February 17th, 2010
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BusinessObjects Edge Series is the business intelligence (BI) choice of mid-size companies that want to improve business processes, discover new opportunities, and gain an advantage over the competition. The robust mid-market suite delivers affordable solutions that address any BI requirement – from flexible ad hoc query reporting and analysis, to dashboards and visualisation, to powerful data quality and integration.
Join our 30-minute webinar and hear Ronan Daly explore the features and capabilities of the latest Business Objects offering and how the Business Objects XI 3.1 platform has evolved, with benefits including:
- Web Portal Login and Security
- Ad Hoc Capabilities (Predefined Reports, Alerts, Changing Parameters, Ad Hoc Report Creation, Compare and Contrast capabilities)
- Visualisations; Predefined Dashboards for Management & Dynamic Searching Capability
- Microsoft Office Integration
Time: 26th February 2010, 10:00 » Register now
Roundtable Series Launched – 1st Event Wednesday 10th February at The Belfry
We are thrilled to open the registration process for our upcoming Roundtables, aimed at providing Senior Executives the answers to all their Business Intelligence / Performance Management questions.
Are you considering a BI implementation or want to upgrade your current system but don’t know which product would suit your company or even if you need one at all! Here you will find the answers to this and much much more.
This series of Roundtables deals with different areas of business intelligence, what you need to know to make the right decisions and be better equipped knowledgeably before signing any sizeable purchase orders.
These events are based primarily at the Senior Exec and aim to demystify all of the jargon and uncertainty you may have around BI. These events will be held by consultants and Directors, NOT Sales so you will not be sold to!
For more information please click here
Business Intelligence is a term used to describe a set of methods and concepts which helps in improving the business decision making. It is the major part of Business management and consists of applications and technologies that allows users to gather, access, and analyse a company’s data and information. Business Intelligence applications include the activities of decision support system, reporting and query, statistical analysis, online analytical processing, data mining and forecasting. Business intelligence (BI) helps in simplifying information discovery and analysis and also makes it possible for decision-makers at all levels of an organisation to more easily access, understand, analyse and act on information, anytime and anywhere. There are various factors that influence a Business Intelligence system and they include customers, competitors, business partners, internal operations etc.
The major aim of Business Intelligence tools is to support better decision making. For the better business decision making and strategic planning, a variety of tools are there in the market. These tools are specially designed to report, analyse and present data. Some of the major Business Intelligence tools include Spreadsheets, Reporting and Querying software, OLAP, Digital Dashboards, Data mining, process mining etc
Visit our Glossary of Terms for more definitions.
Business Intelligence Consultant Vinay Patel has become the next to qualify in the notoriously difficult QlikView Exams. Vinay passed the series 9 exams and interview process with flying colours. This now provides IT Performs with a broader QlikView knowledge base sitting along side Phil Morris and Steve Hill who have also got QlikView experience and knowledge, which continues to strengthen our partnership and product set offering.
“SAP® BusinessObjects™ Planning and Consolidation, version for the Microsoft platform, streamlines planning, budgeting, and forecasting and enables a faster, more compliant close, leveraging the performance enhancements in Microsoft SQL Server 2008. Finance owned and maintained, the application, which utilises the latest release of the Microsoft Office suite, unifies planning and consolidations for the enterprise – improving budget cycle times, driving compliance with regulatory and financial standards, helping reduce external audit costs, instilling confidence and reducing business risk.”
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SAP’s brand value was ranked as the 27th most valuable brand in the BusinessWeek / Interbrand annual survey of the 100 Best Global Brands. While this year’s survey saw the overall value of the top 100 brands decline 4.6 percent, SAP’s brand jumped several spots in the ranking.