's Guide: Oracle Big Data/Exalytics Appliances vs. SAP HANA
February 8, 2012Big Data has become a super-heated area of the business intelligence landscape, with companies hoping to extract actionable insights from their growing stores of data. Oracle and SAP are among the vendors introducing solutions designed to help them do so
Five Mobile Business Intelligence Blunders You Won't Want to Make
February 7, 2012Organizations need to be aware of some common pitfalls that can really wreck a mobile business intelligence initiative.
Social Adds New Twist to Customer Service, Support
February 6, 2012Consumers increasingly expect companies to provide a consistent user experience across emerging channels like social as well as traditional ones like the call center. This will be a challenge for companies that keep their data, business processes and best practices in departmental silos.
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