Projects: Data Analysis

Sponsored Content: Business Intelligence in the Era of Social Networks and Clouds

The explosive growth in unstructured data, much of it coming from new sources like social networks and smart devices; more demanding user requirements for easy-to-use yet more sophisticated business analytics and visualization tools; and the need to support new deployment options, such as cloud and SaaS, are rapidly altering the business intelligence landscape. This slideshow looks at the business intelligence challenges that organizations face today and how IBM’s new Cognos 10 can help enable next-generation, intelligence-driven business applications.

British Telecom: Not Just Another ISP

Led by its technology organization, BT remade itself from a legacy telco into an innovative global communications services company.

CFO Brings Philosophy of Change to Microsoft

Microsoft's decision in 2005 to hire Chris Liddell, a New Zealander working in the paper industry, to fill the company's open job of chief financial officer seemed like an odd choice.

Autonomic Computing Is Here, and It Works

Network Solutions says IBM's self-managing solutions saved the Internet firm more than $1 million and improved services delivery.

Let Oil Prices Rise

As crude passes $100 per barrel, IT professionals have the opportunity to provide efficiencies that will keep their businesses healthy and growing.

Data Warehousing Conference: It's All About the Analytics, Attendees Told

Partnership between Teradata and SAS echoes other industry deals in helping big companies gain insights into customers.

How Web Services Increase Accessibility

Miami-Dade County used XML-based Web services to make its call center more responsive to citizens--and data more accessible to government departments.

Software's Top 10 Up-and-Comers

Baseline's ranking of the fastest-growing small software companies.

Business Intelligence: Will It Improve Inventory?

Expanding its product lines helped Dick's Sporting Goods grow from a mid-market player to one of the country's premier athletic retailers. But first it had to become more nimble in the ways it managed and tracked its offerings.

Business Intelligence: How To Beat the Lawyers

Legal auditing firm Stuart Maue installed new databases and tools to help its clients red-flag counsel who might claim to work 36 hours a day—at Pebble Beach.

Business Intelligence: Power Boost for Mining the Enterprise

Today, business intelligence involves more than just fancy reporting tools used by corporate analysts. A new wave of workers--from sales to logistics--are using software applications to analyze business trends and make decisions faster.

The Future of Business Intelligence

Business intelligence software vendors continue to work to make the technology available to a broader range of users and increase the adoption rate within organizations. Here is a snapshot of some new uses.

Zions Bancorp: From Spreadsheet to Business Intelligence Software

The bank needed a better way to track financial results, while operating eight independent units.

5 Tips for Better BI Planning

Five technology managers offer suggestions—and warnings—on how to do BI right.

Business Intelligence: Working Smarter

A new wave of workers—from sales reps to logistics staffers—use business intelligence tools on the job.

 

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